7015. MiHlirancIing' of The Texas Wonder. Lr. S. * * * v. 36 Paelcag-es of 
a Product labeled in Part " The Texas "Wonder." Default decree 
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. 2\o. 10741. 
I.  S.  No. 71S0-r.    S. No. C-1352.)
On July 9, 1919, the United Slates attorney for the Western District of Ken- 
tucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States* for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 36 packages of a drug, labeled " The Texas Wonder," remain- 
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages at Louisville, Ky., consigned on or 
about May 3, 1919, by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article 
had been transported from the State Qf Missouri into the State of Kentucky, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted essentially of oleorcsin of copaiba, rhubarb, 
turpentine, guaiac, and alcohol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that the statements 
on the labels on th3 bottles containing, and in the circulars accompanying, the 
article, regarding the therapeutic or curative effects of the article, to wit, 
" The Texas Wonder * * * Directions * * * A Texas Wonder, Hall's 
Cfruit Discovery for Kidney and Bladder Troubles. E. W. Hall, St. Louis, 
Mo.," were false and fraudulent.
On September 26, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the properly, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
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