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- Parson's Purgative Pills, 1870-1890 - Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, national legislation increasingly prohibited misleading health claims and required manufacturers to list their product's contents.
- 1870-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Parson's Purgative Pills, 1870-1890
Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, national legislation increasingly prohibited misleading health claims and required manufacturers to list their product's contents.
- Recipe Booklet, "Kellogg Company: Three Meals a Day," 1928 -
- 1928
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Recipe Booklet, "Kellogg Company: Three Meals a Day," 1928
- Diamond Dinner Pills, 1895-1930 - Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act of 1909, the Canadian government restricted these medicines' content, required appropriate labeling and instructed manufacturers to register their medicines with the proper agency.
- 1895-1930
- Collections - Artifact
Diamond Dinner Pills, 1895-1930
Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act of 1909, the Canadian government restricted these medicines' content, required appropriate labeling and instructed manufacturers to register their medicines with the proper agency.
- Recipe Booklet, "Kellogg Company, A New Way of Living: Come Over to the Sunny Side of Life," 1932 - After inventing flaked corn with his brother, W.K. Kellogg entered the cereal business in 1906 with his first cereal, Kellogg's Corn Flakes. As the Kellogg Company's product line expanded, it was committed to offering healthful breakfast cereals. Kellogg's All-Bran, introduced in 1916, was featured in this recipe booklet, which offers recipes using the cereal and informs readers of the health benefits of eating bran.
- 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Recipe Booklet, "Kellogg Company, A New Way of Living: Come Over to the Sunny Side of Life," 1932
After inventing flaked corn with his brother, W.K. Kellogg entered the cereal business in 1906 with his first cereal, Kellogg's Corn Flakes. As the Kellogg Company's product line expanded, it was committed to offering healthful breakfast cereals. Kellogg's All-Bran, introduced in 1916, was featured in this recipe booklet, which offers recipes using the cereal and informs readers of the health benefits of eating bran.