1918 STORY BY ADAMS - ILLUSTRATIONS BY FLAGG+SWITZERVILLE, Y. M. C. A., EMERSON

Description: AUTHOR Samuel Hopkins Adams was a friend of the investigative reporter, Ray Stannard Baker. Adams had been working for some time studying the contents of America's popular medicines. Baker suggested that Adams should write a series of articles on the subject and introduced him to Samuel McClure, the owner of McClure's Weekly. McClure turned the idea down but Baker's next contact, Norman Hapgood, the editor of Collier's Weekly, agreed to the proposal. In October, 1905, Samuel Hopkins Adams began a series of eleven articles The Great American Fraud in Collier's Weekly. Adams analyzed the contents of some of the country's most popular medicines. He argued that many of the companies producing these medicines were making false claims about their products. Adams went on to point out that is some cases, these medicines were actually damaging the health of those people using them. The Great American Fraud had a tremendous impact on public opinion and resulted in the passing of the Pure Food and Drugs Act (1906). In 1911 the Supreme Court ruled that the prohibition of falsifications referred only to the ingredients of the medicine. This meant that companies were now free to make false claims about their products. Adams returned to the attack and in articles in Collier's Weekly such as Fraud Medicines Own Up (20th January), Tricks of the Trade (17th February, 1912), The Law, the Label, and the Liars (13th April, 1912) and Fraud Above the Law (11th May, 1912), Adams exposed the misleading advertising that companies were using to sell their products. ILLUSTRATOR: James Montgomery Flagg was born in New York in 1877. He started drawing as a child and at the age of twelve had his first drawing accepted by a journal. Two years later he was contributing to Life Magazine. Flagg studied at the Arts Students League in New York and when he was twenty spent a year working in London. By the beginning of the 20th century Flagg was one of America's leading illustrators. In 1903 he began drawing portraits of Hollywood stars for Photoplay magazine. Other magazines that published his work included Judge, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Liberty and Harper's Weekly. During the First World War Flagg designed 46 posters for the government. He also designed the famous Uncle Sam poster during the Second World War. James Montgomery Flagg died in 1960. (Courtesy of Google). Here is a story entitled THE ORATOR OF THE DAY by Samuel Hopkins Adams and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg as it was published and saved from an old American magazine of 1918. This is a fictional account of a patriotic windbag whose brain was so heavy that his feet were flat and, thus, unable to serve in World War I. He had tried to enlist in all the services but none would have him. He then sought to be a patriotic speaker, urging the public to support the war issue. To make a long short, his speeches were not appreciated by the local leaders and the shipped him off to Switzerville, a thriving town who had failed to support the war in enlistments, donations and, frankly, patriotism. Well, the author here reports and James Montgomery Flagg illustrates the results. Fun reading. . These pages are 10 3/4 by 15 inches and in pristine condition. The Flagg illustrations are worth the price of admission.. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL A GENEALOGY IMAGESOFHISTORY COPYRIGHTED PRESENTATION Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Multiple Purchase Discounts on Regular Priced Items only

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