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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 10, 13 January 1908, Page 7

Twenty young men have been engaged during the last few months, under the auspices of the New York Department of Agriculture, in drinking chocolate cream sodas ' and acid Phosphates. They form the latest poison squad" of Dr Harvey Wiley, head, of the chemistry experimental tmreau, who wishes to prove that he as correct in attributing the gastric troubles of the average American to w®, so 7a water fountain habit. Dr Wiley has come to the conclusion that the present experiments are the most unpopular he has yet attempted. He had no difficulty in persuading 50 sociological enthusiasts to drink salicylic acid to demonstrate to the world that this much-used preservative is a poison, and another "equad" engaged to drink alcohol for the same purpose ■underwent the tests with the greatest enthusiasm. The present "squad*" however, describe sodawater drinking as "the limit," and threaten to re^ yolt.