Tyler County Newspaper Articles

Deceived Husband - But He Seemed to Like It.

"We used to buy our coffee from an agent of a coffee house in _____, who came once a month to take our order. When we would run out, we bought package coffee from a local grocer, and "hubby" would always raise more or less of a row until the coffee he was used to came along.

"One time I concluded to serve some Postum Food Coffee, without his knowing it. Hubby remarked that he was glad to know the regular coffee man had got along and he was very much pleased. He had not the slightest idea it was Postum, and I let this run along for about two months, serving him Postum every day. A lady guest at our table remarked that she would like to know how I made coffee, as hers always had a bitter taste. I thought it was a good time to tell the truth, and remarked that I always took four heaping teaspoonsful of Postum Food Coffee--'What?' yelled hubby, 'What's that?' 'Yes, I take four heaping teaspoons of Postum to the pint of water.' (Hubby was still staring.) 'Let it stand on the stove until it really boils, and then allow the actual boiling to continue thereafter for fifteen minutes.' You can imagine how he stared. Finally he remarked: 'Well, if the coffee I have been drinking for two months is Postum Food Coffee, that is the only kind we will have in the house hereafter.'

"I was brought to try Postum, for I had so much trouble with my heart for four or five years, with fainting spells and so many times a day was compelled to sit down to deep from falling, could not go up and down cellar on account of dizziness and a sick feeling at my stomach, could not eat anything greasy.

"After a thorough examination by the doctor, I was told that I had catarrh of the stomach in the worst form, and he forbid the use of either tea or coffee, so I started in on Postum, leaving off the old coffee entirely, as well as tea. I immediately began to get better, and now my trouble is entirely gone, and I am well in every respect and able to eat anything I want without distress. I proved to my own satisfaction that coffee was the cause of my trouble." Mrs. F. Shurte, Sistersville, W. Va.

Source: The Times (Richmond, Va.) November 1, 1900, Transcribed by C. Anthony