Tuesday, February 10, 2009

post # 9

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- The medicine show is part of American History
-By 1950 Hadacol was grossing at least $20 million throughout twenty-two states
-Hadacol was sold for $3.50 a bottle
-Hadacol contained a number of vitamins and minerals
-In 1950 hundreds of thousands of Americas were puttinq down good money
4 questions
-Who is Senator Dudley?
-Who was Mickey Rooney?
-Who was Roy Acuff?
-Who was Gracie Allen?
3 vocabulary
-tedious-marked by tedium; long and tiresome
-eradicate-to erase by rubbing or by means of a chemical solvent
gullible-easily deceived or cheated
2 literary terms
'....Hadacol Heart attack....' aliteration
'...many of the medicines...' aliteration
1 overvies sentence
This chapter was about the medicine show

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