Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-05-25
Attention Soldiers, a n d
Friends of Soldiers.

We call the attention Of all having relations or
friends in the army to the fact that "HoOhand's
German Bitters will Cure nine tcnths Of the dis
eases incident to camp life. In the list published
almost daily IN the newspapers. on the arrival Of
the sick. it will be noticed that a very large por
ton suffering from debility. Every If
that kind can be readily cured nv Hooflands Bit
ters Diseases Sesuiting disorders of the diges-
tive organs are speedily removed. We have no
hesitation in stating that. it these Bitfers were
freely used among our soldiers hundreds OF lives
might BE- sa,ed that otherwise will be lost.
We call part ocular attention 10 the following
remarkable and well authenticated cure of one Of
the nations heroes his life. to use his own Ian
guage, 'has been saved By the sitters."
iiILADELruIA. Aug. Esd, 1868.
Mesus .]on.s d. Eroas We'll. gentleman
your Hoo1and's German B;tfers haze saved my
life. There is mistake in this. II is vouched
for by numbers Of my cn.nirdes. some Of whose
names ere appended, and who were fully cogri
zant of all the circumstances Of my case. ] am
and have been for the las. four years. member
of Sherman's celebrated battery and under the
immediate command Of Capt u. u. Ayres.-
Through the exposure attendant upon my ardu-
ons duties J was attacked in November last with
DAYS in the hospital. This was followed by crest
debility, heightened BY an attack Of dysentary
was then removed from the White House, and
sent to this city on board the steamer " State Of
Maine" from which landed on the 18th Of June
Since that time ha, been about as low any
one could be and still retain spark nf vitality
For week more w as scarcely able to swal
low anythng and if ! did force morsel down, il
was Immediately thrown M again.
could not even keep glass Of water on my
stamach. Life could not last sinder these circum
stances; and accordingly the physicians who had
been working faithfully. though unnecessarily,
to rcscue.Ine from the grasp Of the dread Archer.
frankly told me they could do more for me,
and adj i.ed me 10 clergyman. and 10 make
such disposition Of nv limited funds as best suit
cd me- An acquaintance WHO visited me Mt the
hospital Mr.. Frederick Steinborn. Of sixth below
Arch Street advised me, rs forlorn hope, to try
your Eitters and kindly procured bottle. From
the time commenced taking them the gloomy
shadow of death receded, and am now. thank
God for it, getting better Though have taken
but two bottles, have gained ten pounds. aud
feel sanguine nf being permitted TO rcjoin my
wife and daughters, !rcm whom have heard
am loyal virginiap from the vicinity Of Front |
Royal To you valuable Hitiers owe the Ger |
tainiy nf life which has taken the place Of vague
fears-to hitters will owe the glorious privilege |
Of again casping to my bosom those who are
dearest to ms life. IsAic MALONE.
We fully concur in the above statement ~ we |
had despaired Of seeing our conrade, Mr. us-
lone, restored to health. John Cuddleback. Lat |
n Y. Battery; Geo. Ackley, Go. Z, 18th Maine
Lewis Chevalicr s2d Few York; J.; i. spencer,
vt ARTILLERY Battery J. b. FasewelI, 70. y. 30
Me-; Henry \. jerome. Co { Sd ". u. 7. Nc
Donald, Co. +, 9Th Me-; J. +. Ward. Go: 4, 9th
nh n Koch, 60. II. I'D y. ]. n. b. Thomas,
90. +. s5th Penn. Andrew J. kimbali, Sd Vt.
J. jenkins, Co. y, l06th Tenn.