Daily Republican., 1880-11-18

the same building, stated tnat sone
weeks ago he was attacked with catarrh |
of the throat of q most maligSant form.
He was entirely disabled from visiting
his many pupils, and the suffering
from ths disorder was intense. Hs
summoned medical attendance, and
tried q number of remedies In vain,
when few applications Of the oil ef
fsctsd rapid and Il orough removal OF
the disease.
Having been informed that awonder-
ful cure had been fected by the
Oil In the Otis block, on the corner Of
LaSalls and MadiIon streets, ths repor-
ter called upon Mr.. James Otis, the
owner Of the block, and ons Of Chicago's
m3st influential citizens, who stat-d
that he had heard something about The
janitor's wife, haYing tested thsremeiy,
and that II the reporter couid wait
lew minutes he would so and see what
that lady had to say aboutit. Mr.. Otis
visited the party, and having returned
to the Office, reported as follows: The
lazy stated that she had Of late been
sorely tried with rheumatic pains and
chilLlains in her feet which no doctor
or remedy could overcome, but that a
few applications of the St. Jacob's Oil
had baDished both troubles, and thev
had not returned. Mr.. Otis added I
his own accord that the lady was thoi'
oughly reliable, and that her state
ment was as true as it was disinte'eet-
, ed. A visit was paid to Mr. Ira Brown,
the active and enterprisiug real e!ts'e
man, in the same building, who sta ei
that he could and would cay good
word for the St. Jacobs OIL, which had
cured him OF q severe attack OF infAm-
matory rheumatism that all other
treatments hsd failed even to allAy.
He could mention q more wonderful
cure, however--that of a lady friend
who, visiting Chicago from her home III
Deadwood, Dakota, WAS attacked With
rheumatism of the severest type. Her
case baffied the best medical skill, and
when Mr. Brown tJld her what the 81.
Jacobs Oh has done ior him, she told
him to get her 8 couple Of bottles, II
they cost as much as 800 a bottle.
Mr.. Brown did SO, and the second bottle
was yet half full when the lady was
cured and enabled TO 20 home, from
which place she has written stating
her ecovery has proved both thorough
and lasting.
At Henry Russer's, 2l6 Rush street,
the reporter met the proprietor, who
stated that when, eight years ago, he
gave up working in the rolling mill he
was subject to rheumatism, caused by
the terrible change Of temperature an
dergous at work. Since that time that
disease had bsen his almost constant
companion until quite recently. He
could not tell half of the remedies he
b ad tried in these years.. Eight months
ago he first heard OF the OIL, and, sl
though he was almost tired of trying
different kinds OF cures he bought a
bottle and secured almost instantaneous
benefit, while two bottles had cured
him entirely. A short time ago, too,
he had been troubled with sore feet,
continuous standing in his business
Having left them 'as raw as liver Two
applications of the Oil cured them, and
since then they have been perfectly
sound. He also stated that his wife had
cured frightful sore throat with the
same remedy that his aunt, who lives
in Fulton, Ohio, had banisIed chronic
rheumatism Of years. standing with the
'IOil, and that his mother had found 1t
etTicacious in cases of headaches, from
which, previous 10 the employment OF
st. Jacobs Oil, she could find no relief.
A number of friends OF Mr.. Russer, who
happened to be in his place, gave SINH
lar testimony, and one of them stated
that he had treated and thoroughly
cured q spawned horse with the Oil.
Mr. RGsser's closing remarks were 10
tho effect that he would not be without
the st. Jacobs Oil in the house if it
cost $50 instead OF so cts. bottle. AT
the re.idence of Mr.. John O'DoDnell,
No. l06 Sigel street, the reporter found
Mrs. O'Donnell, an old lady of ID, who
said that eight years ago, just after the
great fire, iu fact. she had got the rher'
matism in the feet, and that, after try
ing all kinds of remedies, some Of
which cost as much as 81 bottle, she
had recently heard of 81. Jacobs Oil,
and had given 1t trial, the result be.
ing that few applications changed her
from bed.ridden cripple to strong
woman, able to dance about the floor
"as lively IS in her youthful days."
The old lady added that she had re-
commended the remedy to "a young lady
named Miss Meehsn, who was suffering
with diptheria, and that she was per-
fectly cured by its application:
O'Dopnell too, knew of man who
from rheumatism of the arms and
shoulders, had not been able for
months to pnt on his coat without as
sistance, but who was perfectly cured
by the use of half u bottle Of St. Jacobs
Oil. The reporter was put upon the
track of several OF tie Above wonderful
cures by one of the prCpristors Of the
'Old sslamsnder Drag House Of Van
Setback, Stevenson & Co., corner Of
Lake and Dearborn streets, who stated
that the st, Jacobs OIL was making a
great hsadway; that its sales were lar.
ger than those Of any article Of like ma
ture in the market, and were increasing
steadily, and that the number Of cures
it effected, which are being reported |
from all parts of the Northwest, was
simply unparalleled. Mr.. Thomas 0.
Thompson, the mayors secretary, who
some few days ago, slipped on a banana
peel and severely sprained his knee,
writes that the Oil acted like charm.
\ The soreness was banished,
and tne supplsness of the knee restor-
ed Mime. Murie Salvoti, the famous
pri.na donna, who charmed the aud