Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-03
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Tf4E REMARkA6LE STORY TOLD
~ 4 wELL-kNO"N PriiLA-
DELPHlAs
His Startling Experiences.


1Pisllzleilhia Press
Truth. g has b-ea sad. !. strsnger tnan
be40a- 4ad certainly tie f1li9sins story
atich Is zel auiat- tieatad, remarkably a.
lastF4tes ths truth 81 lllr lfcFeEo.
Ibs narrator IS AI Josspa Z. tlei. Who
resides al ~. It5 y Eleventh street Ia tbs
eIfy he 81 a 9sa known real estate agent.
Ju6i fe@ nloasl- s-a he lived a. No l5t
y fs,h street. Azs f3lk eiIg, and a. b1sl-
n--- manager ~ peFl2tical devoted "a the
Interests 81 clFll el-.leerlnI- Ia eousefsa-
fl0u Nith q reporter a teW 14ss a-so. bs sad,
-foa uag taluk u slrslEe hat say one
sn1lll have gone fr9m Philadelphia - New
Orleans this winter, stayed there some time,
ia size Aofe ~ being restored 10 health. and
SET uezer have seen fhs kAposIuon. bal . hen
] lea }ol sis tcls sas, you = ~ understand
that bad good reason
Nale living ia New YORK / ~as taken with
d vefy seFere bronchial affection, shlch fol
i0sed Is long attack IT asthma. / gradually
grew worse and became Neakrr ana thinner
every d3. Mg throat troa6led me greatly
and ] had raezing cough which caused me
much PAIN. and affected Iy eaIlre system.
last NcIobsF / became 30 completely pros
tr.ted that Iny physician, Dr.. Birch. ordered
me peremp pfoFily 20 give up ny business, 80
to New Orleans and remain there until was
sironger-adding significantly, If you don
get 10 Nsw Orlesus st once, yoa vii get un-
der ground
Ata very serious pecuniary sacrifice gave
up aIF business eng a-emenfs, sold my house
hoil ulitare aad took my family - Phlla-
irltiIa where ih could stay With friends
stl / vent SautI. When reached tins
cas- / really 4 l. more dead than alive and
could scarcely a8.k. Nl c0U-h kept me
awake at night and I sui red greatly from
aches and PAIN The trip to New Orleans
did me 10 good. and even after the wearl-
ne-s from tle long Journey had passed away,
+ / felt SO prOstrated that | hurried back 10
Philadelphia IN the fear that | would die
sLil-t ai--nt from my family. On my re-
grn / Va- very weak and emaciatid. and
. s4- comp litd 20 remain IN doors cun-ttniiA
Ahan christmas came ! was ~ q Wrttc ed
cOnduIOU. and was falling yosy fast. new
Z lsa-e OF isfa Was. however, gwen 10 me
hort time ago and am now gaining IN
. health, 81 ength and cheerfulness. friend
told NE OF "a new remedy and advised me 10
Try it. Drowning men vail catch at straws,
and n all that the doctors could do was not
10 prOlOng my life, but 70 simply make my
/ last hours a. easy As possible, determined
upon trying il. After taking few doses
cit like "a new man, and when | had used
a few bottles ny bronchial troubles and
cough entirely lett me, and am better now
than | have been for years. The remedy,
Rhich Is Red Star Cough Cure. / know saved
NY life. 1 take nothing else now and have
F entirely thrown aside ak regularly prescribed
medicines
Mr.. Iisl spoke with 20 mach sincerity and
I ais family cOrrObOrated 50 strongly what he
said that the reporter felt convinced. and
F concluded 10 inquire OF physicians If they
knew anything OF the remedy. DR.. Henry
+ Ienman. OF Jefferson Medical College. who
T Is Port physician of the Board of Health, on
/ being spoken 10 said he had heard of Red
StaT Cough Cure, and that nc believed Prof.
/ Charles l.. Williams, Ph. d., of No. 9l2 San
som street, had made a chemical analysis of
IL. The Professor was formerly Professor of
+ Chemistry IN the University OF Missouri,
and STATE Chemist of Delaware lie was
! called upon and said Ia answer to questions
! that he had submitted Red Star Cough Cure
To- the stricteSt chemical tests; that he had
found IN Il no traces of mOrphIa, alkalOids
/ OF opium or ipecacuanha, thus showing that
none of these substances entered into Its
/ preparation; that all the ingredients We're
purely vegetable and that the reactions
showed the remedy u be a new and valuable
/ one. lie added that nine out OF ten among
ordinary cough mixtures contain morphia
/ or opium: that their Use at any time l. dan
gerou-, especially when administered TO
/ children by careless mothers or unskIlful
4 nurses. and that even when fatal results do
not follow, there l. a danger of blood poi
-Oning and of the growth of the mental
I faculties being impaired or weakened.
Dr. Woodward, OF Winter and 18th streets,
I latter statement of DR.. Williams, and added
that II he was at liberty 10 do 50, he could
give the names of fifty people, who 10 his
f suOwledge bad died from the use of cough
mixtures containing morphia, opium or poi
sons. Like enquiries were also made OF cor
/ OuerS. deputy cOrOners and ex-coroners. at
the office of the Board of Health, and at the
registration office Of births. deaths and mar
F riayes. and IN every case the statement was
made that hundreds of children and many
adults die annually from the inJudicious use
Of cough mixtures containing Oplates or mar
cotics, and that the names and residences of
many would readily b. gwen, were Il not for
family considerations.
Continuing ms investigations, the reporter
was put into communication with Hon VIM.
+ Mutcaler. Member Of Congress from the
Tenth district of Pennsylvania, who, he was
E tOid. h1d personal experience of the remedy
Mr.. Mu,chler vas emphatic IN saying that
/ he had derived great benefit from 1t, and
that he was TO stranger 20 its efficacy. tie
f had call the attention Of United States
Senator Blackburn Of Kentucky, to IT,
kn1vin, thai his the Senator'S father was
q appointment phy -lcian IN that State, and
F tAs. he ras iuter.~ ed IN discoveries OF this
-Iar .eter. SIR. Blackburn made practical
ls-s 81 Red Star C1uzh Cure and publicly
stated over ms ovH guatnre that it had re-
mog 4 his co1gn and oeeI 81 great benefit
f 10 him. especially when he was acting a.
temporary speaker OF the House Of Repre-
f seBtatives
Tao things have been learned by the in
vestiEtti0u. First. that the most severe case
0f car1nc bronchitis following a long attaca
1f aslumt ba- been cured by q simple rfus
-.3. asa. second. that modern msdcf.
-sl rc- hi- h...n able CD upset old 'rlditiOu-
% 81 give Co tle world an eficac.ou- agent
for the cure OF cough-. colds and throat and
lang affections, without It having what has
'ouE been considered iudispers sible-mOr-
phia. opium or any other narcotic
saturday. April 4 We shall give. with pur-
chase 0s ~ cents and over. one Of those
Electrical instructors. Don't miss It.
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