The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-26
INVESTIGATED 1T CAREFULLY.
The Houston Narcotic Cure
Thoroughly Studied
''eiore the Roanoke Branch Was Estab-
N'hed-Prominent Citizens Back OF
the Movement-A Sure Cure For the
Liquor Tobacco, Opium and Morphine
Habits-NIr. Hobbs Visits Numerous
Houston Institutes.

No 'no Soou Work now being
done by the Houston Narcotic Cure. 10.
Gated in the former TINES building. in
this city. But the three score victims
OF king alcohol whom it has rescued
during the past four months from their
conquering appetites, made whole,
sound and free, physically and mentally,
from their awful thraldom, know that
good work, bless the Houston Cure "a
they go on their way rejoicing, and ex-
tend helping hand to others still in
the chains OF slavery to liquor or drug.
THE TIMES has undertaken the task
OF giving the widest possible publicity
to the objects OF the Houston cure. In
the first place
WHO ARE BACK OF 1T?
We answer, mon who are known all
over Virginia for their business intev-
rity, their prominence in the commun.
ity, their uprightness of character and
their connection with Christian work.
We give their names:
J. NJ. GAMBIrL.
T. T. FIsHBURNE.
j. o. HoBBs.
p. L. TERRY.
w. X. ANDREWS.
That is settled. Their namss ara
vouchers for the thorough reliability
and earnestness OF the work of the
Houston Narcotic Cure. Next
WHAT HAVE THEY GOT?
we answer: sure cure for the NOR
phine habit, the opium habit, the
tobacco habit. the liquor habit, number
ing tho slaves by the thousands the
tens OF thousands, tho hundreds of
thousands, the millions. Next
HOW DO THEY KNOW 1T Is A CURE?
This is how they know it. We will
go IL TO the subjcc; in d,taii. B2 invss-
tigation.
TIE "EzEKIEI HOUSTON FORMULA"
was discovered several years ago by Dr..
Ezekiel Houston, of Stanbury, Mo-, q
physician OF high standing in that sec.
ton of country, and also surgeon of the
Omaha and Missouri railroad, who made
successful use OF it in his regular prac-
tice. Like mAny inventors, or their in
ventions, DR.. Houston and his celebrated
discovery might have remained un-
ton OF capitalists and financiers been
called to 1t. They, after making in
vestigations and thorough tests OF the
cure, formed national corporation for
the purpose OF prom citing and extending
the use of tho narcotic cure.
TIE CURE TESTED.
This body Of capitalists required DR..
Houston to effect absoluts cures upon
nifty of The worst subjects that could be
selected from the streets, without max
single person i'll from tho effects of
his treatment. DR.. Houston accom-
plished this, and furthermore he al
lowed hesyndicate to select physician
who, after receiving instructions in the
use OF the treatment from DR.. Houston,
went to another city and performed
fifty additional cures without a failure,
and this physician gave up his practice
and took charge of the Houston Insti-
tute in the city # Denver, Colorado.
Houston institutes are now in sue
cessful operation in thirty or more
States of the Union, and more than
5000 patients have been cured in these
Institutes within the last year.
This wonderful showing was brought
to the attention of the above named
gentlemen and Mr.. J. 0. Hobbs was
deputized to make thorough investi-
ZION OF tnlS cure.
On tho eth OF September Mr. Hobbs
left Roanoke for Boston, Mass, and
visited their institute loo lated at Water
town, CDR. Freeman, graduate of Balti-
moro Medical College, medical directory,
where they had been in operation for a
few weeks. After witnessing the treat
ment OF the patients there, and inter-
viewing those who had been cured as
well as those under treatment, he
visited
THE INSTITUTE At CONCORD, y. H.,
which had been in operation for four
months. Here he found very large
number OF patients who had been fect.
ually cured OF the drink and morphine
habits, among them some OF the toughest
cases imaginable. One old gentleman,
sixty five years OF age, who nal been
drinking for forty years, and for she last
few years as much as two quarts daily,
thoroughly cured and looking as fresh
as youns man. Indeed, he told Mr..
Hobbs that so thoroughly was his sys.
tenn renovated that he felt hike man
of thirty years.
1t is our intention to give in the next
article the further investigations OF Mr..
Hobbs. Suffice it for the present to say
that the further he went the deeper be-
came his conviction that the Houston
Cure was The Cure OF all cures, and on
his report the Houston Narcotic Cure
WAS established at Roanoke.
In closing this article we urge every
reader to consider carefully what Is
stated in it, and to follow with equal
care tho whole series, then to place
them in the hands OF some friends or
relatives OF someone known to be tied
down and enslaved by one OF the ter
rible appetites which the Houston