The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-25

done by the Houston Narcotic Cure. 10.
Gated in the former TINES building. in
this city. But the three s:ore victims
OF king alcohol whom it has rescued
curing the past four months from their
con9uering appetites, made whole,
sound and free, physically and mentally,
from their awful thraldom. know that
good work, bless the Houston Cure as
they go on their way rejoicing and ex.
tend helping hand to others still in
tho chains of slavery to liquor or drug.
HE lines 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, men who are known NJ,
over Virginia for their business integ.
rity, their prominence in the commun.
ity, their uprightness of character AID
their connection with Christian work
We give their names:
j. II. GAMBILI
T. T.. F1sHBuRNE.
j. o. HOBBS.
p. l.. TERRY.
w. X. ANDREWS.
That is settled. Their names are
vouchers for tho thorough reliability
and earnestness OF the work of the
Huston Narcotic Cure. Next
WHAT HAVE THEY GOT?
We answer: sure cure for the NOR
phinc habit, the opium habit, tho
tobacco habit, the liquor habit number
ing the slaves by tho thousands, the
tens of thousands, the hundreds of
thousands, the millions. Next
HOW DO THEY KNOW IT Is A CURE?
This is how they know it, We will
80 in to the subject in detail BY inv es-
| tigation.
TIE EZEKIEL HOUSTON FORMULA"
was discovered several years ago by DIR.
Ezekiel Houston. of Stanbury, Mo-,
physician OF high standing in hat Sec
ticn of country. and also surgeon of the
Omaha and Missouri railroad, who made
successful use of it in his regular prac-
,ice. Like mIny inventors, or thsir in
ventions, Dr. Houston and his celebrated
discovery might have remained I'M
known to the world had not tho atten-
ton OF capitalists and financiers been
vestigations and thorough tests of tho
cure, formed q national corporation for
tho purpose OF promoting and extending
| the use of the narcotic cure.
THE CURE TESTED.
This body OF capitalists required DR..
Houston 10 effect absolute cures upon
fifty of tho worst subjects that could be
selected from the streets. without max
! single person i'll from the effects of
| his treatment DR.. Houston accom-
| plished this, and furthermore he al
| lowed the syndicate to select oh ysician
who, after receiving instructions in the
use OF the treatment from DR.. Houston,
went to another city and performed
hfty additional cures without failure,
and this physician gave up his practice
and took charge of the Houston Insti-
tute in the city Ct Denver, Colorad
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. o Hobbs was
deputized to make a thorough investi-
ton of this cure.
90 the eth OF September Mr.. Hobbs
left Roanoke for Boston, Mass and
visited their institute located at Water
town, (Dr. Freeman, graduate OF Balti-
moro Medical College. medical directory,
where they had been in operation for n
few weeks. After witnessing the treat
ment OF the patients there, and inter
| viewing those who had been cured as
| we'll as those under treatment, ne
visited
THE INSTITUTE AT coScoRD, " H.,
which had been in operation for four
months. Here he found very large
number o. patients who had been effect.
ually cured OF the drink and morphins
habits among them some OF the toughest
cases imaginable. One cid gentleman,
| siXty'hv years of age who mad been
drinking for forty years. and for the last
few years as much as two quarts daily.
thoroughly cured and looking as fresh
as young man Indeed, he told Mr..
Hobbs that so thoroughly WAS MIS- sys.
tom renovated that he felt like man
of thirty years.
| IL is our intention to give in the next
article the further investigations OF MI.
Hobbs. S0lllce 1t for the present to saw
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 arg every
reader to consider carefully what is
stated in it, and to follow with equal
cara the whole series. then 10 p.4ce
Thorn in tho hands OF some friends or
relatives OF someone known 10 be tied
down and enslaved by one OF the ter
| rible appat ite3 which tho Houston