The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-06
A Miracle in Missouri.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MEDICAL
SCIENCE FAR MORE WONDER
Full THAN THE MAGIC OF
THE EAST.
The Remarkable Experience of Post
Master woodson, of Panama, Mo-
For Ten Years II CrippIe.-To-day
A Well and Hearty Man.
from the Kansas City Times.)

The people of Rich Hill, Mo-, and
vicinity, have recently been startled by
a seeming miracle OF healing. For years
one of the best known men in Bates and
Vernon counties has been Mark M.
Woodson, now postmaster at Panama.
and brother Of ex-State Inspector OF
Mines, G. G. Woodson, OF this city. The
people of Rich Hill, where he formerly
resided, and of his present home, remem-
her well the bent form, misshapen
almost from the semblance OF man.
which has painfully bowed its head hall
to earth and labored snail-llke across
the walks season after season, and when
one day last month it Strengthened to It's
full height, threw away the heavy butt
of cane which for years had been It's
only support from total helplessness,
and walked erect, firmly, unhesitatlngly,
about the two cities, people looked and
wondered. The story OF the remark
able case has become the marvel OF the
two counties. Exactly as Mr.. Woodson
told it to a Times reporter, it is here
published A., .Lo
"For ten years l have suffered the
torments of the damned and have been
a useless invalid to-day l am well
and hearty man, free from almost every
touch of pain. | don't think man ever
suffered more acute and constant agony
than l have since 1884. The rheuma,
tism started then in my right knee, ana
after weeks of suffering in bed l was AT
last relieved sufficiently to arse, put IL
was only to get about on crutches lor
five wears, the ailment having settled IN
the joint. Despite constant treatment
Of the most eminent physicians the
and for the
last four wears | have been compelled to
90 about bent half toward the ground.
In the winter of lS90-9l, after the rheu-
matism mad settled into its most chronic
inrm. I went to Kansas City upon advice
of nv brother, and for six weeks was
treated in one of the largest and best
known dispensaries of that city, but
without the slightest improvement.
BEFORE came home secured strong
oalvanic battery, this used for months
with the same result. In August, 1872,
I went to st. Louis, and there conferred
with the widely known DR.. Mudd OF
hosnital practice fame, and DR.. Kale o.
the city hospital. None OF them would
take nv case with any hope OF atfordlng
me more than temporary relief, and SO
came home weak, doubled with pain
helpless and Respondent.
"About this time my attention wal
called to the account OF remarkapi'
cure bv DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pal'
People of locomotor ataxia, rheumatism
and paralysis. | ordered some OF th
Mills as an experiment. When begal
To take them, the rheumatism had dc
welcomed into phase OF paralysis; m
leo from the thigh down was cold al
the time and could not be kept warm
In a short time the pills were gone, an
o. was the cane, / was able to atten
to the duties OF my office, to get abou
as a we'll and strong man. L was ire
from main, and | could enjoy SCUM
and restful nights sleep, something
had not known for ten years. To-da
am practically, and, / firmly believ
permanently cured OF my terrible an
aoonizing ailment. No magician oil u
Ear East ever wrought the miracle W.T.
his wand that DR.. Williams Pink Pil
did for me.
of Doubt Mr.. Woodson made the folio
ing affidavit ,,,
County OF BATES. '''
I, NJ. NJ. Woodson, being duly swo
On NV oath. state that the 1olloWll
statements are true and correct as
wer;Iv hai;eye. M. M. WooDsoN.
Subscribed and sworn to before
this Sd day of March, 1884. min.
JOHN n. MOORE, Notary Pu0uc'
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N. Y, and are sold only in boxes be-
inc the FIRMS trade mark and wrap
at so cents a box or six boxes for W;
Bear in mind that DR.. Williams n
Pills are never sold in bulk or by
dozen or hundred, and any dealer "
offers substitutes in this form is try
to defraud you and should be avoid
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Williams Medicine Co.