The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-08-11

| "1Atcf W. oubOn ot fAn1mh, MO.
| For Ten Years u Cripple-To-day
| Well and Hearty Man.
From the Kansas City Timesl
| The people of Rich Hill, Mo-, and
vicinity have recently been startled by
seeming miracle OF healing. For years
one OF the best known men in Bates and
Vernon counties has been Mark NJ.
Woodson, now Postmaster at Panama
and brother OF ex-State Inspector OF
Mines c. c. Woodson OF this city. The
people OF Rich Hill, where he formerly
resided, and OF his present home re-
member well the bent form, misshapen
almost from the semblancs OF man,
which has painfully bowed its head half
to earth and labored snail-like across the
walks season after season, and when one
day last month it Strengthened to its full
height, threw away the heavy butt OF
cane which for years had been its only
support from total helplessness, and
walked erect, firmly, unhesitatinglv
about the two cities, people looked and
wondered. The story OF the remarkable
case has become the marvel OF the two
counties. Exactly as Mr.. Woodson told
It to Times reporter, it is here pub
lished:
For ten years l have suffered the
torments OF the damned and have been
useless invalid; to- day l am we'll and
hearty man, free from almost every
touch OF pain. l don't think man ever
suffered more acute and constant agony
than have since 1884. The rheumatism
started then in my right knee, and after
weeks OF suffering in bed | was at last
relieved sufficiently to arise, but it was
only to get about on clutches for five
years, the ailment having settled in the
Joint. Despite constant treatment OF
the most eminent physicians the rheu-
matlsm grew worse, and for the last four
years | have been compelled to 90 about
bent half toward the ground. In the
winter OF lS9O-9l, after the rheumatism
had settled into its most chronic form,
went to Kansas City upon advice OF nv
brother, and for six weeks was treated
in one OF the largest and best known
dtspensaries of that city, but without
the slightest improvement. Before
came home | secured strong galvanic
battery; this | used for months with
the same result. In August, 1892, |
went to st. Louis, and there con-
ferred with the widely known DR.. Mudd |
OF hospital practice fame and DR.. |
hale OF the city hospital. None OF them
would take my case with any hope OF |
afordlng me more than temporary re- |
lief, and so | came home, weak, doubled |
with pain, helpless and respondent.
About this time my attention was !
called to the account OF q remarkable |
cure by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale |
People OF locomotor ataxia, rheumatism |
and paralysis. | ordered some OF the /
pills as an experiment. When | began .
to take them the rheumatism had de-
veloped into phase OF paralysis; my
leg from the thigh down was cold all the
time and could not be kept warm. In
short time the pills were gone, and so
was the cane. l was able to attend to
the duties Of my Office, to get about as a
we'll and strong man. | was free from
pain and could enjoy sound and rest
lul nights sleep, something | had not
known for ten years. To-day am prac-
tlcally, and | firmly believe, permanently
cured OF my terrible and agonizing all
ment. No magician OF the Far East
ever wrought the miracle with his wand
that DR.. Williams Pink Pills did for
me-"
To verify the story beyond all ques-
lion OF doubt Mr.. Woodson made the
affidavit:
STATE OF Missouri,
COUNTY Of BArEs,i So
l, VI. VI. Woodson, being duly sworn
IN my oath, state that the following
statements are true and correct as
'erlly believe. VI. VI. WOoDsox.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
his 81 day OF March, 1894.
JOHN D. MOORE, Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
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or $3.50. Bear in mind that DR.. Will
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r by the dozen or hundred, and anv :
ealer who offers substitutes in this form 5
J trying to defraud you and should be ,
voided. DIR. Williams Pink Pills NAV ,
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rom DR.. Williams Medicine Co. ,