Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-10-29
A MAN WITH A HISTORY,
THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE THAT
BEFEIL JOHN w. THOMAS, OF
THETA, TENNESSEE.
Amicted With Peculiar Disease-His
Body Covered With Lumps-couId Net
Eat and Thought He was Going to
Dry Up-His Recovery the Mar
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vel OIL Tennessec.
(From the Ndshuille, Tenn, Banner.)
MIR. John W. Thomas, Jr., of Theta Tenn.
is man with most interesting history
At present he is interested in blooded horses,
for which haury County is famous.
Few people, take it," said Mr.. Thomas
to reporter who had asked him for the
story of his life, "have passed through as
remarkable chain Of events as I have and
remained alive to tell the story.
SIT was along in 1884, when was working
in the silver mines OF New Mexico, that my
troubles began at first l suffered with in.
digestion, and so acute did the pains be-
come that went to California for my health,
but the trip did me little good, and fully i'm
pressed with the idea that my last day had
nearly dawned upon me, hurried back here
to my old home to die.
"From simple indigestion my malady de-
veloped into a chronic inability to take any
substantial food, was barely able to creep
about, and at times 1 was prostrated by
spells of heart palpitation This condition
continued until one year ago.
"On the 11th OF April, 1898, I suddenly
collapsed, and for days was unconscious,
In fact was not fully myself until July. My
condition on September lst was simply hor-
riblei : l weighed but seventy pounds, whereas
my normal weight is 165 pounds. All over
my body there were Jumps from the size of a
grape to the size of a walnut, my fingers
were cramped so that 1 could not more than
hnI L.,
control of my lower limbs and nv nand
trembled so that could not drink without
spilling the liquid. Nothing would remain
on my stomach. and it seemed that l must
dry up before many more days had passed,
~ made another round OF the physicians,
calling in one after The other and by the aid
OF morphine and other medicines they gave
me, managedt to live ethough barely through
the fall"
Here Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms, and
just above the elbow OF each there was
large Irregular stain as large as the palm OF
the hand and OF purple color; the space
covered by the mark was sunken nearly to
the bone. THAT" said Mr.. Thomas, sis
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me.
"On the 11th Of December 1893 Just eigh
months after took permanently TO bed-It
shall never forget the date-my cousin. Joe
Foster, of Carriers Creek called on me and
gave me box OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills
Tor Pale People, saying they had cured him
OF partial paralysis, with which | knew he
bad all but died. l followed his directions
and began taking the medicine as IL result |
stand before you to-day the most surprised
man on earth. Look at my hand, it is as
steady as yours my face has a healthy look
about 1t have been attending to my duties
fora month. Since began taking the pills
have gained thirty pounds, and l am still
gaining. All the knots have disappeared
from my body except this little kernel here
In my palm. | have good appetite and 1
am almost as strong as l ever was.
Yesterday rode thirty-seven miles on
horseback feel tired to-day but not sick
used to have from swo TO four spells OF
heart palpitation every night since began
the use of the pills | have had but four spells
altogether
II know positively that I WAS cured by
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills, and 1 believe Arm
ly that 1t is the most wonderful remedy in
existence to-day, and every fact l have pre-
sented TO you is known TO my neighbors as
well as to myself, and they will certify TO the
truth OF my remarkable cure"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are not n patent medicine in the sense that
name implies. They were first compounded
ms prescription and used as such in general
practice by an eminent physician. So great
was their efficacy that it was deemed wise to
place them within tn reach OF all. They are
now manufactured by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, and
are sold in boxes (never In loose form by the
dozen or hundred, and the public are eau
toned against numerous limitations sold in
this shape) at fifty cents box. or six boxes
for So So and may be had of all druggists or
direct by mail from Dr. Williams, Medicine
Company.