Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-24
A MAN WITH A HISTORY.
THE TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
THAT BEFELL JOHN w.
THOMAS OF THETA,
TENNESSEE.
Afflicted With a Peculiar Disease. His
Body Covered With Jumps. Could Not
Eat and Thought He was Going to
Dry Up. His Recovery the

Dry Up. His Recovery the
Marvel of Tennessee.
(From he Ndshyille, Tenn, Banney.)
Mr.. John W. Thomas, Jr., of Theta,
Tenn, is a man with most interest
ing history. Atpresent he is interested
in blooded horses for which Maury
county is famous.
''Few people, l take it." said Mr..
Thomas to reporter who had asked him
for the story of his life, shave passed
through as remarkable chain of events
story.
ut was along in 1884, when was
working in the silver mines of New
Mexico, that my troubles began; at
first / suffered with indigestion, and so
acute did the pains become that went
to California for my health, but the
trip did me little good, and fully inn
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
developed into a chronic inability to
take any substantial food, was bare
ly able to creep about, and at times
/ was FRUSTRATED by spells of heart pal
pitation. This condition continued
nntil one year ago.
ION the 18th of April, 1898, l sudden
ly collapsed, and for days / was uncon-
scious, in fact was not fully myself
until July. My condition on September
LIST, was simply horrible; 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 walnut, my
fingers were cramped so that l could
not more than half straighten them. /
had entirely lost control of my lower
limbs and my hand trembled SO that |
could not drink without splitting the
liquid. Nothing would remain on my
stomach, and it seemed that / must dry
up before many more days had passed.
Il made another round of the ply
sicians, calling in one after the other,
and by the aid of morphine and other
medicines they gave me, | managed to
live though 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 a 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.
son the 18th of December, 1898, just
eight months after took permanently
to bed shall never forget the date
my cousin, Joe Foster, of Carriers
Creek, called on me and gave me box
of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, saying they had cured him of
partial paralysis, with which knew he
had all but died. followed his direc-
tions and began taking the medicine.
as result l 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 it: have
been attending to my duties for a
month Since | began taking the pills
/ have gained 80 pounds, and / am still
gaining. All the knots have disap-
peared from my body except this little
kernel here in my palm. l have a good
appetite and | am almost as strong as |
ever was.
"Y esterday I rode thirty seven miles
on horseback, / feel tired Today but
not sick. | used to have from two to
four spells of heart palpitation every
IlSHU. SluCc DcSdu VIC uSc Oh Tic plllS l.
have had but four spells altogether.
Il know positively that | was cured
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and | be-
lieve firmly that it is the most wonder
full remedy in existence to-day, and
every fact l have presented to you is
known to my neignbors 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 a patent medicine in the
sense that name implies They were
first compounded as a 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 the reach of all.
They are now manufactured by the
DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, n. V, and are sold in
boxes, never in loose form or by the
dozen or hundred, and the public are
cautioneb against numerous limitations
sold il this shape) at so cents box or
six boxes for $3.50, and may be had of
all druggists or direct by mail from
DR.. Williams Medicine Company.