Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-26
MAN WITH A HISTORY
The Terrible Experience that Befell
John W. Thomas, Of Theta, Tenn.
AFFLICTED with . Peculisr Disease, His sody
Covered with Lumps, Coold Not Eat
and Thought He Was Going to
DRY up--HlA Recovery tho
Marvel OF Tennessee.
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Dry Up--His Recovery h
Marvel OF Tennessee.
rFrom the Nashville TENN Banner.l
Mr.. John w. Thomas, Jr., OF Theta,
Tenn, is a nan with a most Interests
ing history. At present he Is inter'
ested In blooded horses, for which
Maury County IL famous.
"few people, ! take 1t, said Mr.:
Thomas to a reporter who had asked
him for the story OF his lie, have
passed. through As remarkable a chain
OF events as / have and remained alive
TO tell the story.
at was along In 1884, when / was
working In the silver mines Of New
Mexico, that my troubles began: at
first | suffered with indigestion, and 80
acute did the pairs 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, j hurried
back here to my old home To die.
From simple indigestion my malady
developed into a chronic Inability To
take any substantial food, | wal barely
able TO creep about, and at times | was
Frustrated by spells Of heart palpita-
ton. This condition continued until
one year ago.
"On the llth OF April, 1898, | sud-
denly collapsed, and for days | was UNI
conscious, In fact | WIS o fully my
self until July. My condition on Sept.
i was simply horrible; / weighed but
seventy pounds, whereas my normal
weight Is les pounds. All over mH
body there were Jumps from the size
OF a grape TO the size of u walnut, my
c---.- IN Lnt aA,al1
not more than half straighten them. |
had entirely lost control OF my lower
limbs aud my hand trembled SO that |
could not drink without spilling the
LIQUID. Nothing would remain on my
stomach, and 1t seemed that ] must
dry up before many more days had
passed.
Il made another round of the physi-
clans, calling in one after the Cther,'
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 O large irregular stain as
large as the palm OF the land and OF a
purple color; the space covered by the
mark was sunken nearly TO the bone.
THAT, said Mr.. Thomas, As what the
doctors did by putting morphine into
me.
"On the Eth of December, 1899, Just
eight months after | took permanently
TO ted shall never forget the date
my cousin, Joe Foster, OF Carriers
Creek, called on me IN gave me a box
OF DR.. Williams Pink Pills fc Pale
People, saying they had cured him OF
partial paralysis, with which l knew
he had all but died. / followed his
directions and began taking the m .di-
cine. AS a result / stand be; ore you
to-day the most surprised nan on
earth. Look at my hand-it is as
steady as yours; my face has a healthy
look about il; ! have been attending 10
my duties for a month. Since l 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 a good appetite aad
! arm almost as strong as | ever was.
Yesterday / rode thirty-seven miles
on horse back; l feel tired to-day, but
not sick. ! used TO have from two To
four spells OF heart palpitation every
night. Since | began the use OF the
pills | have had but four spells alto
gether.
Il know positively that / was cured
by DIR. Williams Pink Pills, and | be-
lieve firmly that it is the most wonder
full remedy In existence to-day, and
every fact 1 nave presented to You IL
known TO my neigbbors as we'll as TO
myself. and they will certify TO the
truth OF my remarkable cure"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are net a patent medicine In
the sense that name implies. They
were first compounded as a prescrip-
tion and used as such in general prac-
tice BY an eminent physician. SO great
was their efficacy that il was deemed
wise to place them within the reach Of
all. They are nov manufactured by
the DIR. Williams Medicine Co pany,
Schenectady, N. Y, ana are sold in
boxes never In loose foi m by the dozen
or hundred, and the public are eau
toned against numerous limitations sold
In this shape at 30 cents a box. or six
boxes for ~. 50, ard may be had Of all
druggists or direct by mail from DIR.
viii ANS Medicine Company.