Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-09-08
A MIRACLE IN MISSOURI.
The Achievements OF Medical Science
Far More Wonderful Than the
Magic Of the East.
The Remarkable Experiences OF Post MAS
ter woodson, of Panama, Mo.-For
Ten Years n Cripple-ro-day
Well and Hearty Man.

from the Kansas City Times.
The people Of Rich Hill, No, and Vi
cinity. 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 NJ.
Woodson, now postmaster at Panama,
and brother of ex-State Inspector OF
Mines, c. C. Woodson of this city. Inc
people OF Rich Hill, where he formerly
resided, and of his present home, re-
member we'll the bent form, misshapen
almost from the semblance OF man,
which has painfully bowed its head
half TO the earth and labored snah-like
across the walks season after season,
and whenoneday last month 1t straight
enened 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,
unhesitatingly about the two cities,
people looked and wondered. Ihe
story of the remarkable case has be-
come the marvel of the two counties
| Exactly as Mr.. Moodson told II to q
Times reporter, it is here published:
'sF.or ten years have suffered the
tOrment rs of the damned and have been
| a useless invalid; to-day | am well
/ and hearty man, free from almost every
/ touch of pain. | don't think man ever
suffered more acuteand constant agony
/ than have since 1854 The rheuma-
1ism started then in my right knee, and
4 after weeks of suffering in bed was at
/ last relieved sufficiently TO arise, but II
AxRs only to get about on crutches for
/ FIVE wears, the ailment having settled
in the Joint. Despite constant treat
ment of the most eminent physicians
the rheumatism grew worse, and for
the last four years have been COM
PEELED to 20 about bent half toward the
ground. In the winter of ls9O-9l,
after the rheumatism had settled into
its most chronic form, went TO Kan
sas City upon advice of my 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 galyanic battery, this
] used for monthswith the same result.
In August, lsa2, l went TO St Louis,
and there conferred with the widely
known Dr. Mudd of hospital practice
fame, and DIR. kale of the city hospital
None of them would take my case with
any hope of affording me more than
temporary relief. and-so l came home
weak, doubled with pain, helpless and
despondeut.
About this time my attention wa:
called TO the account Of "a remarkable
cure by DR.. Williams Pink Pills fol
Pale People of locomotor ataxia, rheu
matism and paralysis. Iordered som'
of the pills as an experiment When
began to take them. the rheumatism
4 .1vvs-s
my leg from the thigh down was cole
all the time and could not be KEEP
warm. In a short time the pills weT,
gone, ard so was the cane. was. abl'
to.attend TO the duties of my office, :,
get about as well and strong man.
was free from pain and could enjoy
sonnd and restful nights sleep, some
thing | had not known for ten years
To-day am practically, and, l tirml.
believe, permanently cured of my ter
rible and .agonizing ailment No ma
gician of the Far East ever wTough
the miracle with his wand that Dr
Williams Pink Pills did for me"
To verify the story beyond all ques
ton of doubt Mr.. WoodsOn made tn
. following affidavit:
STATE OF MISSOURI, ! =.
COUNTY OF BATES,
/, NJ. NJ. Woodson, being duly ,sworl
on my oath state that the following
statements are true and correct as
verify believe.
NJ. VI. WooDsoy.
! Subscribed and sworn to before M
t this Cd day of March, 1894.
john d. MOORE, Notary Public.
! DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale PEG
pie are manufactured by the DIR. VII
liams' Medicine Company, Schenectady
n. Y, and are sold only in boxes bear
; ing the firms trade mark and wrapper
at so cents a box or six boxes for 81. 50
: Bear in mind that DIR. Williams PM
, Pills are never sold in bulk or by tn
dozen or hundred, aud any dealer VIII
offers substitutes in this form is tryin!
, to defrand you and should be avoided
DIR. Williams Pink Pills may be had q
all druggists or direct by mail from Dr
Williams Medicine Co.