The Bessemer indicator., 1894-07-28
A MIRACLE IN MISSOURI.
rHE ACHIEvBMENTs OF MEDICAL
SCIENCE FAR MORE WONDER-
TUL THAN THE MAGIC
OF THE EAST.
TIE Remarkable E1psrisncs of Post Mas.
ter Woodson, Of Panama.. Mo. For
Ten Yssrs . Crippis-To-Day
Well and Hearty Mnn.


Ten Yssrs . Crippis-To-Day
We'll and Hearty Man.
(From the Kansas city Timely
The people of Rich Hill, Mo. and vi
einity, have recently been startled by
n 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 cx-State In
spector of Mines, c. c. Woodson, of
this city. The people of Rich Hill where
he formerly resided, and of his poesent
home, remember well the bent form,
misshapen almost from the semblance
of man, which has painfully bowed its
head half to earth and labored snail
like across the walks season after sea-
son, 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, unhcsitatingly 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 a
Times reporter, it is here published:
"For ten years have suffered the
torments of the damned and have been
useless invalid to-day am a we'll
and hearty man, free from almost ev-
cry touch of pain. I don't think man
ever suffered more acute and constant
agony than l have since 1884. The
rheumatism started then in my right
knee, and after weeks of suffering in
bed I was at last relieved sufficiently
to arise, but it was only to get about
on crutchcs for five years, the ailnent
having settled in the joint. Despite
constant treatment of the most emf
nent physicians the rheumatism grew
worse, and for the Last four years
half toward the ground. In the winter
of 189O-91, after the rheumatism had
settled into its most chronic form,
went to Kansas City upon advice of
my brother, and for six weeks l was
treated in one of the largest and best
known dispcnsarics of that city, but
without the slightest Improvement.
Before came home I secured strong
galvanic battery, this I used for
months with the same result. In
August, 1892, went to St. Louis, and
there conferred with the widely-known
DR.. Mudd of hospital practice fame,
and DR.. Kalc of the city hospital.
None of them would take my case with
any hope of affording me more than
temporary relief, and so came home,
weak, doubled with pain, helpless and
Respondent.
about this time my attention was
called to the account of remarkable
cure by DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People of locomotor ataxia, rheu-
natisin and paralysis. l ordered some
of the pills as an experiment. When
began to take them, the rheumatism
had developed into a phase of paraly-
sis 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. Twas able
to attend to the duties of my office, to
get about as well and strong man.
Twas free from pain and could enjoy
sound and restfu1 nights sleep,
something I had not known for ten
years. To-day am practically, and,
firmly believe, permanently cured of
my terrible and agonizinE ailment.
No magician of the Far East ever
wrought the miracle with his wand
that DIR. Williams Pink Pills did for
me-"
To verify the story beyond question
of doubt Mr.. Woodson made the fol-
lowing affidavit:
STATE OF MISSOURI,
CouSTv OF BATES, es'
/, M. M. Woodson, being duly sworn
on my oath state that the following
statements are true and correct as
verify believe. NJ. NJ. WoopsoN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3rd day of March, 1894.
JOHN d. MOORE, Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are manufactured by the DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schen-
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and wrapper, at so cents box or six
boxes for $3.50. Bear in mind that DR..
Williams Pink Pills are never sold in
bulk or by the dozen or hundred, and
any dealer who offers substitutes in
this form is trying to defraud you and
should be avoided. DIR. Williams Pink
Pills may be had of all druggists or
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