The People's friend., 1894-07-20
A MIRACLE IN MISSOURI.
The Achievements Of Medice,
Science Far More Wonderful
Than the Magic Of the East.
The Remarkable Experience of Post Mas
ter Woodson, OF Panama, Mo.-Foc
Ten Years Cripple-To-Day A
Well and Hearty Man.
from the Kansas CITY Times. I

The people of Rich Hill. No. and vicinity,
have recently been startled by seeming
miracle of healing. For years one Of the
best known men in Bates and Vernon cOun-
ties has been Mark NJ. Woodson, now post
master at Panama, and brother of ex-State
Inspector of Mines G. G. Woodson, of this
city. The people of Rich Hill, where he
formerly resided, and of his present home,
remember well the bent form, misshapen
almost rom the semblance of man, which
has painfully bowed its head half to earth
and laD0red snail-lihe across the walks
season after season, 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 helpIesSnesS, and walked erect, firmly,
unhes itatirgly about the two cities people
lOOl1ed d and wondered. The story Of the re-
marliable case has become the marvel of the
two counties. Exactly as Mr.. Woodson told
it to Times reporter, 1t is here published:
'For ten years l have suffered the tor
meats of the damned and have been use
less invalid; to-day am well and hearty
man free from almost every touch OF pain.
Idon't think man ever suffered more acute
and constant agony than have since 1854.
The rheumatism started then in my right
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was at last relieved sufficiently to arise, but
it was only to get about on crutches for five
years, the ailment having settled in the
Joint. Despite constant treatment of the
most eminent physicians the rheumatism
grew worse, and for the last four years |
have been compelled to 60 about bent half
toward the ground. In the winter of lo3)-
81, after the rheumatism had settled into lts
most chronic form, [ went to Kansas City
upon advice of my brother and for six
weeks was treated in one of the largest
ana best known dispensarieS of that city,
but without the slightest improvements.
! Before | came home [ secured d strong gal
vanic battery, this | used for months with
| the same result. In August, 1852, | went
! to st. Louis, and there conferred with the
! widely known DR.. Mudd Of hospital prac-
tice fame. and DR.. Kale Of the city hospital
None of them would take my case with any
hope of affording me more than temporary
relief, and 50 I came home, weak, doubled
with pain, helpless and despOndent
"About this time my attention was called
! to the account of a remarkable cure by DR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People Of
locomotor ataxia, rheumatism and paral-
vsis i ordered some of the pills - an eX-
pertinent When [ began to take them,
the rheumatism had developed into phase
of PARALYSIS; my leg from the thigh down
was cold all the time and could not be kept
warm. In a short time the pills were gone,
and SO was tie cane. | was able to attend
to the duties of my office, TO get about as a
well and strong man. was free from pain
and [ could enjoy sound ana restful
nights sleep, something L had not known
for ten wears. To-day am practically, and,
l firmly believe, permanently cured of my
terrible and agOnizing ailment. No ma
gician of the Far East ever wrought the
miracle with his wand that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills did for me-"
To verify the story beyond all question OF
doubt Mr.. Woodson made the following
affidavit
STATE OF MISSOURI, CO
COUNTY OF BATES. So
I'M M. WoodSOn, being duly sworn on
nv oath state that the following statement:
are true and correct as | verify believe
NJ. NJ. WOODSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this3t
day Of March, 1891.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are manufactured by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. Y :, an(
are sold only in boxes bearing the firms
trade mark and wrapper, at 80 cents bO!
or six boxes for = 80 Bear i'll mind that Dr
Williams Pink Pills are never sold IN bull
or by the dozen or hundred, and any deale
who offers substitutes in this form is tryln!
to defraud YOU and should be avoided. Dr
Williams Pink Pills may be had OF al
druggists or direct by mail from DIR. VII
! liamS' Medicine Co.