The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-24
MAN WITH A HISTORY
The Terrible Experience that Befell
John W. Thomas. of Theta, Tenn.
Afflicted with a Peculiar Disease, His Body
Covered with Lumps. Could MOI Eat,
and Thought lie Was Going to
Dry Up-His Recovery the
Marvel of Tennessee.
Fran he Nashville (Teun.l Bounpr.

Marvel of Tennessee.
From he Ndshrile (Tennl Bonner.I
Mr.. John w. Thomas, Jr., of Theta,
Tenn. is a man with a most interest
ing history. At present he is inter-
ested in bloodcd horses. for which
Maury County is famous.
Few people. | take it" said Mr..
Thomas to q reporter who had asked
him for the story of his lite, have
passed through as remarkable a chain
OF events as | have and remained alive
to tell the story.
1T 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 hat my last day
had nearly dawned upon ME. [ hurried
back here to my old home to die.
From simple indigestion my malad"
developed into a chronic inability to
take any substantial food, | was barely
able to creep about. and at times | was
Frustrated by spells of heart palpi5a-
ton. This condition continued Int .
one year ago.
ON the 18th of April. 1893, I sud-
denly collapsed, and for days | was UNI
conscious, in fact | was not fully my
self until July. My condition on Sept.
l was simply horrible: L weighed but
seventy pounds, whereas my normal
weight is TO pounds. All over my
body there were humps from the size
of a grape to the size of a walnut, my
fingers were cramped sc that | could
not more than half straighten them. L
la -+,.Al,, 1ac< 1Dnfna 81 rDu r,o..
limbs and my hand trcmbled SO that |
could o drink without spillins the
LIQUID. Nothing would remain on my
stomach, and it seemed hal L must
dry up before many more days had
passed.
Il made another round of the physi-
clans, 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"
Iere Mr.. Thomas displayed his
arms, and just above the elbow of each
there was q 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, lis what the
doctors did by putting morphine into
me.
"On the 18th of December. 1893, just
eight months after took permanently
to rcd-I shall never forget the date
my cousin, Joe Foster, of Carter's
Creek. called on me and gave me a box
of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for 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 edi-
cine. AS a result | 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 bcen attending to
my duties for q 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 and
| am almost as strong as | cver was.
Yesterday | rode thirty-seven miles
on horseback: | fee 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
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 I have presented to you is
known to my neighbors as we'll as to
myself. and they will certify to the
truth of my remarkable cure"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People are net d patent medicine in
the sense that name implies. They
were first compounded as q prescrip-
ton and used as such in general prac-
tice 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, II are sold in
boxes never in loose form by the dozen
or hundred. and the public are eau
toned against numerous limitations sold
in this shape at 20 cents Il box. or six
boxes for So, ard may he had of all
druggists or direct by mail from DR.
Williams Medicine Company.