Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-10
COULD ONLY EAT PEPTONOlDS
BUT PINK PILLS MADE IT POSSIBLE
TO EAT ANYTHING.
Get Your Digestion Right and Your
Health VIII Take Care of Itself.
From The Star, Washington. D. @.


From The Star, Washington. D. O..
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills miraculously
cured mo oftwo diseases and have otherwise
done mo vast amount OF good" said Mrs.
Z. A. Meeker, Of No. 207 Third street, South
east Washington, D. c., to a Star reporter
to-day.
"For many yeas was a sufferer from
muscular rheumatism in its worst form, aud
in addition had stomach trouble TO such an
extent that for long time could eat moth.
ing stronger than beof peptonoids. The
rheumatism commanced in my back and not
only EXTENDED into my left arm, almost par.
alyzlnS it from the shoulder to tho elbow,
but attacked my hips and limbs with such
vehemence that 1t was impossible for me to
20 out on the street without being supported
by m attendant.
~ was attended, by four different ply
siclans-not all at one time-of both the al
lopathic and homeopathic schools, una there
were times when 1 was covered from nv
neck to my feet with porous or somo other
kind OF pasters, for tried everything of the
sort that was recommended by my friends.
"Durng the greater part of this time my
husband and son wero urging mo to take
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. but 1 steadily re-
fused to do So
"About two years or two and half years
ago the physician who was then attending
me, and / have had mono since, said to me,
Mrs. Mccker, there Is no use for me to come
and see you any more; you havo muscular
rheumatism, q disease incident to old age.
and you cannot be cured. will give You
some iron for your blood, and when this
prescription runs out you can getit renewed.
IL. L
but will not again call until l am sum-
moned.'
"Of course I was much discouraged, but
still tried a noted massage treatment thor
oughly, but without the slightest effect. At
last my husband persuaded me to try the
Pink Pills.
81 want to say that when began taking
The Pink Pills 1t was without the least faith
in their efficacy for good or belief that they
would benefit me, but simply to please my
husband aud sonby taking something How
ever. took them as directed by the makers.
and about the end of the month l found to
my great surprise that my stomach was so
much better that had no longer to subsist
on beef peptonoids but could begin to in
duige in more solid food.
$50 told my husband that as the Pink
Pills were evidently doing me good, 1 would
try them for another month.
II continued to use them as directed and
during the second month my eyesight, which
had been very bad for n long time, began to
improve, and 1t was much moro pleasant for
me to go on the street, though still had to
be attended on account Of my weak limbs.
"How many boxes of the Pink Pills took
in all could not begin to tell, as there were
periods when would stop using them for a
week AT II time. But from the time 1 COM
menced until felt could safely cease talk
ing them was about fifteen months.
"Somctme after my cyesight began to
grow better, my memory, which had been
detective and caused me much trouble for
long time, returned and became as good us
when as was many years younger During
the period to which l refer had great diff
eulty in remembering where had put any.
thing, but as said before, this trouble en-.
tirely disappeared and has never returned,
while my eyesight also continues excellent,
"My long continued illness had reduced
my weight from between 1870 and 40 pounds
TO l12 pounds, but while L was taking tho
Pink Pills gnined thirty pounds and L now
weigh l3S pounds
my flesh, as they noticed my increasing
weight, WAS not solid and predicted that |
would speedily lose it. Such, however has
not been the case, although l have not taken
any OF the pills since last December All my
rheumatism having by that time disap.
peared, since which timo l have had no re.
turn OF the dread complaint. l have been
told that the disease will visit me again, but
il it does, shall again resort 10 the use OF
DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
with my experience with DIR. Williams
Pink Pills have not hestnted to recommend
them to others who wero afflicted. NV niece,
who lives near llillsboro, Loudoun County,
Va. suffered fora long limo with peculiar
disease of the hips and limbs. believed tho
medicine which did me so much good would
cure her also, and l bought three boxes OF
them and sent to her. She took them and
rAH a.ty. Infa of hn- ',;
DIR. Williams Piuk Pill contain all the Gle.
ments necessary to give Few life and rich
ness to tho blooI and restore shattered
nerves. They are sold in boxes (never in
loose form, by the dozen or hundred) at so
cents box, orsix boxes for S2.5D, aud may
be had of all druggists or directly by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenec-
tady, N. Y.