The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-06-12
To GAIN WEIGHT.
PILE, THIN PEOPLE USUALLy LnE DISEASED,
The First Thing Necessary to Gain Flesh is Health
Then Proper Food for Both
Body and Nerves.
An Honest German Wonan's Experience and How
She Gained Weight.
From The Journal, KirksuiLle, No.

Henry Gehrke is a thrifty and prosperous
German farmer living four miles south of
Bullion, in this (Adair) county, Mo. Mr..
Gehrke has valuable farm and he has been
a resident of the county for years. He is
very well known hereabouts and well re.
spected wherever he is known. Last week q
reporter of the Journal stopped at Mr..
terested in Mrs. Gehrke's account of the
benefit she had not long since experienced
from the use of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. She said she wanted every
body to know what a great medicine these
pills are, but as SO many people are prais-
ing them nowadays, she modestly doubted
whether her testimony could add anything
to what others had already said Of them.
Her only reason for talking for publication
about Pink Pills was that the people of
Adair and neighboring counties might be
convinced, if any doubted, that oft-pub-
1ished testimonials concerning Pink Pills
were genuine statements from the lips of per-
sons who have been benefited by the use OF
them. Speaking of her own interesting ex-
perience, Mrs. Gehrke said:
A little over a year ago | was completely
broken down. had been taking medicine
from doctor but grew worse and worse un-
til l could scarcely go about at all. The
least eXertion or the mere bending of my
body would cause me to have smothering
spells, and the suffering was terrible. I
thought it was caused by my heart. When
everything else had failed to relieve me and
I had given up all hopes of ever being any
thing but a helpless invalid, | CHANGED to
read some testimonials in the Farm, Field
and FSreside, also in the Chicago Inter- Ocean
and the suffering of the people who made
the statements were so nearly like the SUI
fering / had endured that when | read that
they were SO greatly benefited by the use OF
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
81 did not hesitate to go at once and pur-
chase two boxes. | took them according to
directions and before the first box was used
felt good bit better Really the first dose
convinced me that it was a great remedy.
Before the two boxes were used up / sent
my husband after three more boxes, so
would not be without them. When | had
used these three boxes | felt like a different
woman and thought was almost cured.
Since that time have been taking them
whenever I began to feel badly. When
began taking DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, I weighed only 113 pounds and
after had been using the medicine for about
six months l weighed 122 pounds. | have
had good appetite ever since / commenced
taking Pink Pills and instead of mincing
along, picking such food as l could eat even
with an effort, l eat most anything that
comes on the table. am not the invalid !
was. do not have to be waited upon now
as if I was helpless child, but l work all
the time, doing the homework and ironing
and working in the garden without that
dreadful feeling which comes over person
when they are afraid they are going to have
one of those spells that used to have.
"Work don't hurt me any more. hon
estly believe that had it not been for DR..
Williams Pink Pills would now be in my
grave l still have what the doctor calls
bilious collie but the Pink Pills have made
me much better and the spells are not so fire.
quent and are nothing like as painful as be.
fore I began to use them. I would not be
without the Pink Pills for that disease alone
under any circumstances to say nothing Of
the other diseases for which they are espe
cially recommended. take pleasurein tell
ing my neighbors the benefits have received
from Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale PEG
pie, and know of several who have takeI
my advice and have been greatl.< benefited
by them.