Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-31
GOOD SHOWING.
WHAT A REPORTER LEARNED ABOUT A
CERTAIN MEDICINE.
Several Persons Testify to the Good
Results Following Its Use, and
Druggists Tell of Its Sale.

There Is one proprietary medicine in use
In this city, the name of which has become
. household word and that is the preparation
known as Pink Pills for Pale People
Shakespeare said, "a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet" That may be
80, but pills by any other name would not
have the same attraction nor popular sales
that Pink Pills have in Spokane, Wash.
A representative Of the Minneapolis Jour
nal started out the other day to investigate
the merits Of this popular and widely-sold
household medicine. The evidence was on
every hand. Hamilton B. Merrill, a young
money loaner Of Spokane, Wash, was seen by
secret of his remarkable cure by these little
pellets.
"Do / know the efficacy of Pink PillsP"
he reiterated. 81 should rather think / do,
they have been q blessing to me. / Am not
in the habit Of p~raising proprietary medicine,
but / must say that Pink Pills as far as my
case goes ave no equal in the world. A
little over q year ago l began ailing and COM
menced to lose flesh rapidly. The doctor
told me to stop smoking, this | did, but the
result was even worse. Ny heart beats de-
creased to less than forty a minute. l was
prescribed for by my doctor, but without re-
ceiving any benefit whatever. I continued
daily 70 grow worse and my parents became
alarmed over my condition. Some one sug-
gested Pink Pills, | thought / would try
them anyway. inc | tell you hat / cannot
endorse them too highly, they worked like a
charm IN my case. Ny heart soon became
normal again, my flesh increased and | felt
Hka a naW man To fa11 xvntt the frrfb ~,
still taking them. / have a sort of fondness
for them yet and | am loath to give them up.
II know Of a young lady living in this
city, whose condition was even worse than
mine, she took Pink Pills and is one of So
ciety's gayest young ladies now. | wish |
were at liberty to give her name, as / am
sure she would only be too delighted to give
them a hearty send off. believe Pink Pills
cannot be too highly recommended. They
are gems, indeed.n
Mr.. Merrill is a young man of twenty-five
or twenty-three years Of age and to-day is the
pink of health. He has a splendid com-
plexion and would be the last person to be
taken for one who had been so seriously i'll
only a few months ago. He is a splendid
athlete besides and moves in the best circles
of society here.
Frank Ether, a fireman at No. 8 Station
House, is a regular purchaser of Pink Pills.
Mr.. Ether was seen by the correspondent
yesterday and asked whether the pills were
doing him good. He laughed. "Do / look
like q sick man he answered, "No, the
purchases are not made for me, but for my
father, Frank ]. Ether. who is a farmer at
Priest River, Idaho. He has been afflicted
with rheumatism for years and has tried
every remedy known to the medical profess
sion, but all to no avail. Some months ago
he began the use of Pink Pills and has i'm
proved rapidly. ever since. He writes me
that he feels / K q new man again. He is
70 much attached to the little pills, that
every time he writes me, he mentions them
and directs me to send him several packages
more. ] usually purchase two or three dol
lars worth at a time. If / ever should be-
come debilitated in any way, / think | know
what my remedy would be, judging from the
efficacy of Pink Pills in my fther's case"
The drug vendors of this city are unani-
nous in their recommendation Of Pink Pills
and say that their sales surpass any other
like proprietary medicine in their stock.
G. g. Essig told the correspondent that his
Nles were very large. Pink Pills go like