The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-04-09
From the Nugget, Ctehalis, Wash.

from Lne NuCget, CneHuttS, HuSN.
The n~eighbors called her a walking corpse.
For fifteen years she had suffered from loss
Of blood and dropsy. She had not the
strength to stand alone. She had spent
thousands of dollars with the doctors and
had been unable to find relief. Her case
was considered hopeless.
That is the experience of Mrs. G.. Reed, q
w~ell-known lady Of this city.
A Nugget reporter called upon her at her
home last Tuesday. She was willing to be
interviewed, she said, if she could be TIE
means of pointing out to other unfortunates
the way to recovery and good health.
at has been over fifteen years since the
malady asserted ITSELF" said Mrs. Reed.
"Since then, until within the last few
months, l never knew what it was to be well
for a single day. l could not sleep. My
This continued for years. | became so weak
Icould not wait upon myself. had to have
the help of others to dress and undress, even
to walk from one room to another. | lost all
my strength. In addition, l had dropsy of
the blood. My limbs were swollen, and
nothing l could do seemed to afford me re-
lief. The doctors said l must take iron to
strengthen anu ihNlgorate my Dioou. L LOON
iron-took it by the bottle and by the box !;
took it morning, noon and night. But it did
no good, and | had finally lost all hope.
"Atl last | saw an account of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. | thought this
fitted my case exactly and l tried to get some
of the pills. They were not kept at the
drugstores here, and / had to send to Olym-
pia. They came finally, however. began
to take them and experienced relief immedi-
ofalv SaDf for tXyn moro hpypS IN the Dr
Williams Company at Schenectady, n. Y,
and by the time l had taken them | felt like
q new woman. l have been taking them
occasionally since then.
at was two years ago that | began to use
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. | was sixty years
of age then, and had not been able to do my
homework for many years. Now | am abb.
to care for myself, to dc my own work, and l
can walk long distances without being espe.
cially fatigued.
81 think my cure is a marvellous one, and
is due entirely to the Pink Pills for Pale
People. Without them l fear | should have
been dead before now.
"Since my cure has become known the
druggists here rave always kept the pills,
and I do not nave to send away for them any
more. / have recommended them to several
of my n%eighbors, and | know that they have
lone much good in more than one case SINH
lar to my own"
In order to confirm this statement beyond
all doubt Mrs. Reed offered to make affidavit
to its truth, and the affidavit is here pre-
sented:
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF LEWIS.
Mrs. Martha l.. Reed, being first duly
sworn on her oath, says that she has read the
foregoing report Of an interview with her
and that the same is as she gave it and il
correct in every particular.
(Signed) MRS. MARTHA l.. REED.
Subscribed and sworn to before me thi
14th day of>May, 1895.
J. NJ. KEPNER, Notary Public.
A case Of similar import and of much in
terest is here given also, the same having
been originally published by the Adranc
of Ogdensburg, N. Y. While it is from tn
far east. the facts can nevertheless be easil.
substantiated by writing the patient direct
Every female who is nearing the ~cTitica
period Of O woman's life will be pleased t