The Portland daily press., 1897-05-05

Portland Is a great commercial CEN
tire. This makes it progressive and up
to-date.
Il is the distributing point for the
great northeastern portion of New Eng
land and is destined to become great
manufacturing centre as we'll.
A really good thing is known and ap-
preciated as ia proven by the great pub
lie movement that has been started in
behalf of Puritana.
Leading men have Investigated and
endorsed this remarkable discovery and
hundreds of Portland people have test
ed it to their satisfaction. A portion of
the recent correspondence is given here
with.
From the Secretary of the Board of
Trade:
Portland,s Maine, May l, 1897.
From official certificates exhibited
signed by executive officers of the State
of New Hampshire, the ex-mayor of Con-
cord, bank commissioners and other re-
sponsible parties, certifying that they
have personally used DR.. Dixi Crosby IS
prize formula, Puritana, a remarkable
medical discovery with astounding re-
suits, and so satisfactory, as to accord
their public endorsement and private
recommendation, in such unqualified
terms that 1 am inspired to believe
thatjPuritana has remarkable medical
virtues worthy of trial.
(Signed)
NJ. N. RICH.
Mr. Rich has been 35 years secretary
of the Portland Board of Trade, has
been 40 years editor of the Board of
Trade Journal, and was one of the orga-
nizers of the National Board of Trade.
Mr.. George W. Loveitt has made bis
home in Willard for a number of yeare,
and has written as follows:
The Puritana Compound Co.:
Dear Sirs-i am now over sixty years
old, ana ever since was young man
of sixteen have been a sufferer from a
weak stomach. Of late it developed into
rheumatism, and with the two have
been doubly afflicted. My stomach re.
fused all solid foods, and for weeks at n
time I had to subsist on a small glass of
milk taken three times a day. Some
times I was totally unable to work and
would have as many as five OR six mus
tard plasters on my stomach and back to
relieve the terrible pain. Gas formed
in large quantities, land my stomach be-
came badly bloated. I lost flesh as food
did not digest. During these years
spent hundreds of dollars with doctors
and Oh medicines which had read of,
but all in vain. Finally a friend ad-
vised nae to try Puritana. I obtained
the first bottle at druggists in Port.
land. | want tc say that have used the
Puritana treatmen5 and am deriving a
very remarkable benefit. I can eat more,
sleep better. and besides have been re-
lieyed of the bloated condition of my
stomach. (Signed)
GEO. ". LOVEITT.
Willard, Me-, April 20. 1897.
The following remarkable testimonial
is from Mrs. Capt. Henry E. Willard oi
Willard. Her health has been saved by
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favor of this great remedy. This fami-
1y is well-known in Portland. Capt.
Willard was master of the three-masted
schooner Apphia and Amelia, of Port.
lRzd for Is years, and sailed the seas in
nearly every part of the world. He is
part owner in the schooner today, and
has given tho command Of her to his son,
Capt. Charles Willard. Mrs. Willard &
letter is as followE:
The Puritana CompoundsCo.
Gentlemen--Ro or four years WAS affict-
cd with soiatio rheumatism. I would
have those sharp pains which COM
nenoed generally about three O'Clock in
the afternoon and lasted until next
morning about two or three O'Clock when
they would ease up SO that l could get
some rest. The pains would first COM
menoe in my back and rundown through
my limbs, at the same time drawing the
cords terribly. My arms would also be
lame and panied me so much that it was
difficult GO use them. At times I had my
back and limbs covered with rheuma-
tism plasters, but they did not ease the
pain and I had to suffer-
In connection with this my stomach
troubled me greatly. Food soured and
lay like load. Then again gas would
form, causing a belching up of wind,
and sometimes I would vomit up por-
tion Of what l had eaten. J. employed
doctors, but received little or no relief
also tired several remedies which saw
advertised, but without good results.
One day l road about E'uritana, and
had my husband get me bottle. The
treatment began very soon to have a ben
eHcial effect. The pains began to leave
me, gradually at first, but surely, for