Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-02-13

There is one proprietary medicine in use
in this sity, the name of which has become
household word and that is the preparation
known ~ "Pink Pills for Pale People. "
Shakespeare said, "a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet" That may be
so, 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, young
money loaner of Spokane, Wash, was seen by
the newspaper man. Mr.. Merrill made no
secret of his remarkable cure by these little
pellets.
"Do | know the efficacy Of Pink Pills ? u
he reiterated. al should rather think / do,
they have been blessing to me. am not
m the habit of praising proprietary medicine,
but / must say that Pink Pills rs far rs my
case goes have no equal in the world. A
little ever a year ago began ailing and COM
menced to lose flesh rapidly. The doctor
told me to stop smoking, this | did, but the
creased to less than forty minute. was
prescribed for by my doctor, but without re-
cciVing any benefit whatever. | continued
daily to grow worse and my parents became
alarmed over my condition. Some one sug-
gested Pink Pills. | thought l would try
them anyway. And tell you that cannot
endorse them too highly, they worked like a
normal again, my flesh increased and felt
like a new man. To tell you the truth / am
sill taking them. | have a sort of fondness
for them yet and am loath to give them up.
"I know Of young lady living in this
city, whose condition was even worse than
mine, she took Pink Pills and is one Of So
eiety's gayest young ladies now. / wish
were at liberty to give her name, as l am
sure she would only be too delighted to give
them hearty send off. believe Pink Pills
cannot be too highly recommended. They
are gems, indeed"
Mr.. Merrill is young man Of twenty-five
or twenty 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 50 seriously i'll
enly a few months ago. BE is 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 sick man y" he answered, No, the
purchases are not made for me, but for my
father, Frank J. Ether, who is farmer at
Priest River, Idaho. He has been afflicted
with rheumatism for years and has tried
every remedy known to the medical profess
Gon, but all to no avail Some menths ago
he began the use of Pink Pills and has i'm
proved rapidly ever since. He writes me
that he feels like q new man again. He is
so much attached to the little pills, that
every time he writes me, he mentions them
and directs me 10 send him several packages
more. l usually purchase two or three dol
lars worth at time. If l ever should be-
come dcbilitated in any way, think know
what my remedy would be, Judging from the
efficacy of Pink Pills in my 'Rther's case"
The drug vendors Of this city are unani-
mous 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
Gales were very large. Pink Pills go like