The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-03
ACCEPTED BY PORTLAND.
Is Shown 10 be Strong on the
Right Side.
Public Sentiment

| Portland Is great commercial CEN
tire. This makes it progressive and up
to-date.
1t is The distributing point for the
great northeastern portion of New Eng
land and is destined to become great
manufacturing centre as well.
A really good thing is known and ap-
preoiated as ia proven by the great pub
nc movement that has been started in
behalf of Puritana.
| Leadlng 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, Maine May !, 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-
spoiisible parties, certifying that they
have personally used DIR. Dixi Crosby g
prize formula, Puritana, remarkable
medical discovery with astounding re-
suits, and SO satisfactory, as to accord
their public endorsement and private
recommendation, In such unqualified
terms that ain inspired to Believe
that Puritana has remarkable medical
virtues worthy of trial.
| (Signed)
| NJ. N. RICH.
Mr.. Rich has been IS years secretary
Eof the Portland Board of Trade, has
been 40 years editor of the Board of
Trade Journal. and was one of the orga-
MIXERS OF the National Board Of Trade.
Mr.. George w. Loveitt has made his
home in Willard for number of years,
and has written as follows:
The Puritana Compound Co.:
Dear Sirs--l am now over sixty years
old, and ever since was young man
OF sixteen have been sufferer from n
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 "
| time I had to subsist on small glass of
milk taken three times day. Some
times 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 stomac be-
came badly bloated. I lost flesh us food
did not digest. During these years
spent hundreds OF dollars with doctors
and on medicines which I had read of,
but all, in vain. Finally friend adj
vised nae to try Puritana. obtained
| the first bottle at druggists in Port
land. want to say that have used the
Puritana treatment and am deriving q
very remarkable benefit I can eat more,
sleep better. and besides have been re-
lieved of the bloatsd condition Of my
sto mach. (Signed)
GEO. w. LOVEITT.
Willard. Me-, Apyil20, 1897.
The following remarkable testimonial
| is from Mrs. Capt. Henry e. Willard of
Willard Her health has been saved BY
Puritana and she cannot say enough in
favor of this great remedy. This fami-
lly is well-known in Portland. Capt.
| Willard was master of the three-masted
schooner Appbia and Amelia, OF Fort
| LAID. 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 the command of her to his son,
Cant. Charles willard. Mrs. Willnrd's
letter is as follows:
The Puritana Compounded.
Gentlemen-For four years | was affect
ed with sciatio rheumatism. would
have those sharp pains which COM
menced 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
menos in my back and run down through
nv limbs, at the same time drawing the
cords terribly. My arms would also be
lame and panied me SO much that it was
difficult co use them. At times had my
back and limbs covered with rheuma-
tism plasters, but they did not ease the
pain and had to suffer-
In connection with this my stomach
troubled me greatly. Food soured and
lay like a load Then again gas would
form, causing a belching up OF wind,
and sometimes would vomit up por-
tion of what had eaten. employed
doctors, but received little or no relief. l
also tired several remedies which l saw
advertised, but without good results.
One day read about Puritana, and
had my husband get me bottle. The
treatment began very soon to have ben
sficial effect. The pains began to leave
me, gradually at first, but surely, for