Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-05
A CHILD'S RECOVERY
FROM PARALYSIS AND SIX YEARS
OF CONCLUSIONS.
Little Fannie Adam. Of umut,,,.
Cured of a Dreadful Malady-A Cure
Of Unusual Interest-A Reporter

cured OF q Dreadful Malady-A Cure
Of Unusual I~nterest-A Reporter
Investigates.
From the Lake Region. Eustis, Fla.
For some time past the Lake Region
has been receiving reports from Umatilla,
tla.,. or an almost miraculous cure that
had been effected in the case of Fannie
Adams, a daughter of A. j. Adams, of
that place. and last Saturday n represent
tative of this lnper made a trip to Una
tllla for the purpose of determining the
authenticity of the same
The family live a short distance from
the village, where it was found that the
people were coGnizant of the cure which
had heen effected, and were rejoicing
with the family in their new-found happi-
ness; The father. =. J. Adams. Is q
Tennessee. and the family came to Flor
Ida four years g in the hope that a
change of climate would be of benefit to
their afflicted child. Much of their
earnings have gone for doctors bills,
whose services proved unavailing. The
representative was greeted by Mrs.
Adams, from whom he gained the story
of her great trial.
Fannie, the youngest child, vas born in
East Tennessee, and was seven years old
on the third day of February. 1897.
When ten months old she was stricken
with paralysis, which affected the entire
LEI, EFT side. ~ This stroke of paralysis was
time little Fannie was ten months old
until February, 1897, there was not u
single day or n night that she did not
have spasms of the most distressing ma
turc. Not n single CONFUSION, but always
three or four, and sometimes as high as
ten in n day.
The family was all broken down with
care, and Mrs. Adams states that for
one year she did not go into her kitchen
to supcr;ntend her household work. All
the fingers of the right hand of the little
girl are enlarged and misshapcn, caused
by her biting them during the fearful suf-
fering. The case hatiied the skill of the
best physicians, and they were frank 10
say that they could not determine the
cause. or prescribe a remedy TO aid the
afflicted child.
But what a change now in that house.
hold; for little Fannie has recently bee!,
released from her six years of agony.
the faces of the parents.
In January, this year, Mrs. Adams.
who had purchased some of DIR. Will
Jams Pink Pills for Pale People for her
fourtcen-year-old daughter, determined to
try their effect upon little Fannie. After
three or four doses she noted an improve.
!ment and then told the father what she
had done. He at once went to .he village
n bought another box, and up to this
time six boxes have been used. The first
pills, Mrs. Adams states, were given in
January. the latter part, and certainly
not earlier than the fifteenth or twcnti
eth, and the child had her last %convulsion
on February Sd, nearly three months
ago. Her general condition has improved
in every way, and it was not a month
after the first pills We're taken when she
heEan to walk without assistance.
The pills We're bought at the drug store
of Dr. Shelton, in Umatilla. In answer
to the question, did he, to his personal
knowledge. know that the remedy had
benefited Fannie Adams, as was stated
by her parents, the doctor said that he
was a regular practicing physician, and
as such was 10th to recommend any pro.
prietnry medicine, but still lie was read,
to do justice to all men. aud he did know
that DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pal.
People had benefited Fannie Adams. and
also volunteered the information that Ii.
knew of other children in the village whu
had been benefited by their use.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Poo.
pie contain, in a condensed form. all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shat.
tered nerves. They are also n specific fo1
troubles peculiar to females, such as sup.
prcssions, Irregularities and all forms Of
weakness. They build up the blood. and
restore the glow of health to pale and sal.
low cheeks. In men they effect a radical
cure in nil cases arising from mentaI
nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (nev.
er in loose bulkl at 80 cents n box or six
boxes for $3.50. and may be had of ali
druggists. or direct by mail by address.
ing DIR. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady. n. Y.