Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-06-18

lt was four years ago next month that
Mrs. N. NJ. Hoyt, who lives at 2429 Went
worth Avenue, came to Chicago. She was
at that time bed.ridden, suffering from in.
dammatory rheumatism and not able to
raise her feet from the floor. One of the
best physicians in Chicago treated her here
three weeks but was unable to effect even
relief He gave up her case, believing
nothing could be done for her and that she
had but q few days to live.
In speaking of her suferings and the re-
lief and permanent cure effected later she
says: "Whcn l was five years old was
taken down with infammatory rheumatism,
ed of, and I was free from all its symptoms
until / was fourteen years old. Then had
another attack, of which was cured, and
did not have a sick day until four years ago
Christmas afternoon 1892.
II had lived twenty.six years in Luding-
ton, Michigan, and fourteen years in Man:
isteee, Michigan, both towns being situated
on the lake. The weather in both places is
even moro damp, more raw and in winter
colder than 1t is here. In Manistee for many
years l conducted dressmaking establish
sick. I knew oil the prominent people in
Manistee and it was hard for me to close my
business and leave all the people Ihad known
there for years. My four children, all Of
whom are married, lived in other States.
One daughter lived in Chicago and being
attack on that Christmas afternoon S' came ne
with chills and rheumatic fever, Which grew grew
worse day by day. Manistee physicians did
all they could for me. but was helpless in
bed bed until Mt the end Of May 1898. The physi.
lake and especially Manistee. took their
advice and came to Chicago
Rheumatism was in my hands, my feet
and my head, in fact it was all over me be-
sides haying. heart failure. I could not
think of leaving my chair. was unable to
those white scars on my hands? We'll, let
me tell you how got them. MY hands be.
came fearfully swollen with the rheunla.
tism and were smooth and shiny just like
piece of glass. The skin by .he swelling
wherever you see the scars and from the
wounds came water for quite long time.
My sutlerings were almost unbearable, and
l tried the treatment of one of Chicago's
oldest and best physicians. took his medi-
cine for three weeks, but only grew worse.
and my stomach became so weak, whether
from the strong drugs or my general debili-
tated condition know not, but it was diili-
cult for me to retain any solid food. He
gave up my case ana ADVISED me to send ior
"I knew by that advice, that he did not
give me much longer to live. Instead
went to one of my daughters wholives in the
southern part of Indiana, in Elnora, Davis
County, where her husband, Asa Haie, was
one of the prominent merchants. believed
the climate there, being away from the IN
fuences of Lake Michigan might help me.
had been in Elnora about one week, not
feeling any better, when one day received
from my daughter in Chicago three boxes Of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
telling me in her letter that she had read in
2 newspaper of the wonderful cures they
men the newspaper spoke about and found
their and they told her every word said
about them was true. She pleaded that try
these pills and perhaps I would find the
lame benefits did not hesitate, as any.
Thing that promised relief, let alone cure I
was only too glad to try. commenced TAX
ing them, two pills three times day.