The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-08
COFFEE HITS HARD.
Almost Killed a California Girl.

"A young lady in California had a re-
marl1able experience with coffee drink
ing The details are most interesting TO
anyone who even suspects that coffee is
. damaging to the health. She says, I
drank coffee from a child, and a few
years ago my health began to break
down, everything I ate or drank dis
tressed me, and I settled into a chronic
form of dyspepsia accompanied with a
headache every morning and was very
irritable most of the time. I could not
sleep without taking a sleeping draughr.
While at first the pains in my stomach
were slight, they kept growing worse.
until finally the most wholesome food
and drink would cause intense agony
and a few minutes after eating would
have to throw everything up My doctor
had been telling me for some time thai
coffee was hurting me but 1 did not be-
lieve it was true. for I saw many peo-
pie drink coffee and thought I could.
OF course, in this condition could not
sustain my flesh and strength. and I lost
in weight from 1S5 pounds down to 80
pounds. and became a perfect skeleton,
starving to death in a land of plenty 1
was confined to my bed and dying by
inches. The doctor told me there was no
chance of my ever getting well as my
stomach was worn out.
They had begun to wonder how many
more days I would live. one day a lady
friend called and told how wonderfully
she had been helped out of stomach
trouble and headaches by leaving off
coffee and using Postum Food Coffee
and Grape Nuts Food. She went right
to work and made me a nice cup Of Pos
tum and prepared a little Grape-Nuts. I
dreaded the torture of taking anything
into my stomach, but she coaxed me to
take a spoonful of Postum and Of Grape
Nuts. To my great surprise, found
that did not have any pain to speak of
in my stomach, and the food actually
stayed down.
Everyone was completely mystified. In
a little time afterWard / drank three
spoonfuls of the Postum and took a little
more of the Grape Nuts, and that stay
ed down and seemed to soothe my nerves
and give me a restful feeling.
Soon after the doctor came in and my
nurse told him that for the first time in
three weeks, food had stayed on the
stomach. He could hardly believe her
as he thought death was very near Then
he wanted to know what had been eat
ing and drinking. He took home some
of the Grape-NutS and Postum. The next
day he said there was no mystery about
1t, as he had analysed the samples and
said he had found a pre-obgested food,
and one that would not hurt the stomach
and the Postum was the most natural
drink he had ever seen. He said that it
did not excite the nerves as did coffee,
and that it was nourishing and built up
the system instead Of tearing it down.
He had my nurse give me more of the
Postum and Grape Nuts ard said there
was one chance in ten thar my system
might be built up and my life saved.
In less than a weeks time l could
drink half a cup of Postum at once, and
how it did quiet my nerves and make
me feel like was getting some strength
Six days after beginning Postum
went to sleep the first time in two
months without taking a sleeping
So step by step kept on i'm
proving. The headaches disappeared. /
MY stomach became stronger each day |
and gained steadily in weight
At the end of four months I felt like |
q new person, and had gained fifty |
pounds in weight could sleep well, eat |
plain food, and, all in all, felt well and /
strong again.
My head is 50 clear that I can think |
better than / ever could. know and |
all of our friends know, that there is /
not the slightest doubt but that I would /
be in my grave today but for Postum /
Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts-
You can publish this account if you /
wish, but please only use my initials"
Miss N. u, SebastopoI,. Cal. Full name 1
and address given TO those interested /
upon application to the Postum Cereal /
Co. Ltd. Battle Creek, Mich