The age-herald., 1901-03-07
COFFEE HITS HARD. Almost Killed a California Girl.

A young lady in California had a re- rarkable experience with coffee drink ing. The details are most interesting to anyone who even suspects that coffee Is Gcmaging to the health. She says, "I drank coffee from child, and few years ago my health began to break down. everything I ate or drank dis tr6 ssed 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 draught. While at first the pains in my stomach were slight, they kept growing worse. un- til finally the most wholesome food and drink would cause intense agony, and a few minutes after eating would have to ,hrow everything up. My doctor had been telling me for some time that coffee was hurting me. but I did not believe it was true, for saw many people drink coffee and thought I could.
 Of course, in this condition I could not Bustain my flesh and strength, and lost In weight from 1S5 pounds down to 20 pounds, and became a perfect skeleton, starving to death in land of plenty. I was confined to my bed and dying by Inches. The Dr. told me there was no chance of my ever getting well as my tomach was worn out.
 They had begun to wonder how many more days 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 cof- fee and using Postum Food Coffee and Grape Nuts Food. She went right to work and made me nice cup of Postum and prepared a little Grape-Nuts. I dreaded the torture of taking anything into my stomach but she ooaxed me to take a rpoonful of Postum and of Grape-Nu To my great surprise I found that I pnt hou fir In Of in stomach, and the food actually stayed down.
 Everyone was completely mystffied. In S little time afterward I drank three Bpoonfuls of the Postum and took a little more of the Grape-Nuts, and that stayed down and seemed to soothe my nerves and give me 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 stom- ache He could hardly believe her as he thought death was very near. Then ne wanted to know what I had been eat nng and drinking. He took home some of the Grape-Euts and Postum. The next day he said there was no mystery about it. as he had analysed the samples and said he had found a pre-dfgested food, and one that would not hurt the stomach, and the PostGrm 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 and said there was one chance in ten that my system might be built up and my life be saved.
 In less than a weeks time I could drink half 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 I went to sleep the first time in two months without taking a sleeping draught. So step by step I kept on inn proving The headaches disappeared. My stomach became stronger each day and I gained steadily in weight.
 At the end of four months I felt like new person, and had gained fifty pounds in weight, could sleep well, eat plain food. and all in all, feel well and strong again.
 My head is so clear that can think better than ever could. l know, and all of our friends know, that there is not the slightest doubt but that l 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. Sebastopol, Calf. Full name and address given to those interesed up- on application to the Postum Cereal Co.,, Ltd, Battle Creek, Mich. M