The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-29
SCHOOL WAS CLOSED
THE TEACHER REPORTED
TO HAVE GONE INSANE.
she was Injured in a Runaway Accident
and school Work Became Physically
and Mentally Impossible.

In October, 1886. one Monday morning
the Rushford school did not open, and
II was reported that the teacher had
gone insane The physician in attend
ance pronounced the trouble nervous
prostration. and said that school work
was mentally and physically impos-
sfble. The teacher. who is now Mrs L.
A Gullickson. of Rushford, Mimi IN
a recent interview published In the
Star Of that place, gives the true story
of the event.
ITO begin at the beginning, she salu'
s'yvhen I was about seven years OF as
"a sudden fright brought on a dreadIul
condition of nervousness Wheh' III
1895 1 was injured in q runaway accl-
dent. this combined with my former
trouble. made me 50 i'll that 1 was un-
able TO open school the following Moh-
day"
was it true that you were reported
to be insane2' asked the interviewer.
Yes, and the members OF my IaHhlS
thought that I was becoming So w OruS
do not express the agony endured
with nv head and eyes. The least noise
would cut through my nerves ilAS d
knife. I was hot and cold by nasheS,
had piercing pains in my temples anu
in the back of my head and red mist
was constantly before my eyes
Il was dizzy and faint with 1earIul
nausea, which nothing relieved.
could take no solid food for ten days
but lived on milk and lime water Inc
doctor who examined N pronounced
the disease nervous prostration, with d
rupture of small blood vessels IN my
stomach After passing quantity OF
cIotted blood The nausea subsidized pNI
I was still in bed with neither strength
nor appetite
ITO what. then. do you owe your
present good health2'' was asked
ITO the good advice of a neighbor-
was the prompt reply When the doc
tor had treated me for nearly six weeks
without helping me Mrs j. WEBSTER
a nearby friend recommended Dr. VII
Hans' Pink Pills for Pale People The
first few doses of the pills made me no
better but I was determined TO give
them a fair trial and kept on taking
them. with the result that soon saw
an Improvement I had always been
troubled with great pain at certain per
iods but the pills entirely removed this
and gave me a regularity that I had
never before enjoyed continued TO
use the pills for nearly three months
and was perfectly cured About two
years ago took one box of the pills
for a feeling of languidness and ex-
haustion, caused by verWork, and was
greatly benefited. and have had no Oc-
casion 10 use them for similar troubles
since
I have recommended DR. Williams
Pink Pills to many people, one Of whom
is my sister. living in DEBORAH. Iowa.
who took them with good results for
headaches. general debility and indiges-
ton I have never heard Of a single
case where they did not prove benefi-
cial and know Of several persons who
have taken them successfully for
rheuma tism."
To make Mrs. Gullickson's remarza-
bic story more convincing to those who
have no personal knowledge Of her high
character and responsibility. the repor-
ter asked her to make affidavit to the
above facts which she did on March 30,
1901. before G. W Rockwell, notary
public, at Rushford.
rheumatism is a blood disease but.
as is shown above, id has frequently
been cured by the same remedy that re-
stored Mrs Gullickson's shattered
nerves. This is because Dr. Williams
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other medicines. They act directly on
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tor ataxia- partial paralysis. st. Vitus
dance. sciatica-. neuralgia rheurna tism,
nervous headache. the after effects Of
the grip palpitation of the heart. pale
and sallow compilations and all forms
of weakness either in male or female.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are sold by all dealers, or viii be sent
post paid on receipt of price. 80 cents
box, or six boxes for 81 50 Cthev are
never sold in bulk or by the hundredD
BY addressing DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, n. Y