The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-20
SCHOOL CLOSED
The Teacher Injured in a Runaway
Accident and Reported to
Have Gone Insane.

In October, 1896, one Monday morn
ing the Rushford school did not open
and it was reported that the teacher
bad gone insane. The physician in at
tendance pronounced the trouble ner-
vous IIostration and said that school
work was mentally and physically i'm
possible. The teacher, who is now Mrs.
L. A. Gullickson, of Rushford, Mimi.
in recent interview published in the
Star of that place, gives the true story
of the event.
ITO begin at the beginning she said,
| when l was about seven years of age
sudden fright brought on dreadful
condition of nervousness. When, in
1896, l was injured in a runaway acct
dent, this, combined with my former
trouble, made me so i'll that 1 was un-
able to open school the following Mon
day"
WAS it. true that you were reported
to be insane?" asked the interviewer.
yes, and the members of my family
thought that was becoming so. Words
DO not express the agony 1 endured
with my head and eyes. The least noise
would cut through my nerves like
knife 1 was hot and cold by flashes,
had piercing pains in my temples and
in the back of my head and a red mist
was constantly before my eyes.
| Il was dizzy and faint with fearful
nausea, which nothing relieved. I could
| take no solid food for ten days, but
lived on milk and lime water. When
the doctor had treated me for nearly
six weeks without helping me, Mrs. j.
Webster, a nearby friend, recommended
DR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
| pie I took them faithfully for not quite
three months and was perfectly cured.
I have never heard of a single case
where they did not prove beneficial and
know of several persons who have taken
them successfully for rheumatism"
! Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
| People are not like other medicines.
They act directly on the blood and
nerves. This makes them invaluable
in such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sci
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headache, the after-effects of the grip,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sal
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ness either in male or female. Al all
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Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y. Price
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. Q . . . . . .
sixteen is not secured before starting
next Tuesday morning a few young men
may be accommodat ted. Those who have
no vacation may squeeze one in by COM
ing out at the close of the days labors
and spending the nights and Sunday.
Expenses will be kept low.
The Y. NJ. C. A. is pleased though not
surprised to have one of our leading
fcitizens honored by an election as vice.
president of the great Y. NJ. c. A. Jubi-
lee Convention held in Boston last
month Mr.. Henry Waterhouse was to
have told of this notable gathering last
Sunday afternoon, but gracefully gave
way to John G. Woolley. Tomorrow Mr..
Warehouse should have the inspiration
of a hall full of men who wish to keep
track of this great movement. He
speaks in Y. NJ. c. A. hall at o'clock.
Sunday the 18th Lieut.Col. Geo. II.
French will address the mems meeting.
At 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon a party
of Y. NJ c. A. members on wheels will
leave the building for a six-mile run
out Beretania street to Waialae. At 3:3C
they will join the summer school teach
ers and others at the telegraph mast
where Mr.. Fred ]. Cross will give a pop
ular talk on Wireless Telegraphy. The
public is invited.