Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-20
THE INSIDE HISTORY
OF A REMARKABLE CASE NOW PUB
LIsHED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Mrs. Nichols Makes a statement,T Telling
TO the Best of Her Knowledge the
Causes which Led 10 lhe Trouble.

The following facts, says the Bel
fast, Me-, Republican Journal, have
never before been published. The in
cdent caused much comment at the
time and it was thought worth while
to make an investigation With this
end in view, reporter called upon
Mrs Elizabeth Nichols at her home in
Searsport, Me-, and obtained the fol
lowing Information. She said:
about six years ago my nerves
broke down completely and my whole
system became wreck. | suffered
dreadfully from indigestion and my
eyes were very weak. | had frequent
fainting spells. Finally my sight fail
ed me entirely and | had to have my
eyes bandaged all the time
This state of affairs" she continu
ed, LASTED for year, when | was
forced to go to bed and stay there con-
stantly. | became so weak that
could take only two tablespoonfuls of
milk at a time. | could not feed my
self and sleep was almost impossible.
This lasted another year and ! was
| then in such a state of nervous eX-.
haustion that when my people wanted
to make my bed they could move me
1
come extremely thin and was still los
ing flesh. | had tried nearly all the
medicines in the market. but failed to
find any that helped me-
But how were you cured?" asked
the interviewer.
"I'll tell you My condition finally
| became so critical that my family ex-
pected me to die any day. Then my
husband bought some Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and three
days after l began taking them l
could eat without assistance, and in a
week could sit up and be dressed.
After had taken five boxes began to
gain flesh. | continued the use Of
Pink Pills for Pale People until 1 had
taken ten boxes and was able to help
my family pack up and move to a new
home. After reaching there | took
two more boxes of the pills and have
been able to work hard and take care
of my family of five people ever since.
1T is now four years since | stopped
taking medicine and if l ever have to
take any more it will be DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. Three of
my neighbors have taken the pills with
good results and positively, consider
them the best remedy there is
The above statement was sworn to
by Mrs. Nichols at the reporters re-
quest before Charles F. Adams, a no.
tary public, at Searsport.
i Not only have many cases similar
to this been cured by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People but equally
wonderful results have been accom-
plished by them in large number of
diseases arising from thin blood or
shattered nerves, two fruitful causes of
i almost every i'll to which flesh is heir.
/ They are positive cure for such dis
eases as locomotor ataxia, partial par
alysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neur-
algia, rheumatism, nervous headache,
the after-effects of grip, of fevers and
of other acute diseases, 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 also spe.
cific for troubles peculiar to females
In men they effect radical cure in all
cases arising from worry, over-work OF
excuses of whatever nature. DR.. Viii
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People are
sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) al
fifty cents box or six boxes for two
dollars and fifty cents, and may be had
of all druggists, or direct by mail from
DR.. Williams Medicine Company
} Schenectady, N. Y. Be sure to get the
, genuine: substitutes never cured any
body.
A match is SO sensitive that it will
/; shoot off itc head If stepned IIpon