Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-06-02
-ryrom the Topeka Capital Of May 81.

south OF Topeka, came stranger SOM
ten months ago. A strange man will
q strange power. Unannounced and un
known on his arrival. today he is the mos
widely known and most widely discussed
man in the territory embraced by sucf
representative towns as Mcpherson, Sa
lima, Beloit Concordia, Junction City
Abilene, Manhattan and Wamego His
coming was strange his doings have been
stranger. Courteous In bearing, puri'
tanical In honesty, unique In personality
he has surrounded himself with SEEM
ingly impregnable wall Of good words
and good wishes- This man who has set
che whole of Central Kansas a-talking,
who has been the subject Of scores OF
newspaper sketches, whose words and
works have been profound enough to
cause the Capital to send Its representa-
fives into the field to investigate thor
oughly the truth Of hundreds Of stories
of his power, 10 named Larson, to be
more accurate, J. Austin Larson, and 10
known among his patients as natural
magnetic healer, whatever that may be-
One Of the first stories which received
wide publicity last fall was the case Of
Miss Myrtle Phillips near Bavaria,
small town in Saline county. Here was a
girl who through purely physical all
ments, had lost her mind three months
before her parents brought her TO this
man. Larson. and for month before she
had been In a private sanitarlum where
she had to be watched day and night.
In spite OF all she had succeeded In do
ing herself bodily harm while following
the dictates Of disordered BRAIN This
was her condition when the great healer
first saw her The first treatment
soothed her shattered nerves and sleep.
strong and natural, sought her pillow the
succeeding night Another treatment
and another nights rest followed with an
awakening the next morning to perfect
sanity and overwhelming Joy. Succeed
ing treatments cured her physical all
ments and today Myrtle Phillips is a
transformed being. healthy, strong and
happy, never having suffered a return Of
her old trouble This case and others
have induced the Capital to send out a
reporter to bring back story Of the
''what" and the how" of this mans
work. He has returned with WONDER
full tale Of what this man has been do
ing. but he has failed utterly as others
have Jailed to explain the how"
Last August Prof. Larson came into |
the state from Chicago. stopping in Nc |
Pherson, and within a remarkably short |
word throughout the county. Those who |
spoke Of him used no words Of criticism. |
save few envious and skeptical ones,
but the loudest words Of praise were
heard for him from every quarter. His
fame as a healer of the sick and af-
nicted spread like a prairie fire In the
early days of Kansas, and sufferers from
diseases which had made life hardly
worth the living for them eagerly sought
out the man who was spreading happiness
throughout the community There was
O form Of chronic disease the
reports came to them. that this strange
man, who had suddenly come into
their midst, was not handling with the
greatest satisfaction. Sufferers came
from miles around to talk with Prof. Lar
,on. They went to him in many instances
without the remotest hope Of being cured,
but their neighbors had been to him and
heir words OF praise caused others to
,ay, "well. It will not do any harm to
lee him."
with each succeeding week and
month there were scores Of people who :
oined the ranks of the miraculously
,ured. and II was but natural that the
anne Of Prof. Larson as successful
,ealer should spread. People who =
Itood high In their respective commu- !
lities, people Of intelligence. large
property owners, business men, all !,
lasses OF citizens enrolled as patients :,
{ Prof. Larson and were either cured !,
4 their complaints or greatly bene- ;,
tied. His reputation soon over~reached !,
he bounds of the towns wherein he
Eas giving treatments, and people from
II parts Of the state were eager to :
now more of the work Of the man of !,
Magnetism.
A representative of The Capital WIS., =
ed Manhattan on one Of the days =
vhich Prof, Larson was to receive pa
ents. 1t was at an early hour in the :.
,renoon when the first Of the pa ~
ents arrived at the hotel. and with -
at brief intermission at noon there ?.
as a steady stream Of patients ~
lroughout the day. Each waited his -
: her turn in the reception rooms and =
ais OF the hotel. each eager for his "
looted few minutes with Prof. Lar "
IN. Smiling. the natural magnetic y
saler greeted his patients. and with "
"A l &c
lem encouraging words Of his success -
their cases 1T would be a hard {.
after to find any one who has not 30
zen cured or benefited after taking 81
eatments with Prof. Larson" said pr
le Of the patients in the reception be
ON 7 have never heard Of one no
yself, and talk to most OF those hs
no come here"
While Prof. Larson and his assistant DO
ere engaged. the Capitals represen- ns
tive talked with q great many OF the he
tients waiting. and many instances ne
cures that could not but be regarded hi
marvellous were disclosed There b
As one woman. Mrs. l. N. Rigney.
hose husband is wholesale agent for WI
e Standard OIL company at Manhat- no
n. who said that three months ago biz
. had about made up her mind that us'
e best thing for her to do.was to
mp into the river 4 was suffer- /,
; terribly from female trouble" she =
ID. -and life was almost unbesrablo
had previously had two operations
rformed and was IN the hospital At -
Insas City for three monthA Physi- -.
.ns az Topeka said I would have 70