The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-13
WEALTHY. PHILANTROPIST
STARTLES MINNEAPOLIS
City is Excited Over the Remarkable Cures of a
Mysterious Man Whose Eccentrcites
Are Startling.
Strange stories are told of quiet stranger who
distributes great quantities of food and clothing
and cures disease without pay.

2lOl Twenty sixth Ave, s. Mrs. Null
vihill has been sick for fifteen years
with complication of kidney disease,
rheumatism and stomach trouble, with
severe headaches. Physicians and vari-
Gus remedies had failed to benefit her
and she had despaired of ever regaining
her health. In one week after she be-
gan Cooper's treatment she was feeling
as well as ever; every trace of her trou-
BILE had disappeared.
The report of these remarkable cures
flew through the city like wild-fire and
Voegeli's Drug store, where Cooper is
making his headquarters, is besieged by
people suffering from all manner of all
ments.
The physicians of the city are amaz-
ed at the work he is doing and have
tried to shake the wonderful influence
he has over the people; even going 80
far as to threaten prosecution, but as
he does not accept any money for his
services and does not give out any med
icine himself, they have been powerless
to interfere.
Cooper created considerable amuse-
ment at the expense of the doctors by
asking them why they did not write
their prescriptions in English, so their
patients would know what they We're
taking.
Since the interest has become so wide
spread that Cooper cannot meet the
people personally, he is receiving an
enormous mail and keeps a large force
of stenographers employed in answering
it, In the meantime stories of marvel
Gus cures continue to pour in.
Mr.. Lawrence Tuscany, a prominent
citizen living at No. lll2 Aldrich Ave.
North, was confined to his bed with
rheumatism, stomach trouble and kid
ney disease; he was very sick man
and had tried doctor after doctor and
spent hundreds of dollars without relief.
He had given up all hope of being cur
ed when he heard of Cooper and wrote
him a description of his case. The
Philanthropist told him what remedies
to use, and in three days Mr.. Tuscany
was out of bed and walking around.
In a week he was apparently as well
as ever.
In telling Of his remarkable cure, Mr..
Tuscany walked quickly up and down
the room and kicked with his rheumat-
is limb in every direction, saying: Il
guess that's pretty good for a man who
was confined to his bed one week ago.
can use my limbs as well as | ever
could in my life. Every trace of my
rheumatism has disappeared and my
stomach and kidneys are in perfect con
dition. | don't believe there is another
Cooper told me to use, and if / could
not get more of the remedy, / would
buy fifty dollars worth right now. 1t
is the greatest medicine / ever heard
Of"
The Philanthropist claims to have
received the formulas of the medicines
he is using from an aged priest in a
sleepy Spanish town in Old Mexico. The
MeXicans believed that holy water or
some supernatural element entered into
their composition.
Cooper receives an enormous daily
mail. Letters are coming from every
part of the state, asking for his adj
vice.
The Philanthropist reads every letter
carefully and replies to each one, ad-
vising the remedy which is applicable
to each individual case.
While, his remarkable cures are the
chief topic of conversation, many stor-
les are heard on the streets and in bust
mes places of his goodness to the poor.
His gifts of food, money and clothing,
have relieved a great amount of distress
and have greatly endeared him to the
people.
He is beginning to show the great
strain he has been under the past few
weeks, and it is understood that he
will remain here only one more week.