Arizona republican., 1905-12-21
WHO SHE WAS
Sketch of tt.e Life of Lydia E. Pinlham
And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound Had It's Birth and How the ''PaniC of '73 Caused 1t to Be Offered for Pubic Sale in Drug Stores.

with their mother, combined forces to restore the family fortune They argued that the medicine which was so good for their women friends and neighbors was equally good for the wo-
 men of the whole world.
 The Pinkhams had no money, and little credit. Their first laboratory was the kitchen, where roots and herbs were steeped on the stove, gradually filling a gross of bottles. Then came the question of selling it, for always before they had given it away freely. They hired a job printer to run off some pamphlets setting forth the mer- it's of the medicine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and these were distributed by the Pinkham sons in Boston, New York and Brooklyn.
 The wonderful curative properties of l the medicine were. to a great extent, | f-advertising, for whoever used it recommended it to others, and the de- mand gradually increased.
 Tn 1877, by combined efforts the fam | fly had saved enough money to com
 mence newspaper advertising and from that time the growth and success of
 the enterprise were assured, until to- day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege- table Compound have become house hold words everywhere, and many tons
 of roots and herbs are used annually | in it's manufacture.
 Lydia E. Pinkham. herself did not
 live to see the great success of this work. She passed to her re-
 ward years ago, but not till
 she had provided means for continuing her work as effectively as she could have done it herself. l During her long and eventful eXpe- | rience she was ever methOdical in her work and she was always careful to
 preserve a record of every case that
 came to her attention. The case ol
 eevry sick woman who applied to her ! for advice-and there were thousands | received careful study, and the details | including symptoms, treatment and re-
 suits were recorded for future refer ence and today these records, to- gether with hundreds of thousands
 made since, are available to sick wo-
 men the world over, and represent .
 vast collaboration of information re- | garding the treatment of wOman's ills which for authenticity and accuracy can hardly be equaled in any library ir the world.
 With Lydia E. Pinkham worked hel
 daughter -in-law, the present Mrs Pinkham. She was carefully instruct
 ed in all her hard won knowledge and for years she assisted her in her vast
 correspondence.
 To her hands naturally fell the di- rectiOn of the work when it's origina-
 tor passed away. For nearly twenty five years she has continued it. and nothing in the work shows when Lydia
 F. Pinkham dropped her pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham now the mother
 of a large family took it up. Witf
 women assistants, some as capable as herself, the present Mrs. Pinkham con- tinues this great work, and probably from the office of no other person have so many women been advised how tC regain health. Sick women, this advic, is Yours for Health, freelv given il you only write to ask for it.
 Such is the story of Lydia F. Pink hams Vegetable Compound; made
 from simple roots and herbs; the one
 great medicine for women's ailments
 and the fitting monument to the noble
 woman whose name it bears.