Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-21
SKETCH OF LYDIA E. PINkHAM
How Vegetable Compound Had Its
Birth and How the "Panic of III"
Caused IL to He offered for Sale.

This remarkable woman, whose maiden
name was Estes, was born in Lynn, Mass,
February ., 1919. coming from a good old
Quaker family. For some years sic taught
school, and became known as a woman OF
an alert and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above all, pos
sessed OF wonderful sympathetic nature.
In lA3 she married Isaac PinlSham, a
builder and real estate operator. and their
early married life was marked ny pros
perity and happiness. They had four chill
dren, three sons and n daughter.
In those good Old-fashioned days il was
common for mothers to make their own
home medicines from roots and herbs. ma
lures own notwithstanding in n physician
only in specially urgent cases. by tradi-
ton and experience many of them gained
wonderful knowledge of the curative
properties Of the various roots and herbs
Chief of these was a rare combination
OF the choicest medicinal roots and herb.
found best adapted for the cure cf the
ills and weaknesses peculiar TO the female
sex, and Lydia f. Pinkhams friends and
neighbors learned that her compound re-
lieved and cured and II became quite popu.
lar among them.
All this so far was done freely, without
money and without price, as a labor Of
love
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class Of
business suffered most from fearful de-
preston. so when the Centennial wear
dawned 1t found their property swept away.
Some other source OF income had TO be
found,
At this point Lydia F. Pinkham's VeEeta-
BILE Compound was made known 10 the
world.
The three sons and the daughter. with
their mother, combined forces 10 restore
the family fortune. They argued that the
medicine which was so good for their
women friends and neighbors was equally
good for the women OF the whole world
The wonderful curative properties of the
medicine were, TO a great extent. self
advertising, for whoever used It recon-
mended it to others, and the demand grad
ually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the family
had saved enough money to commences
newspaper advertising and from that time
the growth and success OF the enterprise
were secured. until today Lydia T. Pink.
ham and her vegetable Compound have
become household words everywhere, and
many tons of roots and herbs are used an.
nually in its manufacture.
Lydia T.. ri kham herself did rot live
TO see the great success Of this work. Sh,
passed to her reward years ago, but moi
till she had provided means for continuing
her work as effectively as she could hav,
done IT herself.
With Lydia r. Pinkham worked hel
daughter-in-law the present Mrs Pinkham
She was carefully instructed in all he
| hard-won knowledge. and for years sh,
assisted her in her vast correspondence
To her hands naturally fell the direction
| of the work when Its originator passe,
away. For nearly twenty-five years sh,
has continued &C. and nothing in the worl
| shows when Lydia f. Pinkham droppe,
| her pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham
| now the mother of a large family, tool
| It up With woman assistants, some a
! capable as herself, the present Mrs. Pink
| ham continues this great work. and proba
/ bly, from the once OF no other person hsv