The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-11-07
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PNKtlAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had It's Birth and How the "Panic of 1872 Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and {
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world. ss
The Pinkhams had no money. and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped 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 = Job
printer to run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the med
cine, 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
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used II
recommended It to others, and the de.T
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined forts the, fame
lily had saved enough money to CONS.
mencc 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 houses.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-i:
ally in its manufacture. 40
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did nots
live to see the great success OF this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till rshe had provided
means for continuing her work as !,
effectively as she could have done II
herself. .-..,As..-. I, i, i{f5ss..ss
During her long and eventful expe<
rience she was ever methodical in hef
work and she was always careful topre-
serve record of every case 'thatcame to
her attention. The case OF every siclE
woman Who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-rec>.v wed
careful study, and the details, includ5
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together With
hundreds Of thousands made SINCE are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent vast collaborae
ton of information regarding thfS
treatment of woman's IL whi> soYi
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any lib~ery in theg
world. -. N z Il
With Lydia =. Pinkham worked her
daughter : in law. the prosel Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
In all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction 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 the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her ].
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of large family, took #
it up. With woman assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the off.le of no other
person have so many women been ad-
vised how to regain health. Sick wo- :
men, this advice is "Yours for Health
freely given if you only write to ask
for it. IS
Such is the history Of Lydia r. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women'e ailmcnts,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name it bears.