The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-04-12
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKIiAM
a nd a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of 70" Caused
ii 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.
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 a job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia II. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, 10 great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever used 1t
recommended IL to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money TO COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success OF
the enterprise were assured, until to-
dav lydia f. Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house,
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia Il. Pinkham herself did not
: live to see the great success OF TINS
work. She passed to her reward years
ago. but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done 1T
: herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
4 rieuce she was ever methodical in her
+, work and she was always careful topre.
serve record of eVery case that came to
her attention This case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
/. careful study, and the details, inciud-
!. 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 colIabora
= ton of information regarding The
= treatment of womans ills, which fol
: authenticity and accuracy can hardl,
- be equaled in any library in thu
! world.
IL With Lydia f. Pinlsharn worked he
Is. daughter in law, the present Mrs
Pinkham. She was carefully instructe
"a IN all her hard-won knowledge, an
~ for years she assisted her in her vas
~, correspondence.
TX To her hands naturally fell tn
ed direction of the work whep it's origins
ed tor passed away. For nearly twenty
mo- five years she has continued it, an
nothing in the work shows when tn
y first Lydia e. Pinkham dropped he
q pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham
now the mother of large family, tool
it up. With woman assistants, some a
OK capable as herself. the present Mrs
90 Pinkham continues this great work AN,
'ts probably from the Office of no othe
'ss person have so many women been ad
IN vised how to regain health. Sick wo
u men, this advice is Yours for Health
p freely given if you only write to asl
&c for it.
Such is the history of Lydia e. Pink
! hams Vegetable Compound mad
va from simple roots and herbs; the on
great medicine for womens ailments
n, and the fitting monument to the nobl
to woman whose name it bears.