The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-28
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panlc of '73' Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale In Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which wal
so good for their woman friends ant
neighbors was equally good for thu
women OF the whole world.
i The pinkhams had no money, AM
little credit. Their first laborator
was the kitchen, where roots an
herbs were steeped ON the stove
gradually filing o gross Of bottles
Then came the question of selling
IL, for always before they had givel
II away freely. They hired q jol
printer to run Off some pamphlet
setting forth the merits of the medi
cine, now called Lydia z. Pinkhaml
Vegetable Compound, and these wer,
distributed by the Pinkham sons In
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, to great extent
self-advertising, for whoever used IL
recommended II 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-
day Lydia L. 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 &. Pinkham herself did NOT
live to see the. great success OF this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work aa
effectively as she could have done II
herself.
During her long and eventful expe.
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful topre
serve record of every case that came to
her attention. The case OF every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands-received
careful study, and the details, includ.
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
of thousands made since, ara
available to sick women the world
over, and represent vast collabora-
tion OF information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia e. Pinkham worked her
in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
n all her hard-won knowledge, and
'or years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the |
of the work when its origina.
or passed away. For nearly twenty.
i've years she has continued it, and
in the work shows when the
irst Lydia Il. Pinkham dropped her
,en, and the present Mrs. Pmkham,
low the mother of a large family, took
t up. With women assistants, some as
apable as herself, the present Mira.
'inkham continues this great twork, and
from the office Of no other
'erson have so many women been ad.
'ised how to regain health. Sick wo.
men, this advice Is "Yours for Health"
RELY given II You only write to ask
or 1t.
Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink.
Iam's Vegetable Compound made
rom simple roots and herbs; the one
'reat medicine for women's ailments,
nd the fitting monument to the noble
Voman whose name it bears.