Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-03-16
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PiNKtiAM
And True Story Of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panc Of '73" Caused

restore tho family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which Was
no good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for tho
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money. and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs wero s,eeped on tho stove.
gradually filling . gross of bottles.
Then came the question OF selling
II. for always before they had given
II away freely. They hircd job
printer to run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits Of the medl-
cine, now called Lydia l.. Pinkhans
Vegetable Compound. and these wero
distributed by tho Pinkhnm sons In
Boston, New York. and Brooklyn.
Tho wonderful curative properties Of
tho medicine wer.. TO u great extent,
seif.advcrtising. for whoever used Il
recommended !: To Others, and tho de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877. by combined efforts the FAM
lily had saved enough money to COM
mcncc newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
the enterprise were assured. until to-
day Lydia T.. PiniShnm and her Ncgr-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere. and many
tons of roots and herbs arc used apnu.
ally In Its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinlsham herself did not
live 10 sec the great success OF this
work. She passed To her reward years
ngo, but not till shc had provided
means for continuin. her work as
effectively rs shc could have done IL
herself.
During her long and cvcntful cxpe-
ricncc she was ever mcthodicnl In her
work aud she was always careful topre-
serve n record OF every case that came to
her attention. The case OF every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
aud there were thousands-rccciycd
careful study. and the details, includ-
ing symptoms. treatment and results
were recorded for future reference. and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds Of thousands made since. nro
available to sick women the world
over, and represent vast collabora-
ton Of information regarding tho
treatment of woman's Ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled In any library In the
world.
with Lydia +. Pinlshnm worked her
daughter in law. the present Mrs
PinlShnm. She was carcfu y instructed
In all her haId-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her In her vnst
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when Its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty.
five years she has continued II, and
nothing in the work shows when tho
first Lydia L. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinthnm,
now the mother of large family, took
It up. With woman assistants. some rs
capable rs herself, the present Mrs.
PinlShnm continues this great work, and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been nd-
viscd how to regain health. Sick wo-
men. this ndvicc Is Yours for Health"
freely given II you only write to ask
for It..
Such Is the history OF Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for womcn's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
/ woman whose name IL bcars