The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-04
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINkIlAM
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic Of '73' Caused
It 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 filing gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
IL, for always before they had given
IL away freely. They hired q. job
printer to run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
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 q great extent,
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 OK
the enterprise were assured. until to-
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in it's manufacture.
Lydia Z. Pinkham herself did noe
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 as
effectively as she could have done IL
herself.
During her long and evcntful expo
rieuce she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful TO pre-
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-reesired
careful study. and the details. t1eirEt-
| ing symptoms. treatment and rvsulrs
were recorded for future retsrsucs- I-l1
| to-day these records, together vita
hundreds Of thousands rzsl45e sirrs. Irss
available to sick wo@er TIE w1ri3
over, and represent . vast collahcrz-
ton of information regarding tks
treatment of worans Ills, which fog
authenticity and ACCURACY can hardly
be equaled in any library in ths
world.
With Lydia +. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law. the present 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 tho
direction Of the work when It's origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued IL, and
nothing in the work shows when tho
first Lydia Il. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of large family, took
1t up. With women assistants, some n
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkhnm continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other.
person have SO many women been adj
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is "Yours for Health"
freely given II you only write to asl<.
for It.
Such is the history Of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs the ono.
great medicine for women's ailments.
and the fitting monument to the noble,
woman whose name 1t bears.