Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-08-02
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And a True Story Of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic Of 49, Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

( restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
- god for their woman friends and
nciEhbor> was equally good for the
women Of the whole world
The pinkhans had no money. and
Nt;le crrdit Their first laboratory
Uss the kitchen. where roots and
ASrhs we're STEPPED on the stove,
gradually flling . gross of bottles
fhen caze the question Of selling
:. for always heforr they had given
II away trvciv. They aircd . ob
Srirter - run 81 some pamphlets
SeteeS fsrsA tie us~-s.s :. .he r~di-
eicc. ac~ called Lv1i& n Tnkhan's
Ne~tsAie Ccla~cuaa. and these we're
s>riousrd ~ Ire Erkhs-n SccS in
Bossea New NerS ard Hrcckiyn
ne scrsserear curative properties q
n. ns>hci-e -~r~ - = S-cAs extert.
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---rusr-rA-i : - csSe~ AID IRE de-
uaa.i y-sG@v 2e-AS~&
N -. D. cc=A-~S e-c-ss ere tsa-
III had ave>i e10u<A =0-Sv 20 eol-
nence 1-eSS-ar~r sre--=< and t-c-
ma -1e the CcU-k AID s1oee~ OF
alNE ENLEEEE-C ~ ScAEE&a A4AAA -
Gar LYDIA Z FrSsa- ard her VeSp.
table Compcu7& have eecc-e house
bold words ererywhe-e. and mary
scns CO r,oe and herhs as rsed ar1r-
air II il manufacture.
LyGa Z Fzkha- herself did 10.
i've - see the IVA. s1ccsSS Of this
work. She r1SSeG - her reward years
a-0 hut act till She had provided
means fcr c~ucti1uir< her work as
c1ectively - she eo1li have done il
herself
Daring her long and eventful expe-
RENEE she WAS W methccieal in her
wor< and she was always careful topre-
serve arecorG ofeve-y \ 3 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
hundreds Of thousands made since. are
available to sick wonen the world
over. and represent . vast collabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy ran hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world
With Lydia E. 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 the
direction of the work when its ~origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it. and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia Z. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham.
now the mother Of a large family, took
It up. With women assistants, some as
capable as herself. the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other
person nave 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 il.
Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments.
and the fitting monument TO the noble
! woman whose name il bears