Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-23
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PlNKHAM
And . True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Pan'e OF 10 ~auseo
II "a be Offered for Public Sale In Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the m"d.Cin" which vas
~ good for their woman friends and
r,jyhlar> 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 n gross Of bottles.
Then came the question "f ~ jEg
IL for always before they had given
IL away freely. They hired n lob
nrip,er 10 run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the rrGi-
cine. nnw called Lydia T.. Flukanms
Vegetable Compound. ami tEc>c Ncre
distributed by the rinkham sons IN
Boston. New York, and Er"ok.ln.
The wonderful curative properties q
the medicine were. 10 a great extent,
.,faIyrr'.>.ng. for whoever used t
rrcummcnd,i il "a Others, and the de-
maud gradually increased.
Inl>;,7. hy combined efforts g." FAM
ilv had saved enough money - coR-
mrnrr no, >papcr advcri, ing ami 'rpm
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured. uni. to-
dav LYDIA l. r:nkham and her N'ge.
table Compound have become house.
. hu.d words everywhere, and many
tons 81 roots and herbs are u>,t uLnu.
I az in it, Manufacture.
lydia +. Pirkham hrr>r,' H.! not
I'VE u see the great success of this
work. She passed - her reward vars
ago, but not Il. >hr had prov
means for continuing her v"rN AZ
effectively a. She could have UO:.e It
/ herself
During her long and even,ful eSre.
! ricncC She was ever mrthOdica. IN Ter
work and she was ways careful t"pre.
serve a record of every case that came 70
her attention. The case ~ every >lck
woman who applied o. her for advice
and there were ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
careful study. and the details, inc.ud-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference. and
TO dag these records, together with
hundreds Of thousands made since, are
available Ia SEX women the world
over. and represent vast &C.. .aGorA-
ton of information regarding the
treatment Of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hard =
he equaied in any library in the
world
With Lydia r. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law, the present Nr@
Pinkham. She was carefully in StTucied
in all her haTd.won knowledge, and
for years she ASSISTED her in her vast
correspondence.
= To her hands naturally fell the
direction 81 the work when It's origina.
'or passed away. For nearly twenty.
, tive years she has continued il, and
nothing in the work shows when ths
first Lydia +. Pinkham dropped her
pen. and the present Mrs. Pinkhan,
now the mother Of large family, took
itup With women assistants. some a.
capable a. herself. the present Mrs
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office Of NJ other
person have 50 many women been ad
v!>ed how 10 regain health. Sex w0
men. this advice Is YOURS for Health
, freely given If you only wr.,o 10 ask
for H.
Such IS the history Of lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs the on'
great medicine for women's ailments
. and the fitting monument 70 the ncpIs
D woman whose name IL bears.