The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-06
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF TIE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINElIAM
And True Story Of How the Vegetable Compound
Had its Birth and flow the "Panlc OF '73'' Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
50 good for their woman friends and
was equally good for the
women Of thewholeworld
The Pinkhans had no money. and
little credit. Their first laboratory
herbs were stepped on the stove,
Then came the question OF selling
IL. for always before they had given
IL away feel . They hired is Job
printer TO run, OF some pamphlsts
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia e. Pinkhdtn's
| Vegetable Compound. and these were
ldistffbtted by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York; and Br0oldyns
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were. to q great extent,
1 self-adyertising, for whoever used II
! RECOMMEND it to others, and the de-
Imand' gradually increased. o714st
he Ii 1sT1, by com ined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
1.-THE enterprise were assured, until to-
4 day Lydia E, Pinlxham and her Vege-
4 table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere. and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Il Lydia &, PihlEham herself did not
! live 70 see the great success ol tisis
work. She passed to her reward years
AFRO, but not, till she had provided
. means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done It
herself. s9mar rs aMiAtnua
During her long and eventful expe-
! rience she was ever met hodical in her
, work and she was always careful topre-
serve record of every case thatcaIfie to
-lher attention The ease of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands received
. careful study, ard the details, includ'
!. ing symptoms, treatment and results
: were recorded for future reference, and
!. to-day these records, together with
Z hundreds of thousands made since. are
Z available to sick women the world
: over, and represent vast collabora-
7 ton of information regarding the
7 treatment Of woman's ills, which fol-
]. authenticity and accuracy can hardly
4 be equaled in any library In the
I world. w
IL With Lydia e. Pinkham worked hel
! daughter in law, the present Mrs
Pinkham. She was carefully INSTRUCTED
u in all her hard-won knowledge, and
y for years she assisted her in hersvas
y correspondence. .sn.
K To her hands naturally fell tn
"a direction Of the work when its origina
"a tor passed away, For nearly twenty
10 1--WE years she has continued IL, an
nothing In the work shows when tn
!, first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped he
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinlkhan
now the mother of large family too
it up With woman assistants, some q
OK capable as herself, the present Mr.
90 Pinkham continues this greatwork, an
is probably from the office Of no oths
~ person have so many women been a
I'M vised how to regain health. Sick W,
N men, this advice is "Yours for Health
p freely given If you only write to Is
&c for it.
p Such is the history Of Lydia T.. Pinl
az hams Vegetable Compound / mac
vn from simple roots and herbs the OF
great medicine for wonens ailment
or, and the fitting monument to the mob
to woman whose name it bears.