The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-10-18
WHO SHE WAS
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of 49, Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale I'm Drug Stores

restore the family fortune. The.
argued that the medicine which va.
90 good for their woman friends asa
neighbors was equally coed for II.
women Of the whole world
The Pinkhams had no money. .as
little credit. Their first laboraeorv
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filling n gross OF bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it. for always before they had given
1t away freely. They hired q tce
printer 10 run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits OF the med.
cine, now called Lydia T.. Pinkhans
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons .
Boston, New York. and brooklyn
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were. to n great extent.
self advertising for whoever used 10
recommended It TO others. and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts tho faus-
lily had saved enough money 10 com
mence newspa per advcrtis .ng and FROG
that time the growth and success q
the enterprise were assured. until to-
day Lydia + Pinkham and her Ecge.
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annG-
ally in It's manufacture.
Lydia e. PirJkham herself did ne.
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 o.
effectively as she could have done il
herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever mcthod!cal in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve a record of every case that came 70
her attention. The ease 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 references. and
to-day these records. together with
hundreds Of thousands made since. are
available TO sick women the world
over, and represent . vast coliabora.
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equsled In any library In the
world.
With Lydia z. Pinkham worked her
daughter In law. the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
In all her haTd-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her In her vas.
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction OF the work whsn its oriRinx-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued Il, and
nothing In the work shows when the
first Lydia Z. Pinkham dropped her
pen. and the present Mrs. Pinkksm.
now the mother of . large family, took
IL up. With woman assistants, some as
capable a. herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkhan continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been cd
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men. this advice Il "Yours for Health
freely given IL you only write TO a<k
for il.
Such Is the history of Lydia Z. 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 1t bears.