The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-01-12
WHO SHE WAS
sKETCz. OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. P.,iNHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of '73" Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale In Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine whioh was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors Syas equally good for the
women Of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their frst laboratory
herbs were stepped on the stove,
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
1t away freely. They hired job
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 a great extent,
self advertising, for whoever used IL
recommended It 70 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 OF
the enterprise were assured, until to-
dsv Lydia F.. Pinkham and her Vege-
Ia Die Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in it's manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success OF this
work She passed TO her reward years
ago, but not till che had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done il
herself.
During her long and eveutful ezpe-
rieuce she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful 70 pre-
serve a record OF every ease that came TO
her attention. The case OF every sick
woman who applied 20 her for advice
and there we're thousands-received
careful study. and the details, includ-
ing svmptoms. treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since are
available 20 sick women the world
over, and represent a vast collabora-
ton Of information regarding the
treatment OF woman's Ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library In the
world.
| With Lydia z. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law. the present Mrs.
/ Pinkham. She was care fully instructed
/ in all her hard-won knowledge, and
/ for years she assisted her ia her vast
/ correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction Of the work when It's orivina-
I tor passed away. For nearly twenty
I've years she has continued IL, and
nothing in the work shows when tho
first Lydia L. Pinkham dropped her
pen. and the present Mrs. Pinkhan1,
now the mother Of a large family, took
il up With woman assistants, some as
capable a. herself, the present nrs.
Pinkhnm continues this great work and
probably from the Office Of no other
person have 80 many women been sd-
vised how 20 regain health. Sick wo-
men. this advice is Yours for Health"
freely given IL you only write 70 ask
FOR 10.
Such IS The history Of Lydia p. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs The one
g.est medicine FOR wonen's ailments,
and the htting monument to the noble
woman whose name 10 esars