The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-10-18
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH or THE LIFE OF LYDIA a. PIaKIiAM
And a True Story Of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Els Birth and How the "Panic Of '7a'r Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale In Drug Stores.

restore tAs family tSysuSs. NThsy
argued that The MeAistbe WhseN was
good for their syeuSN fytsAds ana
was equally eo6d for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had NO moasy. and
little credit. Their 6xpt laboratory
was the kitchen, whore reots aad
herbs were stepped On the stove,
gradually flling o gross OF bottles!
Then came the question Of selling
It, for always before they had given
IL away freely. They hired q job
printer to run OF some pamphlets
setting forth the merits Of the medi.
cine, now called Lydia =. PtnkhamH
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkhsm sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties OF
the medicine were, to o great extent.
self-advertising, for whoever used 1t
recommended b to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the FAM
lily had saved enough money to com-
men newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success OF
the enterprise wsre assured, until to-
day Lydia b. Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere. and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its 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 she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively 10 she could have done 1t
herself.
During her long and eveptful expe.
rience she was ever methodical In her
work and she was always careful topre-
serve q record of every case that came TO
her attention. The case Of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousaads-rece1ved
careful study. and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, a
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent q vast collabora-
ton Of information regarding the
treatment Of wonan's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in tho
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 origins
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
Eve a she has continued 1t, and
nothing In the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham.
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With woman assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other
person have 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 it.
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.