Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-01-18
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA t. PiNAl'An
And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic Oh 10
It to be Offered for Public Sale In Drug S'ore''

rastore the family fortune. 1hey
-',s,d that the medicine which was
- GOOD for their woman friends ana
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money ana
,;ttle credit Their first laboratory !
was the kitchen, where roots anu
herbs were stepped on the svoNo'
gradually filing a gross OF oo.,ies.
1hen came the question OF sethhB
!, Tor ALWAYS before they had given
- away freely. They hired q )oo
.,-;ntar 10 run off some pamphlets
sattino forth the merits OF the meoi-
cine now called Lydia P1nkhams
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons IN
Boston. New York, and Brooklyn
The wonderful curative properties OF
,ha medicine were, TO great eNtsht,
saIt- advertisinq, for whoever USED IL
.acommended Il to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In is77 by combined efforts the lam
,lv had saved enough money TO com
anos newspaper advertising and from
,hat time the growth and success Vi
the enterprise were assured, UNI ~
day lydia Z. Pinkham and her Nege-
y ,sIla Compound have become mousse
e Ia words everywhere, ana many
y ,ons 81 roots and herbs are USED anhu-
allv in its manufacture.
4, lydia z. Pinkham herself dia NOV
=. live TO see the great success o. en.s
y work. She passed TO her reward year
~ aoo lint not till she had proviueo
Means for continuing her work a. =.
nEantively as she could have done II
~, herself.
ke Drring her long and eventful expe'
~ rience she was ever methoolcai III nc
- work and she was always careiul 70
=! serve record of every case that came :,
* - attention. The case OF every slcf
~ woman who applied to her for aoVlce-
'P- vi .lara we're thousands-recelve.
aa'rsf,l study. and the details, inciuo
est 90. ,,,,,,rtons. treatment and result
cir 80 recorded for future reference hn
Sc. to-d.v these records, together VII
SO hundreds of thousands made since a,
,st- = suitable TO sick women the Wort
) OF ever and represent vast collaoor'
ins zion OF information regarding u
RIBS treatment OF woman's ills, which !,
ex- authenticity and accuracy can nara
GUS he eoualed in any library IN u
,n . world.
AZ With Lydia f. Pinkham worked ~
e9l daughter in law, the present MI
nus Pinkham. She was carefully instruc''
ina in All her hard-won knowledge al
cots for wears she assisted her in her va
.ne correspondence. i,
ecu ecu To her hands naturally feii u
nm nm direction of the work when It's origin
nv tor passed away. For nearly twent
nreo Eve wears she has continued II, al
lohg nothing in the work shows when |,
6rst lydia E. Pinkham dropped u
With men and the present Mrs. Pinkhal
as now the mother of IA large family 10
IL mn With wome assistants, some
ruck canable as herself, the present M
e too Pinkham continues this great work a
rests probably from the office OF no or
class person have so many women been
from yised how to regain health. Sick y
item men. this advice is Yours for heai'
prop freely given if you only write 10
'urce for 1t.
sncb is the history of Lydia f. Pi
Iam's hams Vegetable Compound ma
,own from simple roots and herbs the
great medicine for womens aiimet
liter. and the fitting monument to the no
,as 20 woman whose name ii bears.