The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-05-11
WHO SHE WAS
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had It's Birth and How the "Panc of '7a' Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women Of the whole world,
The Pinkhams had no money. and
little credit Their first Ia aboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filing gross of bottles.
Then came the question OF selling
IL, for always before they had given
il away freely They hired a job
printer To run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the mcdi-
cine, now called Lydia Il. Pinkhnm's
Vegc table 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,
Sc self-advertising, for whoever used il
recommended IL To others, and the do
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
ily had saved enough money TO com
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia l. Pinkham and her Vegc-
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons Of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally In its manufacture.
Lydia T.. Pinkhsm herscf did not
live To see the grcnt success of this
work She passed 90 her Sard years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively rs she could have done II
herself
During her long and cveptful expo
ricnco she was ever methodicnl in her
work and she was always careful To pre-
serve record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied To her for advice
ard there were thousands received
careful study. and the details, includ'
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds OF thousands made since, arc
avn liable TO sick women the world
over, and represent "A vast collabora-
tion OF information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
bc equaled in any library In tho
world.
With Lydia r. pinkhnm worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs.
/ Pinkham She was carefully instructed
in all her hafd-won knowledge, and
/ for years shc assisted her In her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction Of the work when its orig ina
| tor passed away. For nearly twenty
! five years she has continued il, aud
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia T.. Pinkham dropped her
/ pen and the present Mrs. pinkham,
now the mother OF large family, took
! itup 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 40 many women been nd-
| vis"d how 10 regain health. Sick wo-
men. this advice is Yours for Health"
freely given II you only write To ask
! for IT,.
! Such is the history OF Lydin r. 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 II bears.