Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-22
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
Had Its Birth and How the "Panc of '73'' Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued thst the medicine which wsa
so good for their woman friends and
nei9hbors was equally good for tho
women OF the whole world.
The Pinkhsms had no money. and
little credit. Their frat laboratory
was the kitchen, whore roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filing gross Of bottles.
Then came the question Of selling
il, for always before they he'd given
it away freely. They hired q Job
printer to run of some pamphlet
setting forth the merits of the medi.
cine. now called Lydia p. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed 10y the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were. TO great extent.
self.advertising. Tor whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually Increased.
In 1877. by moincd efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to COM
nence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
the enterprise were assured. until to.
day Lydia +. 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 re ward years
ago, but not till She had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done 1t
herself.
During her long aud eventful expe-
| rience she was ever inethodicHl in her
work and she was a ways careful 10 pre-
serve a record of every case that came TO
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands
ca reful 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 are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent a vast ccllabors-
ton of information rsga riding tho
treatment OF woman's ills. which for
| authenticity and accuracy can hardly
r. eeualed in any library in the
world.
With Lydia u. Pinkham worked her
daughter IN law. the present Mrs.
Pinkham. she was CAREFUL v instructed
in all her hatd-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction Of the work when it. r!xina .
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued Il, and
nothing in the work shows when the
hrst Lydia #. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother Of a largo family took
it Mp. With women ASSISTANTS some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkhaaa continues this gre at W ork and
probably from the of1lce Of no other
! person have SO many women been ad
viSed how TO regain hea lth. 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 f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs The ono
great medicine for womsn's ailments,
J and Che fitting monument to the noble
! woman whose name il bears.