The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-06-06
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKF1AMI
And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had It's Birth and How the "Panic of '73'' Caused
It to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which Wa
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 laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were STEPPED on the stovss
gradually filling q gross Of bottles
Then came the question Ct selling;
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired q fob
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits Of the medi9s
cine, now called Lydia E. Ffnkhames
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkhanl sons IN
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, to q great extentys !
self-advertising, for whoever usedSit
recommended It to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fanisS
ily had saved enough money to conn
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
the enterprise were assured, until toss
day Lydia E. Pinkham and her fVegceG
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and manyH
tons of roots and herbs are used annn.y
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 9 .
effectively as she could have dom r
herself.
During her long and eventful expe.
rience she was ever methodical In her
work and she was always careful topro-s
serve q record of every case that came to
her attention. The Ease OF every sick
woman who applied to her for advice.
and there were thousands-recstved
careful study, and the details, includ-s
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 q vast collabora-s
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's IL viii, tor
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any lib"sry in tho
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law, the preseI Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructeds
In all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell tho
direction of the work when it's origina-;
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
FIVE years 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 O 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 WOO
men, this advice is HYours 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 n
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
! woman whose name it bears