Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKFAM
And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panlc of 49, Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale i'm Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
vas equally good for the
women Of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filing a gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired a job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi-
cine, now called Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable 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,
self-advertising, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the FAM
lily had saved enough money to COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured. until to-
Gay Lydia e. 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. Pirlzham 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 as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was yer methodical in her
work and she was always careful topre-
serve 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-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, arr
available to sick women the world
over, and represent 4 vast co1labora
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's lbs, which fol
authenticity and accuracy car hardly
be equaled in any library in thu
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked he,
daughter in law. the present Mrs
Pinkham. She was carefully INSTRUCTED
in all her hard-won knowledge, AM
for years she assisted her in her vas
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell tn,
direction of the work when it's origina
/ tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, an,
nothing in the work shows when tn
first Lydia E. .Pinkham dropped he
, pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkhan
now the mother Of . large family, too,
it up. With woman assistants, som q
< capable as herself, the present Mr.
= Pinkham continues this greatwork, an
probably from the Office of no othe
person have SO many women been &C
= vised how to regain health. Sick W.
! men. this advice is yours for Health
freely given if you only write to AZ
& for it.
: Such is the history Of Lydia e. Pinl
. hams Vegetable Compound mad
u from simple roots and herbs the or
great medicine for women's ailment
:, and the fitting monument to the mob
% ! woman whose name it bears.