Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-04-10
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic Of 70" Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale In Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune, They
argued that tho medicine which was
so good for 'Arir woman friends aud
neighborS was equally good for the
women of tho whole world,
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit, Their first laboratory
was tho kitchen. where roots aud
herbs wero stepped on the stove,
gradually filling gross OF bottles
Then came tho question OF selling
II, for always before they had given
Il away freely. They hired Job
printer to run OF somo pamphlets
setting forth tho merits ~ the medl-
cine, now called Lydia l., PiukhamG
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the rinkham sons Ia
boston. New York. aud brooklyn,
The wonderful curative properties %
tho medicine werc, To II great extent,
self advertising, for whoever used II
recommended II to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased,
In lS77. by combined forts tho fam.
lily had saved enough money TO com.
mrncc spapcr ADVERTISING and from
that time tho growth aud success Of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia T. riukham aud her VeRe-
table Compound have bccomo house.
hold words everywhere, aud many
toms ~ roots aud herbs are used annu.
ally In its MANUFACTURES,
Lydia T.. rnkham herself did not
1.-Two to src the great Aurcrss of this
work. She pn~srd Ia her reward years
ago, but not til sho had provided
means for continuing her work Aa
effectively NJ she could have done 10
herself
During her long and eventful expo.
Renee Ahr was ever mcthudical IN her
work aud she was always careful tn pro-
serve n record ~ every cast that came 10
her attention, The case ~ every aick
woman who applied to her for advice
aud there were thnusanda-rrcelved
careful study, aud tho detRils, Includ'
Ing symptoms treatment aud rrAulta
were recorded for future reference, and
To day these records, together with
hundreds ~ thousands made Aimee. are
available 90 sick women the world
over, aud represent Vaat collaborA.
ton of Information regarding the
treatment ~ womau's lila, which for
authenticity aud accuracy can hardly
he cqualod Ia any library la the
world,
with Lydia Y. Pinhham worked heV
daughter Nv law. tho present Mrs.
Pinkham She wnA carefully instructed
In all her hard won knowledge, aud
fer years shs aAAIStcd hcr Ia her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction ~ tho work when ltA orisinA-
tor passed away, for nearly twenty.
i've years aha has continued n. ana
nothing la the work shows when the
drst Lydia " PinkhAm dropped her
pen. aud the present hEs. ftukhASn,
now the mother Of . large family, took
II up Win wonapl aaalatanlA, Aouls 80
capable "a hsrNsH, tho present MVs,
Pluhham continues this great work Ahd
probably from the oIiiee ~ no othsg
p-rs"n have 40 mRhy women heeh al.
VisSd how Ia regain health. hirk wa.
men, this advice IL Yours for li.aithS
freely giVSn " you only write ~ AAh
for 10.
Such Il tho history ~ lydia r. Ptnip
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots ARd hsFba the Que
great nsdlelha fDF wumSaa aiinsata,
aud the ftting monument tS The aahIe
woman Whoss aASBs u bsasA