The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-18
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
Had Its Birth and How the "Panc 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
neighbors was equally good for tho
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 stove,
gradually filling n gross OF bottles.
Then came the question of selling
IL. for always before they had given
IL away freely. They hired n Job
printer 10 run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits OF the mcdi-
cine, now called Lydia T.. 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 n great extent,
self.adyertisinE, for whoever used 10
recommended II 90 others, and the do
mand gradually increased.
In 1877. by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money % COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success OF
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia T. Pinkham and her Ncge-
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in It's manufacture.
Lydia +. PinlSham herself did not
live TO see TIE great success of this
work. She passed 20 her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work IA
effectively rs she could have done 10
herself
During her long and evcntful expc-
ricncc she was ever methodical in her
worl; and she was always careful topre-
serve u record of every case that came 10
her attention. The case OF every sick
woman who applied TO her for advice
and there were thousands-receiyed
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
available To sick women the world
over. and represent y vast collaborn-
ton OF information regarding tho
treatment OF woman's Ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
with Lydia f. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law. the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was care full Y instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge. and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
FIVE years shes 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
IL up With women assistants, some rs
capable rs herself. the present Mrs.
Pinlham continues this great work and
probably from the Office OF no other
person have 10 many women been Ed-
viscd how To regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice IN Yours FOR Health"
freely given II you only write to ask
for IL.
Such Is the history OF Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument 10 the noble
woman whose name 10 bears.