The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PlNKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of '73" 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
ncighbors 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 AMI
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filling q gross Of bottles.
| Then came the question Of selling
il. for always before they had given
it away freely They hired n JOB
printer to run off some pamphlets
! setting forth The merits OF the m,dI
cine. now called Lydia Z riukham
! Vegetable Compound. and these were
! distributed by the Iukham SONS IN
Boston, New York, and brooklyn
The wonderful curative properties Of
| the medicine were, to great cE'ru'
Isclfudvcr'j-inC, for whoever used 10
recommended it to others, and the de
mand gradually increased.
In 1877. by combined efforts the fam
! ilv had saved enough money 10 com
mcncc newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success "
the enterprise were assured. until 90.
day Lydia T. pinkham and her NcgD-
table Compound have become housc-
! hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used auuu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia +. Pinlham herself did not
! live to sec the great success Of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work ms
effectively rs she could have done :
| herself
During her long and cvcntful cXpc-
ricncc she was ever mcthodical in her
worN and she was always careful tuprc-
serve record of every case that came t.,
her attention. The case OF every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were housands-rcccivcd
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 are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent vast cOllabura-
ton of Information regarding the
treatment OF woman's Ills, which for
| HlliltnllfllN anu if'Altl''N 'ill iitAA ~ Y
be cqualcd ia any library in the
world
with LYDIA r. pinl,ham worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkhnm. She was carefully instructed
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 its origiua.
tor passed away For nearly twenty.
five years she has continued II. and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia T.. PinhhHm dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkhum,
now the mother of large family. took
it up With women assistants, some as
capable rs herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work aud
probably from the office Of no other
person have 50 many women been ud
viscd how TO regain health. Sick wo-
men. this advice is Yours for Health
freely given II you only write to ask
for 1t.
Such Is the history Of Lydia L. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs the one
great medicine for womcn's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
} woman whose name it bears.