The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-26
Wealthy Philanthropist
Heals ChicagO's Poor.
City is Excited Over the Remarkable Cures of a Mys-
FERROUS Man whose Eccentricities are Startling.
Strange Stories Are Told of Quiet Stranger Who Distributes Great Quantities
of Food and CIothiug and Cures Diseases Without Pay.

The physicians of the city are
amazed at the work he is doing, and
nave tried to shake the wonderful in
fiuence he has over the people, even
going so FAR as to threaten prOSecu-
tion, but as he does not accept any
money for his services and does not
give out any medicine himself, they
nave been powerless to interfere.
Cooper created considerable amuse-
ment at the expense of the doctors by
asking them why they did not write
their prescriptions in English so their
patients would know what they were
taking.
Since the interest has become so
widespread that Cooper cannot meet
the people personally, he is receiving
an enormous mail, and keeps a large
force OF stenographers employed in
answering it. In the meantime
stories of marvellous cures continue to
pour in
Mrs. 6. Fry. living at 1872 Oak
street, had suffered agony for months
from rheumatism. In telling about
her case, she said;
Il have had rheumatism for over
nine years. 1t has been getting
worse every year until | have been
almost a cripple from it fOr the past
4 oinht.. -----'
.t~.,nueen mOnunS. | have peen unable
to write for Ove three years, as the
knuckleS of my hands we're SO swollen
L could not close my fingers enough to
write. Every joint in my body was
In the same shape, swollen and inten-
sely painful. The suffering has been
too great to describe. 1 have seen a
doctor every week for ten months
and have tried in every way to get
we'll.
Last week l came here and bought
some Of the Cooper medicines. | was
told to come back in case I did not
improve. l have come back anyway,
just to express my thankfulnesS.
"Yuu see my hands. The swelling
has almost gone. So has the pain.
If you will lend me a pencil 1 will
show you that L can write" Mrs.
Fry here took the pencil and used it
readily. Il tolda neighbor who has
rheumatism, about it, and she said
maybe it isn't the medicine. may
it's something elSe.' l told her that
until L knew what the something else
was l should keep on taking the medi-
cine and l advised her to do likewise"
Cooper claims to have received the
formulas Of the medicines he is using
from an aged priest in a sleepy Span
ish town in Old Mexico. The Mexi-
can believed that holy water or some
supernatural element entered into
their composition.
cooper receives an enormous daily
mail. Letters are coming from every
part of the state, asking for advice.
The philanthropiSt reads every
letter carefully. and replies to each
one. advising the remedy which is
applicable to each individual case.
While his remarkable cures are the
chief topic of conversation, many
stories are heard on the streets and
in business places of his goodness to
the poor. His gifts of food, money
and clothing have relieved a great
amount Of distress. and have greatly
endeared him to the people.
He is beginning to show the great
strain he:haS been under the past two
weeks, and it is understood that he
will remain here only one more week.