New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-11-02
Wealthy PhiIan,hTop1sf
+" ua,ls Chicaco's Poor
=. rwc;ted Owe tne Ne 11, na
City Is ta ei !. eMSvstiious Man Whose
lures TTec ~ Are Startling
ID Of Quiet Stranger Who Dis as
Stranfe Stories Are ai Fool and Clothing and "
Great QuantiSS; ease Without Pay.
sIans of the city are amazed

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lie the 6rk he is doing, ana have tried t
sf az e the wonderful influence he has owe
% h@11opls, even going so far as to threat
81 prosecution, bnt as he does not accer
afsny money for his services and does nc
give out any medicine himself, they hav
been powerless to interfere.
Cooper created considerable Amusement
at the expense of the doctors by askin
them why they did not write their pres
criptions in English so their patient
would know what they were taking.
Since the interest has become 80 wide
spread that Cooper cannot meet the PEG
pie personally, he is receiving an enor
nous mail, and keeps large force Of
stenographers employed in answering it
In the meantime stories OF marvellous
cures continue to pour in.
Mrs G. Fry, living at 1872 Oak street,
had suffered agony for months from rheu-
matism. In telling about her case, she
said:
~ have had rheumatism for over nine
years. 1t has been getting worse every
year until l have been almost 4 cripple
from it for the past eighteen months.
have been unable to write for over three
years. as the knucklss of my hands were
so swollen l could not close my fingers
enough to write. Every joint in my body
was in the same shape, swollen and in
tensely painful, The suffering has been
too great to describe. l have seen doe
tor every week for ten months and have
tried in every way to get well.
Last week l came here and bought
some of the Cooper medicines. was told
% come back in case l did not improve.
have come back anyway, Just to express
ny thankfulness.
"You see my hands. The swelling has
Utmost gone. So has the pain. II you
will lend me pencil will show you that
can write" Mrs. Fry here took the
encil and used 1t readily. II told a
eighbor who has rheumatism, about it.
nd she said maybe it isn't the medicine;
,aybe it's something else, told her
nat until l knew what the something else
as | should keep on taking the medi-
ne and advised her to do likewise"
Cooper claims to have received the for
ulas of the medicines he is using from
aged priest in sleepy Spanish town
Old Mexico. The Mexicans believed
at holy water or some supern aturale le-
ent entered into their composition.
Cooper receives an enormous daily mail 7
'tters are coming from every part of the
ate, asking for advice.
The philanthropist reads every letter
refully, and replies to each one. adyis- 9.
3 the remedy which is applicable to
ch individual case.
While his remarkable cures are the {
ief topic of conversation, many stories r
, heard on the streets and in business I
ices of his goodness to the poor. His 7
to OF food, money and clothing have +
leved great amount of distress, and
ve greatly endeared him to the people. |
de is beginning to show the great strain
has been under the past two weeks, a
1t is understood that he will remain 8,
6 only one more week. T