Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-10-16
WEALTHY PHILANTaRoPIST
HEALS cHIcAGo'S POOR
City is Excited over the Remarkable
Cures Of Mysterious Man Whose
Eceentricities are Startling.
Strange Stories are Told of Quiet Stran-
ger Who Distributes Great Quantities
Of Food and Clothing and Cures
Disease Without Pay.

| Deen erected by wealthy phlianthrO
pist by the name of Cooper.
His headquarters at The Public DRUG
Store is besieged with crowds of meI
and women eager to be cured of theil
| ills.
Cooper is quiet, gentlemanly per
son, with the appearance of a student
rather than a business man. He is ap.
parently about thirty-one or two years
of age. He first came into public no
tice by his philanthropic work among
the poor. The large fortune he possess
es has made it possible for him to dis
tribute many wagon loads of food anC
clothing among those in INDECENT cir
cumstances since his arrival in Chicago.
| The first that was known of Cooper
power over disease was when Mr.. John
Stauber, of 1907 Broadway, Cincinnati.
Ohio, who was in this city on business,
declared that Cooper, the philanthro-
pist, was the same person who saved
his life last March, after he had beer
given up to die by his physicians. Mr..
| Stauber stated that last March the doc
tors had told him that he would not
live until May, as he was in a terrible
condition; everyone said he had con-
sumption; he had nasty cough. with
frequent hemorrhages, dizzy spells. and
was so weak that the least exertion or
excitement would completely PROSTATE
him; there were severe pains in the
stomach and back, aud his kidneys
| were in bad condition.
After my physicians gave me up, -
said Mr.. Stauber, "Mr. Cooper heard
of my case and called to see me. He
left peculiar medicine which | began
taking and | Immediately began to i'm
prove. My cough stopped, my stomach
no longer distressed me, and my kid
neys were in perfect condition. gain
ed seventeen pounds i'll seven weeks,
and today am as well as | ever was in
my life.
A few days after this Mr.. r. L. Sid
well, justice of the peace living at
1922 Dearborn street reported that
Cooper had cured him of a severe case
of stomach trouble with a few doses of
his peculiar medicine.
His trouble had been of long stand
ing and he had tried many different
doctors and medicines without relief.
From the first dose of Cooper's medi-
cine he began to improve, and is today
in apparently perfect health.
This was followed by the still more
| remarkab cure of MIR. Thomas Web
ster, employed at the Omaha Packi. :
Company, and living at 52I0 South Nor
gan street. Mr.. Webster had suffered
for years with pain in his stomach, dlz-
ziness, palpitation of the heart, la TX
ache, and all other troubles. He came
to Cooper's headquarters and displayed
an enormous tape worm, which he said
had passed from his system after he
had taken few doses of the Cooper
medicine. Mr.. Webster said all his
suffering had left as if by magic, and
he felt like new being.
The report of these remarkable cures
| flew through the city like wild fire, and
the Public Drug Store, where Cooper
is making his headquarters is besieged
by people suffering from all manner of
ailments.
The physicians of the city are amazed
at the work he is doing and have tried
to shake the wonderful influence he has
over the people, even going so far as to
threaten prosecution, but as he does
not accept any money for his services
aud does not give out any medicine
himself, they have 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 knew what they are
| taking.
Since the interest has become so
wide spread that Cooper cannot meet
the people personally, he is receiving
an enormous mail, and keeps a large
force of stenographers employed in an
swering it. In the meantime stories of
marvellous cures continue to pour in.
Mrs. G. Fry, living at 122 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 eighteen
months. | have been unable to write
for over three years, as the knuckles
of my hands were SO swollen that
could not close my fingers enough to
write. Every joint in my body was in
the same shape, swollen and intensely
painful. The suffering has been too
great to describe. | have seen doc
tor every week for ten months and have
tried in every way to get we'll
Last week | came here and bought
some of the Cooper medicines. | was
told to come back in case | did not in
prove. have come back anyway, just
express m y thankfulness.
You see my hands. The swelling
has almost gone. So has the pam. Ii
you will lend me pencil l will show
you that can write" Mrs. Fry here
took the pencil and used it readily. q
told neighbor who has rheumatism,
about it, and she said, maybe it ism t
the medicine, maybe it's something
else. | told her that until ! knew
what that something else was | should
keep on taking the medicine and advis-
ed her to do likewise y
Cooper claims to have received the
formulas of the medicines he is using
from an aged priest in sleepy SPANS h
Spanish town In Old Mexico. The Mex
leans 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, ad
Vlsing the remedy which is applicable
to each Individual case.
While his remarkable cures are the
chief topic 0f conversation, many sJori-
es are heard on the streets ana IN bnsi.
ness places VI mis- goodness 70 the poor
his CUTS of food, money anu clothing
haue relieved a great amOant OF DIS
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