The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-30
ENGINEER WATSON
GAINS So POUNDS
BY TAKING TANLAC
Lost Health Completely and
Had to Lay Off From
Work Is Months

My name is j. B. Watson and my
home is in Mobile, Ala. I am 80 years
old and by profession am railroad
engineer. have regular run on the
work train between Selma and Mo
bile.
up to only few months ago
that is, up to the time l started talk
ing Tanlac-my health was broken
down completely. When 1 commenced
taking Tanlac / only weighed 1903
pounds and hadn't been able to work
for Is months. Now. after taking only
three and one-half bottles of Tan
lac | weigh III pounds and have actu-
ally gained 68 pounds, and never felt
better in my life.
/ suffered for several years with
the worst kind of stomach trouble and
constipation. I kept dropping down in
weight and losing strength and final
ly l broke down completely / had
several attacks of hat was called
acute poisoning of the5tomach and no
body knows how / suffered.
81 took treatment at the Marine hos
pital at Algiers, La, and at the Tu-
lane hospital, New Orleans. also took
treatment at Hot Springs. Ark, ar.
Lookout mountain. To tell you the
truth, I tried everything you could
think of and spent hundreds of dol
lars, but I just kept going down hill
and for Is whole months ] was I'M
able to run my engine or to do any
other work,
"Of course. I was awfully discour
aged about myself, as l could see but
little hope of ever being well again
While I was sick and unable to work
a brakeman gave me a half bottle of
Tanlac. l took it and I began to feel
better right away. My stomach felt
better and I got so I could eat and
enjoy my meals.
T 11t a
other bottle. and after finishing it
I felt SO much better I went back to
work on switch engine. / could just
feel myself gaining in weight and get
ting stronger every day, and after TAX
ing my second bottle I went back to
running an engine on the main line.
'Now, since taking three and one
half bottles I am working regularly,
running a work train between Selma
and Mobile. the swampiest country i'll
this section of the state
Nov, what I have told you is the
truth and hundreds of people who
know me and who know how I looked
before I took Tanlac will tell you the
same thing. Another thing, you can
see from my picture. which I had
taken while I was sick. how much
stronger and healthier 1 look now than
/ did then.
"They can say what they please
I can truthfully say that Tanlac is the
only medicine that ever did me any
good. and I want everybody to know
about it. If the people don't believe
you just tell them to come and look
at me now and then look at my pic
ture that was taken while l was sick.
/ will show. them mighty quick what
Tanlac has done for me-"
Commenting on the above remark
able statement, Mr.. G. f. Willis,
southern distributor of Tanlac, said
"Over seven and a quarter million
bottles of Tanlac have been sold within
the past two years and it has been
Endorsed by over half million peo-
pie but this mans case is one of
the most remarkable that has ever
been called to my attention. 1t is just
such evidence as this that proves be-
yond question the truly wonderful and
extraordinary curative powers of Tan
lac and explains it's phenomenal and
record breaking sales in all parts OF
the country
Tanlac is sold in Birmingham ex-
clusively by Patton-Pope Drug Co. and
Eugene Jacobs drug store.-Adv.