Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-07
MRS. NJ. |. MEDDERS
AGE z, GAINS IS
POUNDS ON TANLAC
II, Feel Better Than | Have in
20 Years." She Says--VoI-
unteered as Nurse in Civil
War--RearS 19 Children.

"I have gained fifteen pounds aid feel
stronger and better than 1 have felt
in twenty years." was the remarkable
statement made a few days ago by
Mrs. NJ. l. Medders, who lives at 54I
Blythe avenue. Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Medders, who is now seventy-two
years of age, reared nineteen children,
eight of her own and eleven orphans,
and her whole life has been one of great
sacrifice and usefulness. At the begin
ming of the Civil war she volunteered
as a nurse and many old soldiers who
are living today will remember the
kind services rendered by her during
those four years of struggle.
She married soon after the war and
made her home in SenatObia, Miss,
where she lived for fifty years until
the death of her husband, when she
came to Memphis Mrs. Medder's hus-
band was in the drug and jewelry bust
ness in Senatobia for a great many
years and she is we'll known in three
counties around Senatobia, as well as in
Memphis, for her work of charity and
motherly kindness.
For twenty years." continued Mrs.
Medders. Il suffered with a swimming
in my head and often had spells some
thing like vertigo. Two years ago
began suffering with pleurisy in both
sides, and was down in bed from May
of last year until February of this year,
not able to do anything at all until Tan
lac got me up. 1 couldn't even ride on
a street car for at least eighteen months
until Tanlac relieved me Of that weak
and dizzy feeling.
ct had no appetite at all and lived
mostly on buttermilk for months and
months. / couldn't get any sound sleep
and would just doze and wake up often
during the night, and, of course, 1 got
very weak. For six months my sides
were a solid blister where l used lini-
ments and plasters trying to get relief
from the awful pains caused by the pleu-
risy. My case was a very stubborn one
and seemed to yield very little to the
treatment 1 was using.
"I think il was in February that Tan
Ian began to be advertised in the papers,
and although had about given up hope
of ever getting up again to where
was able TO do anything, decided to try
it. 1 was willing to try anything to ger
little relief and be able to sit up, If
nothing more. But, 1 tell you, 1 was
both surprised and glad after using Tan
lac few days to find it was helping
me. After 1 got through with my f1rst
bottle had a good appetite and was
eating just anything 1 wanted and lots
of it and / was much stronger. When
finished my third Ebottle I was able
to go back in the kitchen and do most
of the cooking and 1 could do nearly all
of my housework, too. Ny head feels
better of that swimming and clearer
than it has in twenty years. For years
1 could not raise my head and look up
to turn off the electric lights, nor could
/ climb up the stairs, but I can now
While 1 realize a woman seventy-two
years old can't be made into a girl again
Tanlac has certainly made great
change in me, and / never expected to
feel as we'll any more as 1 do now. Ny
weight used to be 1877 pounds, but got
down to 112 and I'm sure I've gained all
back. / had lost and maybe more.
don't have the pleurisy and lumbago any
more either and feel that I'm entirely
free of it. My nerves have gotten quiet
and 1 sleep all night long nearly every
night without waking up at all. TanIac
is the best medicine l have ever taken
in all my life and / have taken lots Of
them. Medicine that will do as much for
old folks as Tanlac has for me certainly
ought to be good for anybody else and
1 hope my statement will cause others
to take Tanlac and get relief as I did"
Tanlac is sold by one regular estab-
1ished agency in every town.-tAdvt.)