The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-30
SAVED HIS LIFE
Foreman Says He Never Ex-
pected to Be Out of Bed Again.
Now Able to Be Back on the
Job.


Many wonderful endorsements have
made october 9Th by James Mahoney,
of % East 18th ST., Los Angeles, Cal.
is SO remarkable as to be almost in
credible.
Mr. Mahoney, however. is a man of
unquestionable integrity and has been
foreman at the Richards-Naustadt
Construction Co. ten years. His neigh-
bors have corroborated his remarkable
statement in every detail and Will do
so again if called upon.
at was being talked among my
friends" said Mr.. Mahoney, that
was going to. die and l don't believe
anyone ever had a much closer call.
Closely following an injury to my
back, caused by lifting some steel last
seemed to give way. My stomach
commenced hurting me terribly and l
suffered from gas and indigestion.
There seemed to be lump In my
stomach and l could not eat thing
without intense pain afterwards. My
appetite left me entirely and l got so
weak could not even lift ten pounds.
Then I became constipated and my
kidneys got out of order and dls-
turbed me SO at night L could not
sleep sound. I was in misery all the
time and so weak 1 could not lift my
feet to go up the steps. I could not
straighten up for the pain in my stom-
ach Before these troubles started l
weighed one hundred and forty-five
but dropped down until I weighed
only sixty-five pounds, and If there
was ever living skeleton l was.
could hear my friends. who came in to
see me, say, Poor Jim, he can't last
much longer and 1 had no hope my
self of ever getting up. In spite OF
all that could be done / kept getting
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stomach seemed to get larger and the
pain more intense. Finally 1 was told
nothing more could be done except to
operate, and I was too weak to stand
that.
One day, friend, who had been
coming to see me often, told me how
Tanlac had helped his daughter and
urged me to try it. At first 1 refused,
as my wife was opposed to anything
except prescribed medicines. But one
day this friend offered to go and get
me a bottle of Tanlac with the under
standing that no one else know about
it. Well, I started taking it and by
the time he brought me the third bot
tie 1 was feeling better. 1 stopped
everything else, kept taking Tanlac
and slowly improving. I soon noticed
the pain in my stomach easing up and
that lumpy feeling began to leave. 1
got to eating something and then
commenced getting back my lost
weight and strength. [ kept taking
it until used twenty bottles and as
result 1 am in better shape than 1
was for years-even before 1 was
taken sick. I now weigh one hun
dred and thirty pounds, so you see my
weight has exactly doubled. I am
working every day and can do the
heavy lifting just the same as L ever
could. I am not bothered any more
with my kidneys or constipation and
L sleep like a top every night. My
food tastes good and my appetite is
simply fine. My wife now thinks just
as do, that Tanlac is the grandest
| medicine in the world. 1 will praise
it as long as I live, and 1 never ex-
! pect to be without it."
Tanlac is sold in Topeka by Tully-
MacFarland Druggists, S35 Kansas
| Ave, and 1923 Kansas Ave.-Adv.