The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25
MRS. CHAS. PENDEN GAINS "a
POUNDS.
Was Twice Examined And Each Time
Told Operation would BE Her
Only Hope.

,"I have Just finished my third bot
seven pounds was the truly re-
markable statement made by Mrs;
IChas. Penden, residing at $50 Mill
ISt., Huntsville, Alabama. Mrs. Pen
den is one of the best known and
most highly respected women OF that
city where, she has made her nome
when ! commenced taking the
medicine" she continued: Il only
Weighed ninety-eight (9S) pounds;
|nOW | weigh one hundred twenty-five
pounds and never felt better in my
life For years | have suffered with
a bad form of stomach trouble, con-
back. At times the pains took the
form of torture and l was twice ex-
amined and each time told that an
operation would be my only hope. y
had fallen off until l only weighed
ninety-eight pounds and was SO
weak I could hardly get around. -
and what little l did eat would cause
gas to form in my stomch which
gave me palpitation of the heart, sick
headaches and dizzy feeling about
the head When those spells came
on me, l would get aWfully nervous:
l worried about; myself until l could
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II had fallen off until I was al
most skin and bones and my
strength and energy were slowly
leaving me. l had a dread of the
future and could see nothing but the
operating table and the knife: had
perfect horror of an operation, but
had made up my mind that it was
submit to it. l had made all prep
arations for the operation and call
ed on my sister to tell her goodbye,
as l did not know whether l would
live to see her again or not. My sis
ter begged and pleaded with me not
me to wait and try good tonic for
while. The next day as l returned
from the consultation room l thought
| of what she said, and as l had heard
so much about Tanlac, I decided to
try it as a last resort, and stopped at
the drug store. and got a bottle. OF
course had lost heart, and had no
sister, l made up my mind to take 1t,
and oh, what happy day that was
for me!
never returned for the operation,
but just kept taking Tanlac and my
improvement has been SO rapid that
none of my clothes fit me: Right
from the start I began to improve:
The medicine seemed to take hold
right at once 1t had soothing eff
feet, and in a few days | felt no
pain at all. l was so happy over my
wonderful improvement that / sent
for my neighbors to tell them how
much better I felt. sent and got
another bottle of Tanlac and have
just finished my third and feel like
l have been made over again into a
new woman.
GAS | have said before, l now
weigh one hundred twenty-five
big enough for me, and will have
to make them over again. l now
have a ravenous appetite and my
husband says l am simply eating
him out of house and home. I have
even gone back to my coffee which
l was told not to touch Those hor-
rible pains in my back and head
have all disappeared and I sleep like
a child. am no longer nervous. and
when I get. up in the mornings I
feel refreshed. cheerful and bright.
work again and I feel as If l had
started life all over. My husband is
highly delighted and my recovery is
the talk of the neighborhood. I do
nothing but rejoice all day long over
the recovery of my health and praise
Tanlac to everybody.
! 81 feel SO grateful for my escape
! from the operating table and the
knife that you may publish what |
have said; you may if you wish, tell
other women suffering as I was to
to tell them about my case
Tanlac is sold in Leon by E. E.
Bell, in Lamont by ]. F. Jones.
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