Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-22
He THOUGHT HIS
time HAD COME
So Weak He Could Hardly Walk
Weighed Only 100 Pounds
TanIac Builds Him Up.

When first began taking Tanlac
only weighed 100 pounds and was
just complete physical wreck, but
| am now strong, hearty, well
man, and tip the scale at 150."
The above statement, which was
made few days ago by S. A. Bah
bitt of 1872 East Third street, Gales
burg, ILL.,, is indeed remarkable
and might be discredited were Mr..
Rabbit not a man of high charac-
ter and standing in his community.
Mr. Babbitt, although entitled to
exemption, being married man,
entered the service of his country
two years ago with the Three Hun
dred Forty-ninth infantry, Eighty
eighth division, at Camp Dodge,
Iowa. Mr. Babbitt, before enter
ing the war, had been for two years
employed by the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad as a ma
chinist, and states that since TAX
ing Tanlac he has gone back on
his old job and is working every
day. Mr.. Rabbit in describing his
case, said:
# hadn't been feeling good for
about a year before l went 20
Camp Dodge for war service. My
trouble all started with disordered
kidneys and bladder, which just
seemed to poison my whole system,
and when / think how / have SUI
fered l wonder that 1 am alive to
tell the story. My legs were swol-
len until there were big red rings
where the tops of my shoes would
cut into them and panied me so
bad / don't see how l ever stood it
tramping around doing guard duty.
Then when l went to bed my entire
body would ache and pain and my
back, especially, couldn't have hurt
worse il a bayonet had been stuck
into it. In the mornings my back
was so tender and hurt so bad that
/ could hardly get out of bed, and
l just felt like life wasn't worth
living in such misery. l suffered
until l could almost see myself
losing weight and l also went down
rapidly in strength and endurance.
/ couldn't sleep, could tell every
day that l was getting weaker, and
some days would almost give out
from pain and weakness.
Il was in this rundown condi-
and. Of course, / took it. After a
along very we'll and when they
called for an extra guard / volun-
teered to go, and from this l had
backset that almost cost me my
life. l went down with pneumonia,
they sent me to the base hospital
at Des Moines where | stayed for
six months, and l don't reckon
anyone ever got nearer the end Of
life's journey than l did. Then
they took me to the regular army
hospital at Fort Des Moines, where
! stayed for three months more,
making a total of nine months in
the hospital. When left for home
was just perfect wreck, weighed
only 100 pounds, and was SO weak
l could hardly walk a block.
could eat nothing much, what did
eat hurt me, and was so nervous
and racked with pain that l slept
but little. To sum II all up in a
few words / was just about done
for and nothing l could do or take
did me any good.
Finally my wife's mother per-
suaded me to try Tanlac and just
want to say right now, to every
brother soldier and everybody else,
that Taniac beats any medicine l
have ever seen or heard of. Why,
l don't have to tell those who know
me what it has done for me, be-
cause they can see for Il emselves.
/ hadn't finished my first bottle I'M
til l began to feel the good effects.
/ soon got an appetite like a wolf
and wanted such things as ham
and eggs and coffee for breakfast
and it all seemed to agree with me
perfectly. l commenced to sleep
fine and noticed the pain in my
back eased up. Now here / am a
strong. hearty, we'll man. able to
eat three whaling meals a day and
work hard every day. I never have
q bit of stomach trouble any more
and my kidneys are in fine shape.
Tanlac certainly put me on my
feet IN a hurry and I will always
have a good word for IT,"
Tanlac is sold In Rock Island by
the Bengston drug store.-(Adv.)