Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1912 — FAMILY RUNT [ARTICLE]

FAMILY RUNT

Kansas Man Baye Coffee Made Him That. "Coffee has been used in our family of eleven —father, mother, five son* and four daughters—for thirty years. I am the eldest of the boys and hay* always been considered the runt of th* family and a coffee toper. “I Continued to drink it for years until I grew to he a man, and then I found I had stomach trouble, nervous headaches, poor circulation, vaji unable to do a full day’s work, took medicine for this, that and the oth«r thing, without the least benefit. In fact X only weighed 116 when I was 28. “Then I changed from coffee to Pos* turn, being the first one in oar family to do so. I noticed, &» did the rest of the family, that I was surely gaining strength and flesh. Shortly after X was visiting my cousin who said, *You look so much better—you’re getting fat' “At breakfast his wife passed m* a cup of coffee, aa she knew I was always such a coffee drinker, but I said, *No, thank you.' ‘“What!’ said my cousin, “you quit coffee? What do you drinkT “'Postum,' I aald, 'or water, and X am well.' They did not know what Postnm was, bnt my cousin had stomach trouble and could not sleep at night from drinking coffee three times a day. He was glad to learn about Postum, but said he never knew coffee would hurt anyone.” (Tea la Just aa injurious as coffee because It contains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee.) “After understanding my condition I and how I got well he knew what to do for himself. He discovered that coffee fras the cans* of his trouble an Ha tiavap used toharni nr anvtHinur Uw IswTWa U SvU wvnvw VI Oil j ttttnp of the kind. You should see th* change in him now. We both believe that If persons who suffer from coffee drmh* ing would stop and use Postum they could build back to health and, happiness." Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.' “There’s a reason." Bead the little book, “The Road to WaHville," in pkga. SbVCr rCau tIWt*DOVO IVltvr• n nww one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human Interest. Ever read the above letterT A an,