Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1919 — MRS. CHAS PEDEN GAINS 27 POUNDS [ARTICLE]

MRS. CHAS PEDEN GAINS 27 POUNDS

Was Twice Examined and Each Time Told Operation Would Be Her Only Hope. “I have just finished my third bottle of Tanlac and have gained 27 pounds," was the truly remarkable statement made by Mrs. Chas. Peden,, residing at 550 Mill street, Huntsville, Ala. Mrs. Peden is one of the best known and most highly respected women of that thriving little city where she has made her home for a number of years. “When I commenced taking the medicine,’ 1 she continued, “I only weighed ninety-eight (98) pounds; now I weigh one hundred twentyfive pounds and never felt better in my life. For years I have suffered with a bad form of stomach trouble, constipation and pains in my side and back. At times the pains took the form of torture and I was twice examined and each time told that an operation would be my only hope. I had fallen off until I only weighed ninety-eight pounds aind was so weak I could hardly get around. “I had no appetite scarcely at all, and what little I did eat would cause gas to form in my stomach which gave me palpitation of the heart, sick headaches and a dizzy feeling about the head. When those spells came on me, I would get awfully nervous. I worried about myself until I could rest and sleep but little. ___ “I had fallen oft until I was almost ‘skin and bones’ and my strength and energy were slowly leaving me. I had a dread of the future and could see nothing but the operating table and the knife. I had a perfect horror of an operation, but had made up my mind that it was either life or death and prepared to submit to it. I had made all (preparations for the operation and called on my sister to tell her goodbye, as I did not know whether I would live to see her again or not. My sister begged and pleaded with me not to allow them to cut on me and told me to wait and try a good tonic for a while. The next day as I returned from the consultation room I thought of what she said, and as I 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, I had lost heart and had no faith in medicine, but to please my sister, I made up my mind to take it, and oh, what a happy day it was for me! “I 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. It had a soothing effect, and in a few days I felt no pain at all. I was so happy over my wonderful improvement that I sent for my neighbors to tell them how much better I felt. I sent and got another bottle of Tanlac and have just finished my third and feel like I have been made all over again into a new woman.

“As I have said before, I now weigh one hundred twenty-five pounds and none of my clothes are big enough for me, and I will have to make them over again. I now have a ravenous appetite and my husband says I am simply eating him out of house and home. I have even gone back to my coffee which I was told not to touch. Those horrible pains in my back and head have all disappeared and I sleep like a child. I am no longer nervous, and when I get up in the mornings I feel refreshed, cheerful and bright. I am now able to attend to my housework again and I feel as if I 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. “I feel so grateful for my escape from the operating table and the knife that you may publish what I have said; you may if you Wish, tell other women suffering as I was to come and see me and I will be glad to tell them about my case.” Tanlac is sold in Rensselaer by Larsh & 'Hopkins,' and in Remington by Frank L». Peck.—Advt.