People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — AFTER TWO YEARS [ARTICLE]

AFTER TWO YEARS

Mrs. Henry Wood, of Rensselaer, Regains her Voice. There is nothing that brings so much joy as a pleasant surprise. This is certainly the Feelings of Mrs. Henry Wood, of this place, who, for the past two years had not spoken aloud, losing the entire control over the vocal organs, not being able to speak above a whisper, and who now can talk as well as any one. She has been a sufferer from different diseases for a long time,and to this is attributed the cause of the disappearance of her voice. Some time since she went to Chicago to take treatment for her ailments and seemed pleased with the work of the physicians, and since her return home has repeatedly felt a kind of a loosening up of the cords of the throat. On last Monday afternoon, while reading a chapter from the bible •to herself, she felt the loosening sensation again. A thought came to her to try and read the chapter aloud. To her surprise her voice had fully returned and she could speak out with ease. "When the family came home and she spoke to them, they could not beleive their ears, so much was their surprise. Her voice is rather rough, at present, but she has as perfect control over it as she ever had. This is certainly a welcome thing for the lady and we are glad she has been so fortunate.