Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1894 — MIRACLE IN MISSOURI [ARTICLE]

MIRACLE IN MISSOURI

Ik* Achievements of Medical Science Far More Wonderful than the Magic . of the East. r*»« Eiperlencw of fmtinw tar WooiUoa, of Panama, Mo. —For Ten Year* a Cripple—To-day a Well and Hearty Man. (From the Kansas City Times.! The people of Rich Hill, Mo., an! vicinity have recently been startle J by a seeming miracle of healing. For yeara one of the best-known men in Bates and Vernon Counties has been Mark M. Woodson, now postmaster at Panama, and brother of ex-State 1 nspector of Mines C. C. Woodson, of this city. The people of Rich Hill, where he formerly resided, and oi his present home remember well the bent form; misshapen almost from the semblance of man, which has painfull; bowed its head half to earth and labored snaillike across the walks season after season, and when one day last month it straightened to its full height, threw away the heavy butt of cane which .for years had been it; only support from total - jwiplessaesß. and * wanted ereet.j firmly, unhesitatingly about the two cities, people looked and wondered. The story of the remarkable ease had become the marvel of the two counties; Exactly as Mr. Woodson told it to a Times reporter, it, is here published: “For ten years I have suffered the torments of the damned and have been a useless invalid: to-day i am a well and hearty man, free from, almost evory touch Of pain. I don't, think man ever Buffered more acute and constant agony than I have since ISB4. The rheumatism started then in inyTight knee, and after weeks of suffering in bed I was at last relieved sufficiently to arise, but it was only to get about on crutches for five years, the ailment having settled in the joint. Despite constant t. eatment of too most eminent physicians the rluitmatiqn grew worse, and for the last four years I have been compelled to go about beathalf toward the ground. Ir, the wintor of 1890-91. after the rheumati m had settled into its most chronic form, I brother, and for six weeks I was treated in one of the largest and beff-known dispensaries of that' city, but without the slightest improvement. Before I oamo home I secured a strong galvanic battery; this I used for monttis w.th the same result. In August, 189 ’, I, went to St. Louis, and there* conferred with the widely known Dr. Mudd, ot hospital practice fame, and Dr. Kale, oi tho city hospital; None of them would take my case with any hope of affording me more than temporary relief. and so I came home, weak, doubled with pain, helpless and despondent. “About this time my attention waa called to the account of a remarkable cure of locomotor ataxia, rheumatism and paralysis by Dr. Williams* Fink Pills for Pale People. I orderod some of the pills as an experiment. When 1 began to take them, the rheumatism had developed into a phase of paralysis: my leg, from tho thigh down, was cold all the time and could not be kept warm. In a short time the pills were gone, and so was the cane. I was able to attend to the duties of my office, to get about as a well and strong man, I was free from pain and I could enjoy a sound and' restful night's sleep, something I had not known for ten years. To-day am! practically and, I firmly believe; per-; manently cured of my terrible and agonizing ailment. !so magician of the Far East ever wrought tho miracle witlr his wand that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pill did for mo." To verify the story beyond all question of doubt, Mr. Woodson made the following affidavit: « State of Missouri, \ County of Bates, \ M ** I, M. M. Woodson, being duly sworn, on my oath state that the following statements are true and correct, as I verily believe. M. M.- Woodson. ( Subscribed and sworn to before me) this 3d day of March, 1894. Jobn'D. Moore, Notary Public. I Dr. Williams’ Pink Pill’s for Pale) People are manufactured by the Drj Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and are sold only in boxes be .ring the firm’s trade mark and wrapper, a 4.50 cents a box, or aik boxes for *2.00. Bear in mind that Dr.j Williams' Pink Pills are never sold in bulk or by the dozen or hundred, and any dealer who offers substitutes ini this form is trying to defraud you and should be avoided. Dr. WilTams’Pink Pills may bo had of all druggists or dir* ■rect by mail from Dr. Williams’ ModP cine Company.* ——,--