Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1895 — AN ALPENA MIRACLE. [ARTICLE]

AN ALPENA MIRACLE.

MRS. JAS. M. TODD, OF LONG RAPIDS, DISCARDS HER CRUTCHES. In an Interview with a Reporter She Reviews Her Experience and. Tells the Real Cause of the Miracle. {From, the Argus, Alpena, NlithOt We have long known Mrs. Jas. M. Todd, of Long—Rapids. Alpena County, Mich. She has been a sad cripple. Many .of her friends know the story of her recovery; for the benefit of those who .do not we publish it to-day. Eight years ago she was taken with nervous prostration, and in a few months with muscular and inflammatory rheumatism. It affected her heart, then her head. Her feet became so swollen she could wear nothing on them; her hands were drawn all out of shape. Her eyes were swollen shut more than half the time, her knee joints terribly swollen and for eighteen months she had to be held up to be dressed. One limb became entirely helpless, and the skin was so dry and cracked that it would bleed. During these eight years she had been treated by a score of physicians, and has also spent much time at Ann Arbor under best medical advice. All said her trouble was brought on by hard work and that medicine would not cure, and that rest was the only thing which would ease her. After going to live with her daughter she became entirely helpless and could not even raise her arms to coyer herself at night. The interesting part of the story follows in her own words: “I was urged to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People and at last did so. In three days after I commenced taking Pink Pills I could sit up and dress myself, and after using .them six weeks I went home and commenced working. I continued taking the pills, until now I begin to forget my crutches, and can go up and down steps without aid- I am truly a living wonder, walking out of doors without assistance. “Now, if I can say anything to induce those who have suffered as I have to try Pink Pills I shall gladly do so. If other like sufferers will try Pink Pills according to directions they will have reason to think God for creating men who are able io conquer that terrible disease, rheumatism. I have in my own neighborhood recommended Pink Pills for the after effects of la grippe, and weak womeja with impure blood, and with good results.” Mrs. Todd is very strong in her faith in the curative powers of Pink Pills, and says they have brought a poor, helpless cripple back to do her own milking, churning, washing, sewing, knitting, and in fact about all of her household duties, thanks to Dr t Williams’ Pink Pills. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for 50c. per box, or six boxes for $2.50. « “What do you consider the height of meanness?-:—“To send a comic valentine with a penny stamp.”