Bluebonnet Belle
Dignity, Texas August 1876“Ladies, ladies! Please! May I have your attention! There’s no need to shove! There’s plenty to go around for all!”
As Lydia Pinkham shouted to gain order, April stood behind a long table piled high with bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, eager to sell to those brave enough to try the revolutionary new cure-all for female complaints.
“Sickness is as unnecessary as crime,” Lydia declared as the women pressed closer, trying to get a better look at the small brown bottles. “And if I may be so bold, no woman should be condemned to suffer when there is a curative readily available!”
Eyes widening, the women drew back as if a snake had bitten them.
“Ladies, ladies! Don’t be alarmed. The Pinkham Compound is a special formula of nature’s own elements,” Lydi ... read full excerpt from Bluebonnet Belle ebook
