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f ; H The Commoner FEBRUARY, 1920 ,- 'J- Ruptured? . Throw Away Your Truss! .-; . 'o k nr Many Years We HavpBcen Telling You That No Truss Will Ever Help You We Have Told You the Harm That Trusses Aro Doinf. xu We Have Told You That the Only Truly Comfortable and Scientific Device for Holding Rupture Is the Brooks Rupture Appliance and That It Is Sent on Trial to Prove It HK1HhuI If you ht-ve tried roost everything .i. V-omo to us. Where others fail SSheromwe have our greatest success. LnA i attached coupon today and wo Sffl Bend you free our illustrated book ?n Rupture and its cure, showing: our Annllance and giving you prices and iPS? of many people who have tried Snd weS cured. It is Instant relief when all others fall. Remember, wo wo no salves, no harness, no lies. We send on trial to prove what we tay Is true. You are the Judge and 5nw having seen our illustrated book wd read it you will be as enthusiastic Ja our hundreds of patients Whoso Jet Era you can alsq read. Fill out free coupon below and mail today. It's well worth your umu w ". - - Appliance or not. Soundly Cured At tie Ae ef 81 Mr. C E. Brooks, Marshall. Mich. Pear Sir: Leas than. & year ago I sent to you for an appliance which came promptly. I at once put it on and It fitted perfectly. I have worn the appliance not quite 10 months. It & cored my raptare. I tried the other day while the ap pliance was off. to see if I coma force anything out of the open ing to make a break there but I could not though I inea Hard. Now I think this quite remarkable as I am In my elghty-ilrst year. I am an old veteran of the Civil War, born and raised In the town of Now Boston, State of New Hampshire, from which place ! enlisted In the 10th N. H. Vol. Inft. in Co. C, commanded by Col. M. T. Donahue. I cannot feel but that I owe you this testimony for I had never expected to ue cured. However, thanks bo to God, I found a cure through the valuable appliance you made for me. Your friend. Holly Hill. Fla. B. A, RICHARDS. Cured Without Operation I 'Was Sure He Would Be a Crlp!e" it Ada, Minn. Mr. C. E. Brooks, Marshall, Mich. Dear Sir: Enclosed is a Picture of my children, and the little man you Bee seated on the chair Is the one Jho was cured by your Appli ance. He had been ruptured quite a vhlle before we wrote you, and I as sure, that he would be a crip- P o the rest of Hfe. How ever. &nmn v.1.. tSLand. showed me an ad, in a news-S?f-Mith tho result, that ho was in kwnif 'tE&BX&F&Sir . . n. t i pronlri. Inventor of the Appliance. Mr. Brook Cured ironi a Brooks Appliance Co., Maraliall, Mich. HPeBBrKH0?3?a lilSi Brnni "eaii through tho wearing ox. a pk Us ApplIanco or just three months. lUQ llnrin ..II j .....linn nfl,icil would not consent to. Your Driving ""liiVi 11 Wk UUUBttIl.1. I.VI. A. v Siffi t0 ut an Air Cushion Ap ia SSfJi,1 hlm d I must say that it t wi ten t,mea hat it cost. for isU you C0VW have seen him be whtAe u.aed thQ Appliance and now, could b fully as B0Und as anyone Lcannot thank you too much for rnat you haye done for my boy. Yours respectfully; OLIVER HANSON, Cured in Three Months Salem, Ohio. 430 Cleveland Ave. Mr. C. B. Brooks Marshall. Mich. Dear Mr. Brooks: I am sending you a small picture of my son who Is now five years old. We ordered your Appliance for him when he was only two months old, and yet want to say in about thrco months all signs of rupture were gone, and he is some boy today. I shall bo very glad to say a good word for you when ever tho opportun ity presents itself. Yours very truly. T. A. AlCU-UAir. Veteran Cured Mr.Wm.McAdams, of Kansas. 111., if a veteran of cp. 59 Regt. 111. Vol. of which he was Sec ond Lieutenant. xr. Vina foUffnt against the autter Ing and torment of Bupture for years and has finally won the victory as tho following brief let ter tolls: Mr. C. B.Broolcs. Marshall. Mich. Dear Sir: I laid vnur appliance aside March 2nd ana navo flvfl aays, for i not worn Jtf or twenty b Uiat j v.ink that I a"1, cu.,. if acraln. miv never have tow-.;- !f Y0UM. McAPAMS, SB. AK7fT ti,Btt74k?py SJMS'ixS DoctorPronounces Him Cured 119 Towle Avenue, Mlshawaka, Ind. Mr. C. E. Brooks, Marshall, Mich. Dear Mr. Brooks: Answering your letter, will say we need no more Appliances, as our son has been completely cured by wearing your Appliance. Wo recently had blm examined, and the doctor said the opening was en tirely closed and that u wasn't necessary to wear U Thanking you for your kindness, I am, Yours very truly, MRS. H. TOLLMAN. Remember inKi We send our Appliance on trial to va what we say Is true. You are to bo the judge. Fill out free coupon below and mall today. Ten Reasons Why You Should Seed for Brooks Ilaytare Appliance 1. It in absolutely the only Appliance of tho kind on the market today, and in ii uro kiuuuuicu mu pniiciiuvu uy Inventors havo sought after for years 2. The Appllanco for retaining the rupture cannot bo thrown out of post tlon. 3. Being an air cushion of soft rub-4 bcr it clings cloBoly to the body, yetf never blisters or causes irritation. 4. uniuce tne orainary so-cauca psavj used in other trusses, it is not cumber' some or ungainly. . C. It is small, soft and pliable, ana positively cannot bo detected through? tho clothing. C. The soft, pllahio hanas noiamg x.ne Appliance do not givo one tho unpleas ant sensation of wearing a harness. 7. There is notning anout u 10 gei; foul, and when it b"mcs soiled it can bo washed without injuring It in th least. . . 8. There aro no metal springs in mo Appliance to torturo one by cutting ana bruising tho flesh. A 111 t 4Vin mntnrlol (if whlWl tnB Appliances aro made is of tho very best that money can Duy, iimmnr. - -able and safe Appliance to wear. 10. Our reputation for- honefcty an fair dealing is so thoroughly estab lished by an experience of over thirty years of dealing with tho public, an our prices are so reasonable, our terms bo fair, that thero certainly should be n hesitancy In sending free coupon today Pennsylvania Man Thankful Mr. C. E. Brooks. Marshall, Mich. Dear Sir: Perhaps It will intercrt you to know that I havo been ruptured bIx years and have always had trouble with it till I got your Appllanco. It W very easy to wear, fits neat arid snug. and is not in me wu j n - or night, in ract, at times I did not know I had It on; it Just adapted it self to tho shape of tho body and oecmed to bo a part of the body, as it clung to the spot, no matter what po&itlon I was in. It would be a vcritablo God-send to the unfortunate who suffer from rupture if all could procure the Brooks Rupture Appnanco and wear It They "My' rupture Is now all healed up and nothing ever did It but your Appliance Whenever the opportunity presents it-j Bcif I will say a good word for youfl Appliance, and also ti honorable wajj S. IH a pleasure to recommend c& Plc-.It..,5ir ?'jri vnur friends OR gOOU lllinu u.me j.--. strangers. I am. Yours very sincerely. JAMES A. ami tw. would certainly -426 North Ay. P., BcthlohemyPa Free Information Coupon BROOKS APPLIANCE CO., 193-D State St, Marshall, Michigan for I Name... Address, B. -p. D City. State. Kansas, 111. v viM 4, J! m 9H -m.; 11 f .A, , ' tt JAi f? X bi M i W I 1H WliilMlWillffiimWIMWIWW trnfc4aW.nonilff :'iJ'tLiJLi