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Washburn My Feet Wferc Killing Me I Discovered the Miracle in Germany! It was the European trip I had always dreamed about. I had the time and money to go where I wanted see what I wanted. After a few days of sightseeing my feet were killing me. While everybody else was having a great time, I was "My daughter from Illinois was in agony when she had to walk a block. Now she can walk a mile and still smile.

She sold me on Feathersprings. Mine came and, thank goodness, I can go shopping in something besides Lin my hotel room. M.B.C. Elmira, Y. The whole trip was like that until I got to Hamburg, Germany.

There, by accident, I happened to hear about an exciting breakthrough for anyone who suffers from sore, aching feet and legs. This wonderful invention was a custom-made foot support called Flexible Featherspring. When I got a pair and slipped them into my shoes my pain disappeared almost instantly. The flex ran never begin to tell you how much I have enjoyed wearing these supports. 1 used them in all my shoes, and, believe me, I have a lot as I bought so many trying to find a comfortable pair noth ible shock absorbing support they gave A view of the mill district as it appears today.

Ths old A mill still stands, adjacent to the elevators sporting the Gold Medal Flour trademark made famous by the Washburn-Crosby Co. my feet was like cradling them on a cushion of air. I could walk, stand, even run. The relief was truly a miracle. Thousands of men and women who once Buffered crippling discomfort and pain just like yours have found blessed relief with these revolutionary shock absorbing supports.

So can you. Too good to be true? Let Featherspring wearers from across the nation speak for themselves. "Feathersprings Are a Miracle!" After wearing Feathersprings for 3 months, I would never want to be without them. Its so wonderful to walk without every step hurting. They have helped my corns, ingrown toe nails, and my legs and back are so much better." ing helped unti I received these supports." V.M., Eagle Rock.

Va. Doctor Recommended, Satisfaction Guaranteed Of course you may be skeptical. Many of our most enthusiastic boosters were too until they actually try these custom-made supports. C. of Medford, writes "I inquired about your corporation through a Consumer Protection Agency and you received an excellent report.

And E. of Whitmore Lake, says, "The bone doctor said it was the best thing I did to get the foot supports to wear i my shoes. He said as long as I get around the way I do I don't need an operation on my toe joints." J.C.L. of Sykesville, reports a similar experience. "About 10 years ago a podiatrist had supports specially made for my problem.

There was very little relief. I had reservations about ordering yours I just wish I had had this blessed relief much sooner. My orthopedic surgeon and my general surgeon are very impressed with my relief from pain." No Risk Offer Don't suffer pain and discomfort needlessly. Like J.C.L., try Feathersprings on a complete money-back guarantee. If they don't bring relief with every step you take if you don't feel as though your feet are cradled on a cush ion of air your money will be returned without question.

Walk, stand, even run and dance. You must be completely satisfied. If your feet hurt, we can help you. Write for mora detailed information. There is no obligation whatsoever.

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WW tion in politics and was elected to Congress in 1854. Later he was elected governor and served one term. His forthright-ness alienated some politicians and he didn't run again. He built a mansion in La Crosse and never moved to Minneapolis, no matter how much time he spent at his Twin Cities mifts and no matter how unsatisfactory hts home life. After the birth of their second child, Washburn's wife, Jeannette, went insane and was institutionalized permanently.

The children were sent to boarding school. He and two of his brothers served in Congress at the same time, just before the Civil War. Israel represented Maine; Elihu, Illinois, and CadwaHader, Wisconsin. They alt had a good share of eloquence and action. (One time, a southern congressman made a physical attack on an opponent.

CadwaHader intervened. He caught the southerner by the hair and al too easily scalped him. The gentleman wore a wig.) A Washburn nephew described the three congressmen this way: "They were all of them antislavery men and probably made more disturbance in Congress during the 10 years before the war than any three people there. They had several fights on the floor with ambitious cavaliers who wished to lick them, but, as they were all giants, they generally got by. None of them had much book culture, but they were not afraid of he, loved the people and never questioned the fact that they should run things and that, if the people were wefl off, they should do as they were told." During the Civil War he raised a regiment of cavalry and served as major-general in the Mississippi campaigns, including the fighting around Vicksburg.

When he returned to the Midwest after the After 20 yean of doc war, his attention turned to Minneapolis because of the power provided by St. Anthony Falls. He was one of the founders of the Minneapolis MiU Company, which controlled the water power on the west side of the fads. He did some lumber mifltng here, and then felt challenged by miffing the spring wheat grown here. The wheat is planted in the spring and harvested in the summer, escaping the severe winter that would kin the fad-sown variety known as winter wheat, grown further south.

The kernel is relatively hard, a characteristic that baffled American miners and bakers before 1860. The white, soft winter wheats were regarded as better. (Later it was discovered that spring wheat has a higher proportion of gluten to starch, resulting in its special value as bread flour.) Washburn teamed up with John Crosby, another Maine native. They recruited William Hood Dun woody and sent him to England in 1877 to force open the door for Minneapolis floor. Dwwoody visited al the flour houses and large bakeries in Liverpool, London and Glasgow.

Through many tense months in 1877 and 1878, before he wrote a single order, Dunwoody went on saying with his Quaker firmness that his flour was of a uniformly high quality and pureness. Finally he got some English bakers to try his samples and to admit that American flour was stronger and made more loaves per barrel than their own product. Dunwoody's trip changed the outlook for an entire industry. Minneapolis was recognized as the center of the miffing world, and salesman had no trouble selling the once-scorned Minneapolis flour. (Legend has it that Crosby once looked through a great pile of new orders and told his clerk to send a wire to a salesman teflkig him to come home.

"He's selling more flour than I can make," he said.) And after Washburn Crosby won the gold medal, Minneapolis's economic success was assured. tor bills and pain and no relief, to think now I can walk normally." Auburn, NY. "I'm a nurse and on my feet all day. I used to go to foot doctors every 6 weeks to have my calluses and corns removed. I have not been to one since wearing Feathersprings!" R.B., Champaign, III.

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