Mary Magdalene Fradd [nee Opitz] 1877

Mary Magdalene Fradd [ nee Opitz ] was born in 1877 in Adelaide, South Australia.  She married Francis Fradd on the 28^th of January 1898 in Redruth, Burra, South Australia.

Mary and Francis (who was a Stockman and Miner) raised 5 children in Burra where Mary gave a ‘plug’ for Dr William’s Pink Pills.

The Register Adelaide, SA; Tuesday 19 Feb 1907

Poorness Of Blood

Mrs. Frank Fradd. No Peace with Neuralgia.

Always Tired Out, Cured in Kooringa, Dr. William’s Pink Pills.

“Of all things to bear, weakness is the very worst,” said Mrs Frank Fradd, of Kooringa, S.A. “I couldn't as much as sweep up the kitchen without having to rest two or three times.”

It was all because my blood got thin and watery. Nothing put me right till I took Dr. William’s Pink Pills. They did wonders for me, for my health has never gone back since I took them. 'My appetite got simply wretched when, I first began to get ill.

 Mrs. Fradd went on. "One day I would fancy a thing, and the next I couldn't look at it. When I did take anything it was something sour, like pickles or vinegar that I wanted. I seemed to have a craving for the very things that were bad for me. There was always a horrid taste in my mouth, and every, now and then a deathly sick feeling would come over me. I got listless and languid and I found everything a trouble to me".

"My back ached fit to break; and from morning till night I was always tired always longing to lie down. If I only stood long enough to wash up the dinner things I had to rest after it. I didn't care if I ever went outside the door from one week's end to the other — even to dress myself and go down the street tired me out. .When I did go out I got quite fretful with everyone telling me how washed-out and sickly I looked".

"I was as white as a ghost, and my eyes always had big rings round them. You never would have taken me for a girl of 17 — I looked 10 years older".

“All the time I had headaches bad enough to drive me silly. The pain was mostly in my temples at first, and it throbbed till I didn't know where to put my head to get a little ease. It felt as if someone were driving a burning rod through my very brain. All my nerves went to pieces, and agonizing Neuralgia set in. For weeks at a time it never gave me a moment's peace. Sharp pains shot right from my jaws up each side of my face.  It was as if a thousand red-hot needles were being driven into my flesh. The pain nearly sent me out of my senses — it made me feel perfectly worn out".

"Every part of my body was weak for want of good blood. My heart used to flutter like mad if I hurried ever so little I couldn't go from one end of the house to the other without getting out of breath. Sometimes my head would swim, and everything would go black before my eyes. I felt giddy and dizzy and only saved myself from falling by catching hold of the first thing handy. After a turn like that I had to give up whatever I was doing and go and lie down — working was out of the question."
 

"I simply felt too weak to stand. 'After one of these faint turns, my brother Charlie persuaded me to try Dr. William’s Pink Pills. He was taking them at the time for Sciatica, and he told me what a splendid medicine they were. We got some from Wilkinson the chemist here, and after the first box I knew they were doing me no end of good. I was always hungry and at mealtime could eat as much as anyone in the house. I could eat anything and everything. The Neuralgia went away by degrees, and all the old aches and pains left me. I got my colour back and looked ever so much brighter and healthier".
"In a few weeks more I was completely cured. I've never had a trace of my old trouble back since I took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills."

Now Dr. William’s Pink Pills build up the strength in in one way— they actually make new blood. That is all they do but they do it well. But you must insist on getting the genuine Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. If your local retailer cannot give you exactly what you ask for, order them by mail from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.; Sydney— 2/9 a box; six boxes 15/3, post free-. If you are in any doubts about your illness, write to the same address for hints as to diet etc.

Mary and Frank moved to Broken Hill after 1907 and raised a further 4 children.

Mary died in 1918 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, and is buried in the Methodist Cemetery.