Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-09-20
A DETROIT BUILDER
HE TELLS A REMARKABLE STORY
OF HIS LIFE.

From the Detroit Evening News !

Levi Elsey's Experience Worthy
Serious Attention.
From the Detroit Evening Newsl
Away out Gratiot avenue, far from the
din and turmoil of the business center
there are many attractive homes. The
lntersectlng streets are wide, clean and
shaded by large leaf-Covered trees, and
the people you meet are typical of in.
dustry, economy and honest toll There
are many pretty residences, but none
more inviting in its neatness and home.
like comfort than that of Mr.. Levi Ell.
sey, the well-known builder and con.
tractor, at "A Moran street, Just off Ora.
tiot. Mr.. Elsey is an old resident o.
Detroit, having moved here about forty
years ago. He has erected hundreds o.
houses in different parts of the city, and
points with pride to such buildings as
the Newberry & Mcmillan and CampaW
blocks, in which he displayed his ability
as superintendent.
Il have seen Detroit grow from a vii.
lage to city," he observed yesterday in
conversation with the writer, "and
don't think there are many towns in
America to-day equal to it in point o.
beauty. | know almost everybody in
the city, and an incident which recently
happened in my life has interested al
my friends.
=" 1t is now about eight years ago since
was stricken down with my first case
of illness. One cold, clustering day
was down town, and through my natural
carelessness at that time permitted my.
self to get chilled right through. When
| arrived home that evening felt Sc.
rious pain in my left leg. | bathed il
that night, but by morning | found il
had grown worse. In fact, it was so Sc.
rious that l sent for my family physi.
clan, and he informed me that / was
suffering from varicose veins. My lee
swelled up to double its natural size, and
the pain increased in volume. The ag.
ony was simply awful. was laid up
and never left my bed for eight weeks
At times | felt as though l would grow
frantic with pain. My leg was bandaged
and was propped up in the bed at an
angle of 80 degrees in order to keep the
blood from flowing to my extremities.
81 had several doctors attending me
but believe my own judgment helped
me better than theirs. After a siege oi
two months could move around; still
! | was on the sick list and had to doctor
myself for years. | was never really
cured, and suffered any amount OF an
guish.
"About two years ago noticed an ar
ticle in the Ereaing Mus about my
friend, Mr.. Northrup, the Woodward
avenue merchant. In an interview with
him he stated that he had used Dr.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and
that they cured him. / knew him very
well having built his house outWoodward
avenue, and thought would follow his
suggestion. Unjust confess | did so with
marvellous success. From the time be-
gan to take the Pink Pills felt myself
growing to be new man. They acted
on me like magical stimulant. The
pain departed, and / soon was as strong
and healthy as ever. Before trying the
Pink Pills l had used any amount oi
other medicine without any noticeable
benefit. But the Pills cured me, and
was myself again.
"When a person finds himself relieved
and enjoying health he is apt to expose
himself again to another attack OF ill
ness. Some three months ago stopped
taking the Pink Pills, and from the day
| did so noticed change in my condi'
ton. A short time since | renewed my
habit OF taking them with the same ben:
eiicial results which met me formerly. ]
am again nearly as strong as ever, al
though am man about So years oi
age. tell you, sir, the Pink Pills are 8
most wonderful medicine and il they do
as well in other cases as they did in mine
they are the best in the world. l freely
recommend them to any sufferer"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a
condensed form, all the elements neces'
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are an uniailing specific for such diseases
as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis
st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the alter
effect of la grippe, palpitation OF the
heart. pale and sallow complexions, all
forms of weakness either in male ol
female. Pink Pills are sold by all deal,
ers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price 80 cents box, or six boxes ioi
80. 5O-they are never sold in bulk or by
the 100 by addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. \.