The Bossier banner., 1894-09-27
A DETROIT BUILDER.
He Tells q Rem arkable Story OF
His Life.
CAME TO DETROIT ABOUT FORTY
YEARS AGO.
Levi Elsey's Experience Worthy Serious
Attention.
IFrom the Detroit Evening News

From the Detroit Evening News
Away out Gratiot Avenue, far from the
din and turmoil of the business center, there
are many attractive homes. The intersect-
ing streets are wide, clean and shaded by
large leaf-covered trees, and the people you
meet are typical of industry, economy and
honest toll. There are many pretty resi-
dences, but none more inviting in its neat
ness and homelilze comfort than that of Mr..
Levi Elsey, the well-known builder and con-
tractor, at "a Moran street just off Gratoit.
Mr. Elsey is an old resident of Detroit,
having moved here about forty years ago.
He has erected hundreds of houses in differ.
ent parts of the city, and points with pride
to such buildings as the Newberry & Nc.
Mullan and Campaw blocks in which he dis.
played his ability as superintendent.
81 have seen Detroit grow from a village
to city," he observed yesterday in conver.
sation with the writer, land ] don't think
there are many towns in America to-day
equal to it in point of beauty. I know al.
most everybody in the city, and an incident
which recently happened in my life has in
terested all my friends.
at is now about eight years ago since
was stricken down with my first case of
illness. One cold, clustering day was
ness at that time permitted myself to get
chilled right through. When 1 arrived home
that evening felt serious pain in my left
leg. bathed it that night, but by morning
found it had grown worse. In fact, it was
so serious that l sent for my family physi-
clan, and he informed me that was suffer-
ing from varicose veins. My leg swelled
up 10 double it's natural size and the pain in
creased in volume. The agony was simply
awful. l was laid up and never left my bed
for eight weeks. At times l 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 extremi-
| ties.
81 had several doctors attending me, but
believe my own judgmenthelped me better
| than theirs. After siege of two months
| could move around, still l was on the sick
! list and had to doctor myself for years. ]
was never really cured and suffered any
amount of anguish.
"About two years ago noticed an article
in the Euening Ne,Gs about my friend, Mr..
Northrup, the Woodward Avenue merchant.
In an interview with him he stated that he
had used DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People and that they cured him. l knew
| Hill very wei, udSIuS UulIG Ills uOuS6 Ou!
on Woodward Ave-, and thought would
follow his suggestion. must confess 1 did
so with marvellous success. From the time
l began to take the Pink Pills felt myself
| growing to be new man. They acted or
me like a magical stimulant. The pain de
parted and | soon was as strong and healthy
as ever. Before trying the Pink Pills haC
used any amount of other medicine without
any noticeable benefit. But the Pills cureG
me and l was myself again.
"When person finds himself relieved
and enjoying health he is apt to expose him
self again to another attack of illness. Some
three months ago / stopped taking the Pinl
Pills, and from the day did so l noticed {
change in my condition. A short time since
renewed my habit of taking them with tht
same beneficial results which met me for
merly. am again nearly as strong as ever
although am a man about SO years of age.
tell you, sir, the Pink Pills are most won
other cases as they did in mine they are thu
best in the world. freely recommend then
to any sufferer"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in con
densed form, all the elements necessary Il
give new life and richness to the blood ant
restore shattered nerves. They are an un
failing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism
} nervous headache, the after effect of L
grippe palpation of the heart, pale and sal
either in male or female. Pink Pills ar
sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpai
on receipt of price go cents box, or si
boxes for $2.50-they are never sold in bal
or by the 1907 by addressing DIR. Williams
Medicine Co. Schenectady, N. Y.