Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-09-06
A DETROIT BUILDER.
He Tells a Remarkable Story OF
His Life.
CAME TO DETROIT ABOUT FORTY
YEARS AGO.
Levi Elsey's Experience Worthy Serious
Attention.
ITrom the Detroit Evening News,l

From the Detroit Evening Newsl
Away out Gratiot Avenue, far from thu
din and turmoilof the business center, there
are many attractive homes. The intersect
ing streets are wide, clean and shaded by
large leaf-covored 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 homelike comfort than that Of MIR.
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.
II have seen Detroit grow from q village
to city," he observed yesterday in CONVEX.
sation with the writer, land don't think
there are many towns in America to-day
equal to it in point of beauty. know al
most everybody in the city, and an incident
which recently happened in my life has in
terested all ;ay friends.
ut 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 careless
ness at that time permitted myself to get
chilled right through. When arrived home
that evening felt serious pain in my left
leg bathed it that night, but by morning
found it Lad grown worse. In fact, it was
so serious that sent for my family physi
clan, and he informed me that was suffer
ing from varicose veins. My leg swelleC
up to double its natural size and the pain in
creased in volume. The agony was simply
awful. Twas laid up and never left my bee
for eight weeks At times felt as though
l would grow frantic with pain. My LEI
was bandaged and was propped up In thu
bed at an angle Of 80 degrees in order tt
keep the blood from flowing to my extremi
ties.
81 had several doctors attending me, bu
believe my own judgmenthelped me bette
than theirs. After siege of two months
could move around, still l was on the sicl
list and had to doctor myself for years.
was never really cured and suffered an.
amount of anguish.
about two years ago noticed an articl
In the Euening Nelcs about my friend, Mr.
Northrup, the Woodward Avenue merchant
In an interview with him he stated that h
had used Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pal
People and that they cured him. l knew
him very well, having built his house on
on Woodward Ave, and I thought woul'
follow his suggestion. must confess di'
SO with marvellous success. From the tim
/ began to take the Pink Pills felt mysel
growing to be new man. They acted o.
me like a magical stimulant The pain de
parted and soon was as strong and health
as ever. Before trying the Pink Pills ha
used any amount of other medicine withou
any noticeable benefit. But the Pills cure
me and was myself again.
"When person finds himself relieve
and enjoying health he is apt to expose hin
self again to another attack OF illness. Som
three months ago l stopped taking the Pin
Pills, and from the day did so / noticed
change in my condition. A short time sine
l renewed my habit of taking them with tn
same beneficial results which met me fol
merry. am again nearly as strong as evel
although am aman about Sc years Of age.
tell you, sir, the Pink Pills are most wo1
derful medicine, and if they do as well |
other cases as they did in mine they are tn
best in the world. freely recommend theI
to any sufferer"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in COZ
densed form, all the elements necessary
give new life and richness to the blood an
restore shattered nerves. They are an III
failing specific for such diseases as loci
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, ST. Vitu
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism
nervous headache, the after effect of
grippe, palpation Of the heart, pale and sa
low complications, all forms of weakness
either in male or female. Pink Pills al
sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpai
on receipt of price go cents box, or 81
boxes for S2,50-they are never sold in bul
or by the 1907 by addressing DIR. William
Medicine Co, Schenectady, N. Y.