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teith, sixteen miles beyond Kalamazoo, 
connection is made for Grand Haven, 
Spring Lake, and Muskegon, via Alle- 
gan. 
The curative properties of the Grand 
Haven and Spring Lake mineral waters, 
together with the fine air and good ho- 
tels, have caused these points to assume a 
position among the noted watering- 
places of America scarce dreamed of by 
their founders. Annually large num- 
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may go up the river and eat lunch on 
the banks in one of the many charming 
places there to be found, pausing at will 
to troll for black bass which are there in 
large numbers. In fact, the deserving 
features of the resorts in mention can- 
not be enumerated, but are cheerfully 
recommended to the tender mercies of 
the most exacting tourist. Grand 
Haven and Spring Lake can also be 
reached by way of Grand Rapids and 
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bers flock to the life-giving waters, while 
many come to escape the heated atmos- 
phere of more Southern climes. 
While at either of these points, the 
guest may enjoy the manifold facilities 
for boating and fishing found there, and 
few finer opportunities present them- 
selves for the enjoyment desirable from | 
such pastimes. The visitor may proceed 
down the river to its mouth, and, with 
lady friends, picnic on the beach of that 
great unsalted sea, Lake Michigan, or 
the Detrcit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee 
Railroad, being thirty-three miles distant 
from Grand Rapids. 
Grand Rapids, three hundred miles 
from Cincinnati, is a beautiful and flour-, 
ishing city—the second in the State; has 
forty thousand inhabitants, many large 
manufactories, and is the proto-type of 
Chicago in business enterprise and rapid- 
ity of growth. The tourist will not re- 
gret a day spent in this city, for it has 
many attractions for the stranger that 
