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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

THE COMMERCIAL BANK
W. F. SandcH Proprietor
W. F. SandeH, Proprietor

drafts on foreign banks and looks
after collections with the most
scrupulous care.
. He has a savings department
in connection with his bank
which must at once appeal to all
who have money to lay by for the
rainy day. Three per cent. is paid
on deposits remaining at least
three months; four per cent if de-
posts are left for six months, and
on deposits left one year he pays
five per cent interest. To the man
who is in need Of ready cash to
tide him over some critical time,
Mr.. Sandell stands ready at all
times to make loans none too
large, none too small-at rea-
sonable cost if acceptable secur-
ity can be furnished.
The Commercial bank has
ample capital. and its stability
has never been called in question.
II does a safe. courteous and con
servative banking business, and
is as firm as the rocks on which
orr pilgrim fathers landed in the
centuries gone by. Associated
with Mr. Sandell, as cashier is our
well known and highly respected
citizen William A. Wilder, who
has won such a high place in the
hearts of the people, not only here
in Bedding, but in Ionia county as
well, where he served the peo-
pie SO successfully for four years
as Register Of Deeds. Mr.. Wilder
is too well known to need any
further encomiums at our hands.
In addition to his banking bust
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

ing countenance is shown in the
center of this notice is and has
always been just such a man in
our community. Eighteen years
ago, when the Silk City was in its
infancy, William f. Sandell came
into the city to begin the business
life which with him has been so
successful. His first efforts along
the line of business were centered
in the real estate business, and
from the first his sterling man
hood and business integrity won
for him success. Two years later,
awake to the needs Of the COM
mon people for commercial
bank, he opened his banking
business in this city. A pri-
vate bank does not at all times
appeal to people, especially If
there are incorporated banks in
the community, but the broad
guage Of the man made for him
success from the outset.
Many private banks during the
past Is years have gone down TO
ruin because Of careless manage
ment, but the Commercial Bank
under Mr.. Sandell s careful man
agement has continued to prosper
all these years. For many years
Mr.. Sandell did his banking bust
ness in rooms on Pleasant street
in the rear Of the Belding Saw
ings bank. but in June last he Sc
cured better and more available
quarters on Main street and is
now comfortably located there
in. Mr.. Sandell carries on a gen
eral banking business, issues
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

city. The proprietors, Ellis w.
and Roy w. Ranney are young
men, filled with the ambitions of
the rising young man, but they do
not care to mount to the summit
Of financial success over highways
strewn with the remains Of the
loved ones of our city.
In the Ranney dairy everything
is done that money and care can
do to give to the patrons of their
wagons as pure milk as ever was
dispensed in any community in the
land. Before going into further
detail as to the care and handling
of their milk. it would not seem
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

insured. In placing insurance up
on your home or your household
goods or other property we would
advise you to "See Sandell About
It," If you desire loans on your
real estate, or if you desire to
purchase property Of any kind
the same advice holds good.
Strong, firm and steadfast, San
dell's bank has come to be recog-
nized as one of the strong fnan-
cial features of our city and with
the careful and conscientious con
sideration given every detail of
the banking business it is safe to
say that it will long remain one
OF the potent factors in the finan-
cial life of our community.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

pasture is gone.
With the death Of George w.
Ellis the two young men came in
to possession Of The Dairy. Both
have other interests to look after
and as a result the care Of the
dairy has been entrusted to Mr..
l.. +. futile whose record of care
fulness and cleanliness is beyond
question. For a number of years
he has watched over every detail
of the large business with the
same careful and conscientious
consideration that he would give
to a similar institution if it be-
longed to him. A practical far
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

man s business is necessarily
limited, and through mans daily
contact with his fellows his
character is more quickly meas
ured. If he is a CRATER, a skin
flint, cheat, his neighbors will
find him out. So too, if he is a
broad gagged, public spirited,
earnest and upright man, his as
sociates with whom he comes in
contact will discover it.
If he is Of the first type men,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

out of place to dwell a little upon
the pioneer history of this great
dairy farm. 1t was in the year
1912 that Lewis Ellis left his home
in the state Of Massachusetts and
joined the ranks Of rugged pio-
neers who came to Michigan to
hew from the forests of those days
a future home in the Peninsular
state. At the same time his broth
err Richard pulled up stakes in
the Bay state and came with him
to these then unbroken wilds. Sc
lecting some valuable land in the
township of Otisco located in the
northern portion of the present
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

CITY FARM DAIRY
Ellis W. and Roy w. Ranney, Propnetors

beautiful city. he paid frequent
visits here. and looked after the
dairy as closely as he would the
welfare Of his family. In 1909
he installed a complete milking
plant in his dairy to insure abso-
lutely sanitary conditions in milk
handling. Every drop of milk
dispensed from this dairy is cooled
over pipes which carry lee cold
water. 1t is bottled by improved
apparatus which insures absolute
purity, for in no stage of the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

mer, he loses no chance to get all
he can out of the farm for the
young men who are doing such
strenuous work for the mainten-
ance of pure milk supply in the
Silk City.
Cleanliness is the watchword at
the City Fairm Dairy first, last
and all the time and so scrupu-
lousy is the watchword lived up
TO that the attention of the Board
of Health is entirely unnecessary.
Fortunate indeed is the city whose
supply of milk is of the high or
der of the kind furnished by these
gentlemen for their patrons. There
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

feel it only right to produce his
last photo in connection with this
story Of the farm. At the time
of his death the farms came into
the possession of the late George
w. Ellis who always held a warm
spot in his heart for the Silk City.
1t was at that time that the City
Farm Dairy was established.
Around the name of George w.
Ellis, only the fairest memories
are wreathed. I'm love with our
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

milk from the COW TO the consum-
er does it come i'm touch with the
human hand.
Special care is taken in feeding
and watering the stock and only
the healthiest cattle that can be
secured are allowed space in the
large and commodious stables.
There is running water in every
stall and huge silos have been
built to furnish the best of fodder
for the cattle when the outside
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

is not drop of milk that leaves
the City Farm Dairy that is not
as chemically pure as can be OBJ
tanned, and the cooperation Of the
patrons in the care of the milk
after they receive it is all that is
necessary to assure for the table,
the baby or the sick room the best
obtainable in the way of milk.
Two pictures are shown Of the
great barns in which the stock is
carefully housed and fed in the
season for indoor feeding and in
which is installed the mechanical
milking device spoken of before.
Models of cleanliness they appeal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

city Of Bedding, they began the
work of clearing and brought out
Of the wilds the two fine farms
now comprising the City Farm
Dairy.
Richard passed to his reward
long years ago, but Uncle Lewis,
as he was Familiarity called, en-
joyed the fruits Of his labor, un-
til about 10 years ago, when he
too was gathered to his fathers.
So closely connected with the his
tory Of the City Farm Dairy we
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27


If there be one thing more than
another which counteth much in
the item Of health in community
it is the milk supply. All over
our country, walls are heard from
the Health Department about the
danger of contaminated milk.
Warning after warning is sent out
in the hot weather to beware of
germ laden milk. Whole columns
have been devoted to the fight for
pure milk in every large city. The
extremely large death rate among
the infant population of many
cities is laid directly to The impur-
ity Of the milk secured in these
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27
BARNS ON RANNEY DAIRY FARM

great centers, and with all the
cIamor raised the fatalities still
continue. The death rate still is
high.
When one reads of the terrible
results attendant upon the use Of
impure milk there is grain of
comfort TO be found in the thought
that all milk is not impure that
there are some dealers whose mer-
cenary greed is not so strong as
TO imperil the health Of the young
and old i'm a community by dis
pensing contaminated and germ
ridden milk. Such an institution
is the City Farm Dairy of this
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27
BARNS ON THE RANNEY DAIRY FARM

to the visitor at once as one Of the
most sanitary places for the care
of cattle imaginable. The stock
is largely of the Jersey variety
and the rich volume of cream that
raises from each bottle furnishes
for the morning cup of coffee a
richness seldom equaled and new
er excelled.
Three modern wagons are used
in distributing the milk to its
number of patrons and over three
hundred quarts a day is dispensed
to the satisfied users in the City
of Bedding.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

toned, the public at large will
shun him and he becomes an out
cast, an exile, a social leper. If,
on the other hand, he possesses
the last named qualities, he grows
mentally, morally and financial
~. and the best things Of life are
his and mankind is glad Of his
existence. The man whose smil-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

ness Mr. Sandell carries on a gen
eral real estate and insurance
business, being the local repre-
sentative of such staunch, reliable
and time-tried companies as the
Phoenix of Hartford, German
American Of New York, Aetna of
Hartford, Fire and Marine of De-
troit, Commercial Union of New
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

York and others. He is the local
agent for twelve companies all of
whom are time tried and fire.
proven, and insurance written in
any Of the companies which he
represents guarantees you protec-
ton TO the amount that you are
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-27

I'm whatever vocation the walks
of man are placed there is an es-
sential qualification necessary for
success. That qualification is per-
severance. 1t is the constant drop
ping which wears away the stone
and it is constant perseverance
that attains the summit of man S
ambition. No man who sits idly
down and waits for tide to bring
fortune TO his door will ever
reach the higher heights Of sue
cess.
A mans standing in a com
munity is better measured by the
test of time than by any other
test. The test OF time tells. 1t is
the only dependable one. Minute
inspections by experts may err.
time never does. Hidden defects
in character, weaknesses or i'm
perlectionoS are sooner or later
revealed by the relentless search
er. time. Had the construction
Of the Pyramids Of Egypt or the
Sphinx been faulty we would
have known it now. Had Christian
ity been other than il is, lis frail-
ty would have been found out by
this time.
To withstand the onslaught of
time, Of age and Of decay, things
which endure must be constructed
of stern stuff. AS it is with the
Pyramids, the Sphinx and the
Christian belief, so it is with man
kind and also with business.
There is difference however be-
tween the two ends Of this com
pariSon, because mans life and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-09
AirShip TroIlev Car.

1t is quite a new idea to drive a
uspendeltrolley car by means of a
propeller like an airshij The car.
with which experiments are being
made at Burdan, Cal, runs on short
length Of overhead track of about a
quarter of a mile, and is driven by a
twenty-siX horsepower gas engine.
The car is made of steel and alumni
mum; and is intended to have light
flexible covering, with celluloid Win
dows. 1t is so feet long, and can carry
SO passengers. 1t has worked quite
satisfactorily, though the track is too
short to test it's speed. The propeller
has two blades, like huge fans, made
of sheet metal nribs Of steel tubing.
Another propeller will be fixed in
front, which will double the motive
power and prevent stoppage in case
of a breakdown to the rear propeller.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-09
Beavers Attract Attention.

Tourists in the Yellowstone Nation
al Park have shown so much inter
est in the beavers that inhab1t the
streams that the department of the
interior is considering the advisable
ity Of placing colonies of the animals
in some OF the other national parks.
The beaver has been one OF the
most potent factors in the exploration
of the Rocky Mountain region, be-
cause the early trappers were general
ly searching for beaver when they
first penetrated the Businesses OF the
mountains. The Zigzag dams con-
structed by these busy animals are
familiar sights in the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park. The beaver seems to be
particularly adapted to the Platte, the
Yosemite and Mount Rainier national
parks.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-09
OF THE AGE OF CHIvALRY
Fat Victim of-cupid Bashfuliy Ac-
knoWiedges Real Reason for His
Act of Heroism.

The smallest boy had broken
through the ice and the fat boy was
crawling to his rescue
Come back, Fatty!" the other boys
shrieked. You'll bust it all in, an
den youse'll both be drowned"
But the fat boy, fiat on his stom
ach and spread out to his widest ex
tent, ignored these warning cries and
steadily crept toward the black hole
and Tommy's clinging fingers.
Once the ice made a cracking sound
End the watchers yelled with dismay
But the fat boy did not halt Nearer
and nearer he came, and finally his
out-stretched hands caught those cling
ing fingers and drew the small boy, lit
tie by little, onto the firmer ice and
so to safety.
What did youse do it fer, Fatty?''
one of the boys tearfully demonstrate
ed.
"Aw," replied the hero, 81 knew
what l lost in weight / made up in
Wilderness, see?"
Then his face softened
Besides" he bashfully said, "Fm
sweet on Tommy's sister,"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-09

of Hanna's wives been married before
he married them, two married since
he divorced them and several children
had resulted from their various unions.
But even with all this clear in ones
mind there are other complications
that have to be taken into considera-
ton in this veritable jungle of rela-
tionships.
The two husbands whom the two di-
vorced wives of Hanna married had
children by previous marriages, so
the family tree and all it's branches
takes on the aspect of a Chinese
puzzle.
1t was in the summer of 1887 that
Dan Hanna, then young man, mar
ried Miss May Harrington, the
daughter of a prominent Cleveland
family. Three sons were born to
them, Mark, named after his famous
grandfather, Carl and Dan, Jr How
ever, the marriage did not turn out
happily, and in 1897 Mrs. Hanna OBJ
tanned a divorce from him.
Hanna's Second Plunge.
The following year he married Mrs
Walter de s. Maud, the divorced wife
of Captain Maud, an Englishman. Be-
fore her marriage to Maud she was
Miss Daisy Gordon, the daughter Of
w. J. Gordon, one of Clevelands
wealthiest citizens and an intimate
friend of Dan Hanna's first wife.
She had obtained divorce from
Maud in Akron, Ohio, but after her
marriage to Dan Hanna Captain Maud
obtained divorce from her in Eng
marriage was bigamous. They had
no children, but she and Dan Hanna
had daughter, Elizabeth
This second marriage Of Hanna's
was no more fortunate than the first.
In 1905 Mrs. Hanna No. sued him
for divorce in Cleveland and won the
suit.
And within 4S hours Dan Hanna mar
ried for a third time, taking Mrs
Frank e. Shelly, the divorced wife of
a Waldorf-Astoria hotel clerk for his
bride. Mrs. Sicily was Miss Marie
Stuart before her first marriage. She
was the mother of daughter, Eliza
beth by name, by her first husband.
Mrs. Hanna Takes Second Husband.
Before Dan Hanna married for the
third time Mrs. Hanna No. l had TAX
en- a second husband Edmund X.
Stallo, the New York lawyer, was her
choice He had previously been mar
ried to Miss Laura Mcdonald, the
daughter of Alexander Mcdonald, one
of the original Standard Oil million
aires. By her he had two daughters,
Laura and Elizabeth. These two girls
recently came into prominence as
great heiresses on the death of their
grandfather, but it has since devel-
oped the the enormous estate which
was supposed to be held in trust for
| them had dwindled down to a few
| thousand dollars.
When Mrs. Hanna No. l became
Mrs. Edmund X. Stallo she took up
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-09
THE CARELESS GROCER
BIundered, and Great Good Came of n

A careless grocer left the wrong
package at a Michigan home one day
land thereby brought a great blessing
ito the household.
Two years ago l was a sufferer from
stomach troubles, so acute that the
effort to digest ordinary food gave me
great pain, and brought on a condition
0G SRcn extreme nervousness that !
could not be left alone. l thought
should certainly become insane l was
so reduced in flesh that was little bet,
ter than a living skeleton. The doc
tors failed to give me relief and l de-
SPARED of recovery.
"One day our groceryman left a
package of Grape-Nuts food by mis-
take. so tried some for dinner. l was
surprised to find that it satisfied my
appetite and gave me no distress what
ever The next meal l ate of it again,
and to be brief, | have lived for the
past year almost exclusively on Grape
Nuts. 1t has proved to be most
healthful and appetizing food, per
fectly adapted to the requirements of
my system.
"Grape-Nuts is not only easily di.
gested and assimilated, but l find that
since have been using it am able
to eat anything else my appetite fan
cies. without trouble from indiges-
ton. The stomach trouble and ner-
vousness have left me, l have regain.
ed my plumpness and my views OF
life are no longer Respondent and
gloomy.
"Other members of my family, espe.
cially my-husband, (whose old enemy,
the heartburn has been vanquished)
have also derived great benefit from
the use of Grape-Nuts food and we
think no morning meal complete with
out it," Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Greek, Mich.
There's a reason" and 1t is ex
planned in the little book, THE Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. The,
are genuine, true, nnd full OF hunaax
fR.ercst.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-09
German Officer to Drill Turks.

According to the Vienna Neue
Presse. Gen. Colmar Won der GoltZ is
about to retire from the German army
on full pension, which means with
the emperor's appreciation, in order
to enter definitely the Turkish mill
tary service, which he reorganized IN
the wears 1SS3-1S95 for Abdul Hamid
H.. who recognized his efficient work.
seen in the brief Graeco-Turkish war,
by making him marshal of the OF
roman army This news item Is OF
importance as throwing light on the
state of European policies in the near
east.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-09
EarIy DAYS of BaIIooning.

The first balloon to carry living
freight was in September, 1888, when
Joseph Montgolfier sent up a sheep,
q duck and a cock, all Of which land
ell safely. The first human being TO
ascend in a balloon was young
French naturalist, NJ Francois Pilatre
do Rozier. who used a captive bal
loon for his first attempts Then, on
November 81, 1888, he and the Mar
auis d'Arlandes made the first trip
in a free balloon. This was made in
a hot air balloon, and fire vas kept
burning in a brazier suspended Re
meath while up in the air.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-09

her residence at the Waldorf-Astoria
with her husband and his two daugh
tiers. Her three sons were in school,
but during the holidays they divided
their time between visiting her and
their father out in Cleveland.
Mrs. Dan Hanna No. 2 did NOT re-
main single very long. She moved
to New York Immediately after her
divorce in 1905. She married Frank
lin D. Pelton, New York business
man. She was awarded the custody
of her daughter Elizabeth, whom she
brought east with her
Additions to Mixup.
Franklin d. Pelton had been d.
vorced from his wife, who was Miss
Lucy Carter. only short time before
he married Mrs. Dan Hanna No. 2 He
was the father of son by his first
marriage. OF course he was Mrs. Dan
Hanna's third husband and she is his
second wife.
After his third marriage Dan Hanna
moved from Cleveland to Ravenna,
Ohio, where he has since become the
father of two little girls, who, of
course, are half-sisters to Mrs. Ed
mund K. Stallo's three sons and Mrs
Franklin d. Peltons daughter. Eliza
beth Shelly, the daughter of Mrs. Dan
Hanna No. 8, by her first husband. is
naturally Dan Hanna's stepdaughter
and half-sister to his two little girls.
but what relation Is she to Mrs Stall.
los three sons or to Mrs. Peltons
daughter?
A dozen other questions Of relation
ship present themselves If a man
has children by three wives are the
children Of his first wife half-sisters
and half-brothers "once removed?"
Not even De Wolf Hopper or Nat
Goodwin, who married four wives, has
had the experience of living under the
same roof and dining in the same no
tel dining room with three wives at
the same time. But such an expert
ence has come to Dan Hanna on more
than one occasion. Until the Stallos
separated they made their home at the
Waldorf-Astoria, as do Mr.. and Mrs
oAiHAiAiA -. SltOA AZ IlS WlhICI
months.
Rather UncongeniaI Party.
Dan Hanna on his frequent visits to
New York usually stops at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, and on one of his recent
visits with his third wife he entered
the rose room and was shown to
table in close proximity to one where
Mr.. and Mrs. Stallo were dining. On
their way to the table they passed
Mr.. and Mrs. Pelton, who were dining
with Mrs. Pelton's daughter, Eliza
beth.
"Oh, papa!" she cried, springing UP
from the table and rushing to his arms.
Carl Hanna, Mrs. Stallo's second
son, was married about two years ago,
and it is not unlikely that Dan Hanna
will become grandfather before
long.
And then there will be another
problem in the relationships in this
much-m arried and mixed-up Hanna
family.