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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

fails To enter into contract WITHIN
seven days after being notified Of The
acceptance of his proposal. Checks oil
unsuccessful bidders will be- returned
within ten days after the bids are re-
ceived.
The Common Council reserves the
right Ia reject any AMI all bids.
The contractor will bc required tn
give surety Company Combination
Bond, in The fun sum named in the
contract for the faithful performance OF
The terms of The contract AS provided
for in the plans and specifications, and
10 hold the City of Bedding free from all
liens for material furnished, and labor
performed, in connection with the
construction of the building, all 10 be
in accordance with the pan' and speci-
locations now on file in the office OF the
City Clerk OF the City of Belding, Mich
igan.
A deposit of ten dollars must be made
upon the receipt of the plans and spec
itications, the same 10 be returned
when the plans and specifications are
returned 10 the City Of Belding.
Plans may be seen on and after Thurs
day, July 18th, 1912, nj the office Of the
City Clerk at the City of Bedding, Mich
igan, or i'm the office of OsgoOd Il Os-
good, Architects, Grand Rapids, Mich
igan.
by order of,
+. +. Fales,
Mayor.
Ed. ID. Engeman,
City Clerk
Moved by Aid. Gildemeister, second
ed by Aid. Hudson, that the foregoing
resolution be adopted. Which motion
prevailed. Yeas, Aid. Gildemeister,
Hudson, Hull, Knapp, Skellenger-5,
Nays, 0.
Moved by Aid. Hull, seconded by
Aid. Gildemeister, that Willard Peck
be granted the use of the streets, TO move
his barn provided that he places a
sufficient number Of lights at night and
leaves the street in good condition, and
protects the City of Bedding from all
damages. Which motion prevailed,
Yeas, Aid. Gildemeister, Hudson, Hull.
Knapp, Skellenger-5, Nays 0.
| Moved by Aid. Skellenger, seconded
by Aid. Hull that the following Water
Work bills be allowed and orders drawn
for the same. Which motion prevail
ed. Yeas, Aid. Gildemeister, Hudson,
Hull, Knapp, Skellenger-5, Nays,0.
Robert Coukell, Labor .........$ 1925
Lester Brown, Labor ...... -. 24.OO
Lewis Peterson, Labor ....... 70. IL
Forest Greenwalt, Labor ..... 200
lanes Cayerly. Labor . ASS
Adam Dierstein, Hauling coal. 7.SC
Moved by Aid. Skellenger, seconded
by Aid. Hull, that the following City
Bills be allowed and ordered paid.
Which motion prevailed. Yeas, Aid.
Gildemeister, Hudson, Hull, Knapp
Skellenger-5, Nays, 0.
Richard Cannon, Repairing
Bridge ..........S BE
Al Wells, Team labor. ... 24(
+. +. Fales, Rig TO bury dog. .5t
John Lagoo, Labor. ........ 7.O(
John Antcliff, Team labor -. $3.50
VIM. Rushford, Rebates on
walks. +. j. Davis, 1873;
&. III. Snider, 1898; X.
Owens, s7.Ss; Mary +. II.
| Coville, S14.66. .... 37.O(
T.. $. Chase, Rebates on walks.
| Silas Cobb, $500; A. Ii.
Hull, 1913; X. u. Law
renee, S7.33; Lorano
Francisco, 1913; Cross
walk on Isabelle street,
across Pleasant street. -. 53.0l
Moved by Aid. Hull, seconded by
Aid. Skellelger, that the Common
Council of the City of Bedding do now
adjourn. Which motion prevailed
Yeas, Aid Gildemeister, Hudson
Hull, Knapp, Skellenger-5, Nays,0.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
When the Worm Turned.

mo power on earth shall make me
do it," he declared, firmly. She ap-
preached close to his side. Her eyes
blazed into his and her lips sneered.
You shall do It! However you
dread 1t. 1t must be done! You hear
me~
Il refuse utterly! Such a thing ID
unworthy for man of pride and hon.
or to undertake!" he repeated. draw.
ing back from her as from a whip.
lash.
Quickly she was at his side again,
gripping his arm with fingers slim. but
hard as steel.
She slipped a small knife into his
hand-a thin. sharp-pointed piece OF
steel. "Therei" she said. His obsti.
macy was momentarily driving her to
desperation.
Her voice broke with passion, and
she cried. in q loud. angry tone: WI.
liam Tomkins. II you don't do what
say and 60 peel those potatoes al
once. you'll 60 to bed without AM
dinneri"-Puck-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
CHOHChes.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL LHURCH--seT
vices at 1890 a m and 7:00 p. m. Sabbat
school at close of morning service. pray.
meeting on Thursday evening. REV. q.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Seyvices
~: 80 a. IN. and 1880 p. IN. sabbath scho
at III 40 a. N. Prayer meeting On Thursda
evening. REV. EDRIE COLLINS, Past.r.
BAPTIST CHURCH-Services at lO:SO
a. and $50 p; m Sabbath school a. close o.
day evening. Rev. W. A. Bliss
CHURCH OF CHRIST-Preaching IN eac
sunday at 1880 and 1850 Communion
every Lords Day. G. e at $50. 5. s
2 m. PRAYER Meeting Thursday evehips
Rev. FANNIE A. BENEDICT, Pastor
FREE METHODIST CHURCH-Prayer an
praise service. eleven O'Clock a. m Preach
day vening. Rev. j Is. Griswold, Pastor.
HOLY TRINITY MIssIoN-seryices in the
Church House, corner Congress and Alderman
streets. Sunday services T. 80 and 1890 a. IN. and
ISO p. IN. Sunday School, 1l45, Thursday and
Holy days, 80 a. m Other services announced
All seats free at all services. Everyone welcome
THE REV. FLOYD Keller b. ID. Priest In Change.
ST, JOSEPHS CATAOLIC-Services a
$500 a. m and 1880 a. m. alternately every
sunday morning. REV. FIR. ZINDLRR.
LATTER DAY SAINTS-North Side, Nil
lard Addition, corner of Eager and Moulton
| street-Sunday school at 80, social meet
Prayer meeting wednesday evening at f's0
AN. Hill Pastor
| CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH : Service,
are held in Room A over 100 Main street. Sunda,
morning service at 1046; Sunday school at clos1
Of morning service. Wednesday evening testi
mony meeting at 730 All are welcome at thes,
| services.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

(Flrst Insertion July 18TH
Commissioner Notice.
CTATE or MICHIGAN, The probate Court for
- the County Of Ionia.
In the matter OF the estate OF
EDWIN X. SPENCER, Deceased.
Having been appointed commissioners To
ceve, examine and adjust all claims and de
mands of all persons against said deceased, we
do hereby give notice tuat four months from the
thirteenth day OF July, A. u. 1912, were
allowed by said court for creditors To present
their claims to us for examination and adjust
ment, and that we will meet at the Peoples Sav-
ings Bank, Beldlng, Mich, In said county
ON the thirteenth day of september, A. ID. 1917
and on the thirt enth day OF November, A. ID.
1912. at ten otclock I'm the forenoon Of each Of
said days, for the purpose Of examining and ad-
justing said claims
K Dated July 18th, A ID. 1919.
George w. MoultOn,
Elmer II. FaleS
Commissioners.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
IF WOMEN ONLY NEW
What A Heap OF Happiness II Would
Bring To Belding Homes

Hard TO do housework with an ach-
ing back.
Brings you hours OF misery ut leisure
or at work.
II women only knew the cause-that
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys,
'Twould save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys,
Read what Bedding citizen says:
Mrs. George Martin, +. State ST.,
Bedding, Mich, says: "For some time
was bothered by dull, heavy pains
across the small OF my back and through
my kidneys. ! often had dizzy spells
and headaches and felt SO weak that
| could scarcely get about. On a
neighbours advice, l procured q box of
Doan's Kidney Pills at Connell's Drug
Store and commenced using them. /
was soon cured and for that reason I do
not hesitate 10 give this testimonial.
For sale by all dealers. Price zoe.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
Notice OF Sale

Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of the writ of fieri facias dated the
18th. day OF July, A. ID. 1912, issued
out OF the Circuit Court for the County
OF Ionia in favor OF Frank X. Chase, as
executor OF the last will and testament
of Freeman Kilb0rn deceased, against
the goods and chattels and real estate
OF Edgar +. Kilborn i'm said County, To
me directed and delivered, did on the
Bird. day of July A. ID. 1912, levy upon
and take all the right, title and interest
OF the said Edgar +. Kilborn i'm and 10
the following described real estate, that
is To say
All those certain pieces or parcels OF
land situated I'm the township OF Otisco,
County Of Ionia and State of Michigan,
described AS follows, to-wit: The w est
one quarter (i) OF the Southwest one
quarter Ct OF the Northeast one quar-
ter (i) and the w est one quarter q of
the south twenty Coz acres of the
Northwest one quarter I'd of the
Northeast one quarter CD Of Section
No. Twenty six l26) Township Eight
(S) North, Range Eight (S) West, all
OF which l shall expose for sale at pub.
tic auction or vendue To the highest
bidder at the front door of the Court
House In the City Of Ionia, said County
that being the place OF holding the Cir
cult Court for the said County OF Ionia,
on the oath. day Of August A. ID. 1912,
at one o'clock in the afternoon.
Dated this 9Th. day OF July A. ID.
1912.
William X. Taylor
Alfred X. Locke sheriff
Attorney
Business Address, Ionia, Mich.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
KILLS GERMS
Partisan Sage Is Also The Most De-
lightful Hair Dressing On
Earth

PARTISAN SAGE penetrates into
the roots of the hair, destroys the dan
druff germs, puts new life into the hair
and stops it from falling out
w. |. Benedict guarantees il for dan
drufi, falling hair and itching scalp
and large bottle costs but 80 cents.
ain August began losing my hair
in spots from the size OF a quarter TO the
size of q silver dollar. was seriously
alarmed-after consulting physicians
and trying many things, decided TO
try PARTISAN SAGE and find my
hair in much better condition, new hair
growing in the bald spots" Mrs.
Blanche 5. Marshall, 407 Hinton Ave,
Charlottesville, Va. Ladies give de-
liyhtful PARTISAN SAGE trial, and
see how quickly your hair will grow
lovely and fascinating.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

A. M. Mason, farming near Canaan,
Me-, was badly crippled with senate
rheumatism due he says 10 uric acid IN
his blood. "Foley Kidney pills entire
" cured me and also moved numerous
black specks that were continually be-
fore my eyes" Foley Kid,ey pills are
a uric acid solvent aud are effective i"f
the various forms of rheumatism.
Wortley n French.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
Order OF Publication

STATE OF MICHIGAN,
The Circuit Court for the County of
Ionia S. SIN Chancery.
Bedding Building d Loan Association,
Complainant,
VS..
Frank Maturean, Orpha Maturean,
Defendants.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for
the County of Ionia in Chancery, at the
City of Ionia in said County, on the
End day of July A. ID. 1912.
In this cause IL appearing from affi-
davit on file, that the Defendants,
Frank Maturean and Orpha Maturean,
place of residence is unknown TO the
com plainant in the above cause and
that il has been unable To ascertain the
same after due search and inquiry on
motion OF Fred l.. Warner Complain
ants solicitor il is ordered that the said
Defendants, Frank Maturean and
Orpha Maturean cause their appearance
to be entered h rein, within five months
from the date of this order and in case
OF their appearance that they cause
their answer 10 the Compliments bill
of complaint TO be filed, and a copy
thereof 10 be served on said Complain
ants solicitor within twenty days after
service on them OF copy OF said bill
and notice of this order; and that in de-
fault thereof, said bill be taken as con-
fessed by the said Defendants.
And lis Further Ordered, That with
i'm twenty days the said Complainant
cause notice of this order to be pub
lished in the Bedding Banner news
paper printed, published and circulat-
ing in said County, and that such pub.
LEGATION be continued therein at least
once i'm each week for six weeks i'm sue
cession, or that il cause copy OF this
order to be personally served on said
DEPENDENTS at least twenty days before
the time above prescribed for their
appearance. FRANK ID. NJ. DAVIS
Circuit Judge.
Fred l.. Warner,
Solicitor for Complainant.
Attest-A true Copy.
Lula M. Cook,
Deputy Register
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
Insect Bite Costs Leg

A Boston man lost his leg from the
bite OF an insect two years before. To
avert such calamities from stings and
Salve promptly 10 kill the poison and
prevent inflammation, swelling and
pain. Heals burns, boils, ulcers, piles,
eczema, cuts, bruises. Only IS cents at
Connell's Drug Store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25
Hot Air Furnace For Sale

Good hot air furnance made in
Marshall, Mich, complete with pipes
and nickel plated registers. This fur
mace is warranted TO be in first class
conditions. Inquire q. III. Brockway
at the t. Frank Ireland Co., Hard ware.
53-d
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-25

We have some OF the finest general
farming and fruit ranches i'm the valley
for sale at bargain. For further in.
formation write, Western Slope Realty
n brokerage Go. j. Maurice Earle.
Eul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
Healthy, Wrinkle Free
 Skin Easy to Have
lrrom The Woman Beautiful. )

A dull. drab muddy complexion or q blotchy. pimpiy or freckled skin. can by a quiet simple. harmless and inexpen- sive method. be changed to one of fiower-like. radiance and purity. One ounce of common nercolized wax, sold by druggists generally, will remove the most unsightly complexion in from one to two weeks By it's remarkable ab- sorptive power the withered, faded or discolored layer of thin film-skin which hides the healthier skin under meath, is gradually flecked off in tiny. almost invisible particles. This Is done SO gently there is no inconvenience. and no trace is left on the skin except that of enhanced beauty The wax is smeared on like cold cream before re- tiring. and removed in the morning with warm water.
 If the skin be wrinkled or saggy. a face bath made by dissolving 1 OF. powdered saxolite in half pint witch hazel will be found most effective. Combining both astringent and tonic properties. this 5Ighf6rs the skin anA ASacea up its sh1bsl Eng muscleA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
Religion and Temperam ment


 Moscow is the headquarters of ortho- doxy, and the Russians are more devout than their neighbors. cabmen throwing dowr the reins in order to cross them selves as they drive past a cathedral or other sacred building. would. in fact. regard the Russian as. like the Moor, putting his reliigon above his pa- triotism. In proof of this. let me cite the public holiday of October CRussian style) to celebrate the drowning of the Russian army before Byzantum. In those days the Russian besiegers of By zantium were pagans. Moved by the prayers of the faithful Greeks, the Vir- gin yelled her face, whereupon deluge destroyed the Russian fleet. Hence the feast of Poiroff (which means the veiD on which. encouraged thereto by the priests pious Russians are actually whether they know it or not, rejoicing over the annihilation of their own coun- trvmen. The Russian temperament, whether in Moscow or St. Petersburg. is restful one. and it takes .most of it's pleasures indoors. Outdoor recreation Is not held of much account. and sport has no vogue. some being too lazy to appre- ciate it, and others too busy Of the cur rent view of my own favorite recreation among educated Russians l had a delight fu illustration in conversation with banker. at whose house I was lunching. The talk had turned on Sir Edward Grey. whose firm attitude in the affairs of Per sia had just then made him persona gratissima in Russian political circles. chanced to mention that the foreign sec retary shared my delight in fishing and infinitely surpassed my knowledge of it. ''What.' was my hosts mortified re- joinder. "A great man like that,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
mess January 2o 1911. The charter of

mess January 20, 1911. The charter of the company provided for writing indus trial, life, accidental and health policies Up to the present time this young com pany has confined itself strictly to life policies and issues very attractive list of them. The distinguished feature of the Alabama Insurance companys poll cies is their freeness from technicalities and restrictions, thus giving the policy holder in the contract itself an absolute guarantee of square deal
 The company is officered and managed by experienced insurance men of high character As consequence the company has had a large and ever increasing clien- tele of satisfied policy holders among the best class of people. The manage ment as it's aim has endeavored to make the Alabama Insurance company an in- stitution of which Birmingham and the state of Alabama and the south can be justly proud of, and one that will help stream of money which has been and is now flowing northward.
 The leading spirit in the organization of this insurance company, it's president and largest contributor to it's capital stock, is A. D. smith. who for more than 20 years has been actively identified with the insurance business in the Birming- nam ulstflct. ana IS himself dn unuei- writer of marked ability. Mir. smith is at the present time assistant postmaster of Greater Birmingham. and has other interests. but the Alabama Insurance company is his latest and most favored enterprise.
 The secretary and treasurer of the com pany is $. ]. Ansley. who has been ac- lively engaged in the life insurance bus. mess since his resignation from the fac ulty of Howard college, over nine years ago. Mr. Ansley possesses accurate knowledge of the principles and practices of life insurance and is giving the loca company his best efforts. The responsi- ble position of superintendent of agencies is filled by c. E. Cain, who has had about II years successful experience in the bus mess of industrial life insurance. chiefly in the service of the Prudential Life In surance Company of America. As to ths directors. they are all men associated ir large affairs throughout the city and art well known for their, business Integrity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
LOW WINTER TOURIST EXCURSION
Not a Devil Peacock

From a London Letter to the New York
 Sun.
 Now it is alleged that the famous Devil Peacock which was presented recently to the British museum and was said to be worth several thousand pounds
 is not a devil peacock at all, but only a very ordinary bird The man who makes this statement is Athelstan Riley.
 "As I visited the celebrated Temple of the Devil in 1886, before it's destruction in 1S92,' he writes to the Times, and am indeed the only living European who has seen the building in it's original condi- tion. l took the opportunity of visiting the British museum to see the peacock.
 ''One glance confirmed my suspicious the bird has nothing whatever to do with the Yezidis or their temple It is a Per sian peacock of the usual type--a very familiar ornament to all who know Per sia--and the figures which decorate the tail are not representations of ShefSh Adj or Malik Tawus, but the ordinary illus trations of Firdusis .Shahnama, the great epic of the Persian kings. as a cursory examination of any of the man. uscripts-and there must be hundreds in , the possession of the museum authori- ties-would show.
 "If anybody paid some thousands of pounds for this impudent bird he was grievously swindled. It is a good speci- men of Persian work, going back perhaps 200 years; an expert could date it with fair accuracy
 'T doubt whether dealer would give $50 for it, and 1t is little startling to find the trustees of the British museum grave { ly accepting and advertising it as a sa- cred peacock and allowing it to be thought that rhey consider the prepos- terous account of it's origin a possible one"
 MT. Riley describes the Temple of SheilSh Adj. On it's outer door were carved | serpent and a tomb. Inside the door way was q great tank into which water, fonducted from the hillside. poured and loaned.
 The temple was absolutely empty ex- cept for a catafalque of wood, covered with shawls and madman who howled all night. Lamps were kept continually burning in the courts and corridors round the temple, and every night an attendant would go round the little valley with d bowl of oil and wicks, kindling a momen- fary flame at the doors of the shrines, huts and certain sacred springs.
 The guardians of the temple had rev. esence for Hac. the sun, and King Pea cock"-their courteous title for the devil. The peacock emblems. of which there are said to be seven and which are car ried about the Yezidi country are rude birds. even more unlike a peacock than our friend of the British museum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
Beavers Make Trouble
me portland Press.

From the Portland Press
 Another cause of trouble which has been added to the already somewha. long list is the Maine beaver, which is, however, confined mostly to certain sections of the state. Autoists return- ing from the Reed River region, in Somerset county. report trouble on ac- count of the Horseback road, in Highland plantation. The culvert in the sag" where the brook crosses the road has been damned by the persist : ent little animals and the highway flooded for depth of over foot. The work of the beavers at this particular point has troubled the county commis- sioners for years. and cost thousands of dollars. It does no good to remove the dam as the beavers replace II with another tp a night 0ld trappers insist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
Real Sea Sernent Caught

From the New ! Ork Evening Sun.
 w. H. Gilman. a fisherman. has brought in what experts say is a genuine sea ser pent of the rarest variety. While casting off the burned pier at Ocean Park Gilman hauled the creature in. It was about five feet long. black and green mottled, with a tail not unlike that of q shark. It had dorset fin and four feet shaped like those of parrot It's mouth much re- sembled that of an Arizona gila monster, while it's head was an exact reproduce ton of California borned toad. Natural ists were unable to classify the creature. It died within 10 minutes after being brought ashore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
that so long as two members of the colony remain they will not abandon a dam once located.
The Color Line

Good form in the country isn't always good form in the city. Neither Is good form for white good form for black, ac- cording to Dr. Harry Carlinsky. deputy coroner. He tells this story to illustrate the point:
 Sally was wash lady whose skin was as black as her disposition was white. She had recently come in from the country and obtained employment. She was lost in admiration of city folks ways until one day she saw two women wearing divided skirts, riding in the street. Sally straightened up from her tub. 'Iawsee,' she exclaimed what yo' all t'ink ob dat? If dem w'ite wimmer wuz niggars dey'd shore git arrested"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13

CALDWELL NORTON First Vice President POWHATAN WOOLDRIDGE, Second Vice President. LEE E. CRALI4E, Third Vice President. BURNETT, BATSON 6 CARY, General Counsel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-13
attention to all visitors by it's officers i.


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 They have made a speciality of Alsur- ance for the worlsingman and have been very successful in bringing the employers into cooperation with their plan. such cooperation has been found to be very beneficial to all concerned. as 1t relieves the employer of any responsibility or of any possibility of expenses in behalf of any injuries suffered by employees.
 The economical lines along which the different policies have been drawn makes them especially attractive to the man of moderate income, as it helps them at a time when they cannot help themselves. The strength and integrity of this asso- ciation are q guarantee of fair treatment to all policyholders. and as the home office is in Birmingham there is never any delay in the settlement of policies.