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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
BELIEVES IN BANNER
WANT COLUMN SERVICE

Lagee Hall is Of the opinion that
advertising in the want column of the
Banner pays, Last week he inserted
an advertisements in the Banner in
forming the people that he had wood
for sale. Soon after the paper was
issued Mr.. Hall began to receive
phone orders from people all over the
city. Other people met him on the
street and gave their orders to him.
Mr.. Hall believes that the Banner
want column will find purchasers for
all the things that anyone has to sell
that there is any market for. The cost
is very small.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
ATTENDED CONVENTION
WENT TROUT FISHING

Sumner Wilson and Clyde Knapp,
the former a delegate of the local
Knights Of Pythias lodge, to the An
nual convention, which was held at
lshpeming, Upper Peninsula. Septem-
ber ] To >. returned last Saturday
They spent two weeks in the penin-
sula.
MIR. Wilson reports the convention
one of the best that has ever been
held.
Some Of the time was spent at Mar
quette and Big Bay. At the latter
place they went through the plant of
the Lake independence Lumber com
pany and saw the whole operation OF
converting the logs into the very finest
of lumber within a few minutes from
the time the logs entered the mill
Some OF the time was spent in trout
fishing on the rivers in the peninsula
but il was so far from towns to
the streams that the sport was not
tried many days. ON one OF the trips
fifty trout were caught.
While on the trip many wolf and
bear tracks were observed and five
deer sighted in the forest. Not being
experienced hunters for such game,
Messrs. Wilson and Knapp felt little
shy about going into the woods at first.
They were advised by the natives that
the wolves or bears had not been
known to attack man i'm many years.
but kept their distance and remained
under cover as much as possible.
Messrs. Knapp and Wilson report
that much of the country along the
line of the railroad in the peninsula
is rough and rugged Many places
the train, on it's course, passes
through between two solid walls of
rock towering far above the top of the
train, for long distances
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
WORLDS GREATEST
CHEF COMING TO
7. F. IRELAND STORE
PROFESSOR BECKER TO DEM
ONSTRATE MAJESTIC RANGE
WEEK OF SEPT. 81

On next Monday. September 2I will
/ begin demonstration week at the 4.
! Frank Ireland Company store +. j.
4 Beggs, as special representative Of the
/ Great Majestic Range and Stove Com
4 pany of st, Louis will be here all
during the week and will demonstrate
| the Majestic Ranges in the Ireland
store.
A Majestic Range will be erected in
the store and, besides the demonstra-
ton given by Mr. Beggs as TO the
mechanism OF the range, a competent
chef will he here and demonstrate the
stoves practical cooking qualities
The chef will be Prof Becker,
known as the worlds greatest chef.
1T is at a great deal Of expense that
the Majestic Manufacturing Company
has secured the services of Mr.. Beck
er The Majestic people have agreed
TO have him come here for the whole
week Mr.. Becker will be remember
ed by the Belding housewives as hav-
ing given "A similar demonstration here
three years ago.
During the demonstration Prof.
Becker will bake all kinds Of dainty
peASfi 'NSi HtiAttS ever liililS btlOIt tie
eyes and explaining each ingredient
as he goes along. The lectures will
be free and will be held each after
noon during the week at 200 O'Clock.
Prof. Becker talks to the ladies, an
swers any questions concerning cook
ing and gives recipes of anything for
the asking.
Prof. Becker is the chef that bakes
the Wonderful Walking Cake He al
so roasts an S-pound roast, two rows
OF Irish potatoes. one row of sweet
potatoes, parsnips, dressing, and three
dozen baking powder biscuits all in
one pan and all in one hour. He will
serve all of the cakes, etc. cooked by
him while here. TO the ladies who at
tend the demonstration.
Mr.. Ireland has arranged to seat a
hundred or more ladies' in comfort
able chairs in his store. during each
demonstration He invites every
housewife of Belding and vicinity to
attend the meetings each afternoon
and get the benefit of Prof Becker's
wide experience as a cook. He has
placed in his front windows, a hand
some aluminium kitchen set and also
a granite set. With every purchase
OF a Majestic Range during the week
OF the demonstration the Majestic
Company will give
away free to the purchaser his choice
OF one of these sets. These kitchen
sets are worth eight dollars each.
ON Tuesday afternoon children's
day will be the feature. ON
that day between three and five
o'clock the Majestic salesman will
give to the first one hundred boys
and girls. who answer certain ques-
tons, a Tango Hoop Souvenir. To
the one telling in the best way why
The Majestic Range should be in every
kitchen the choice of any $1.00 article
N the store will be given in addition
% the other souvenir.
ON page five of the Banner
his week is the Large Advertisement
II the II. Frank Ireland Company tell
ng all about the big demonstration.
Don't fail to read il all through.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
VERNE WALKER LAID
TO REST AT MAYvILlE

Verne Walker, twenty-siX, died at
his home last Thursday morning OF
tuberculosis of the lungs, after an ILL
ness of about three years. Funeral
services were held at the Methodist
church Saturday afternoon in charge
OF Rev. w. +. Doty. The remains
were shipped to Mayville for burial
I'm the family lot there.
MIR. Walker contracted the disease
that was the cause Of his demise about
three years ago He went to the
Howell sanitarium where he took
tiheatments until he was pronounced
cVred. Upon his return he married
Miss Minnie Shuts, formerly Of Boyne
City. IT was just two years TO day
from the time that Mr.. and Mrs.
Walker were married until he was laid
to rest.
Mr.. Walker was a member of the
Mystic Workers. and a man Of sterl-
ing character. lie was surrounded by
"a host OF close friends lie was an
active member of the Methodist
church.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
M. A. C. ANNOUNCES
FARMERS COURSES

ON another page of the Banner this
week the Michigan Agriculture Col
iege has taken an advertising space
to tell of its short courses for farmers
and also call attention TO its four year
courses.
The NJ. A. c. is an institution of
which every one in the state should
certainly be proud. It's work I'm the
furtherance of the agriculture in
terests of the state has been OF incal-
culable value to all the people of
Michigan. It's effort TO institute short
courses which the farmer can take in
the winter will undoubtedly meet with
favor.
No farmer will make a mistake by
enrolling for one OF these short
courses
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
FARM HOUSE BURNED
To GROUND EARLY
MONDAY MORNING
HOME OF FRED SALYER ON
SOUTH RIVER ROAD CAUGHT
FIRE At . O'CLOCK \. NJ.

The farm house ona.the land be-
longing to Mrs. Samuel Skellenger
situated on the river road south
of Belding was burned to the ground
together with it's contents early Mon
day morning. Ii was occupied by
Fred Salyer
Only a very few of the household
belongings were saved. Some of these
are damaged SO as To be of no farth-
er use.
The fire started in the rear of the
building about two o'clock in the
morning. The family were sleeping
I'm the front part of the house when
Mrs. Salyer was awakened by the
smell of smoke. She jumped out of
bed and ran to the kitchen door to
ascertain the source OF the smoke.
When she opened the kitchen door she
found the room filled with smoke and
flames.
When the door was thrown open
the flames quickly spread 10 the other
rooms. The Salyer family formerly
lived in Belding on the north side and
only few monthsk ago the house in
which they lived here caught fire.
The second fire coming to the Sal
yers so soon after the first aroused
some suspicion on the part of Mrs.
Salyer as to the origin. The local
authorities were informed and made
an investigation Monday afternoon.
No definite action was taken by them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
TEAM STARTED TO RUN.
CAUGHT IN AN ALLEY

Two small children of Fred Witten-
bach living near Grattan narrowly
escaped an accident I'm Beiding last
Wednesday when a spirited team be-
came frightened at an automobile and
started to run away with the wagon
in which they were sitting
The team became frightened when
an automobile, near which they were
standing, began to make noise when
being cranked. The team rounded
the corner into the alley at the rear
of Jensen * Wheeler's store in it's
effort 10 get away from the noise.
The horses were caught soon after
turning the corner into the alley
Several pieces OF the harness were
broken, the tongue OF the wagon was
shattered and one Of the axles broken
just inside Of the wheel. The children
were not injured i'm any way.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
MISS GERTRUDE WILSON
REACHED HOME WE'D

Miss Gertrude Wilson returned from
her European trip last Wednesday
night. September 3. She had many
interesting experiences while away
but was not in any real danger. She
was detained on the continent about
two weeks longer than she had intend
ed to stay Most of this time was
spent in Switzerland. She was un-
able to leave on account OF the i'm
structions given out from the Ameri-
can consuis headquarters.
Since coming home Miss Wilson has
been flooded with calls from her many
acquaintance. and this together with
her getting late start into the years
school work has taxed her TO the limit.
Miss Wilson has promised to give
the Banner good account OF her trip
for insertion in an early issue. Ii will
be looked for with a great deal of
interest by Miss Wilson'S host of
friends.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
THOMAS THOMAS
PIONEER RESIDENT
OF IONA COUNTY
HAULED LUMBER FOR FIRST
BARN FROM BELDING USING
OK TEAMS

Thomas Thomas father of George
w. Thomas of this city, is one of the
pioneer residents of Ionia county
Mr.. Thomas came To the county
from New York state in the year 1863.
He settled on farm four and one
fourth miles west of fonia At the
time OF his coming only fifteen acres
of the farm were cleared. The major
part of this small strip was covered
with logs and stumps. A small por-
ton had just produced a crop of
wheat.
There were no buildings on the farm
and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas rented from
Mrs. Noah Bishop house. which
stood on an adjoining farm. They
lived in the house during the first win
ter.
Mr.. Bishop was away serving in the
war.
BY the next spring a new house had
been constructed on the Thomas farm.
Three years later Mr.. Thomas was able
To build his first barn on the property
He secured the lumber from Knott's
mill on Flat River AT that time only
the mill and hotel. known as the
Franklin house stood i'm the vicinity
of the bend OF the river. The lumber
was drawn TO the farm with an OK
team. Oxen We're the common beasts
of burden at that time.
BY hard work the farm was cleared
of its native growth of beech. maple.
pine and other timber Many Of the
best logs were cut into cord wood and
sold in Ionia Other good timber was
piled into heaps and burned
About twenty years after the first
house was built Mr.. Thomas used the
best timber from his farm in con-
structing a new house on the opposite
side of the road. His move from the
old into the new house was the only
one he ever made from the time that
he came into the county fifty-one
years ago.
At the present time none of the old
residents who lived near the Thomas
home in SO is living in the neighbor-
hood. Noble -. Strong. who lived on
a farm adjoining the Thomas farm
had a son. Emery f. Strong. who now
lives on a farm to the east of the
Thomas farm. Emery Strong is a
brother to Mrs. Frank Il. Chase, Mrs.
Leroy Hunter Of Saranac and Mrs. +.
ID. NJ Davis of Ionia. Hyde Jackson,
now living in Orleans came from the
same county in New York as did Mr.
Thomas and was an early acquaint-
ance OF his.
Thomas Thomas had two sons. Fred
and George. and one daughter. Minnie.
Minnie was the wife of Il. Dow of this
city. Fred Thomas lived on the farm
until his death last fall, The father
lived with him up To that time. After (
his death Mr.. Thomas came 20 Beld- I
ing TO reside with his son, George.
Mr.. Thomas was never very active /
in politics because, as he says, he I
never had time for such things. He I
did, however. hold several Offices in (
his own township of Easton. He was
treasurer several years and supervisor
for eight years. He made one race !
for county clerk, much against his .
will, but failed To secure the election. /
He is a democrat.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
WEEKLY EXERCISES AT
HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAYS

superintendent NJ. f. Osborne has
inaueurated a series Of weekly eXer-
cises at the High School These exer-
cises will be held every Friday after
noon and will last for 45 minutes.
Talks will be given To the students by
the professional and business men of
Bedding and also from time to time
speakers will be secured from out Of
town. The first exercises will be held
this week Friday. At this meeting
Supt. Osborne will be the speaker. He
will talk on The Value of High School
Training.
Occasionally the High School stud
ents will furnish the entire program.
Usually they will furnish the music
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
SUPT. OSBORNE WRITES
LETTER TO BANNER
Editors Banner,
Belding, Mich,


Gentlemen:
| noticed with interest your little
article regarding the parade of school
children on Labor Day and the
criticism of the alleged lack of
enthusiasm on the part of some
teachers.
The undersigned was too busy To
notice all the details of the parade
but has been unable to find any teach
ers who will admit playing hockey"
and marching on the sidewalk while
the pupils marched i'm the street 1t
seems entirely improbable that any
teacher did so. AT any rate the
criticism would not apply 10 any
number of teachers.
The same explanation will apply to
the teachers who were absent from
the city
The teachers and pupils as a whole
entered into the spirit of the occasion
splendidly and | wish to express pub
licly my personal appreciation of their
efforts. Very truly,
Morley T.. Osborne.
Supt of Schools.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
LINCOLN ANNOUNCES
FORMAL OPENING
Of FALL SHOPPING

ON page three of this issue Of the
Banner will be found a full page an
nouncement by Lincolns department
store calling attention to the formal
opening of this progressive store.
Mrs Lincoln just recently returned
from the great Cleveland style show
where she secured some of the very
best and latest of the seasons gar
ments. She gives her customers. the
benefit of her enterprise by showing
ready-to-wear garments which are
distinctly up-to-date and yet are pric-
ed very reasonably.
The Lincoln adv. this week is worth
reading because of the style news it
imparts.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
SEPTEMBER MONTH
FOR TRANSPLANT|NG
TREES AND SHRUBS

September is an excellent month for
setting out new trees, shrubs, and
plants, and among the bulbs, for in
stance, there is the crocus (both
spring and fall howering). the snow
drop, the hyacinth (coming in a great
variety of COLOR, and the iris, from
which to choose; but before planting
the iris always bear in mind that to
be really effective il requires just the
right place either in a border or near
bit Of water. There are several
varieties Of lily, all equally lovely,
among them the Turks cap, Cana
dense, Grayi, and Auratum, the lat
ter having a large, graceful flower.
composed Of six ivofy-white petals
studded with chocolate crimson spots
and striped through the centre a gold
en- yellow. OF the narcissus family
there are many kinds, and it will be
we'll to Try out a number of varieties
in order to find those most suited to
existing conditions.
The perennial plants growing in the
as seedlings may now be tran
ferred 10 their permanent places
which is a task requiring care and
thought as they have not yet shown
their colors, it is, of course little
difficult To wholly picture the effects.
Shrubs should always be planted on
paper first. that is a rough sketch of
the grounds should be drawn outlin-
ing the border; "a scale of ten feet To
the inch will be ample the plants to
be represented by small round circle
To correspond To the num-
bers on the planting list. If possi-
BILE read up a bit on border planting
and hardy shrubs, for which any of
the following books will be helpful
Success in Gardening" by Frothing-
ham; How to Plan the Home
Grounds" by Parsons; Making the
Garden Attractive with Shrubbery."
)y Miller; Suburban Gardens" by
Tabor; odd Fashioned Gardening"
Dy Tabor. and "A Woman's Hardy
Garden" by Ely, Armed with this
one may venture forth with
confidence.
September is also a good month to
)lant evergreens, and if young trees
ire taken from the woods. first cut a .
leep trench around rne tree and dig /
'ut the earth; then cut under the tree
,ut do not lift IL until all the roots
lave been entirely cut. Trim the I
'rused and broken roots, lift the tree.
'arth and all, and wrap in wet bur 4
ap bag. The place where the trees
re To stand should be prepared by
ligging large, deep holes about twice
he size required and at least three
eet deep. Spread over the bottom
tx inches OF broken stone or coarse
oal ashes. cover with inverted sod.
nd then layer of fine garden soil
mixed with onefourth well-rotted
manure; put in the trees and careful
Y fill in about the roots with the pre-
ared soil and press it down firmly.
n dry weather pail Of water may be
oured into the hole before putting
n the top layer of soil, which should
e heaped up several inches above the
urrounding surface.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
Horse Ran Away.

The horse belonging to Pet Wright
and driven by Allan Tuttle ran away
from the freight depot this Wednesday
noon. Mr.. Wright was severely
bruised from being thrown out of the
rig at the depot lie was taken home
and attended by DR. Stanton. No
bones were broken.
Tuttle had one OF his hands cut in
the fall from the rig. His clothing
was also torn. The horse ran across
the lawn east of Hotel Belding and
was caught by s. M. Shoemaker. an
employee OF the hotel. The horse was
unhurt.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
Bedding Entcrtainmcnt Course

The committee on handling the
Bedding Entertainment course met
Monday night. This was the initial
meeting Of the committee and only
the plans and general working cam
paign were talked over. move is
on foot TO make the course broader
and include much wider sphere OF
community work. Another meeting
will be held In two weeks. At that
time more definite plans will be work.
ed out.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
HUB HAS A BIG
WORTH WHILE TALK
ON, FALL CLOTHES

The Hub knows how to advertise
Its advertisements are always at
tractive and also full of style and bar
gain news.
on page two of this weeks Banner
this store has a big announcement
which should be read by every man.
woman and child in the city and vicin-
ity.
The full season is now on. now is
the time 20 buy fall clothing. If you
buy your clothes from The Hub you
will surely make no mistake.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
GAS COKE HAS GREAT
POSSIBILITIES FOR FUEL

Gas coke is becoming more and
more popular for fuel as people begin
to realize its tremendous possibilities.
The Belding Coal and Ice Company
have talk in this weeks Banner
which will tend TO familiarize people
with what coke can do for them. Don't
fail to read this talk
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
CLINTON GREEN REPORTS
BIG YIELD OF WHEAT

Clinton Green, living five miles west
OF Belding. reports yield of 604
bushels of wheat from II acre field
an average of over 43 bushels to the
acre. Mr.. Green threshed last Sat
urday and his entire wheat yield
amounted to $40 bushels. He says
that the cause OF his success in raising
wheat lies In the fact that he knows
how to put the land in good condition.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
business In East Satisfactory

r. H. Hall returned yesterday from
a business trip through New England
and the east. Mr.. Hall states that he
found business conditions quite satis-
factory. I'm fact, much better than ne
had anticipated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
STANTON a. SABINE

Announce display of Pattern and
Dress Hats. All OF the latest styles
I'm fall and winter millinery.
Friday and Saturday. September
is and 10. Adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
Talkcd 10 Epwor,b League

Mrs Jennie McNiel. librarian OF the
city library of Lansing, gave most
interesting talk to the members of the
Epworth League at the Methodist
church. Sunday evening. Mrs. Nc
Mel was the guest OF Miss Pearl Foss
while here
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16

J.. +. Trimble on the last page OF
this issue has an advertisement deal
ing with an excellent house which he
has for sale cheap. This house would
make a very desirable home and any
one contemplating buying home
should see Mr. TrimbIe at once. The
house Is located at 2is w. Liberty
street.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-05
CINCINNATI MARKETS

Corn-NeW corn is quoted as fol-
lows: No. 2 white 68@69c, No. white
66@67c, No. white 64@65c, No. 2 yel-
low 64065c, No. 3 yellow 62B @63Bc,
No. 4 yellow 59@60c, No. mixed GAO
Csc, No. mixed 61@62Ac, No. 4 mix,
ed 581a @63c, mixed ear 65@67c, white
ear 65@67c, yellow ear 65@6Sc,
Hay-No. 1 timothy $3.50, standard
timothy $3.50, No. 2 timothy $3.50,
No. timothy $14@145O, No. 1 clover
mixed $15.25@15.50, No. 2 clover mix
ed $13.25@13.50, No. clover $14, No.
2 clover $3.50.
Oats-No 2 white 43@43hc, stand
ard white 4219 19@43c, No. white 41@
42c, No. white 39@40c, No. mixed
4013 Q41c, No. A mixed 10000.
Wheat-No. 2 red 99cQ$1.O1, No.
red 9S@99c, No. 4 red S6@9Sc.
Poultry-Hens, S lbs and over,
14Rc; 31a lbs and over, 14Rc; young
STACEY roosters, 12c; roosters, 12c;
springers, under 21a lbs, zoe; spring
ers, 21a lbs and over, 19c; spring
ducks, white, lbs and over, 16c;
ducks, under lbs, 15c; turkeys, toms,
old, 22c; young turkeys, 9 lbs and
over, 22c.
Eggs-Prime firsts 26c, firsts 251ac,
ordinary firsts 24c, seconds 22c.
Cattle-Shippers $6.75@775, extra
$7.85@S.10; butcher steers, extra $7.85
QS, good to choice $7.25@7.75; COM
mon to fair $5.75@7; heifers, extra
$7.S5@S, good to choice $707.75, COM
mon to fair $5@6.75; COWS, extra $3.50
Q6.65, good to choice $5.75@6.40, COM
mon to fair $3,5O@5.65; Gamers $325
@4.25.
Bulls-Bologna $6.5O@725, extra
$7.35, fat bulls $7@7.50.
Calves-Extra $1O.75@11, fair to
good $S.50@1O.50, common and large
$5.50@10.25.
Hogs-Selected heavy $8.85@8.90,
good to choice packers and butchers
$S.85@8.90, mixed packers $8.75@S.S5,
stays $475@750, extra $3.50, common
to choice heavy fat sows $5.75@8.40,
extra $3.50, light shippers $S.15@8.9O,
pigs Clio lbs and less) $6@8.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-05
WEATHER PLAYS HAVOC

New York "A heavy fall of wet
snow, weighing down wires, breaking
telegraph and telephone poles, block
ing railroad switches and signal levers
and impeding all kinds of surface
transportation, has caused what prom
ises to be one of the. worst traffic
blockades of the winter Throughout
New York, New Jersey, Eastern Penn
sylVania and Connecticut.
The railroads managed 10 keep the
traffic moving approximately on sched-
ule time, but it is feared that if the
snow continues and freezes, as prom
ised by the weather bureau, there will
be tie-up. Thousands of men were
at work trying to keep switches clear
in the local yards. In Brooklyn the
situation was complicated by the fall
of a "king" pole, carrying 100 fire
alarm, electric light and telephone
wires.