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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

Wanted-Two full blooded Chester
White yearling male hogs. Phone or
write. j. c. Koontz. Marshalltown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

For Sale-Registered Hereford bulls.
from twelve months to four years old.
One nne ton herd bull. best Of breed
Ing. grandson OF old Disturber. ellis
Bailey. one mile southeast Of depotA
Marsha lltnWn Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

For sals-Two 2-year-old Chester
White boars. Ward Robinson, Green
Mountain Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

For Sale - Forty five horse power
touring car complete with every equip
ment. demountable spare tire. Klaxon.
ate, Perfect condition. not q scratch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

For Sale-Duroc Jersey gifts and
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

lost-1n Elk's hall. $50 bin, finder
leave ut Elmer Tuffree's music store,
Reward. r. H. Wetzel. State Center,
Iowa
lost-Motorcycle Presto light tank
on North Third avenue road. Finder
return to this Office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

Wantsd-$65 to $3.50 month paid
men and women. government life Jobs.
Common education sufficient: 1000 ap-
pointments every month. Write inn
med lately for FREQ list Of positions.
Franklin Institute, department 1O6-T.
Rochester, N. Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

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se CENT eER WORD ZACH ,NsE Rrloas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

For Sais-Immune Duroc Jersey
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The Coconino sun., 1914-06-19
Texas pulling tons by his neck ina Studebaker ~6'

business of rustling for his hot cakes and coffee.
 When he was II years of age, he weighed I5S pounds and could not get any anyone to believe that he was day less than IS. He felt the lure of California. II expected, like good many other people at that time, to find lemonade fountains gushing up any old place, while the trees grew gold as much as they did leaves, |" he says naively, looking back at those days in the late eighties and the early nineties when the world not yet had forgotten forty-nine and the wonderful years there after. Tt became case of Cal ifornia or bust with me, and l figured that it wouldn't be bust. So we made little a little wager on it and 1 started out-with ust a dime in my pocket. l won my way from place to place, earning a living on selling papers and shin- ing shoes; sometimes 1 made good progress to the goal of my dreams; sometimes I didn.t, but generally speaking, l was getting nearer all the time.
 Just six weeks later, though, 1 entered San Francisco from the south-with S31o in my pocket, all of which l had made on my way in.''
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Any one who could make that much on such a trip was not go- ing to starve in San Francisco in those days. "Texas" didn't. He went back to his old game of sell ing papers, his pitch this time be- ing the corner of Kearney and Market streets, where he did a roaring trade in Chronicles"
 It wasn't so very long before he became known around town in sporting circles. Soon he was considered the mascot of the jock ey club of the time, when such men as Riley Grammar, Lyons, Bill Thomas, Lucky" Baldwin and White Hat" McCarry fol- lowed the great game there. In between times about now, too, Texas" worked at Thomas dye house on Tenth street, just to learn the trade. In these days he roomed at the since defunct Den- yer House.
 But the change was at hand for him. Always endowed with far more than ordinary muscular strength and development, he dreamed one night of Samson and his mighty feats. Came, with waking hours, the desire of emu lation. He secured from the blacksmith iron bars of from one to one and quarter inches in diameter each; he bent them in his
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have been performed at many points in the east and middle west on Orpheum and Keith time, while Portland and the northwest re- gently were given samples of his prowess. Others already have been referred to.
 Drives Spikes in Plank
 One unusual stunt of 'Texas" is as follows: He takes a plank ten inches wide by two thick and sets it on end. He then grasps in his hand iron spikes and by sheer muscular force drives them through the wood till their points stick out on the other side. This he repeats till the board is trans fixed by some dozen or more of the spikes, which he removes by the startling method of pulling them right out with his teeth and throw ing them over his shoulder-"just as you would throw the shells out of a breech loader" is his way of putting it. He afterwards makes rings" of them by twist ing them round his fingers.
 Again, he will have twenty-six men swinging on three-inch steel bar passed over the back of his neck. This herculean feat is par alleled by that in which this modern Samson allowed as many people as can get a foothold thereon to stand upon a thirty foot plank supported on his head and shoulders. Once he has them nicely settled, he begins to teeter the tinny chip up and down for five minutes.
 "I have proved that I car lift
The Coconino sun., 1914-06-19

any intelligent restraint and clear cut plan. Many of them are muscle bound anyhow; more of them irreparably damaged their hearts and constitution by over exercise
 This sounded strange from the lip of man who had just taken an inch and half iron pipe and bent it nearly double with a blow over his forearm; from a man who had just grasped a three-quarter-lnch pipe and put quite a perceptible kink in it by striking it once across his stomach and once across the back of his neck. It also rang Itrue the more, for one felt that here indeed was man who knew: and he had been doing these stunts and others like them for twenty two years, so he ought to have learned someting about the endur- ance end of it too.
 Texas" doesn't believe in diet; of course he does not advocate or even sanction excess of any kind: if one feels like ham and eggs, though, for instance, Texas" would advise that they be eaten, as other things being equal. He does believe in eating plenty of fresh fruit, and in abstaniance from things notoriously bad for the health; but that is all. For anything beyond that, he smokes cigars and enjoys his square meals like any other healthy citizen, and lives to the full every minute of the odd eighteen hours or so that he is awake.
 As for his feats ot strength these
The Coconino sun., 1914-06-19

A real man of today who can bend inch and a half iron pipes over his neck, stomack or forearm; who can drag along twenty drays each with a human being inside and all of the twenty vehicles at. tached to a rope passed around his neck; who can break two inch plank over his head; who can take two decks of cards, slam them to- gether and then tear off every one of the four corners in his teeth; who can take an inch pipe between those same worries and bend it into a big, round o; who can-but what's the use-it can't be done, anyway"
 And that's just what any one, more or less, might be justified in saying if they hadn't met Texas"
 What a solar plexus is coming for the Thomases! Shades of Her cules and Omphale! By the way, that cute little slogan is an idea of Texas" himself, who may use 1t in a continent wide toor to boost the exposition but of this more anon, as the lady novelist says when she gets her characters in a tangle that will require the next half dozen chapters to straighten out.
 His real name isn't Texas. " Perhaps you've guessed that much already. That is the name though, under which he is known in sev- eral parts of North America and other odd holes and corners of the globe in which at one time or an- other he has done his strong arm stunts.
 His real name-that which he signs to his contracts and titles to real estate-is Albert B. Ritchie. He assumes the sobriquet because he was fortunate enough to be born in the Lone Star State thirty six years ago at Weatherford, Par ker county. Early, though, he commenced the nomadic life that has been his since. At the tender age of 5--though there was noth- ing tender about his muscles even then-he was taken with his family to Chicago, and soon after began to sell papers there on Lake street, his first introduction to the serious
The Coconino sun., 1914-06-19

teeth, supported four or five men on them across his back and did other stunts of a like nature, all tending to show that here was a youth who should go far in the strong man game. So fought his sporting packers; they did more than think, showing their faith in the mascot by collecting a purse of $50 for him, sending him down to San Jose and advising him to start out for himself. He did, and for twenty-two years has never stopped, accumulating in the pro- cess as much kale and kudos as is good for the average man, and much more than the average man gets anyway.
 By the way, it should be related that Texas put in two terms at Stanford University in his Cali fornia days, where he was more known for his prowess with the gloves sand without them-and in athletics generally, than for that with the book and inkhorn. It was the intention of his family at this time to make him a doctor if that were in any wise possible. It wasn't, and in revenge Texas" has made himself into a man who never needs medico, which paves the way very nicely for his doc Urine that nearly all-if not all the good things of the body are like the evil oncs-the result of mental rather than mere physical activity and power. He merely sets 1t down as an article of faith that little judicious bodily exer- else along the right lines, coupled with a discontinuance of deep- seated bad habits, will remove, without recourse to the pharmaco- poela, most common ailments that arise from internal Arrangements.
 I was born with great strength myself" he admits in all modesty. To my natural gift I have added by what l call scientific physical culture until l developed into the man l am today. I can give no freak advice or prescriptions for cure-all nostrums. It rather is a matter of mind and will than any thing else, anyhow. This, I think, is proved by the fate of the aver age strong men, who may last anywhere from two to five years before the public rarely, if ever longer.
 And why? Simply because they have developed the brute and and left the mind rust. If they win fame and fortune, as many of them have done, they have not the mental balance to support it, and speedily demonstrate into barroom boosters and habitues. Or else they positively have injured them selves by overdeveloping without
The Coconino sun., 1914-06-19
4th at Flagstaff Biggest Ever
$5,OOO in Free Attrac- tions, Races and Sports

Only big time in Northern Ari- zona--The town is yours for two days and nights---COME
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17

was working at his farm duties he
saw a large blue racer, which he kill
ed without any difficulty. 1t measur-
ed feet inches
Lyle Chatterdon was unfortunate
| Friday while helping his grandfather
on the farm he cut his hand quite
seriously.
Mrs. Jim Antclff called on Mrs.
| Sylvia Garfield, Friday.
Mrs. Treat called on her aunt, Mrs.
Will Moore. Friday afternoon.
Quite "a number from River Ridge
attended the dance at Long Lake,
June 13.
William Antchn called at Thomas
Antcliffs, Sunday
Jim Antcliff assisted VIM. Bradley
with his farm work, Saturday.
William Antcliff called at William
Wrights Saturday
Little Charles Antcliff, who has
been at Bedding taking treatments is
reported improved at this writing
Don't forget the dance at Heth's
pavilion at Long Lake, June 90. All
are invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Antclin were
in Bedding, Saturday.
NJ l.. Bidwell was in Beldng Fri
day, on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Dell jerks visited NJ.
l.. Bidwell. one day last week.
Lyle Chatterdon visited at T. H..
Antclin's, Tuesday
Mrs. Della Rich returned to her
home. Tuesday, after spending a few
days with her sister, Mrs. William
Antcliff.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17
DOGS MAKE INR0ADS
ON w. C. SPICER'S SHEEP

Sheep dogs again invaded the COM
munity west of town the latter part of
the week. This time they entered the
flock belonging 10 w. G. Spicer and
grazing i'm the fields adjoining the =.
{. Epson farm, where the dogs recent
~ played havoc with Mr.. Upson's
flock.
The dogs were caught before they
mad done much damage ae far as loss
Of life was concerned one sheep was
killed outright some others badly
torn and mangled, and all of them
frightened.
Justice A. L. Spencer viewed the
flock Monday and placed the loss, on
which Mr.. Spicer may be allowed to
collect damages at $12.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17
THE BELDING BANNER

Miss Chataway were the guests of MIR.
and Mrs. Chas. Eddy.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. j. Walker, Mrs.
Mary Olger and son Carroll. Mrs.
Homer Olger and daughter, Beatrice.
and Mrs. Elizabeth Olger went TO
Grand Haven, Wednesday TO attend
the wedding OF Miss Carrie NJ Olger
20 Mr.. Floyd Welsh OF that city.
Mr. and Mrs. i. J. Walker visited
their brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Walker AT Grand Rapids,
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Homer Olger and daughter
returned from Grand Rapids, Monday
evening, where they have been visiting
since Thursday. Mrs. Olger's grand
mother returned with her for a visit
here.
Clare Mckinley, u member of the
advertising staff of the Flint Daily
Journal passed through Belding, Mon
day. He visited between trains with
his friend. Jesse X. Coates.
Nern Snyder was calling on Belding
friends on Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Chas. Darling and her daugh-
ter, Vivian. were the guests OF Mrs.
w. Darling on Thursday.
Miss Maggie Nash, who has been
attending school in Albion, returned
10 her home near Belding on Tues
day for her vacation.
Frank Bush Of Howell is a guest at
the w G. Spicer home, this week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17
A. FRIEDMAN GIVES
PHENOMENAL PRICES

About August L. the Metropolitan
will be settled and ready 10 do bus
mess vat its new location, in the corner
store where the Bedding Hardware
Co, is now located.
When Mr.. Friedman. the Metropo-
Titan proprietor, opens up in his big
new store he wants to open with a
complete new fall stock. To do so he
is going 20 sacrifice ON his present big
stock of summer goods and beginning
next Saturday June 20. he will con-
duet big Removal Sale.
This sale takes place right in the
height of the summer season and the
bargains are really phenomenal. Read
Mr.. Friedman's adv on page four Of
this issue
Mr.. Friedman announces that i'm the
new corner store he will have splen-
did new front. The contract for this
has already been let to the Covell
Construction Co, of Ionia.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17
LOCAL ITEMS


A. T. Cook, Asst Supt. of Alma
High school and family visited Mrs.
Cooks neice Mrs. Thomas HACKS;
and her sister, Mrs. Alvin Camp over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fronfelder of
Greenville, and Mrs. Fowler of De-
troit. motored to Belding, and visited
at Mrs. A. Camps, last week.
Miss Lena Raspberry went to
Grand Rapids last week, to spend a
few days with her sister Mrs Matt
Connolly Tuesday Miss Raspberry
and Mrs. Connolly and son. Jack, left
for Alpena, where they will spend the
summer with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Hall. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. =. Hetherington, Mr.. and
Mrs. X, II. Hall, and DIR. and Mrs G..
+. Smith motored to Lansing, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l.. Bentley of Mar
shall joined the party there
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Wheeler and Mr..
and Mrs. f.. T.. Fales motored to Lans-
ing Sunday. and spent the day sight
seeing i'm the capital city.
DR.. and Mrs. s. c. Graves Of Grand
Rapids, were the guests of Bedding
friends. Sunday.
The appearance Of the Catholic par
sonage on Bridge street is being i'm
proved by a coat of paint.
Mrs. Ray Brockway and three sons,
( George, Ronald and Donald of Ionia,
were the guests Of Claude Brockway
and family, from Friday until Mon
/ day
Ray Edwards received a fine Shet-
Edwards children are very pleased
with it,
Miss Rebecca Raspberry went to AL
pena, Friday, to spend few weeks
with her parents
DR.. and Mrs. G.. A. Stanton returned
I Tuesday, from few days visit with
relatives at Kingsville. Ont.
While rounding up bunch of colts
on the Doyle farm two miles south of
Parnel last Saturday morning, Gin
ton Green, living east Of Grattan Cen
ter was kicked in the face by one of
them.
Arcadian Encampment l. o. o. f.
No. 157 elected officers at their meet
ing of June 10. The complete list
follows: Jason Scott, c. p; +. O.
Hildebrand. II. r.: VIM. Joiner, Jr.
WYNN. II. Price. Scribe; w. j.
Clarke, Treasurer.
Miss Elva Hubbard was given a
miscellaneous shower Tuesday after
/ noon at the home of Mrs. Richmond
i Broas street. The house had been
decorated for the occasion with roses
and red and white paper.
Miss Beulah Guild was a Grand
/ Rapids visitor. Saturday
! Miss Ruth Morganthau Of Ionia
spent Saturday with her mother Mrs.
4 Wilder. Miss Morganthau graduated
from the County Normal at Ionia, to-
day Wednesday.
Mrs f.. III. Coville was i'm Grand
Rapids last week on business.
Mrs Il. II, Coville left Wednesday
morning for Jackson 10 attend the
annual State Encampment of the @.
! A. r. and the w. II. G. She is a dele
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17
RIVER RIDGE

Justin and Lois Wright called on
Blanche Antcliff, Monday evening.
5 Mr.. and Mrs. William Wright were
IN Belding, Monday, on important
business.
Thomas Antcliff made business
trip 10 Greenville, Tuesday
William Coss of Cofburg is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs NJ l.. Bidwell
for few days
/ Lloyd Dean was the Sunday night
guest Of Alfred Jones
Jay Farrar was "A Sunday visitor at
T h. Antcliff's.
VIM Wright was the guest of Thos.
Amclin, Sunday
VIM. Wright called at Art Jones
Sunday forenoon.
z.ois and Anna Wright visited Miss
Blanche Antchff, Sunday
Thomas Antcliff called at Art Jones'
Sunday afternoon.
VIM. Antcliff called at Sylvia Cam
fields, Friday.
Lyle Chatterdon called on Sylvester
Garfield, Friday
Mis-, WIN. bradley enjoyed IludN
|. IN Belding.
VIM Antcliff worked for Jim Ant
cliff Friday.
Mrs Jim Antcliff returned home
| from Belding, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. Jacox and two
lighter of Dakota are spending "a
days at VIM. Wright's.
n Vednesday, while Geo. Hetchler
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17
The AslllieItl

Miss Nora Sphinx left Monday for
weeks visit in Grand Rapids.
Miss Mae Lolane left Wednesday
for her home in Boyne City.
Miss Lydia Lessard has gone to Big
Rapids to spend the summer.
Mrs. ID. NJ. Kilmer returned to her
home in Grand Rapids, Monday.
Miss Lillian Signal is spending this
week i'm Chicago, demonstrating the
work of the spooling department at
the Silk Exhibition which is being
held in that city
Miss Minnie Weigers spent Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. Lottie McLaugh-
lin.
Miss Helen Byers and Frances
Smith spent Saturday in Greenville.
Miss Lizzie Rose was a Saturday
visitor in Greenville.
Miss Lottie Young left Monday for
her home in Harrisville.
Miss Velma North left Saturday for
her home in Stanwood.
Misses Zola and Gladys Deanj ger
left Wednesday for their hon i'm
Mesick. M
Miss Lena Newland spent : drday
and Sunday at Long Lake.
Miss Della Hubert .speW saturday
i'm Grand Rapids.
Miss Effie Loucks was Iietly mar
ried to Mr.. Earl Richardson Friday
night at the Methodist parsonage. All
join in wishing the happiness.
Miss Florence Bundy left Wednes-
day day for her home in Cadillac
where she expects to sp~nd the sum-
mer
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17

tagers and others. The boating is
good and picnics are being held every
week.
This week Saturday night will bo
held dance at the pavilion with
Graham's full orchestra to furnish
music.
ON Sunday there will be a ball game
between Ionia IL. s. and Woodland
Lake.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17
NEW S OF HE
DORMITORIES
The Richardson

The Misses Goldie Hartman. Birdie
Benjamin and ollie LambriX left Fri
day for their homes at Pentwater
where they will spend their vacation.
Miss Lottie Kitchen left Wednesday
for Saginaw and Mackinac Island. She
will remain at the latter place during
the resort season.
Miss Ida Portner took dinner with
Miss Carrie Carter Monday
Miss Katherine Roll left Wednes-
day evening for her home at West
Branch.
Miss Carrie Williams of Greenville
an employee in the doubling room for
the past three years, leaves with her
mother, Wednesday morning for Al
berta, Canada where they will join
Mr.. Williams. They expect to live
permanently at Stetler.
Mrs. Ella Dawson, our hall lady,
had the misfortune to fall down stairs
last week. but luckily escaped with a
few slight bruises.
The Misses Esther Cleland and
Katherine Abel left Saturday for their
homes at Remus.
Miss Ella Armour was "A guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Fish and their
sister, Mrs. Miller of Tekonsha sun
day. They spent the day at Ionia
The raw silk department completed
their work Monday The following
girls leave for their various homes!
Miss Nellie Cross Paris; Miss Emma
Soloman, Pierson; Miss l2lecta Mead,
Caro-.
Mrs. Wright of Sand Lake was 4
guest of Mrs Ella Lewis, Sunday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-06-17
HETH'S RESORT AT
LONG LAKE POPULAR

Heth's Resort at Long Lake is more
popular than ever this season. Be
sides the pavilion Mr.. Heth has a
hotel at the disposal of his patrons
and there is a good store on the
grounds for the convenience Of cot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-24
NEW HAVEN TO ISSUE S6o,O00, 900 WORTH OF
 SHORT TERM NOTES

Legal diffcultfes and other compEca- tions which threatened to interfere at the eleventh hour have resulted in the adoption of an entirely new dnan- cial plan for meeting the $54, ,00O, 900 of short-term notes which the New York, New Haven & Hartford must provide for in the next few weeks. The com pany has now arranged with it's bank CTS for an issue of three series of new short term notes for $60 ,0o0, 900.
 Of this amount, $40 OO0, 900 is to run for a single year and pay per cent. The remaining $20, 100000 will run for
 three years and will bear interest at Is per cent. They are to net the rail-
 road 98 and will be offered to the pub lie at 99- It had been hoped that the New
 Haven could avoid further slort-term financing through the sale of a part of is treasury assets, which were to have been underwrftten and offered to stockholders. Possibly legal en- quaintfng stockholders with the na-
 to offer them decided the company to resort again to note sales.
 Of the three issues, $20, 000 GOO is to consist of New Haven one-year per cent. notes, which will be secured by collateral Another $20,000,00O will be l in one-year per cent. notes Of the Harlem River and Portchester, finders ed by the New Haven. The balance are to be three-year per cent. notes of the New Haven Navigation Go, se-
 cured by collateral. The proceeds will be about $5, ,000 GOO above the present leash needs of the company.