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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
Booze on the Toboggan

"Booze and the dramshop are on
the toboggan slide. Great forces on
every side are adding to the swift
ness of the descent. The strangle-
hold of the liquor traffic on the gov
ermental life of communities, states
and nations is rapidly becoming a
thing of the past. Breweries have
become profitable as creameries,
candy factories and fruit juice plants.
Saloon buildings have rented for le-
gitimate business at increased rent
ais in the great majority Of cases.
Business firms and banks report in
creased sales and deposits. Thou
sands of business men who used to
think Prohibition would kill business
are now ardent supporters of our
cause"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
PROFIT BY THIS
Don't Waste Another Day

When you are morried by backache;
By lameness and urinary disord-
ers-
Don't experiment with an untried
medicine.
Follow Belding peoples example.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here's Bedding testimony.
Verify it if you wish
Mrs. Barlow, 415 Beulah ST., Beld-
ing, says: 81 have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills on various occasions for
dull, nagging backaches and other
symptoms of kidney trouble and they
have always helped me. They gave
me strength, regulated the action of
my kidneys and relieved the pains in
my back and loins. They benefited
me generally" Statement given May
9th. 1907.
OVER SIX YEARS LATER, Mrs.
Barlow said: 81 am glad to again re-
commend Doan's Kidney Pills. They
cured me-"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Barlow has twice publicly re-
commended Foster Milburn Co..
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.--adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
PATRIOTIC HYMN

Our fathers God! from out whose
hand
The centuries fall like grains of sand,
We meet today, united, free,
And loyal to our land and thee,
To thank thee for the era done,
Herer where of old by thy resign,
The fathers spake that word of thine,
Whose echo is the glad refrain
Or rended bolt and falling chain,
To grace our festal time, from all
The zones of earth our guests we call.
Be with US while the new world>greets
The old world thronging all its
streets,
dwelling all the triumphs won
By art or toll beneath the sun;
And unto common good ordain
This rivalship of hand and brain.
Thou who hast here in Concord furled
The war flags of gathered world,
Beneath our western skies fulfill
The Orient's mission of good will,
And freighted with loves golden
fleece,
Send back its argonauts of peace.
For art and labor met in truce,
For beauty made the bride of use,
We thank thee; but withal we crave
The austere virtues strong and save
The honor proof to place or gold,
The manhood never bought nor sold
Oh make thou us, through centuries
long,
In peace secure. in justice strong;
Around our gift of freedom draw
The safeguards of thy righteous law
And cast in some diviner mold.
Let the new cycle shame the old.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
How to Get Rid of A Cold

Summer colds are Serious. Read
how C. E. Summers, Holdredge, Neb.,
got rid of his: II contracted severe
cough and cold and could hardly sleep.
| got "a bottle of Foley's Honey and
Tar and the very first dose relieved
me. took a second dose before go
ing to bed and can truthfuly say /
did not cough all night. By using
as directed the next two days my
cough was entirely cured and give
Foley's Honey and Tar full credit for
my speedy recovery" Foley's al
it.-adv.
Wortley & French and Connell's
Drug Stores.
Opportunity knocks but never sends
IN &c cord
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
In CAMPAIGN States

Nebraska, South Dakota, Michigan
three states which will vote upon
statewide prohibition on November
7-show marked dry gains as result
of the spring elections. More than
one-half of Nebraska and more than
one-half of South Dakota is now dry.
In Michigan two counties were won
from the vets and all the dry terri
tory retained by increased majorities.
Lansing, the state capital, the major
ity more than doubled. the city itself
giving a majority of 355 against the
saloon. The outspoken stand for pro-
hibtion taken by the Lansing Cham
Der of Commerce is known the coun-
try over. If these three states do not
vote out the saloon next November it
will be because the drys are over-con-
fdent of victory.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
Strawberry Sunshine

1t would pay every home to have at
least a small patch of Strawberries.
Although you may have only small
space devoted to berries you can get
enough for daily use, and for plenty
of strawberry sunshine" To make
this, cook together four cups sugar
and one-half cup boiling water for
four minutes. Add four cups straw
berries and boil 10 minutes. Pour on
a platter and set in the sunshine three
days, stirring occasionally. Then put
in jelly tumblers and cover with para.
fin. or in pint jars and seal This is
little safer. The platter should be
covered with glass or mosquito-bar to
keep out insects. and should be kept
away from blowing dust
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28

w. +. Densmore and Chas. Harris
and family and Mrs. M. F. Earring
ton motored to Grand Rapids Thurs.
day.
Eva Jepson expects to attend sum-
mer school at Mount Pleasant.
Miss Hazel Lee is spending the
week at Muskegon.
Miss Cora Adams, sixth and seventh
grade teacher here, finished her Pal
mer Method Business Penmanship
course with the Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Business College, and received her
diploma, June 49,
The Saranac Public School celebrat-
ed the Goth annual meeting of their
alumni, June %, banquet being SER
we'd to 800 guests.
Mrs. J. w. Simpson and Mrs. J. C.
Watt are visiting their parents in
Perry this week.
DIR. Wilkinson, DR.. j. W. Simpson,
j. Clyde Watt and A. S. Densmore
went to Pine Island lake last Friday
fishing. And
The thunder rolled,
And the lightning flashed
And the rain came down in tor
rents,
But the men they fished,
And the fish they wished
That the men had stayed in Sar-
anac.
But the poor little fish
Didn't need to wish
That the men had stayed in Sar-
anac
For when they returned on Sat-
urday morn,
Pine Islands fish were safe from
harm,
The fish they caught just numb
cred, two
But the men were wet right
through and through.
School closed June %, and the
teachers are off for their summer va
cations. Mr.. and Mrs. Ettinger will
spend part of their vacation here and
in Owosso. moving TO Detroit late in
the summer, where Mr.. Ettinger has
position in school there for the
ensuing year. Mr.. and Mrs. Dalton
will spend their vacation in Saginaw;
Miss Johnson goes to Rosebush; Miss
Hagerman to Detroit; the Misses
Adams, Parmalee and Wellington will
spend their vacation. with various
friends, and Miss David goes to Mt.
Pleasant to summer school.
Mrs. A. f. Wright from Oakland,
California is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Judson Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. +. Wilkinson had
an auto accident last Thursday, their
car skidding over the culvert north
of Potter's Corners as Mr.. Wilkinson
changed gears. Mrs. Wilkinson sus-
tanned a severe sprained ankle.
Miss Vercha Hawley of Windsor.
Ontario, Canada is spending the week
in Saranac with her mother, Mrs.
James Hawley.
DR.. J. c. Smith and wife Of Lowell
spent Friday and Saturday with Mrs.
Smiths sister. Mrs. M. B. Wilkinson
and attended the alumni banquet FRI
dav night.
Mrs. A. +. Gesler has opened her
house TO the Mite Society for Tues
days meeting.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28

"They remind one in their ludicr-
Gus smallness of Mrs. Henry Peck.
"'My husband has been deceiving
me again. this good lady snapped out
at the sewing circle.
".Oh, how so?' the other ladies
asked with eager interest.
"'Why,' said Mrs. Peck, here I've
been giving Henry ten cents day to
ride to and from the Office for dear
knows how long, and I've just found
out that the deceitful wretch walks
one way and spends the nickel
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
Seedless blackberry Jam

number of seeds in blackberry jam.
You can get around this difficulty
very easily. Pick over and wash the
berries and cook them till tender, us
ing almost no water except what
stays on the berries after washing.
Mash them and strain off the juice for
jelly. Rub the pulp through a sieve
Of strainer fine enough to keep the
seeds from going through, and to each
cup of pulp add two-thirds of a cup
of sugar, and if too dry, water to
make of required consistency. Cook
up we'll and can.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
Four Votes. Anyway

Three lawyers were taking lunch
together in Marquette the other day
The writer was the fourth member OF
the party. The talk turned upon the
fight being waged for statewide Pro.
hibition.
"Seventy-five per cent of my Grim
inal business results, either directly
or indirectly from the use of liquor,
said Lawyer No. 1.
"I'll make 90 per cent said Law
yer No. 2.
Easily that" said Lawyer No. 8
"Well, gentlemen, how are you go
ing to vote 2" asked the fourth mem
Der of the party.
Dry"
DRY"
"Dry."
And some jokes are solemn enough
to make an undertaken grin.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
Thorne Re.enters Laundry

f. A. Thorne has re-entered the Silk
City Steam Laundry When he sold
out three months ago it was his full
intention to go south and purchase a
farm. The outdoor air and complete
rest, however, has enabled him to
recuperate to such an extent that he
has concluded to remain in Belding.
He and A. B. Foss will continue to
operate the business, and will make of
it one of the best laundries in the
state.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
Prevent the Waste

The expenditure for the retail con-
sumption of Intoxicating liquors in
the United States for 1915 is conser-
vatively estimated at s2.441, 1856, 678,
The estimated poulation in 1915
for the United States was 93,781, 1924,
therefore. the per capita consumption
of liquor based upon the above total,
amounted to 1880 gallons of liquor
S24.42 for every man. woman and
child throughout the United States.
KILL THE TRAFFIC AND PRE-
VENT THE WASTE.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
Women Clubs Favor II

Amid wild enthusiasm the Montana
Federation of Woman's Clubs adopted
a resolution unanimously declaring
for statewide Prohibition. Last year
similar resolution was adopted az
the annual convention and this year
the same proposal was re-adopted
with much hand-clapping and waving
of handkerchiefs. The federation of
woman's clubs represents $500 Mon
tana women. One hundred and eigh-
ty-two delegates were present at the
convention today and nearly hun
dred visitors, one-half of them being
from out of the city. The member
ship is divided into 70 clubs and is
one Of the strongest influences for
good i'm the state
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
The Cav Deceiyer

Thomas Mott Osborne, apropos Of
the charges brought against him as
wadren of Sing Sing, said at a din
ner in New York:
"The major charges answer them
selves. As for the minor charges
well. they are so ungenerous and
small as to be ludricrous.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
Shrinkage in Can

Why is there always an empty
space in my cans after cooking by hot
water method? Should | fill cans
with hot liquid after cooking? says a
Woman and Home reader. Shrinkage
is caused either by careless packing
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28

"Your daughter seems to have re-
firing disposition" says the caller.
Zone hardly ever sees her anywhere,
and | understand she sits in her room
nearly all the time, reading"
"She does so, num-" answers the
mother "But retiring disposition,
midnight, I've fair had to tear the
book out of her hands and take the
lamp away to make her go to bed. No,
she isn't what you'd rightly call re-
firing disposition"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
To Imnroye Boiled Frostinp

II you want your boiled icing extra
nice and different" try adding tiny
bit of butter just as it is done. 1t
will taste richer and cut soft and
creamy instead of brittle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
WOMAN AND HOME


not following directions for blanch-
ing and dipping, or too long cooking.
Empty space in cans may be the re-
suit of not having the water IN the
boiler come at least one inch above
tops of cans, by having rack stand dir
ectly on bottom of boiler, instead OF
being lifted a little, or by having Gov.
ers too loose. The food will not spoil
however, and the cans need not be
opened and refilled.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28

Be careful about accepting favors
from people when it may prove en-
barrassing to be under obligations to
them.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
Pere Marquette train time at BeIdins


nc II, 1916
To Greenville and Big Rapids, 1909
a. m, and $500 D. m.
To Lowell and Grand Rapids, 1920
a. m, 3:0S p. m, and 1926 p. m.
*Daily.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28

Business is the cardinal virtue in
advertising; no matter how good adj
vertising may be in other respects,
il must be used frequently and con-
stantly TO be readily successful.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
BETTER Baked Potatoes

When baking potatoes place them
in tightly covered pan or baking
dish and they will bake quickly with
out forming hard, thick crust as
they do when placed ON the CRATE.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28

This one is shocked at elbows and
yoke. belted and fitted with shirred
pockets that hold treasures well. The
boomers are the regulation design
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28

To Ionia and Detroit, 11:46 a. m,
4:32 p. m.
To Greenville and Saginaw, 1910 a.
m, 2:35 p. m, and 1886 p. m.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28
BANNER FASHION
HINTS
UP TO DATE SM0cK.


Knockers and smock of khaki. linen.
madras or cool chambray make like.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-06-28

Opportunity knocks but never sends
in its card
Evening journal., 1916-01-06
CMAMPLIN's PLAYERS.

Chas. *. Champlin, who is appearing
wit hhis company at The Playhouse
each afternoon and evening this week
IS making a host of friends I'm Whining
ton on account of his work and that
OF his company. Mr.. Champlin is a
capable actor and knows how to Sc
lect a company. Under Cover and
Madame X' were again given yes
terday and were greatly enjoyed by
the audiences.
Two and a half dollar gold pieces
were given away as prizes last night
and there was great interest. The
plays to be presented today will be
To-day" and "The Ninety and Nine.
Both are we'll known productions and
"The Ninety and Nine will be re-
membered as the wonderful railroad
play with its full sized engine and
railroad atmosphere Il is one OF
the prettieBt plays ever written and is
founded on the famous hymn of the
same name.
This afternoon there will be a tea
at the theatre after the performance
and the audience will have an oppor
tunity TO meet Mr.. Champlin and his
company. This evening there will be
| a "butchar shop" in connection will
the performance and the management
will give away $50 worth of grocer
les. This is always an interesting iea
ture and after seeing a splendid shol
the audience will have the priyileg
of enjoying a lot of fun and probabl
getting some gSoceries.
Evening journal., 1916-01-06
Management
Asks PUBLIC assistance

"What causes lack Of confidence in
railroads." This question is asked
the public in a bulletin which has
been issued by the Pennsylvania
railroad in the form Of a poster.
Copies will be prominently displayed
in waiting rooms. ticket and freight
offices, and in other public places on
the Pennsylvania system.
"The management of this railroad
wants to get at the causes, wherever
they exist, and remove them" says
the poster. "The starting point is TO
get the people who do lack conf
dence in this railroad to say so and
tell why"
The poster invites serious sugges-
tions from all railroad patrons as to
ways in which the service may be
improved and a better understanding
brought about between those who
use the railroads and those who man
age them. Every reader is told that
/ his candid and thoughtful views upor
| this subject are sought by the Penn
sylvania railroad system, because
as the poster says, 1T needs YOU
I confidence. Il wants wour co-opera
tion. Il asks for your friendship
Evening journal., 1916-01-06
STOCK MARKET
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. G--Attendance on
the floor of the Stock Exchange was
large today, traders watching to see
what effect Judge Gary's statement
would have on prices. a break was ex-
pected, but failed to materialize at the
opening.
Many stocks showed gains. Several
of those which were fractionally down,
soon moved upward.
u. 5. Steel opened up an eighth and
gained another eighth on the second
sale. The Crucible Steel strike at
Youngstown caused Crucible common to
open ID Off at G6 l-2. Studebaker
opened down 3-4, but soon recovered to
l6l, which was IA above yesterdays
close. General Motors was off 10 at 40
The market was active and strong
around IL o'clock. Two hupdred thou
sand shares were traded in the opening
hour. Steel was quiet at 81 is. Mexi
can Pete sold up to l2l Is, then dropped
/ back to l20 rs.
Evening journal., 1916-01-06
AT THE MAJESTIC.

Theda Bara. actress, who made a
name for herself in a night in "The
Vampire" is beginning to see her
self as others see her and dislikes the
opinion of the general public in de-
nouncing her as the vampire wo-
man." She can be seen in "Destruc-
ton" at the Majestic today Her re-
markable art has made her famous
and she cannot change the opinion OF
the people as to her real character.
in the .photoplay Destruction" there
is an entirely new theme for the de-
votees OF the silent drama to think
about The sweat, the CRIME, the
heartaches. the stined ambitions, the
never-ending woes of labor-these are
the dominant notes of destruction
Destruction is educational as well
as entertaining. We're it not for the
intricate plot woven through the story
it would prove a great success as an
industrial reel. for its action takes
place I'm one of the largest steel mill'
in the country. AS a photoplay it is
Ia success and affords Miss Bara al
opportunity to change the opinion o
the public I'm regard to her real char
/ acter.
Evening journal., 1916-01-06
nY MILLIAM g. sHEPHERD.

I.ultou lfcSS Nldil NOiteSpouuehll
MONASTIR, servia, Dec. 1.-(By
MaiD-A man standing in the middle
of the road looking through tele-
scope on a tripod
That's our 'front.'" says Col. Vas
sich, pointing at the man. The car
stops and we get out. On our left
gentle slope runs from the road; on
our right there is also a slope and
stretching up these are ribbons of
red. winding along the face of the
bills. They are the Servian trenches.
Before us unfolds a fiat, beautiful
valley. the valley OF Halinchi Six
miles across this valley rise mountain
sides: the Golden Cross. 5000 feet
high; and other topping peaks. over
there are the Bulgars; if they can
come across this fiat valley, Mona
stir, eighteen miles behind us, is
theirs with all the women and chill
dren. churches, schools and homes at
their mercy.
Look through your glasses and
you will see them" says Commander
Vassich. His voice is tired and his
} eyes are dark and dropping; he wears
} two coats, though the sunshine is
warm. and a huge muller is about
| his neck. The three hundred battles
he has passed through in the various
Servian wars have left their mark
upon his body, but It is his mind that
has planned this position that is keep
ing the Bulgar regiments away from
Monastir. You find yourself more in
torested in him and in his mutlieC
form than in what the telescope ma,
reveal.
There they are. The Bulgarsl 4
wagon train is marching along roa'
at the foot Of the distant hills
soldiers tramp behind It. It's th'
. same road you've been riding on. onl.
YOU haven't been ON that particula
section of il.
They're human beings over there
as we are But they seem of anothe
world. Death lies between here am
there. Through glasses over there
men arc looking at us, perhaps. II
them We seem inhuman and Oh
5 Servian trenches along the hill slope
I are places OF death, the width Of th
world away. And yet we two sets q
humans are only six. sunshiny mile
D. apart. across a beautiful valley file
# with ploughed farms. It's the blac
X magic of war.
Y Pick them up! Pick them up."
+. You turn from the telescope at IN
sound of the commanders voice. n
Is standing at the edge Of the trenC
talking TO a soldier and pointing dow
s. al the. ground where a score Of car
Y ridge Aps are lying; they are ia
ID clips. too. five cartridges in ea'
frame.
Evening journal., 1916-01-06
new COMPANY has
S6O.O0O.OOO Capital

DOVER. Del, Jan. GA charter
was filed at the State Department yes
terday for the General Mercantile
Corporation, to acquire, manufacture
and deal in goods, wares, merchan-
disc, machinery factories, plants and
real estate, and to act as agents and
commission merchants, with a capital
stock of S6O,OOO,OOO.
The incorporators were George F..
Jebbett, of New York City, and Her
bert Il. Latter and Norman p. Coffin,
of Wilmington, Del.
Norman p. Coffin, one OF the incor-
porators. said there was nothing he
could say concerning the company,
except that it is a New York concern.
He and Mr.. Latter, the other local in
corporator, merely represented
/ others.
Evening journal., 1916-01-06
nom INQUEST OPEN.

Owing to the illness OF a material
witness, the inquest in the case of
Gennaro hi Brigido. who was fatally
injured on November % by the county
automobile near Greenville. was post
poned last night until sometime next
week. THIS witness was with the
Italian at the time Of the accident.
Coroner Lattomus heard several
witnesses in the case last night
From the evidence as produced last
night It appeared that the man jump
ed in front Of the automobile, but
whether It was his intention to take
this means Of committing suicide. OF
whether he did so TO be injured Will
/ the hope that he could collect dam.
ages later. could not he determined
Z by the witnesses.
Evening journal., 1916-01-06
MmFORn WANTS TEAMS TO COME.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MILFORD, Del, Jan. 6.-Millord's
new council was inducted into Office
on Tuesday evening The new coun-
Gil repealed the hitching ordinance.
over which such fight was made.
The members of council are said 20
favor partial hitching-that is by leg
islating, so that some sections VIII be
kept free of teams. Wilson NJ Nin-
ward was elected secretary of council
to succeed John NJ. Horton. The new
council re-appointed Alderman Can
non. and instructed him to deal Sc
verely with offenders against the law
Following the election on Monday
Chief OF Police Baker resigned. Coun'
ell will iii the vacancy on next Mon
dav