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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
WHY SUFFER so?

Why suffer from a bad back, from
sharp, shooting twinges, headaches,
dizziness and distressing urinary
ills? Belding people recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills Could you ask
for stronger proof Of merit?
M. III. Barlow, 514 S. Pleasant ST.,
Bedding, says: "For some time had
noticed that the action of my kidneys
was irregular and the kidney secre-
tons contained sediment. There we're
pains across the small of my back
and colds always settled in my kid
neys. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills adj
vertised at Connell's Drug store, /
gave them a trial and their use cured
me. Since | used Doan's Kidney
Pills some years ago | haven't had
any kidney trouble. / am glad to
confirm the endorsement i gave at
that time, recommending them"
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
cured Mr.. Barlow. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-adv.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
Michigan Is Dry

The following poem, michigan Is
Dry" was composed and written by
Bert Ohlinger of Detroit, the morn
ing after election:
Hurrah! Hurrah! Let's shout and
sing,
The Lord is on our side;
We beat the dirty booze gang
And we surely got their hide.
They had their banners flying
AS they thought they'd always fly,
But we got out and hustled,
And Old Michigan is dry.
Their pet Home Rule amendment
Somehow didn't seem to take,
They thought it would catch many
votes,
But it was just fake.
By hook or crook or any way
To win they thought they'd try,
But we got out and hustled,
And Old Michigan is dry.
The product of the booze joint
Is an awful sight to meet,
AS blear-eyed, drunk and cursing,
He staggers down the street.
The raw material are our boys
For which the booze joints cry,
But we Just worked and hustled,
And made this Old State dry.
The u. S. A is waking up,
AS men learn how to vote;
And liquor men are now dead sure
That we have got their goat.
The "wets" are on the loosing side,
To win they need not try,
For nrOhihitiOn'S coming
And our country will be dry.
Mr.. Ohlinger is former Bedding
boy, son of the late DR.. Ohlinger, who
frequently comes here to visit his
mother.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
"Crusb the Saloon"

The movement has started not SC
much against drink in itself, not for
efficiency at work, but against the sa-
loon as beastly influence in politics.
That is exactly it, and that is where
the dry advocates should stand firm
est, if they are so eager for prohibi-
ton.
There are arguments against pro-
hibiton, but there is no argument for
it as vital as the need to crush the
saloon power in politics just as one
would snake.
This desperate power has defeat
ed every reform for which earnest
men have contended. Show us how
to crush the saloon and still avoid
prohibition and you will show us a
practical working policy that would
be worth while rebating.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
Today's Poem

TREES
Not simply things of growing wood
But it seems they understood
What to do, and how to grow.
They beautify the whole world so.
Trees are more than what thew
seem.
In the forests coolest shade
Where the soil from leaves is made
From their mold timid orchids grow
Which make the world wonder so.
Trees do more than what they
seem.
In our orchard growing fair
Are many kinds of fruit most rare,
There we in summer love to go,
They satisfy this old world so.
Trees give more than what they
seem.
When their branches toward the sky
Nest tiny birds until they fly
Making homes for squirrels, too,
Sheltering the wild world so.
Trees mean more than what they
seem.
When at night / lay my head
Meath the pine trees-quieted,
By their song, as winds raging blow
My tired world debt does owe.
Trees bring more than what they
seem.
When they their course have run,
No longer grow with summers sun
They give themselves for fireside glow
Bring the cold world comfort so.
Trees yield more than what they
seem.
Charles A. Heath.
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Entire World for Prohibition

With vodka absolutely prohibited
in Russia, with absinthe outlawed
from France, with unusual progress
in official condemnation and legal re-
striction of the traffic in Germany,
Italy, Great Britain and other Eu-
ropean nations; with Norway under
prohibition during a great strike;
with large sections of Africa under
anti-Lquor rule; with nearly all the
Dominion of Canada without licensed
dramshops or manufactures; with
eighty per cent of the area and sixty
five per cent of the population of the
United States under prohibition;
with the growing conviction of all
great men and women that the bust
ness cannot longer be tolerated, there
is good reason to hope for the out
lawry of the commercialized drink
evil from the entire world in the
present generation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
w. C. T. U. ITEMS
Give Us National Prohibition


Suppose, for instance, that we
could close up the thousand dram
shops of Boston some Saturday
night, put prohibition into operation,
allow no liquor to come into the city,
have on guard a policeman to watch
the saloons to see that no one got in,
and man to watch the policeman to
see that he did not get in. Results:
No sale of liquor, men sober and eff
cient. The next Saturday afternoon
pay day-instead of spending their
money in saloons they go to the mar
ket and purchase the food necessary
for a good Sunday dinner. A boom
for the grocer, the butcher and the
baker. Next week shoes are pur-
chased for the children-a good thing
for the shoe shop. Then follows a
dress for the wife, with better furni-
ture for the home, rugs and carpets
for the floors, and pictures for the
walls. Later a magazine or two finds
its way into the changed home, and
it becomes place Of joy and plenty
instead of one cursed by drink. With
the demand for better food and
clothing, furniture and carpets, every
legitimate business is doomed; the
farm, the mill, the factory share in
the increased prosperity. Extend the
area, give us National Prohibition,
stop the waste caused by the liquor
traffic, and the money now spent for
drink, flowing naturally into the pro-
per channels of trade, would create a
demand for the products of labor,
speed the wheels of our producing
machinery, and inaugurate an era of
prosperity such as we have not before
witnessed, even in our most palmy
days.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
Food for the Family

These are some of the dishes that
will taste like "those that mother US
ed to make"
Pot Roast of Beef.-Wipe one and
a half pounds of beef, cut from the
forequarters and cut in half-inch
cubes. Put in a casserole dish and
add one sliced onion, eight slices of
carrot, two sprigs of parsley, one and
one-half teaspoonfuls of salt, and a
half teaspoonful of pepper corns. Add
two cupfuls each of boiling water and
tomatoes. Cover and bake in a slow
oven three and half hours. One-half
hour before serving time, thicken
with three tablespoonfuls of butter
4mixed with the same amount of flour.
3Remove the onion, carrot, pepper
corns and parsley, and add a cupful
of peas. Serve hot, on the GRO
QUOTES.
Ohio Pudding.-Mix and sift two
and one-half cupfuls of flour, one-half
cupful of sugar, three and one-half
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a
fourth of teaspoonful of salt; cut
in a third of cupful of butter. Beat
one egg, and add cupful of milk.
Combine the mixtures, beat vigorous
ly; turn into a buttered mold, cover
and steam two hours.
Prune Ice Cream.-Cover a cupful
of prunes with cold water and let
stand over night. Cook in the same
water until tender in the morning, re-
move the. stones and put the fruit
through a strainer. Add a cupful of
sugar, four tablespoonfuls of lemon
juice, pinch of salt and one and a
fourth cupfuls of heavy cream
Whipnad Erpeza nc I1cual
Rice Croquettes With Cheese
quotes and add a cupful of grated
sauce may be made with rich milk as
sauce. Serve hot, surrounded with
dumplings.
Boston Brown Bread.-Take a cup
full of corn meal, two cupfuls of rye
meal a teaspoonful of salt, a half
cupful of molasses, a teaspoonful of
soda and a pint of sour milk; beat
hours, and bake half hour.
Next to the message of the stars
and the sea and the great wide spaces
of unfenced nature; next to the
glimpses of TRANSPORTATION that come
to us in great human love and sor-
row; think that flower fragrance is
one Of the best influences to keep our
natures from brutalizing under blows
of necessity, from turning ashen gray
in the fires that burns out our dross
Some Good Things
A nice way to serve plum pudding
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
Some Foods to Avoid

II
Very hot bread, hot cakes, heavy
rolls, fried foods and greasy cakes
and meat, should be avoided by peo--
pie who are inclined to Indigestion.
When repeated trials of certain foods
have resulted in indigestion disorders,
the warning should be needed.
Starchy foods of all kinds, under
cooked, are not good for anybody.
Cold roast pork may often be eaten
with no discomfort where the hot
roast could not be tolerated. Careful
ly remove the fat from all poultry
for those who find it difficult of di-
gestion. Fish is often a food that
causes bilousness and skin eruptions.
Lobster and crab are difficult of di-
gestion.
Cabbage, cooked, is not easy of di-
gestion, and many find the root vege-
tables, like potatoes, turnips and car
when well cooked and seasoned agree
with everybody.
Fruit is considered wholesome, but
it takes a good digestion to take care
Of a sour grapefruit, a dish OF oat-
meal and cream, few griddle cakes
and a cup of coffee well sugared and
creamed. 1t is wisest to eat the acid
fruit on the mornings when it is not
followed by cereal with cream. APP
pies and oranges usually agree with
nearly everyone. Bananas are nutri-
tious and wholesome to some and to
others very difficult of digestion.
Tea drinking is injurious to many
women when INDUCED in too frequent
ly. Tea should under no circumstances
be boiled, and should not stand on
the grounds to absorb the tannin. If
the face fiushes after drinking tea
you may be sure that it disagrees with
you, or if you feel the least indigess,,
ton following cup of tea, it should
be tabooed, substituting cocoa instead.
Food that at certain times in the
life agreed with one may at other
times cause indigestion. Milk is often
too heavy and causes biliousness In
adults when in childhood it was the
main food. =.
People who lead an indoor life do
not require much meat. Mutton and
lamb are much easier of digestion
than beef, and meat once day is all
that is needed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
GOING TO MATINEE.

Tan broadcloth gives this new YER
sion OF itself. Cut three-quarters
length, the coat has semi-ftted tabs
outlining the front and the shoulder
seams. Deep side pockets are picked
out with strip of seal, which trims
collar, belt and cuffs. A dashing black
velvet hat is just the right effect
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
WOMAN AND HOME


is to steam them in individual molds,
then decorate each with almonds that
have been shredded lengthwise and
Drowned. These little porcupines may
then be served with a ball or hard
sauce or lemon, egg. or any desired
sauce. A rich pudding served this
way is more apt to be eaten than the
larger slices, and much more dainty
and attractive.
pounds of calf's liver and half
pound of fresh, fat pork, chop fine,
season with chopped onion, a little
pepper and salt. Steam over boiling
water for half an hour, skimming off
the fat as it rises. When cold, add a
cupful and quarter of crumbs and
three well-beaten eggs. Mix all
thoroughly together and add a graf
ing of nutmeg. Shape into oblong
forms, like sausage, rolling each in
flour. Put them into well-greased
pan and bake slowly for half an hour,
or until a nice brown in color. Place
them on hot dish, pour off the fat,
make thickened gravy in the pan,
with a tablespoonful of flour and a
little water; serve very hot.
Pork Tenderloins in the Chatting
Dish.-Remove the small rounds of
meat from the pork ribs, or cut the
whole tenderloin if procured, in inch
thick slices; add a cupful of gravy, a
few drops of tabasco sauce, dash Of
salt, half cupful of tomato catchup,
and small piece of butter; simmer
only until the meat is tender and well
cooked; stir in a cupful of cooked
macaroni and serve hot with fried
hominy, garnished with crisp parsley.
Jellied Oatmeal.-Place three cup
fuls Of water and one of milk in the
upper part Of the double boiler, add
pinch of salt and when boiling stir
in two cupfuls of oatmeal; cover
closely and cook for two hours over
hot water; then add, just previous to
serving, one cupful of stiffly whip
ped cream; serve in china dishes,
sprinkle with chopped nut meats, and
accompany with sugar and thick
cream.
Eggs stuffed with finely chopped
seasoned chicken, in a cream sauce
is most tasty hot dish and quickly
prepared after the eggs are ready.
Baked peaches make a most appe-
tizing dish; serve with the strip from
the pan, haste them while baking with
butter and water.
OF Course Baby Cried
"Mrs. Giddigad's baby cried the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15

The retailer who handles unknown
or unfavorably known products is
handicapping his store both in i'm
mediate sales and in prestige in the
community.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
Still on the Sick List

Holding up a box of cigars, the
auctioneer shouted: "You can't get
better, gentlemen; don't care where
you go, you can't get better"
NO." came a cynical voice from
the back of the crowd, "you can't. /
smoked one last week and I'm not
better"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15

Celery may be cooked like peas. u.s.
ing six stalks of celery, one egg, a
tablespoonful of butter, tablespoon
full flour and cup of milk or bouil-
lon. Cut the celery into small pieces
and blanch and boil for about half an
hour. After draining put tables
spoonful of butter into a sauce pan
and add the flour, blending without
browning. Add the milk and season
with salt and pepper to taste. When
it begins to boil add the chopped cell
cry. Let simmer for twenty minutes
and when taken from the fire add the
well-beaten yolk of the egg. Season
again to taste and serve. Bouillon or
water may be used instead of milk.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
Silence With Reservations

Tommy, mother has letters to
write. Won't you please be quiet ?"
eyes, muvver, if you'll give me
my drum to play with"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
Desirable, Anyway

DeSlraDIe, ANYWAY
"Can any girl tell me the three
foods required to keep the body in
health?"
There was silence until one maiden
held up her hand and replied:
eyer breakfast, yer dinner and yer
supper"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
What Did They Mean?

What Did They Mean?
"How was your speech received
last night?" asked one commuter of
another"
"Well," was the reply, "When
sat down they all said that it was the
best thing / ever did"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15

OF Course Baby Cried
"Mrs. Giddigad's baby cried the
other day when she wanted to take
it from the nurse a moment" Eyes,
the poor little dear is afraid of
strangers" -Judge.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15

Some Good Things
A nice way to serve plum pudding
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29
LINER MINNEAPOLIS
SUNK, eleven DEAD

london, March 2S.-Eleven persons
were killed in the sinking of the Brit
ish liner Minneapolis by submarine
in the Mediterranean. All others
aboard were saved
The London statement that eleven
persons were killed indicates the Min
neapolis was pursued and shelled,
though it is possible they were killed
by the explosion of the torpedo.
First word of the sinking of the
Minneapolis was brought to Marseilles
by the captain of the British steamer
Leicestershire.
He reported that he received a wire
less call for help from the liner, but
arrived too late to be of any help, the
Minneapolis having already gone
down.
The Minneapolis was 13,543-tOn
liner, one of the largest merchant YES
sells sunk by submarine. She piled
between London and American ports
before the war and figured in the
work of rescue when the Volturno burn
ed in midocean. She was taken over
by the British government for use in
transport and freight service at
the outbreak of the war; She pre-
sumably was carrying troops or sup
plies to Saloniki when she was at
tackled
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29
The Reuss aHenrys,

For 100 years every prince Of the
house Of Reuss has been christened
Henry, with q distinguishing numeral,
but the task Of identifying them is REM
dered doubly difficult owing to the ex.
istence Of two branches, each Of which
has a different system of enumeration.
The elder line begins the numbering
anew after each batch of 100 Henrys,
whereas the younger line goes by the
centuries, numbering its princes as they
are born from l. upward through each
complete hundred years. The terrific
ries of the two branches comprise lit
tie more than 400 square miles. divided
into Reuss-Schleiz-Gera and Reuss-
Greiz. For centuries the Montenegro
Of the Germanic countries, both
branches joined the German confedera-
ton In 1916, but the elder line (Reu:s-
Grefz) sided with Austria in 1866, and
the pr:acipality narrowly escaped Ie-
ing Incorporated with Prussia
Minister Gazette. ....r
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29
This Very Day.

t-a- ~. Z
Seize your opportunity. was the ad-
vice Of Pittacus. one Of the seven wise
men of Greece. To grasp the swiftly
moving moment is the repeated injunc-
ton Of the Bible. Teach me to num-
Der my days." said Moses. Make me
to know mine end and the number of
my days." said David. and Job. who
had peculiarly sane grasp on the
things that make for success in all de-
partments Of life, is conscious that the
days fly through his hands "swifter
than the weaver's, shuttle"
Lord Chesterfield said that the Duke
Of Newcastle lost an hour in the morn
ing and spent the rest Of the day look
ing for it. Benjamin Constants CRY of
regret should be warning to us who
do not regard the systematizing of our
days task: How lose my time!
What an Interchangeable life mine isv'
The uncertainty of life as well as its
swift passage should incite us to live
to the top Of our ability today. We
say, Some day hope to get time to
read. Some day hope to get time to
attend to cultivating religious habits. -
But "some day" is today or probabl
never.-Christian Herald.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29
Spain a. a Republic,

Isabella H.. when thirteen years cid
was declared of age by the cortes in
1916, and after a stormy reign of TWEEN
ty-fve years was deposed by a revolt
ton which began in the fleet on Sept.
10, 1868, and was joined by the garri-
son and city of Cadiz and by nearly
all Of Spain during the month. A pro-
visional government was established
and Marshal Serrano was made regent.
The cortes voted for q monarchy on
May 21, 1869, and after several offers
Of the throne had been refused it was
finally accepted by Amadeus, duke of
Aosta, who was proclaimed king ON
Nov.:7, 1870. .-.-- -.
After an uncomfortable reign he alb
dicated In 1873 and was succeeded by
another republic, which lasted for two
years, when Alfonso XII, son Of
Queen Isabella and father Of the pres
ent king. was elevated to the throne.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29
Disinfect Your Pets.

Many children and adults acquire
skin diseases from the household pets.
Such diseases as ringworm and bar
ber's itch are transmitted by the cats
and dogs. An epidemic may be start
ed by germs being carried into the
home. Every member Of the household
may develop disease acquired from
carelessly petting stray cat or dog
on the street Dogs are fond of filth.
They delight in groveling in heaps Of
manure or refuse of any kind and for
this reason should be regarded with
suspicion.
The stray pets should be treated to
an antiseptic bath before being fon-
died. Your own pet dog after run
out of doors should have a disinfectant
bath before it is again permitted to
sleep on the lounge or sit upon your
lap.-Philadelphia Record.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29
Painting Hooks and Eyes.


There are many methods of mechani-
cal painting, and some of the most ex-
traordinary are described by Arthur
Seymour Jennings in his book. Paint
ing by Immersion and by Compressed
Air." One method, for such articles
as hooks and eyes, eyelets and very
small iron parts generally which can
not be successfully dipped or sprayed,
Is known as 'tumblings'' The articles
are placed in a machine something
like a churn, together with a number
of steel balls, usually Of very small
diameter, and a given quantity OF
japan. The churn Is then closed down
and given dozen Or so rapid turns,
during which the steel balls carry the
japan to- every part Of the articles.
The contents of the churn:.. are then
dumped out on to wire trays. These
being agitated, the steel balls fall
through the meshes, leaving the paint
ed iron parts behind.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29
Artificial lndioo.

Artificial indigo owes much of its
commercial success to an accident. Al
though synthetic indigo was first pro-
duced in 1870. it did not become a Sc
rious rival to the natural article un-
til a thermometer was accidentally
broken and the contents of the bulb
ran into the heated mixture of naph-
thalene that was all too slowly being
converted into phthalic acid. the basis
Of artificial indigo. 1t was then OBJ
served that the conversion became
much more rapid, and from that day
the use of mercury has played a big
part in making artificial indigo a COM
mercial success. The accident occur
red after years of patient research.
and it is now the boast of chemists
that they are able to produce on a
commercial basis compound exactly
the same' as natural indigo-Londun
Standard.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29
Building a House In japan.


In Japan if one wishes to build a
house he first proceeds to make GER
tain that the site is respectable" If
it is not he must have the ground puri-
fed. A curious incident of this nature
developed not long ago when a native
decided to build in Tokyo on the
ground formerly occupied by the Ichi-
gaya jail. The carpenters would not
begin work until the priest had been
called in and purified the spot. He
brought with him bamboo rods and
shimmei and rice and with weird in
carnations turned north. south. east
and west, uttering his formula four
times and scattering bits of paper and
rice at each delivery. The spirits of
jail inmates long dead thus propitiat-
ed, the carpenters went contentedly to
work