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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-12
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
Child Injured BY Auto

st. Johns.-Archibald the nine
year-old son of Harry Smith, who
lives in the west part of town, was
run over by an automobile driven by
Clarence Thurston on Clinton avenue
in front of Dunn's restaurant, and
taken to the office of DR.. G. III. Frace
in a bruised-up and dazed condition.
His right side was badly bruised and
his head was injured to such an ex-
tent that he will probably lose his
hearing in his right ear.
1t seems that Mr.. Thurston was
driving along carefully, automobiles
being parked along the street, when
the boy stepped out from between
two automobiles in front of the
Thurston machine. The fender struck
him knocking him down, his head
striking the pavement, and the front
wheel passing over his body length
wise. The car stopped before the
rear wheel passed over him. He was
taken in the car to the Office of DIR.
Frace.
1t is thought that no serious inter-
nal injuries have resulted from the
accident, and, unless infection sets
in, the child will probably be able to
be up again in a few weeks.
Plumbers Rooms of BOarders
st. Louisa young man who
claimed he was to do repair work at
the sugar factory engaged a room
Monday at Mrs. Smiths and board
with Mrs. Faustman. He occupied the
room Monday night and ate break
fast at M Faustman's Tuesday
morning. rot'er roomer returning
to his roon lring the forenoon
found that lis travelling bag was
missing. Two other roomers found
pants and shirts gone and the strang-
err did not show up at Mrs. Faust
mans for dinner. Later in the dry
it was ascertained that a stra ser
had borrowed a dollar from CHS.
Housed that morning, leaving a Nv
cling bag as security.
The bag was identified as the one
missing, and the "guy" had apparent
ly donned the new pants and new
shirt, leaving his own in the bag,
and departed.
"Freshies" Must Work
ST. Johns.-Putting the "Freshies"
up a tree was so strictly forbidden
by the school officials last year, that
the upper classmen had to find some
new method of torture; and they
found it. All this week, the fresh
men boys of the high school have been
busily engaged at the Roat barber
shop, shining shoes, washing win
dows, and in other ways taking care
Of the customers. Threats were made
that they were to be put at sweep
ing Clinton avenue, Wednesday, but
the rain mercifully spared them.
Hotel Alleged Immoral
Sparta.-Notice of commencement
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-12

The future is what we hoped the
past might have been but wasn't.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-12
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Regular services on Sunday, 1880
a. m. Worship and communion.
1900 noon, Bible school; $50 p. m,
senior c. E.; 1880 p. m, evangelistic
service.
Mid-week prayer meeting and
training class Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
You are cordially invited to all SER
vices Of the church.
Chaa n. Pease. Pastor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-12
"Freshies" Must Work
Hotel Alleged Immoral

Sparta.-Notice of commencement
of an Injunction suit against his
hotel, brought by Fred T. Mics,
prosecuting attorney Of Ottawa
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-12

There was once a polite street car
He died young.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-12

Sunday school, 1000.
Morning worship, HOO.
Class meeting, 1900.
Evening service, 1880; sermon by
the pastor.
Prayer service Thursday evening,
1880.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all. j. Fred Iulg, Pastor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-12
METHODIST

METHODIST
Sunday, 1000, class meeting; 1920,
worth League; evening service at
1880 p. m.
Prayer meeting for young women
in Philathea room and young men in
Baraca room Tuesday evening at 1880.
Thursday evening at 1880, general
prayer meeting followed by Bible
study. w. <. Doty, Pastor.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-03
Maimonides Hospital Bazaar Brings
$4,000.

The efforts of the workers at the
Bazaar for the Maimonides Hospi-
tai, of Chicago, ILL.,, have been sue
cessful. When the bazaar closed
last Sunday evening after days of
work it was estimated that private
donations and profits brought the
sum to about $4,000. This COM
pletes the $4,000 fund which the
Reorganization Committee set out
to raise to reopen the hospital. The
sale of articles at the bazaar brought
between $4,000 and $4,000. Work
on the re-opening of the hospital
will be begun July IS, and August
l, and the Maimonides Kosher Hos
pital, much needed by the Jews of
Chicago, will again care for patients
in the early autumn.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-08-03
August 3, 1917

the Jewish spirit, the heritage of
centuries of Jewish Jews not to be
uprooted by few generations of
Jews who deplored the unfortunate
yet irreparable accident of their
birth.
The silence Of the house oppres-
sed her. Her parents were dining
out. Her older sister and brother
were at dance. Another brother
was probably at club.
And this was Friday night in her
house. Friday night
A vision swept before her of an
other Jewish home, the home of
friend whom she had often laughed
at for her "narrowmindedness" and
unreasoning submission to the die
tates of tradition, etc.-a Jewish
home where whatever pressure
might keep the family apart during
the week, that one holy night
brought them all together again;
where, together they ushered in the
Sabbath with blessed candles and
sanctifed wine home poorer than
hers by far in material wealth, yet
how much richer in spiritual treas
ure.
CTo be Concluded)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24
HEALTH AND PATRIOTISM-ByH H. Addington Bruce

Are you Indifferent as to keeping your body
clean?
In home and working place, are you negligent
regards ventilation, heating, and the like?
Do you, perhaps for the sake of amusing your
self in vicious unhealthy ways, sit up late night
after night, and thus deprive yourself of needed
sleep?
Do you waste your energy in fussing over
trifles?
Do you make the mistake of allowing worry
ing thoughts to take possession of you?
Questions like these you should seriously ask
yourself today. They touch matters of impoI-
lance, not to you alone, but to your country also
Nay, it will not be amiss if, even though you be-
ieve yourself to be in the best of health you allow
dentist and doctor to give you thorough examina-
ton.
Tooth decay is unsupported source of many
physical ailments. And your physician may find
In you weaknesses which, IL neglected, will de-
velop into less serious disease. In any
event he will be able to give you helpful ideas
to diet, exercise, and personal hygiene in general
1T may well be claimed" once declared former
President Taft that the of individual and
family health is the first and most patriotic duty of
a citizen"
Let the truth of this sink deep into your mind.
And act accordingly.
Copyright, 1917, by the Associated Newspapers.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24
A Virgin Island Sugar Plantation

When the American flag raised few weeks
ago the three of the Virgin Ieslands which
have. purchased from Denmark, acquired a
sugar-producing island, and the planters of Croix
acquired valuable dutyfree market for their product
About a third of the arabic area of St Croix is
included in large sugar plantation owned by
Danish corporation, and it is Of the most beautiful
plantations the West Indies Its rolling fields OF
light tender green. catching the sunlight a million
quivering blades, lie between low range Of darkly
hills and the blue palm-fringed ocean There
are royal palms along the excellent roads
that ntersect the estate and along the stream
gentle valleys Bvery hilltop is crowned
by some of a structure, and most of them are
picturesque ruins; island of the first
bits of the western hemisphere that Columbus found
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24

must abandon its untenable positions and its in
human practices or it must be destroyed.
1--WE are now" said President Wilson, about
to accept the gage of battle with this natural foe
to liberty and SHALL if necessary. spend the whole
force of the ultimate peace of the world and for
the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples
included
America comes into the world conflict with
clean hands We want no territory, plumber.
no military glory We want what we have always
wanted and what we fought for. in 1875, in 1861,
in 1S9S-"the privilege of men everywhere to
choose their way of life and obedience"
A general sigh of relief goes up from all our
people that at last country has taken its place
in the ranks with the great democraces of Russia.
France, and England, In the effort to subdue that
military autocracy that threatens the ruin of
civilization.
There can be no doubt of the end. We
making history fast. Within the lifetime OF our
children may hope to see the last autocracy
banished from the earth. and the way made clear
for peace on earth, goodwill toward men"
Copyright, 1917, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24
TRAVELETTE-By Niksah

has been occupied cultivated almost
since
There numerous old towers that puzzle
until he is told that they relics Of the
days before steam, when all of the ground by
windmill power.
The home of of the Danish Of this
great plantation is little pink cottage in the midst
white village of ruins, ruins of mills and of
great houses where Dutch and Spanish planters
lived and of the little huts that housed their
slaves ruins of the work of generations and Of
several different with jungle growing be-
their stones, and tropical vines climbing
their walls lizards doing sunny crannies These
fallen houses of long surround and dominate the
little wooden cottage Of the overseer, making 1t
insignificant the great past quiet little
islands. seems always to dwarf and dominate the
present
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24
Our Unused Lands.

With an eye to common sense as distinguished
from hysterical economy Herbert Quick, of the
Federal Farm Loan Board points out the folly of
blowing up lawns and tennis courts and golf links
for food production when at least forty per cent
of the arabic land the United States is unculti
waited such policy he remarks would be like
urging all the old ladies to knit sweaters while
permitting of textile mills to remain idle"
If al the arabic land in the United States not
under cultivation we're Jumped into a single tract
it would the entire country east of the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi rivers. For every one hun
dred acres Of land cultivated, there are ap-
proximately three hundred and seventy-fve in re-
serve. Secretary Lane recently directed attention
to the fact tkst in the West there are two hun
dred and folly million acres of unallotted public
lands, area larger than France and Italy COM
bined, and capable of providing six million people
with forty acres and a mule"
1t is assuring to know that so vast a reserve of
public land awaits the homesteader, but more in
teresting for the present is the statement of au-
thorties of the national Department of Agriculture
that in the South Atlantic and Gulf States there
is land enough and climate sufficiently fav-
orable to produce all the vegetable and fruit sup
plies required by many times the present popuIa-
ton of the entire country" The South has, in ad-
dition to the idle lands available for this purpose
hundreds OF thousands of unused acres eXcellently
suited to live stock farms and ranges. Thus the
food-producing resources latent in this region
stitute a base Of economic defense the power and
value of which are beyond reckoning. The ad-
vantage Of the Southeastern lands as compared
with those of the West lies in the fact that the
former are nearer the great centers of industry
and commerce and also are purchasable at prices
much lower than those of privately owned lands in
the West
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24
WOULD remind you:

7 WOULD remind you:
Preparedness for national defense and for
- the maintenance of national integrity means
much more than the development of a strong navy
and the recruiting and training of efficient army.
1t means financial preparedness, industrial pre-
paredness, agricultural preparedness, medical pre-
paredness. 1t means organized effort to strengthen
the nation in every respect.
Therefore it also individual effort to
make ones self fit and to keep ones self fit to share
in the patriotic work of serving the nation.
And this applies to every man and woman in the
nation. 1t applies to you.
Whatever your age you serve your country
in some way. There is something you can find to do
that will be of genuine value to the country in
this time of stress and conflict.
But that something you cannot do to the best
of your ability unless you in good physical and
mental trim As patriotic citizen II is your duty
to take stock of your health and of your habits of
living.
If you have any vicious habits which neces-
sarily weakening you mentally physically, you
owe 1t to your country to make an earnest effort
to rid yourself of these habits.
If you careless in matters of personal hy-
giene you it to your country to become careful
Do you overeat day in and day out?
Do you ignore the requirements for regular
ercise in the open air?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24
Turning Idle Acres to Account.

Though there is need of blowing up lawns
or despoiling parks to plant food crops when mil
lions of arabic lie untitled it is important to
make of all the idle land which really is suited
farming and for which labor can be procured.
Especially is this true of those which in
the territory of large cities transportation
lines. The particular helpfulness of turning va
cant lots into vegetable gardens in the fact that
food produced at the source of the demand repre-
sents a much larger measure of economy than that
which is shipped over long distances. A consider
able part of the hundred and seventy-two mil
lion dollars year which Georgia usually spends
for imports of corn, meat and kindred staples from
faraway regions is consumed in distribution
penses The amount of money spent for
homegrown foodstufs would purchase a great deal
more though the prices here and in the West were
the same. Hence the Importance of utilizing in
this time of food shortage the available land which
is less convenient to centers of population
An interesting example of what can be done in
this respect is witnessed in the plans of the Geor-
gia Railway and Power Company to put under cul-
tivation a large tract of land adjoining its water
power plant Gainesville. One hundred acres is
to be cleared at and planted with corn; an ad-
ditionaI hundred will be allotted to sweet po-
tatoes and beans; and next autumn wheat will be
sown still another clearing Especially admir-
able is the companys announced purpose, either to
cost to it's employees, or to sell outright with
thought of profit. Smaller tracts owned by the
company at other points have been turned over to
its employees for their cultivation. If a similar
policy should be adopted by all corporations own
ing arabic land within fairly convenient distances
Of distributing and consuming centers the nations
food supply would be increased wonderfully.
That there is no danger of OVERRIDING the pro-
duction of staple crops is obvious when one con-
sders the plain facts in the present situation The
worlds food reserves almost exhausted. The
shortage in the supply of the principal cereals is
reliably estimated at a total of hundred and
thirty-one million bushels less than the normal re-
quirements of the countries now open to trade and
the amount of these cereals American farms
March l last was about seven hundred million
bushels less than on the same date of the preced-
ing year In the midst of this worldwide and
truly critical shortage of foodstufs, the United
States faces the necessity of preparing to ration
army of millions of men, and the duty of taking
over as far possible the task of provisioning Eng
land and France. In these circumstances, is it
conceivable that Georgia any other State could
produce an excess of food staples?
The Kaiser at last takes seriously the evidence
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24
THE ISSUE
By DR.. Frank Crane

-HE president of the Unttd States in his mes
sage to congress. with his usual clear think
= ing and happy wording, has defined the issue
We know precisely what we are lighting Tor.
This free people is not going blindly into war as
the result of some squabble of statecraft they do
not understand They are no pawns OF devious,
secret dpIomacy They are not to sacrifice them
selves for the ambitions of kings for the greed
of capital Neither they actuated by any mar
row and unworthy race hate.
The president has made it plain that this is
conflict between autocracy and democracy. What
ever the in the beginning 1t has worked
itself out into clear combat between the cruel in
human forces of autocracy, recognizing no morals
except its own success, and the forces of popular
government. The German government, allied with
the Turks and Austrians, has got itself into the
position of the enemy Of the human race. We can
no more make peace with it, at present consti-
tutsd than make peace with burglar IL
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24

The more think about 1t. the more grateful
we are for the part California took in the last
election.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24

II might be a good idea to mobilize the Office
seekers and return them to the farm.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24

The Kaiser at last takes seriously the evidence
of internal unrest in Germany.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24

A Stacker who finds himself both married and
enlisted is left no alternative.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-24

Even the Germans can't be fooled all the time
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
Was Resident Of keokuk Since 1871
and Passed Away at Home
Here Yesterday
Afternoon.
WAS BORN IN MISSOURI
Is Survived by Husband and Three
ChiIdren-One Son is Member
Of Company L at Des
Moines.

| At her home, 1913 Carroll street. yes
terday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock oc-
Cured the death of Mrs. Mary Cain
crime Walker, wife of Andrew r.
Walker. Death was caused by drop
sly. Mrs. Walker had been in railing
health the last five years and her
7, condition had been serious during the
last eighteen months. She had been
| a resident Of Keokuk since the year
1911 and leaves many friends to mourn
| her loss.
Mrs. Walker was born at Chambers
burg, Missouri, April 16. 1871, a daugh-
! ter Of Rufus A. and Catherine Den
ney, and was past forty-six years old
at the time of her death. When she
was a girl her parents moved to
Athens, Missouri, and that town was
her home until she came to keokuk.
| Her marriage to Andrew Walker oc-
Cured there October FL, 1898. They
came to Keokuk February "a, 1911.
| Besides her husband she is surviv-
ed by three children, Walter D. Walk
er, a private in Company L, encamp-
ed at Des Moines, and William and
Alta Walker Of Keokulh; also a sister,
Mrs Frank Taylor of Baker City,
Of the Salvation Army and the tuner
al will be in charge of that organiza-
ton The burial was to be at Athens.
Private Walker has been summoned
home and the funeral arrangements
will be made as soon as he arrives
| here
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
HAMILTON, ILL, SEPT. 81.

I greatly enjoyed by the large crowd
and each number was heartily en-
cored. Nearly one hundred autos
were parked on three of the bust
ness blocks besides a large number
of autos and vehicles on the inter
section of the streets.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Moore and Vera
visited their farm near Kahoka, Sun
day. Mrs. Geo. Schenk of Alexandria
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Moore to
| Kahoka.
f, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tond-ie and
| two sons from Fountain Green, were
guests Wednesday of Mr. Tondrie's
parents, John Tondrie and wife. and
also the gentleman's sister, Mrs.
William Harter and family.
The relatives in the city have re-
ceived the particulars of Mr.. Jud
| Carriers death. Mr.. Carter, who had
been an employee of the Great North
ern railroad for nine years, had just
been promoted from an engineer
on a freight train to passenger
train and was making his initial trip.
! He had left Butte for Lewiston and
] Great Falls when the accident oc-
Cured The boiler on the engine eX-
ploded and the tracks spreading, the
train left the track. Mr.. Carter was
! thrown one hundred and fifty feet
and died in about fifteen minutes,
before medical aid could be secured.
Every bone in his body was broken.
His fireman, young man of twenty
six years, only lived thirty-five min
utes after the accident. The entire
train crew and several Of the passen-
gers were injured, one lady being
taken to hospital at Boulder. Will
1io,,, T,,.tn cOy, 1r-hn 40
drafted, had been called to enter
training camp last Sunday, but on
account OF his fathers death, the
government issued him a few days
furlough.
Cleo Laughlin was recently married
to a Miss Herold Of FIT. Madison.
Cleo has many friends in Hamilton
who will wish him and his bride
very happy future.
Shirley Hazen who has made his
home away from Hamilton for several
years, is visiting his parents, MI.
relatives and his many friends III
this vicinity.
Mrs. Clara Fisk has received let
ter from Mrs. Grace Neil OF Airing
ton, ILL.,, stating that she had receiv-
ed the Sdu ueWS tHdt ueI plolhei'
Herbert Malcolm, had been seriously
injured about the head. somewhere
in France. Herbert is the only son
Of Rev. Malcolm, who was pastor OF
the old Congregational church in Oak
wood in the early eighties. The faith
err and son lived in Canada when the
war broke out and later Herbert en-.
listed with a Canadian troop and has
been in France over year The
Malcolm family have many true
friends here who sympathize with
them at this time, and who will hope
that Herbert will be fully restored in
health from his injuries.
William Harter. wife and little
daughter, visited last week with Mrs.
Harter's brothers, Alfred and Carl
Londrie, east of Carthage