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Ivory Bed Room Furniture

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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05
PROBATE NOTICE FOR HEARING
CLAIMS BEFORE COURT

First Insertion Sept. 5, 1910
STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of
Ionia, SIS.
Notice is hereby given, that by an
order of the probate court for the
county of Ionia, made on the twenty
ninth day Of August, A. d. 1917. four
months from that date were allowed
for creditors to present their claims
against the estate of Lizzie S. Beld-
ing, late of the county of Tolland.
State of Connecticut, deceased, and
that all creditors of said deceased are
required to present their claims to
said probate court, at the probate Of
fee, in the city of Ionia, for examina-
ton and allowance, on or before the
twenty ninth day of December, next,
and that such claims will be heard be-
fore said court, on Saturday, the
twenty-ninth day of December, next,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that
day. t.r
Dated August goth, A. D. 1917.
MONTGOMERY WEBSTER,
Judge of Probate.
IL. ST. A true copy.
ANNA P. WEBSTER,
15-t-3 Register of Probate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

are not innocent. The blood Of ev-
cry one of the million victims Of Ger
man cruelty is on the German peo-
pie. They are a nation of bloodthirs-
ty ruffians-mad dogs made so by inn
bibing the madness of the insane rul-
er whom they worship as no monster
Of iniquity was ever worshipped in
this world before.
Eliminating the Kaiser and the
Junkers from the ruling classes in
Germany will never redeem Germany
from the curse which has come upon
her, any more than the martydom of
the saints of old DESTROYED the reli-
gions the saints represented. The
evil seed is planted in the hearts and
minds of eighty million people who
have shown that they are just as
incapable of slf-government as the
half civilized natives of the Philip
pine Islands and that it will require
q hundred years of government under
the joint direction of the allies to
prepare them for citizenship AMI as
sociation with the civilized peoples
Michigan Tradesman-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

in said county, on the fifteenth day
Of August, A. ID. 1917.
Present: Hon. Montgomery Web
ster, Judge of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of Fred
Rich, deceased, absent and unheard of
Tor seven years and presumed to be
dead.
Byron Rich, brother and heir-at-law
Of said Fred Rich, having filed in said
court his petition showing among
other things that said Fred Rich was
last heard from in August, 1910, and
has been absent and unheard from for
a period Of seven years, and that he
disappeared about the fifth of August,
1910, and praying that administrator
of the estate Of Fred Rich be grant
ed to Frank r. Chase or to some 9TH
er suitable person.
It is ordered, That the seventeenth
day of September, A. ID. 1917, at one
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05
BITTEN BY THE SAME DOG

What is the sense of all this talk
about settling the war with the Ger
man people, instead of dealing with
the Kaiser?
The German people, as a class, are
just as bad as the Kaiser-they have
both been bitten by the same dog.
Already the German people are urg-
ing the Kaiser to seek peace, so far
as the present war is concerned, so as
to be able to Immediately begin pre-
parations for the "next war" in
which mistakes made in the present
contest may be avoided.
1t is not safe for civilization to de-
pend on the elimination of the Kaiser
in the settlement of the war. We must
eliminate the German people who
have been infected by the virus of inn
perialism to an extent that makes
them equally responsible with the
Kaiser for the starting, maintenance
and continuance of the war. They
have shared in the responsibility of
the war. They should share equally
in the penalty of defeat.
There is altogether too much maud
lin sentiment in the daily newspaper
and President Wilson's messages
about the German people. The Ger
man people are just as much to blame
for the war as the Kaiser himself, be-
cause they permit themselves to be
used as tools and slaves by the Kali
ser and his party, sustain them blind
ly by adherence to every expedient
adopted BY the cruel beasts who rule
the German nation, present flimsy ex-
cuses for every violation of law and
precedent, dig down in their pockets
for the last cent to carry on the war
of determination and go to bed hun
CRY in order to feed the brutal sold
iers who are fighting humanity in the
name of the fatherland.
Why pirate any longer about the in
nocence Of the German people? They
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05
DETERMINATION OF HEIRS
First Insertion Sept. 5, 1910

FIRST Insertion Sept. D, 1910
STATE OF MICHIGAN-The pro-
bate court for the county of Ionia.
At session of said court, held at
the probate Office, in the city of Ionia,
in said county, on the thirty-frst day
of August, A. ID. 1917.
Present: Hon. Montgomery Web
ster, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Sarah
b. Earle, deceased.
j. Maurice Earle, son and heir-at-
law of said deceased, having filed in
said court his petition praying that
said court adjudicate and determine
who were at the time of her death
the legal heirs of said deceased and
entitled to Inherit the real estate of
which said deceased died sized.
1t is ordered, that the twenty
eighth day of September, A. ID. 1917,
at one-thirty in the afternoon, at said
probate Office, be and is hereby ap-
pointed for hearing said petition.
1t is further ordered, that public
notice thereof be given by publica-
tion of copy of this order, for three
successive weeks previous to said day
of hearing, in the Bedding Banner,
newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
MONTGOMERY WEBSTER,
Judge of Probate.
IL. 81 A true copy.
ANNA p. WEBSTER.
b-t-3 Register of Probate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05
NOTICE OF MEETING OF CON-
MISSIONERS ON CLAIMS

(Flrst Insertion Sept. 9TH
STATE OF MICHIGAN-The pro-
bate court for the county Of Ionia.
In the matter of the estate of Sarah
c. st. Clair, deceased.
Having been appointed commission
ers to receive, examine and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons
against said deceased, we do hereby
give notice that four months from the
twenty-frst day of August, A. d.
1917, were allowed by said court for
creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and adjustment,
and that we will meet at the store of
E. G. Lloyd, in said county, on the
22nd day of October, A. d. 1917, and
on the 21st day of December, A. d.
1917, at ten o'clock in the forenoon
of each of said days, for the purpose
Of examining and adjusting said
claims.
Dated August 31st, A. d. 1917.
+. c. LLOYD,
FRED BOYER,
15-t-3 Commissioners.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

Over in the Wolverine n
Michigan is where / mean
Lives a man who's got. the blues:
"Taint no good-taint no use,"
Farmer Zee would always say,
When was asked If it would pay
Seed to save from his blue grass,
Rank it grew, was just first-class.
an Kentucky" added i,
"That is why their lands so high,
If it grows a blue grass sod
There they think gracious God
Just has given the very best
And that they are specially blest'
"Taint no good" said Farmer Zee,
"More'n the pesky hemlock tree
Stood there back the old red barn,
Wish I'D never seen the darn
Thing; I hired man t chop 'er
down
Dead at tn top-twelve foot aroun'-
Charged me dollar and a half,
Then it killed my Jersey calf
Heifer-when it fell, md / got
A boiler log, HI let it rot
Where it lies--for faint no good,
Shingles--nor fer .kindling wood 4
Either. Cut worms took my corn
What the crows didn't eat; this morn
Might sow buckwheat; 't-any rate
'Taint no use, each year-well nigh
Frost will get it in July.
Sorry yer milk's so late, but one
Tn calves died-colic--Jes begun
Show some flesh" Heifer? "No-o,
Bull-six bulls all came since snow;
faint no use. Since sows were high
We nut up the creamery
All US farmers at the Springs,
And bulls is all that luck brings"
81 suppose" calmly said
Poultry pays you well instead"
"Taint no good-'f my hens ID lay
Two eggs a piece an ev'ry day
In the year, / couldn't afford
ct keep 'em-eggs wouldn't pay their
board
Grains so high; why, faint no use,
And they raise the very deuce
In the wife's wild posey patch;
Eggs she set didn't even hatch
Weather so cold" "And then" said |
Don't you think you better try
N incubator ''Taint no good.
First we thought we surely could
Raise some chicks fir early trade
But Thermometers amt made
FIR our cold. Murcury will go
Where It's marked so far below
| cut a hole right through the floor
And it dropped just three foot more
TIL coolest day. 1t amt no good;
Real hens should the chickens brood
Grow 'em right" "Your cherry trees
Are full O. bloom; one never sees
Promise more, of fruit this year."
"Ain't so good as they appear,
Rabbits chewed all off the bark.
Every tree you'll see their mark
They'll all die" But faint no use
Farmer Zee has got the blues.
- Charles A. Heath.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05
NOTICE OF SALE

Take notice that the following
goods, wares, and merchandise, being
the property of Edna Campau and
Jerome Campau, will be sold at the
premises Of the T. Frank Ireland
companyin the city of Belding, Ionia
county, Michigan, on Saturday, the
twenty-ninth day of September, A. d.
1917, at two o'clock in the afternoon,
at public auction, to the highest bid
der to pay storage charges due and
unpaid for Storage of said goods,
wares and merchandise. The proper
ty to be sold is described as follows,
to-wit:
One bureau, one couch, one uphol-
stored settee, one single bed, clothes
bars, one mattress, one rocking
chair, two chairs, one lawn settee,
one copper boiler, fiatirons, camp
stool, tea kettle, pail, table linen, bed
linen, bedding, clothing, wearing APP
parel, books, carpet rags, lace cur
tains, pictures, glassware, dishes, tin
ware, cooking utensils, and other ar
ticles too numerous to mention.
Dated Bedding, Michigan, this 25th,
day of August, A.. d. 1917.
T. Frank Ireland Company,
By Walter w. ireland,
14-t-3 Vice-President.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

Magnificent is the only word to
characterize President Wilson's an
swer to the pope's proposal, says
Stuart H. Perry in the Adrian Tele-
gram, unless some richer and strong
er word can be found. 1t is blind
ing searchlight turned on Germany's
infamy; it is a solemnly impressive
warning against all subtle and delu-
sive pacification; above all, it is a
lofty and inspiring declaration of the
eternal moral foundations upon which
the cause of the allies rests. Finally
it is clothed in language worthy of
such a document and fit to echo down
the long corridors of time.
We have certainly seen many indict-
ments, of Germany's course, her pre-
mediation in starting the war, her
atrocious methods in conducting it,
but we never have seen them sum-
med up in so few words and with such
intensity, of thought as in the fifth
paragraph Of President Wilson's an
swer. 1t is as though the whole flood
of light that has been cast upon Ger
many in recent years were passed
concentrated into a single scorchine
spot.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

Resolutions
The death angel has again entered
our lodge and broken another link in
our fraternal chain by taking from
us our sister, Lizzie Belden.
Resolved, that we the members of
Victoria Rebekah lodge No. 60 extend
to the bereaved family our deepest
sympathy in this their hour of af-
Fiction and mourn with them in the
loss of their dear mother;
Resolved, that our charter be drap-
ed in mourning for thirty days, and
be il also
Resolved, that copy of these reso-
lutions be presented to the family,
placed on the record Of the lodge,
and published in the local papers.
Carrie Soules,
May Ortt,
Alma Scott,
Committee.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

George w. Brown, deceased.
Having been appointed commits
sioners to receive, examine and adj
just all claims and demands Of all
persons against said deceased, we do
hereby give notice that four months
from the sixth day of August, A. ID.
1917, were allowed by said court for
creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and adjustment,
and that we will meet at Underwood's
store, in the city of Belding, In said
county, on the sixth day Of October,
A. ID. 1917, and on the sixth day of
December, A. ID. 1917, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon of each of said days,
for the purpose of examining and adj
justing said claims. $50
Dated August 10th, A.. d. 1917.
E. +. FALES,
FRED UNDERWOOD, =.
1878 Commissioners.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

thirty o'clock in the afternoon, at
said probate Office. be and is hereby
appointed for hearing said petition.
1t is further ordered, That public
notice be given by publication of a
copy of this order, for three sue
cessive weeks previous to said day Of
hearing, in the Bedding Banner, a
newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
MONTGOMERY WEBSTER,
Judge of Probate.
IL. 81 A true copy.
ANNA p. WEBSTER,
13-t-3 Register of Probate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION
GENERAL,

lFirst Insertion Aug. 22)
STATE OF MICHIGAN--The pro-
bate court for tie county of Ionia-
At a. session of said court, held at
the probate Office, in the city Of Ionia,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

York county farmer, BURSTING into
the village inn.--What dye think,
Silas? The bones of a prehistoric
man have been found on Jim Whites
FARM
Innkeeper-Great gosh! hope
the coroner's inquest.-Penn State
Froth.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

Ewes raised toward heaven are al
WAYS beautiful whatever they maybe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

u While Ray Ring and family were
driving home from Grand Rapids in
his car. where they had been Monday
on a pleasure trip, the car went out
of the road and over into the ditch.
Fortunately no one was hurt and the
car sustained but little injury.
Before the car was brought to the
garage. however, some passing sneak
thief stole one Of the lamps.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

She who fishes for a husband sell
dom catches one who is worth while.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

"Ah," said the visitor; "this vii
lage boasts a choral society, UNDER
stand"
no.. said the native, 1--WE never
boast of it."-Christian Register.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

Of all things excuses are the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-05

However it takes more than a pair
of overalls to fit woman for a me-
chanical pursuit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-08

\ HELP HOOVER SAVE w HEAT FOR THE ARMY During these days of when Food Commission is asking to all both of food and fue housewife is interested in methods of eco nonica food preparation and all this week while holding demonstration of Champion Interchangeable Coal and Gas Ranges will publish tested recipes for Threads and other food and show them prepared 4 at our store.
 | OUR RECIPES WILL ECOvONIlZE YOUR FOOD
 OUR RANGES WILT. ECONOalZE YOUR FUEL
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-08

Princes fondness for French litera- ture, his devotion to art and particu- larly his fondness for playing the flute, .vexed Frederick William in the extreme, and he decided that wife might aid in curing Frederick of his .fo1lies." Accordingly the match with the Brunswick princess was made, and the Prince could do noth- ing but obey, or risk death on the scaffeld.
 While Frederick entered into the marriage with such repugnance,1 it was not long before he became aware of the virtues of the woman he had married and in the end grew to be ! very fond of her. In his will Fred erick remarked: During my whole reign she has never given me the slightest cause for dissatisfaction, and her high moral character must inspire respect and love.' Elizabeth Chris tina died in 1797, in her sgd year, having survived her husband more than 10 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-08
EVEN CROSS, SICK CHILDREN LOVE
 SYRUP OF FIGS
If feverish, bilious, consti- pated, give fruit laxative
 at once.

DoH't sco1d your fretful, peevfsh child. See if tongue is coated; this is a sure sign it's little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with sour waste.
 When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad. throat sore. doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom- ach-ache, indigestion, diarrhoea, give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours all the foul waste, the sour bile and fermenting food passes out of the bowels and you have well and playful child again. Children love this harmless fruit lax etz-e," and mothers can rest easy af- ter giving it, because it never fails to make their little "insides' clean and sweet. 3 N
 Keep, it handy, Mother! A little given today saves sick child tomorl row, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a bottle of Cali fornia Syrup of Figs" which has di- rections for babies, children of all ages and for grown- ups plainly on the bot tie. Remember there are counter feits sold here. so surely look and see that yours is made by the California Fig Syrup Company" Hand back with contempt any other fig syrup.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-08
ALLIES MUST DECLARE
 FOR JEWISH PALESTINE

The London Times has published an editorial calling upon the British government to make an equivocal de- claration in favor of granting the de- sire of Jews throughout the world to establish an independent Homeland in Palestine; and utters a warning that unless the Allies act promptly, they may be forestalled by Germany. Further delay upon the part of the British government may be danger ous," says the Times" and inquires:
 Do our statesmen fail to see how valuable to the Allied cause would be the hearty sympathy of the Jews throughout the world, which an un- equivocal declaration of British policy might win?
 "Germany has been quick to per- ceive the danger to her schemes anc to her propaganda that are involved ir the association of the Allies with
 Jewish national hopes, and she has not been idle in attempt-Ag to fore stall these dangers. Has our govern ment considered the value of Jewish Influence in counteracting the insidi-
 ous German propaganda in Russia ?'' | The Times points out that the only objection to this course that might be urged would be either that LIlS COlOulZdLlou dud QSN0IOplIlSIll OL Palestine by the Jews were impracti- cal, or if the Jewish people, them selves, were averse to the reeonsti-
 tution of their national home in their historic land. "But neither of these objections stands the test of fact,' says the Times which concludes with the assertion that further de- lay on the part of our government to deal frankly with this matter
 would be as inexplicable as the con sequences may be dangerous.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-08
FINNISH AND SWEDISH
 CUSTOM OFFICIALS AT ODDS

Stockholm, Nov. 8-The existence of a Finnish weapon and ammunition depot somewhere off the West Bo- thnia coast, which is being supplied by German submarines, is clearly irl- dicated by preliminary investigations into a conflict between Films and Swedish customs authorities off Holm- sund. A motorboat manned by five Films and laden with arms and am- intuition was discovered by Swedish customs officials who were driven of by the Films. Films living at Umeo have testified that German submar- ines delivered arms and ammunition to Finnish boats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-08
BOSTON GIRL HAS RENDERED
 VAIL LIABLE ASSISTANCE TO THE N. BRITISH MUNITIONS WORKERS
most of them.

most of them.
 ''Still, the long hours and the ardu- ous work exhaust many women, and these tried to build up as best as I AID BOSTON GIRL-2 p-ds uo could. The proof that we succeeded lies in the intense interest of Miss Barker in the work.
 ''The worst diseases are familiarly called troty' aand T. N. IT. It is caused from the handling of trt-nitro- tolaol, the manufacture of which is controlled by special regulations. It is used in high explosives.
 "It will change the color of some peoples hair-the fumes of 1t, In others it causes drowsiness, frontal headache, eczema and loss of appetite. The workers on this chemical now wear respirators, and only those who have been carefully examined are per- nitted to work on the substance. Sev- eral of the chemicals used in high ex- plosives are apt to cause eczema" The work which Miss Monks has been doing in this Rest House has at tracted the attention of the British government. Before she left, about three weeks ago, the home was filled with patients.
 l And the fact that Miss Monks is an American only makes her alk the more acceptable to the English women. They like her simple, practical, effi- cient ways of doing things. anad they are all very proud to think an Amer ican young woman should choose to
 cast her lot and enthusiasm among them.
 | When America entered the war, the
 inmates hung out an American flag from one of the windows and they | had sort of special celebration that day, at which Miss Monks was made
 to feel that she was the honored 1 guest.
 There is little garden behind a brick wall and iron railing in front | of the Home and little garden be- hind where the inmates enjoy them | selves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-08
''DRY" FIGHT TO COME UP
 IN DECEMBER

Westerville, O., Nov S-Plans are going forward for what prohibition leaders declare will be the most in- portant national convention ever held by the National Anti-Saloon league when the body convenes at Washing nouncement made here at the nation al headquarters of the league, the governors of every state will be in vited to attend and make addresses. William Jennings Bryan will speak
 Representatives of organized labor. of the Oranges, merchants and manu- facturers as well as the leaders in public life, are to be asked to ad- dress the convention, and put specific emphasis upon efforts to make the United States dry through the pass age of an amendment to the federal constitution. A resolution looking to that end has been adopted by the. Senate and is to be brought in the House early in December. Delegates from all parts of the country will at tend r s
 Senator Morris Sheppard. of Texas, Representative Edwin Yates Webb, of North Carolina. Senator William D. sBorah, of Idaho and Representa- tive Simeon D. Feds, of Ohio, have signifed their intention of spea .irg Other senators and Representatives probably will be on the program, 1t is announced. Other speakers in- clude Captain R. P. Hobsen, of Ala. bama. Sam W. Small, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Anna A. Gordon. of Evanston, H., president of the National Worn- ems Christian Temperance. Union.
 It is announced that every individ- uaI church organization of every de- nomination; every young peoples so- ciety and temperance organization is entitled to send delegate. Churches will be urged to send their pas- tors