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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17
Peoples Savings Bank

the Moose Jaw" This, it is said, ac-
counts for the towns queer name.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17

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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17

Emipent Specialist-Your trouble
is with the alimentary canal.
Member of Congressional Goe-
thals: More Culebra cut, suppose.
Judge.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17

as he a good aftcr-dinner speak
er?r
Splendid He never talks more
than five minutes, and when he gets
through he makes you feel that you
could have done much better.v-Life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-17

Mrs. Mae Currie is in charge Of the
program. Press Supt.
Orleans Ladies' club spent a very
pleasant afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. Jeanette Olmstead Tuesday.
Sixteen ladies numbered. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Alva Face
Tuesday. October %. You will al
The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23
WASN'T even ABLE
TO SIT UP In BED
Had Suffered for Is Years
And Was Almost a Wreck
Gains Is Pounds After TAX
ing TanIac and Now Feels
Fine.

"Tanlac has done me more good
than all the medicines | have taken
for the past fifteen years and l have
actually gained twenty-five pounds
since taking it." said Mrs. J. J. Mar
tin, a well known woman of Vine
mont, Ala.
eyes, sir, for fifteen long years l
suffered constantly with a bad case
of stomach trouble and nothing l
could find would give me any relief"
continued Mrs. Martin. ''Gas collect
ed on my stomach and just kept me
in misery nearly all the time and
sometimes this gas would seem to get
over my whole body and l suffered
until l felt like l couldn't stand it
any longer. My nerves were all to
pieces and l kept getting worse and
worse until | was almost a physical
wreck. Finally I had to give up and
take to my bed and from that day
until began taking Tanlac l was so
weak / wasn't even able to sit up in
bed.
"Tanlac had been so highly recon-
mended to me that after a while |
decided to give it a trial and after
the first few doses | knew l had
found the right medicine at last.
began to improve right from the
start and have gained in strength
and weight ever since, until all my
troubles are now about gone. My
stomach and nerves are in so much
better shape and feel so good that
| can't help talking about it. Tan
lac did what nothing else would do
for me, and l just think it's the best
medicine on earth"
Tanlac is sold In Marietta by
Hodges Drug Co. and by one estab-
lished agency in every town.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23

In each of these a soldier was strum-
ming on a piano; others were reading
books and magazines; hundreds were
writing letters home. Behind the
raised counter at one end three or four
young men were busy passing out
notepaper and envelopes, selling
stamps and weighing parcels, which
the men were sending home. One OF
the soldiers said to me as | stood In
the tent used chiefly by men from
Iowa: 1--WE came all the way here
from Des Moines, and we were mighty
lonely. Then we found this Y. M G.
A. on the job. and it's been a home
and more than home to us. 1t gave
US what we wanted when we needed
it most. Wen never forget it. The
boys best friend is the Y. M. c. A"
Fine, Clean-Cut, Outstanding Fellows.
How close those benches were pack
ed with men, bending over the long
tables absorbed in their writing!
What an appeal to the sympathies
those great groups of soldiers make!
Fine, clean-cut. outstanding fellows,
some of them mere boys. one thinks
Immediately OF the sacrifice they have
made for the rest of us and how pre-
cious they are to some one back home,
Somewhere. In far off farm or village
or city street. there are parents or
brothers or wives who would give all
they possess for one glimpse OF those
sunburned faces as you and | see
them on their last night before going
across. And it was with a throb Of
the heart that | watched them, bent
over their letter paper. in one after
another of those seven big tents.
These were the tents OF the Y. Nj. G..
A. On that last night in America the
association was serving the soldiers
in the best of all wayS-giving them
an opportunity to write home. On
previous nights they had enjoyed box
ing bouts, movies. concerts, dramatics
and a score of healthy entertainments
as we'll as religious meetings. But on
this last night home ties we're strong
est. And perhaps that is the keynote
of the splendid work the Y. M. G, A.
is doing among our men in uniform
keeping them in touch with home.
Magic Words. with the Coiors."
In these times there are some let
tiers that mean more to us tnan any
we have ever read before. They are
written on sheets OF paper stamped
with the Stars and Stripes and the
red triangle OF the Y M. c. A, and
they bear the magic words, With the
Colors" There are many more than
million such letters in the mails now
while you read this. Perhaps one at
The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23

part of the world to another than sta
tistics can express. Statistics are
pretty poor anyway when it comes to
reckoning in terms of love and human
tenderness. Let's put 1t this way:
That the Y. M. c. A. is the biggest eX-
press company the world has ever
seen, and the parcels it is handling
are the loves and devotions Of human
beings.
Worlds Best Loved Trademark.
This war has made us think hard
and fast. Your boy or your neigh
boris boy or some boy you know and
love has been called to do his share
in the big job OF policing the world for
democracy and human liberty. Is it
any comfort to you to know that wher-
ever his duty may call him your boy
will nave a friend that will serve him
in body. mind and soul2 Are you
glad to know that this friend will place
books and magazines at his disposal,
organize classes to teach him what
ever he wants to learn, give him a
pocket testament and invite him to
join religious meetings OF the faith
that he was brought up in? Did you
realize that the association provides
athletic equipment for his favorite
games, teaches him games If he knows
none and holds concerts, lectures,
movies, Bible classes. dramatic enter.
| tot tS IN ,,T urhN
some amusement to keep him interest
ed? Are you glad to know that this
friend will go with him overseas, help
| to shield him from a score of difficult
and dangerous temptations and follow
him right up to the front line trench
and beyond 1t? The last contact the
soldier has with this life he loves so
we'll is a cup of tea given him by the
| Y. NJ C.. A. free just before he goes
over the top" to hand to hand strug
gle with the enemy. And as he comes
/ tottering back from No Mans Land,
wounded, but strong enough and
plucky enough to keep on his feet,
even before his wounds are dressed
/ the Y Nj. c. A. is waiting for MIN with
/ tea and sweet chocolate, the great COM
| forts OF the man in the trenches. Do
you wonder that the Red Triangle is
called the best loved trademark in
the world?" One soldier in France has
called it the last evidence that any
body cares"
If every thinking citizen could see
with his or her own eyes something
OF the actual work being done for our
men by the association there would be
no question of the Y NJ Q. A having
\ to appeal to the public for money
/ Rather than let this essential work
1 falter for an instant rich men would
sell their motorcars. poor men would
The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23

least is on its way to you. Each one
of our 16 cantonments, where the new
national army is being trained, is
using more than a million sheets OF
this paper every month. IN the draft
army alone that means 16,000,000 fila.
ments OF love every month reaching
out from the great encampment where
the men are being trained into the
greatest army this nation has ever
dreamed and binding them to the
hearts at home Multiply that by
thinking of all the other places where
Uncle Sam has men with the fiag-in
navy yards, on the high seas, in arse
nails and officers training camps and
"Over There" in France In all these
places men are writing home. Those
unassuming little sheets Of notepaper
gladden. millions of hearts a day.
They transfer more love from one
The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23

forego coveted possessions or even ne
cessities. The work must go on, be-
cause there is no one thing that con-
tributes so much to the spirit and ef-
fciency OF the troops. The Z. M. 9.
A. Is working night and day TO help
the government win this war. And
every penny that is given to aid the
work is a direct assistance to the
health, happiness and strength OF your
boy and mine.
Snapshots of Kaleidoscope Work.
In all the big cities in France where
our men pass through in large num-
bers, the Y. NJ c. A. Is operating
hostels, where they can get beds and
meals at a minimum cost. In London
the American Y. M. C. A. mas erected
large building for our soldiers and
clubhouse for American officers.
There are Y NJ. G. A. dugouts right
behind the front line trenches, where
the soldiers can get hot drinkS, crack
ers and other comforts at all hours.
Over 1000 men who had been reject
ed on account of physical disability
have been able to get into the British
army by reason of the physical work
of the British Y. M. C. A.
A feet of motor cars leaves the big
Y. M. C. A. headquarters in London at
midnight every night to pick up SOL
diers who are wandering about the
streets without any wholesome lodging
in which to spend the night. These
cars are operated by Englishwomen
of position and refinement, who report
that they never meet any discourtesy
at the hands of the soldiers The i'm
portance of this service can be est.
mated by the fact that at least $4,000
soldiers are on leave in London every
week. Over half of these sleep in Y.
M. C. A. beds every night.
Entertainment on Vast Scale.
The Y. NJ C. A has erected big
auditorium, seating 3,000 in each of
the big draft camps, and huge chautau-
qua tents, seating $500 in the otner
encampments. The association Is run
ming % week entertainment circuit
among the camps and is paying Is
companies of entertainers, who are
travelling to 80 camps performing be-
fore the men.
In each of the draft camps the Y.
NJ. C. A. has ten secretaries engaged
in educational work. The association
Is seeing to it that every man who
cannot speak English is Taught to do
So In many of the camps the asso-
citation has a singing director, who Is
teaching the men to sing the popular
and martial airs that do so much to
keep up their spirits.
OF GA Y. M. c. A. men at Camp
Dix only three are being paid full sal
aries. In all the camps the majority
Of the Y. M. c. A. men have left lucra-
tive positions to do this work simply
because it's appeal is irresistible to
any red blooded man. Harry Lauder,
the famous Scotch singer and come
dian, now on his farewell concert tour
in the United States, is giving all his
spare time to the service of the asso-
citation and is singing to the soldiers
at all the camps he can reach.
In one Of the draft camps the Y. NJ,
c. A. is supervising athletics on 100
playing fields, providing full athletic
equipment. The winners of the inter-
regimental games will play the cham
pions of the other camps.
One of the greatest services render
ed by the association is the making
The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23
~T was evening on the broad
II HInmnstnaA Plain InnP Island

~T was evening on the broad
Hampstead Plain, Long Island,
where the Rainbow division was
spending It's last night before embark
ing for France 1t had been raining
hard in the afternoon-a cold, steady
autumn downpour-and there was
nothing to suggest the rainbow In the
outward aspect of the camp. Lines
and lines of sodden canvas housed
$4,000 men, gathered from q different
states. The ground was dotted with
pools and quagmires. Under the wet
canvas it was damp and cold. with a
penetrating chill. Lit by Pickering
candles, the tents were far from cheer
full shelter for a mans last night in
his native land.
But there were seven big tents
where electric lights, numbers and
friendliness made the night pleasant.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23

out OF money orders by which the men
can send their pay home to their fam
lilies. In some of the big camps the
Y. NJ. c. A. is providing banking facil-
tiles for the men as we'll.
Do Your Bit With a Tenner.
This month (November) the Y. NJ.
c. A. must raise 100000 to carry
on its work among our soldiers and
their allies until next July OF this
35,000,000 about $24,000.000 will be
spent on the work with our own troops
or about $40 for every man in Uncle
Sans uniform. II everybody who has
received letters from soldiers and sail
ors were to contribute SO the task
would be easy. Are your boys health
and happiness and clean soul worth
$40 to you?
Your town mayor, your pastor, your
school superintendent will know who
is the treasurer of the campaign COM
mittee in your county or town. Other
wise send a check or money order to
Cleveland H. Dodge. treasurer, 1874
East Twenty-eighth street, New York
city.
Only sacrificial giving by millions of
givers will make possible the contin-
uance of this vast work for American
soldiers and for those of our allies.
The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23
Million Letters In The Mails Today
Bearing Magic Words with the COIOrs"
Keynote of the SuIendid Work the YMC.A Does Among
Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In
Touch With the Folks at Home.
STAMPED With STARS and STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE

Muaous Ways in Which the Association Appeals to Your Boy
Your Neighbors Boy Some Boy You Know and Love
Creates Helpful Environment Cantonmen Way Overseas
in Trench and Beyond-Fr to Aid as He Comes
Totteng Your Share of the SO0OOO Required to
Accomplish This Last Evidence That Somebody Cares "
The Marietta journal and courier., 1917-11-23
Tanlac sold exclu-
siVely in Marietta b y
Hodges Drug Company

'BABBLING TONCES" at the
Strand Monday November 26th
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14
SLAV WAR HEAD
QUITS, WARNING
ABOUT PERIL

PETROGRAD. May li.-Minister
OF War and Marine Gutchkoff an.
nounced his resignation today in a
dramatic statement 20 soldiers del.
egates from the front. asserting
that Russia's existence was men.
aced by dual control plans for the
army and navy.
His resignation. he said. was
necessary in view OF conditions in
which the power OF the government
and especially the authority of the
minister OF war and marine. has
been placed. and which am power.
less to alter"
These conditions. the minister
said. threaten consequences fatal
TO the defense. liberty and even the
existence OF Russia
Il can no longer share responsi-
bility in tho grave sin being com
mitted against the country" he con
cluded.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14
3 ARE KILLED
IN GUN FIGHT
WITH BANDITS

plrTs6uRc. Pa. May IA
Three dead, two moro DYING
and several others wounded
VISA the toll Of two gun battles
today. marking robbery at
the First National Bank Of
Castle Shannon. . suburb. and
Tight between a posse ard
the robbers at erineeville.
The dead: Frank Erbe, assist.
ant cashier OF the bank: u. II
McI.ain. cashier OF the bank, and
one OF the bandits.
Wounded: George Beltzhoover.
justice OF the peace. Cas-.
tle shannon. Nick Yoste. dis
patcher Pittsburr Railways Co.
Castle Shannon; a third employe
OF the bank and two bandits whose
names are not yet known. The
former of these Is said To be dying.
Both actions occurred-as we'll as
a running fight thru the streets Of
Castle Shannon. within an hour
after noon. The robbers escaped
from the bank with small sum
OF money. but were overtaken by
officers and citizens In automo-
biles.
Three men wearing busters, au-
tomobile caps and goggles. entered
the bank. cried. Hands up" and
began 10 shoot. At the first round
from the bandits revolvers. Nc.
Lain and Erbe went down.
Erbe was killed outright Nc.
Lain was so badly wounded that he
soon died.
One OF the men then grabbed a
bag containing less than $500 and.
followed by his companions. ran
toward the door. They were op-
posed there by Beltzhoover and
Yoste. who were attracted By the
and had grabbed their
guns as they left nearby offices
The robbers fired another round
and Beltzhooyer went down, with u
bullet thru the cheek.
Yoste was shot In the leg. The
robbers ran three blocks. n growing
crowd at their heels. When cap
turc seemed imminent, they jump
ed into an automobile. anrued and
fired several shots and then made
Off.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14
Chancellor
Will State
II eW erI10s

LONDON MAY l4.-Chancelor Bethmann- i Ioweg will
probably make OF the central powers peace
terms IN speech the rechsag Exchange
telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam asserted today.
The German chancellor has just returned Berlin from
conferences with officials Vienna. Prior this he
to German Great Headquarters for conference with the
kaiser.
The fact that he apparently has succeeded in umphng
Hndenburg who wanted adjourn the rechsag
believed by Holland have his
insecure since Hindenburgs advocates definitely
aligned against him
Hollweg returned from headquarters Saturday and left
the evening for Vienna On Sunday night he started
the trip Berlin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14
This Rabbit Is Wise Rabbit The City Editor Won't Eat e Just Can't

wits out OF II. And then he lost in
terost.
My wife says the rabbit Is a
nuisance.
SO II Is my rabbit. ] am the only
friend It has In the world. II Is now
big rabbit
appreciate that most people do
not care for rabbits as pets. pre-
ferring them in pie. Rabbits are
popularity regarded as witless crea-
lures. which do not respond 10 the
friendly advances OF humans.
Dogs wag their tails, and cats rub
against your leg, and horses whinny
at your approach. But there Is. It
u pointed out no answering gleam
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14

OF intelligent affection in a rabbits
eyes.
There Is . scientific theory that
every type OF man has its prototype
among the lower animals. A fero-
cious man. for example. Is attracted
by lions and tigers. A sneaky,
treacherous man has a fondness for
snakes And you have. perhaps.
seen pugilist leading a bulldog on
leash.
No pugilist was ever seen leading
n rabbit on leash. Nor was any
body ever able TO inveigle me into
the roped arena.
The conclusion is irresistible.
therefore. that the rabbit Is my pro-
totype. And this Is why | love my
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14
Trading in
WheatEn ndS
for 2 Days

CHICAGO, May 14.-All trading in
wheat futures was barred for a period of two
days by the Chicago board Of trade today
Existing contracts, however, will be permit
ted to be liquidated at Saturdays close. The
board likewise barred all trading in May
corn and May oats for the entire month.
John P. Griffin, president of the board,
in announcing this action, said it was taken
after consultation with federal agents and
Representatives of the allies. No announce
ment was made as to what will transpire
after the expiration of the two days.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14
BY THE CITY EDITOR

One day last summer man
passing my house in an automo-
bile stopped and said to my boy:
Son. do you want a rabbit
My boy said yessir. he did. and
the man handed him a very fluffy
brown bunny.
BE good TO him the man said,
and drove away. ! do not know
who he was, but II did | would
go to him and thank him. For J
love my rabbit.
say my" rabbit advisedly.
You know how II Is with boys. My
boy petted my rabbit pretty nearly
to death for a day. He chased IL
all over the place and scared the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14

ted. He wants me TO scratch him
behind his big. Hopping ears.
He fawns on me the way dog
fawns. and sometimes when pet
him he attacks me playfully, stab
bing my hands with his forepaws.
Then he stomps the ground with
his powerful hindfeet and hops
away
At other Nmes he rolls over on
his back. again doglike, and looks
as silly as any fondly foolish dog
does in that position.
When he is laboring under the
excitement of affection he utters
strange, cultural whispers. 1t is as
II he had much to tell me and was
distressed because he could not
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14

When his first paroxysm of JOY
had spent itself. he would seize
something-an old newspaper. per
haps-in his teeth. and play with It,
| have seen him walk on his hind
legs. shaking newspaper.
But II Is not In that mad mood
that Ike my rabbit best.
| am making garden. ] recently
spaded the ground. My rabbit was
with me all the time He followed
my spade and wanted to lie down
just where ! was working. had
to shovel him out of the way.
am planting seed now. My rab-
bit comes to me and pokes his nose
into my hand. lie wants TO be pet
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14
FINAL PLANS FOR
j. S. TROOPS IN
FRANCE ARE MADE

WASHINGTON. May Final
plans for sending an American
fighting force TO France were dis.
cusscd at a two-hour conference be.
tween Marshal Joffre. members OF
his staff and Secretary Baker and
Mai Gen. Hugh l.. Scott. today.
At the conclusion Baker author.
tied this statement:
"The visit of Marshal Joffre and
his staff was for a general summing
up OF conferences going on with our
experts"
Joffre plainly shows the racking
effect OF continuous travel. lie ap-
peared worried. and other members
OF the party attributed his rundown
condition TO the long trip.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14

voice his thoughts.
My wife. who is economical and
practical, says my rabbit has con-
sumed more green garden stuff
than all the rest of the family COM
bined. and that. in view OF the h. c.
of l., We ought to eat the rabbit.
She has her way in most things.
but on this point | am adamant.
We may have TO accustom our
selves TO many strange diets before
the war is over. ! will. II ! must,
eat horse. will eat dog. will
even eat cat.
But | will not eat my rabbit.
My stomach might assimilate
him. but my soul would die OF In
digestion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14

rabbit.
Nevertheless. ! claim that mine Is
no ordinary rabbit. Anybody could
love this rabbit OF mine.
He is 80 doglike In his fidelity
and affection that II seems to me
he ought TO have tail to wag,
All last winter. every time ! went
down cellar to tend the furnace
we kept the rabbit In the cellar-he
would meet me at the foot OF the
stairs. He would run madly round
and round, the way puppy does
when he is mad with JOY.
lie would get under foot. lie
would get In my way when | was
splitting kindling.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-14
Beware, Thrice Beware, of Kaiser Bearing
Olive Branches, Warns Charles Edward
Russell! A Deadly Peace Offer Coming Up!

WASHINGTON, May l+-Ths wars first great testing
for this nation will come about four weeks hence
1t will be the battlefield it will be right
home
1t will not be OF physical courage but OF good
sense cearness OF head and steady purpose.
We have had most OF the other and Al
and good as the best.
Our grouches and other peoples used to say were
nation but lot OF selfish kae grabbers from all
the lands earth They used could
anything put anything for anything but the
iopco