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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-05-29
Back These Bows
With Your Dollars

A War Savings Stamp Is as Secure
as National Bank Note
Both are backed by the United States
Government. About the only difference is that
the stamps pay you 4 per cent interest
pounded quarterly on January LIST, 1928
If you are pressed for money at any
tme You cash War Savings Stamp for
its current value at any money order postofice
ten days notice.
War Savings Stamps are convenient and
easy Investments no "red tape" and are backed
by the entire resources of the people of the
United States.
Every Stamp you buy helps to keep the
Germans out of your own home. Every Stamp
you buy brings you nearer to financial freedom.
This War Will Be Won Only When
Thrift Becomes Our Watchword
THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY
Postmaster w. F. Bricker
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-05-29

The Kaiser mas dreamed again.
The following original effus on on
the kaiser was recently received from
Henry c. Howell by his uncle, r. A.
Longstreet of Eureka. He has en-
titled it "A Prescriptive".
Mr.. Howell is in the service at
Chanute, Kansas with the u. s. Vol
unteer Public Service Reserve.
When Morpheus soothing wand pos
sess US,
What fine distinctions rise to bless us
With meteoric flight our lyric lore,
To heights empyrean soar,
With what lagigraphic skill
Celestial thoughts within us thrill,
And halloed angels cluster round,
In mystic pantomime profound.
The kaiser with native German
thoughts unkind,
Divorced from realizing dream d.
vine,
Lay fitfully slumbering on his war
worn cot, - As. 4 9An1 4fv
And dreamed an matchmaking hideous
plot n Ef #
He dreamed he died; cursed by the
ranting mob, 4
Torns limb from limb and cast upon
the sod; sH9 taFa Ese
On him no smiles or tears from any
mortal fell, N5
As they flung his hateful carcas into
hill.
The devil smiled; with insolent con-
tempt,
As he recognized this soul long since
exempt
And then he Kissed; II harbor here
with me,
The rotten vileness of all humanity.
But you're too vile and loathsome to
associate
With the lowest of he low, on this
estate
He beckoned to old Bismarck; whose
pupil Bill had been,
And babe him "Kick him out, and lock
the door on him."
Cold perspiration streaming from his
face, he awoke;
And vowed the curse that followed
him, he would evoke
On every living mortal, nation, creed
His autocratic tyranny he ruthlessly
would vex;
He's due to turn the trick by any way
or means ~
AS France and Belgium can attest by
cruel ruthless scenes;
But America joins hearts and hands,
to crush tn vicious wrong,
And with Old Glory waving, stands
100,000,000 strong.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-05-29
Local Items


Mrs. Lem Tower was an Ionia visitor
Friday.
Mrs. VIM. Frick was an Ionia visitor
Mrs. Eta worden was an Edmore
visitor Saturday.
Mrs. K. J. Walsh was an Ionia vis-
itor Saturday.
Mrs. Dell Cobb spent Saturday in
Greenville with relatives.
f. A. Washburn was in Grand Rap
ids Saturday on business.
Mrs #. w. Howard was a Grand
Rapids visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Flora Thompson went to Fem
wick Saturday to visit few days.
Mrs. Ray Macarthur of Grattan was
a Grand Rapids visitor last Friday.
Lem Skellenger went to Detroit Sat-
urday to visit week with relatives.
Boy Scouts military rain coats at
$4.98 to 1898, J. P. Presley, phone
Mrs. Nicholas Getting spent Friday
and Saturday with relatives in STAN
ton.
Miss Lizzie Wilson went to Green
vile Friday to visit a week with rela-
tives. ~
Miss Goldie Casner went to Sidney
Friday for few days visit with
friends.
S. ID. Winslow of Edmore spent
Sunday at the home of his nephew, c.
S. Moore.
Mrs. G. w. Bignell of Palo is spend
ing this week at the home of G. 0.
Bignell.
Miss Reva Bolster went to Chad
wick Thursday TO visit week with
her parents,
Mrs. Alfred Moore and two children
spent Saturday with her parents in
Greenville. -
Mrs. Rufus Stevens Of Scottville
was the guest of Mrs. Hattie Dean
over Sunday.
Geo. N. Foster spent Saturday and
Sunday at the home of his son, Glenn,
in Bay City.
Miss Vienna Warren went to How
ard City Friday to visit few days
with friends.
Mrs. C. w. Quick left last Friday 70
a weeks visit with relatives at Sagi-
nav and Flint.
Miss Marjorie Hilton went to FIRE.
mont last Friday to visit a few days
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Darling and
son Carlton were Grand Rapids Wis
itors Saturday.
Miss Florence Monroe of Ionia
came Friday to visit few days with
Miss Lucy Price.
Miss Grace Hockey spent Friday at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Claude
Brockway in Ionia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Francisco spent
Thursday and Friday of last week with
relatives at Sheridan.
Lynch & Weeks loaded a car with
cattle and hogs in Greenville Monday
for the Detroit market.
Misses Stella and Bessie Umphrey
of st. Louis visited at the home of
Frank Sandy over Sunday.
Mrs. George Reese went to Ionia
Saturday to visit "a week at the home
of her brother, VIM. Jeffrey.
Mrs. S. ID. Williams of Stanton
spent Fridav night at the home of her
daughter, Mrs Del j. Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Wilson and daugh-
ter, Veva of Flint visited Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Quick Thursday.
John w. Cooper is putting a new
roof on his tenant house at the corner
of Division and South Bridge streets,
recently vacated by Mrs. Evangeline
Brisboy and family.
Thin-haired readers of this issue
should begin using Partisan Sage and
thus escape badness. Wortley &
French sell it on guarantee to stop
falling hair and cure dandruff and
itching scalp or money back.-adv.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-05-29
WAR BOARD OFFICES At LANSING
Those Desiring Information Write TO
Col. Roy c. vandercook, Secretary.

The office Of the Michigan War
Preparedness Board is located in the
capitol at Lansing and any person de-
string any information pertaining to
the war work in Michigan should write
to Col. Roy G. vandercook. secretary
Of the board.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-05-29
Musical Topics
Edited by Mrs. K. l.. Skahen

Judge themselves severely. There
is too much work done with the fin
gers and too little with the intelli-
gence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
A SOLDIER
FEELS IN FIGHT

'Moppers up behind will deal with
them. Over broken trenches and torn
ground. slipping. falling. sprawling. I
90 for our objective. Az the curtain
Of IRE and smoke passes over the vii
lage We make the final squirt forward
and-dig like h-i.
Germans Fear Americana
The noise increases. the guns get
MORE angry. shells and showers Of
mud and dirt are falling all around
you. The devil seems to be raking
out his furnaces. the sky Seems to
crash down on you. then my head
swims, my arms fall to my sides. my
legs grow limp and I drop down as I
hastily don my gas mask. And when
I open my eyes and find myself l am
on a stretcher aud someone with a
smile all owe his brOnzed face offers
me a cigarette.
Eyes, We ran the Huns for six days
and five nights, and l did not want
to eat or sleep. tell you It was
grand, and II l hadn't been gassed l
feel like l could still ne running
them. W. started In on the oath day
Of July. my birthday, and. mother.
dear, ! took no prisoners.
IA German officer said to his men !:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

Admission. Na.-Here II the descrip-
don az Q big battle as It Impressed IT.
self upon the mind Of Sergt. Lawrence
Hopkins Of Oxford:
They're on!
1T sends Q thriIl through yOu as
700 hear their cry and rise up and
and yourself In q crowd Of men; paus-
ing . moment to light our pipes or
cigarettes and we are hurrying for
ward with ~glistening steel In our hands
to meet the foe.
III 1t were not for these other men
moving along heavily laden to keep
pace with the barrage one might well
stand In amazement ut . wilderness
suddenly become crowded with sway.
ing humanity. bravely attempting to
weather the furious storm.
The big guns roll like heavy thun-
der, The little field batteries answer
with a bark. shells scream. whistle.
howl, according to their moods.
Death 10 Everywhere.
"The quick staccato coughing Of
machine guns goes on increasingly all
around you and is swallowed up In
its echoes. There Is q spatter Of rifle
bullets as they whlz by you and you
wonder that you are untouched.
Barbed wire tears our clothes to
pieces; mud sticks them together
again. Birds fly ut our feet and from
the sky winged airplanes swoop
down. Spitfire tanks plod on behind,
crashing and crushing; burning, boil.
Ing oil sends flames leaping to the
clouds; molten phosphorus is poured
into dugouts. There is gas to blind
and choke you.
There are laughs aud cries; the
laugh OF u comrade as he struggles
on, or the cry Of another as he drops
his rife and puts his hand to his
heart-hls last cry. There Is the yell
OF the hunter. the wild-crying despair
OF the hunted. The PUNK of the NOR
tars and the burst of the bombs add
to the tumult of the storm.
"Stretcher bearers rush to and fro,
running zig-zag across the battlefield
with their messages. Then I drop into
a shell hole, the cold sweat running
of my face, and breathe. Take my
compass out. get direction adjusted
and when the bnrrage lifts I dive into
the tornado again-nnd so on. Ger.
mans are scarce; they are down below
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

Paris.-No wonder that American
soldiers astound the French with their
money.spendlng proclivity. Shops
stocked sufficiently in the ordinary
course Of events to last six months
are frequently cleaned ont In n day
when the Yankees arrive. The Amer.
leans Just simply buy everything In
sight.
a bunch Of troops just arriving from
the long journey overseas, or perhaps
having been shunted around u month
or SO after landing. reach a permanent
camp and are paid of. Frequently
they haven't had q pay day In two or
three months.
Then with their pockets full Of the
strange francs they go to town and
make up for lost time. They overlook
nothing from a Swiss watch to an arm.
full Of souvenirs to send back home.
But with all the spending and buy.
Ing 1t II remarkable that there IRE 40
few cases Of drunkenness. The wine
shops are open to the Americans ut
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

Il wns just out Of the hospital" no
said- telling of his last engagement.
u had been laid up with whooplng
cough. l had just reported back and
been assigned to command Of Com.
Iany --. We we're ordered to advance
firSt on Saturday. August 81. We went
aheud for two and a half miles and
took the German second line trench.
Grey Gets Fatal Wound.
The eounter-attack came exactly at
fonr O'Clock. But, Of course. it availed
nothing, because we were fully able to
meet It with more than sufficient re-
sistance. Our artillery had full sweep
OF the ground over which they moved.
The slaughter was terrible.
I'VE lay in the position all that
night, and at v o'clock in the morn.
ing made Il quick move. We took over
a line of shell holes about three hun.
dred yards In front of US. Then we
started in to clean up the thick nests
Of machine guns.
"Lieutenant Grey was shot In the
stomach and Lieut.. Harry Blair OF
Brooklyn was hit. Then l was hit
After I got 1t Blair and myself carried
Grey back to a dressing station. He
died the next morning.
Huns Did Not Fight Fall.
THE Germans were fighting in a
nasty way. 1t was not the least BIZ
safe to pay any attention to then
when they began to cry "kamerad.'
Many Of them carried Il little pistol
called II squirt gun II shoots {
small bullet like II twenty-five, hi
| sprays them out ut short range. Thu
pistols keep on shooting just as long u.
you keep your finger pressed on III,
trigger. They are good for short rang,
only. The danger was In this: II yoy
rounded up two or three or more Ger
mans and ordered them to throw VI
their hands. they would, except tina
one of them would be u little slow. Il
you started to lower your gun or pisto
to take them In tow the slow.moyln!
man suddenly threw out his squirt guI
and opened fire. The safest thing Il
do n to take no chances.
"Thc Germans were doing all sort!
Of things that Were forbidden by inter
national code. They did not think any
thing Of firing on the stretcher bear
ers. although the men were CAREFUL,
marked with white bands on thel
arms and were classed as noncom
bntnnts."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

would be given ashore at the academy, the third being spent at sea, doing
the duties and having the same discipline as all other enlisted men, and mid.
shpmsn then to return to the naval academy for two years prior to grad
uatOn.
There may be some discussion IS to which suggestion is best, but many
officials Of the department are fully convinced that no nan should be COM.
misNoned an officer in the American navy until he has spent at least one year
"before the mast" not rs an officer, but as a n enlisted man.
This experience, II is believed, would insure practical knowledge which
would give the officer the viewpoint Of the enlisted seaman which he could
obtain in no other way.
The American ideal Is that men should obtain high station by beginning
at the lowest rung in the ladder. They should obtain place and position by
drst mastering the primary duties.
This is the idea tht the navy officials have in mind, and 1t seem
probable that after the present al some such method will be adopted for
the future.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
SQUIRT GUN WAS
ONE HUN TRICK

London.-FIrst Lieut.. Ira j. Hodes OF
Brooklyn. N. Y, and Berkeley. Cal.
praises Lieut.. Audrey Grey Of Berke-
ley as one of the gamest American
officers he ever knew.
Lieutenant Grey, fearfully wounded
and at the point of denth, said:
"pon't take me, boys: clean EN- out
first"
BY cleaning 'em out" he meant for
them to keep on driving ut the Ger
Ihan machine gun nests until they
were abandoned. He did not want to
interrupt the progress ON that part OF
the line for an instant.
Lieutenant Hodes was wounded In
the left leg--the same leg In which he
had been shot during the Spanish
American II
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

tying up a 1oahess vine against a fence. And at the next crossing, where
there stood a white frame house with green shutters set n a garden trimmed
around with red dahHas you would have recognized the old man who takes
your umbrella when you go into a government building that treasures WON
derful things. Naturally, you would have smiled recognidon-as ne passer-
by dld-and just as naturally the old ma would have offered you a dahha.
which you would refuse for a certain cranky reason that he would indorse
"Thats just the way wife and feel about poAes. We cut them to give
pleasure to others, but for ourselves W e feel that after a flower has had to
wait a whole year to bloom, 1t likes to stay on its BUSH. I always take Sum-
days after early church to puter around the house and garden. The change
from Office work rests m lie more than anything else. You know the doctors
tell us that change is rest, and l don't know what we laborng men and
women would do without ur blessed Sundays. The Divine Father was
thoughtful Of III needs when he declared that the Sabbath was made for
man and not man for the Sabbath"
regardless Of personal vews-and as you turned homeward-by the woman
who a tying up vines and the mar who was lacking weather strips and
the overall man on the roof, 1t would have come to you-somehow-that the
Scripture line had suddenly taken on the realism Of a voice, and that the
voice was saying:
"The Sabbath was made for man."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
Money Burns Their Pocket

certain hours. generally from $50 to
$3.50 p. m. But the average American
does not like French wine, at least
not at first. French beer has a fat,
weak taste which does not appeal at
all to Americans. There Is no whis.
ky. md yer were It available the
Americans would not be allowed to
purchase 1t. Cognac IL the nearest NJ
proach to whisky and this must he
obtained by s%tealth--sort Of q boot.
Logging process.
Many thousands Of American sol.
diers. disguised with the light wines
und beers which only they may pro.
cure, have foresworn booze entirely,
gone on the water wagon" for keeps
and will be in good trim for the ma.
tion.wide prohibition they will face
when they return to the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
t. B0yS dndGlrlSM
fH0edr theSklnG
Hwlth CutlCurdT1
Matter Of Pronunciation.
Dssssss sssp. 0ha.est Tax. 1se. Zach.

The preparations for the Raleigh
eommemoration bring up once mere
the question Of how Raleigh should 10
pronounced. 1t is very common to
hear the name spoken as II II were
the Greek Ralli. yet Str Walter,
though spelling his name Raleigh as
often as not, quite often spelled II
Rauleygh and Raulwy, showing quite
plainly that however 1t was spelt, and
there were something like seventy "a
r1ations of the name. It was never any.
thing but Rauley to the ear. However.
the matter 10 an unimportant one,
though most people will admit that
the owner Of q lame should be The
person to decide ~ 70 Its pronunc!a
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

asked me I would have snd they grew on q prune tree. O. ON bushes az som
thing. I just never thought, thats all.
TO think that ] should have had e come to the national capital to end
out' Life 10 a funny proposition. Ill right. and knowledge, sometimes, almost
history Of the prunc.
"When I go home ! can tell tho folks about many thines-crovded street.
cars and the boarding houses and the beautiful streets, and that lovely haby
nippcpotamus ut the zoo, and that time I saw the president and many other
shnRE-and. ai0 what . prune ii
Y jussA huppened 10 ne looking through 4 dictionary. md thay. : s.v n,
sTruae- Inc dried fruit Of the plum, -
Honest, ! nevor knew . pruns was . dried plum before pd ycufs
aw about IT. -"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

respect, or downright meanncss.
Words and deeds are parented by
thoughts; and It II no ensy to fall Into
slothful, Indifferent thinking that, Of.
tentimes unthinkingly, we neglect.
speak carelessly to, or trent neon.
cernedly those toward whom We ought
to act with most consideration ana
deference. @. d. w, In Great
Thoughts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
HARD DOLLARS WORRY
GOTHAM OLD-TlMERS


New York.--For the first time
IN approximately fifty years the
good old American silver dollar
has again made Its appearance
on Broadway. Many ''old.timers"
finger them gingerly, take a bite.
shake Their heads and mutter
"phoney.' Nevertheless. the dol.
lars are good ones. They snre
arriving In the pockets Of
Frnnce-bound soldiers from the
Middle and Western states, and.
well. the majority of them will
not he spent In France.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

Atlanta. O%a.-J0hn Won Hadeln. an
American with n German name, testi.
He'd before the federal court that he
could stand the reflection no longer.
10 his name II now John +. Vaughn.
vaughn declares he has not n drop Of
Gcrnan blood In his veins.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

ant sights:
A man in overalls coating his roof
with brown paint. There Is nothing
glnmorous about overalls. and brown
paint is exceedingly ev~erydayish, but
from Raphael to date no artist ever
daubed canvas more rapturously than
that overall a daubed tin.
Down another street a man was
lacking weather strips on his front
windows, while his family looked on.
Aro1,nd n nolnor a unman Was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
SPANISH INFLUENZA
Do Not Fear When Fighting
q German or a Germ!
BY DIR. N. COOK.

The cool fighter always wins and 80
here Is no need to become panic
stricken. Avoid fear and crowds. FIX
ercise In tn. fresh air and practice the
three c's: A Clean Mouth, a Clean
Skin and Clean Bowels. To carry OF
the polsons that accumulate within thu
body and to ward of an attack Of the
Influenza bacillus. take a good liver
regulator to move the bowels. Such q
n Is made up Of May.apple. leaves Of
aloe. root Of jalap, and is to be had
Ut any drug store. and called pheasant
Purgative Pellets"
II o bad cold develops, 90 to bed, wrap
up well. drink freely Of hot Lemonade
and take a hot mustard foot-bath.
Rave the bedroom warm but well ven
tilated. Obtain at the nearest drug
store "Anuric Tablets" to flush the
kidneys and control tie pains and
aches. Take an "Anuric" tablet every
two hours, together with copious drinks
Of lemonade. II q true cnse Of influ'
snza. the food should be simple, such a.
broths. milk, buttermilk and ice-cream;
but It Is important that food be given
regularly In order to keep up patients
strength aud vitality. After the acute
attack has passed, which Is generally
from three to sew n days. the system
should be built up By the use Of a good
iron tonic, such 40 'Trontic" tablets. to
be obtained at some drug stores. Of
that well known blood.maker and
herbal tonic made from roots and barks
Of forest trees-sol6 everywhere rs Dr.
eterce's Golden Medical Discovery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
High Cost OF MOVING.

Savannah, Ga.--The high cost Of
moving In Savannah has obliterated
the old saw that ut Is cheaper to move
than pay rent" It now costs from
$40 to $50 per load 70 move, because
Of the extreme scarcity Of labor and
the high cost Of upkeep.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05

heavens sake don't begin to tell me
about clearinghouse prunes. That
Joke Is as old as the hills"
"Oh, ! don't mean that" said the
first war worker. " really mean It.
You see, I am from California, out
where we have all kinds Of fruit, you
know. OF course. I lived In the city.
but I thought I knew all about things
that grow.
"Prunes ! accepted as a matter Of
fact, and never thought about them
On0 VA ar the Othop ~ v0u hah
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
Evolution.

Said the almost.philosopher: 'Thc
fellow whose pap used to drive Is
miles to see n ballon ascension will
hearticssly call his kids out Of the
street while they're watching an air.
plane"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
We'll, That's one DEFINITION.

The sergeant was asking a few raw
recruits general knowledge questions.
"Private Plgtnils. what Ii a hillf" lie
asked suddenly.
"Oh-er--" stammcred Pigtails.
"COme on--Quick |" raped out the
sergeant.
"Oh,'' snid Pigtails, " should say II
was q field with Its back w."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
No Stacker.

Father--"Why don't you stick to
work Inoref II ought TO BE- q real en-
joytncnt 10 you." s0n-"Tt IL, cir. but
] don't Ike to give myself up whoily
q pleasure"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-12-05
INVESTS INSURANCE
IN BONDS AND STAMPS

Dalton. Ga.-Left $4,000 In
surance by her son. Amos Har-
din. who died from . wound re-
ceived In action In France. Mrs.
Mary e. Hardin turned the en-
tire amount into Liberty bonds
and War Savings stamps. Mrs.
Hardin says she takes this meth
cd In helping the government
aud to svenge her son. Her
husband. ELI J. Hardin. gave
his life In order to save . fel.
low workman endangered from
nOxiOus gases in a we'll. For
this act Mrs. Hardin received q
Carnegie hero medal and q pen
sion.