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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

Evidently, on taking second thought
the senators and others who had been
interesting themselves in the matter
Of saving daylight by keeping the
time now in use rather than have the
hands of the clock turned back en-
Sunday, October 81, as was originally
planned, have given up the fight and
it will be up to everyone at 8 o'clock
Sunday evening, October 27, TO turn
the hands of the clock back to z
o'clock. This move will be made all
over the nation and unless you want
to be different from other people. you
should do likewise. The railroad
trains and other scheduled transpor-
tation systems will also turn their
clocks back, but will run on the same
scheduled time as they are now on.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
SORE THROAT
Colds. Coughs, Group and Catarrh Re-
lieved in Two Minutes.

Colds. Coughs, Group and Catarrh Re-
lieved in Two Minutes.
Is your throat sore?
Breathe Hyomei.
Have you catarrh?
Breathe Hyomei
Have you a cough?
Breathe Hyomei.
Have you cold?
Breathe Hyomei.
Hyomei is the enc treatment for all
nose, throat and lung troubles. 1t
does not contain any cocaine or NOR
phine and all that is necessary is to
breathe it through the little pocket
inhaler that comes with each outfit.
A complete outfit costs but little
at druggists everywhere and at Wort
ley & French's and Hyomei is guaran-
teed to Danish catarrh, Group, coughs,
colds, sore throat and bronchitis or
money back. A Hyomei inhaler lasts
a life time and extra bottles of Hyomei
can be obtained from druggists.-Adv.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

We wish to thank the neighbors and
friends for the kindness shown during
the death of our son and brother, for
the singing and the beautiful flowers
and the comforting words of the min
listers.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Osworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Kline.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. jerks.
Misses Libbie, Bernice and Marie
OsWorth.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
Commands u. S. Convoy.

Ensign William A. Mccormick, o
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCor-
mick. of Parnell, was in the city on
Thursday, calling on some of his old
time friends and attending to some
minor business matters. Ensign Nc
Cormick is stationed at Norfolk, Va,
that is, his headquarters are there
when he is in this country but for the
earet, ship which is used in convoy
Ensign Mccormick enlisted in the
navy in July 1917, and rose rapidly to
the commanding officers position on
the ship. He likes navy life fine and
says there is nothing to equal the
United States naval forces.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

desire to express my hearty thanks
through the columns of our mutual
friend, the Banner News, to the many
friends who sent flowers, fruit, etc,
and who were so considerable of my
condition while | was sick at home,
on furlough, with an attack of influ-
enza. The kindness extended can
Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank the people Of the
box factory, also our friends and
neighbors for their kindness during
the late illness and death of our hus-
band and father, Mrs. George Cooper.
Mrs. May Cooper and family.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
Bedding Women

Ask you for the vote to protect our
men overseas and to help win the war.
Can you afford to deny the women
Of the county the privilege of regis
tering their patriotic opinions at the
polls?
Give them what they ask.
Let Michigan take its place beside
the other progressive states and coun-
tries cf the world.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

We wish to thank the mnay friends
for their kindness and sympathy dur
ing cur recent bereavement; also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Parker.
Veva Vaudeville.
l.. ID. Vaudeville.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
Young Man

You have grown up with US
You have gone through school with
us
You have worked with US
You have counseled with us
You have loved us and married us
Now
Don't you still need us?
Let's make our government togeth-
err.
Vote eyes" on woman suffrage.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
Card of Thanks.

We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to the many kind neighbors,
friends and others who so nobly as
sisted us at the time of the fire which
destroyed our home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Smith.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
CASTOR
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 80 Years
s s'~. K: s' :, ZNz2zZ


What Woman Suffrage Stands For
The protection Of the home. -
The protection of all children.
Economy in government.
A square deal for every man and
woman.
Vote eyes" on woman suffrage No
vember /.
ITO give women no voice." says
Prime Minister Lloyd George, would
be an outrage" Former Prime Min
lister Asquith in advocating votes for
women said, 1.-THE war could not have
been carried on without the women"
Read the Want Advs. Profit thereby.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends
for their sympathy and flowers at
our late bereavement and also those
who donated cars for our use at the
funeral.
Mrs. Chas. Chadwick
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Chadwick
Mr.. and Mrs Glen Sprague
Mrs. Elliott Chadwick
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
FINEST WEATHER IN TROPICS
Climate So Delightful That the Aver.
age Person Would Soon Tire
Of the Monotony.

The days were wonderful, and the
alterations of sun and wind were us
exciting as the discovery of the
strange Malayan beasts and birds. The
sun rose softly-no breeze moved
cloud or leaf. and even the light came
at first moderately. Indirectly, reflect
ed from the higher. peaks, or hello
graphed from the mirror of hnlf-hid-
den. distant waterfall. In early after
noon-one never knew Just when-the
faintest of breezes sifted down and
blurred the lacery of tree-fern shad-
ows. The wind was cool and soon
strengthened, and by night the air was
surging violently through the gap, ST.
phoned from the cold SUBMITS down
to the hot, humid valleys. Day after
day one reawnkened to the sense of
tropical surroundings from convic-
ton Of a northern autumn. with the
wind full of swirling leaves and the
fronds soughing with the same sad
cadence as the needles of scented
pines OF the northland.-willIam Bee
be, In The Atlantic.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Shark Leather Here.

From being IN iinpIacabie enemy to
man science is making the shark expi-
ate its crimes by helping to reduce the
high cost of living. For the tiger Of
the sea has now become a source Of
leather to clothe millions of pairs Of
feet.
Experiments with shark leather indi-
cate that 1t may be used for practically
everything now made of cattle leather.
1t is even claimed that shark hides
have one great advantage over cow
hides in that the splits" are amaz-
ingly strong. A "split" is simply a
peeling of the hide-somethIng like the
veneer cut from slab of wood.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
SIIkworms Of the Sea.

Plenty of worms live In the sea.
and some of them are very beautiful
creatures. Which latter fact ought to
be consoling to ourselves. inasmuch as
there are naturalists who contend that
the earliest ancestor of the human race
was n marine worm. But the so-called
"silkworm of the sea"-the designation
being purely figurative and poetical-
Is bivalve moliusk properly known
as the pima" and native to the Medi-
terranean. 1t spins a silk SO beautiful
that In ancient days the fiber was re-
served exclusively for the weaving Of
royal garments. This silk Is spun by
the mollusk to furnish an anchor line
by which 1t fastens Itself to a con-
venient rock. II Is extremely fine and
very strong. Cleaned. dried and passed
through combs. II Is reduced to dell
cate threads of n lustrous brownish-
yellow hue, which are woven into
gloves. stockings and other articles. A
pair of stockings of this material today
costs s6.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

monopoly by authority OF congress. The
first patent law was approved April
10, 1880, a year after the Constitution
was enacted. We were not n very in
ventive people at that time, perhaps
because there were not many of US,
says an exchange. Only three patents
were granted during the first year
after the daw was passed, 33 the sec
ond year and IL the third year. The
patent office was originally attached
to the department of state. but in 1s49
was transferred to the interior depart
ment. Under law Of 1872 patents
were granted for only seven years.
The time was afterward extended to
IA and then to II years. the present
time.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
PLANTS PURIFIERS OF AIR
Their Consumption Of carbonie Acid
Gas, Always Going On, Is Of
Great Benefit.

Plants do not breathe or have any
action corresponding to the breathing
Of animals. Oxygen is essential to the
sustaining of life in animals. includ-
ing human beings, and In breathing
air they consume or appropriate the
oxygen 1t contains and give out car
bonic acid gas, which is poisonous.
Plants do not consume oxygen, but
they consume carbonic acid, thus help
ing to purify the atmosphere. which is
to some extent rendered impure by
the breathing of animals. They do not
generate oxygen. but they release 1t
by consuming the carbonic acid. Tyn-
dali, n celebrated scientist says: Con
slider all the fires In the world and all
the animals in the world continually
pouring their carbonic acid into the
atmosphere. Would II not be fair to
conclude that our air must become
more and more contaminated and unfit
to support either combustion or life?
This seems inevitable, but # would be
a conclusion founded upon half knowl-
edge. and therefore wrong. A provi-
sion exists for continually purifying
the atmosphere of Its excess OF car
bonic acid. BY the leaves of plants
this gas Is absorbed. ani within the
leaves 1t is decomposed by the solar
rays. The carbon is stored up In the
tree. while the pure oxygen is restored
to the atmosphere. Carbonic acid. in
fact, is to a great extent the nutrlment
of plants. and inasmuch us animals In
the long run, derive their food from
the vegetable world, this very gas,
which at first sight might be regarded
as deadly constituent of the atmos-
phere. is the main sustalner. both of
vegetable and animal life.-
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Are You a Danqler7

A dangler is one who bangles, that
is one who awaits the decisions of
other people instead of choosing his
own course and making circumstances
conform to it. The dangler may be
found any day in the open market,
complaining because nobody hires him.
or her, as the case may be. Our most
celebrated ani successful laborers
asked no odds OF anybody. They sim
ply went to work. somewhere, any
where that offered opportunity, and
then they helped to build up the COM
munity that supported them and SO
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Artificial Sponge Propagation.

The growing scarcity of sponges has
warned those familiar with harvesting
them that unless means are provided
to augment the natural supply the
sponge industry will be seriously Grip
pied In a few years more. An Eng
lishman, living In Florida. some time
ago selected site Off the Florida
coast, where he started a sponge farm.
At present he has about 100000
sponges, which are capable by subdi-
vision of increasing about tenfold ev-
cry three years. At the end of three
years an annual yield of 100000
sponges can be had. - Portsmouth
Chronicle.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Great Tibetan Industry.

By far the largest herds Of musk
deer are to be found on the southern
shores of the Koko-Nor. and the sup
ply of musk there (at T'aochou) Is
larger than the quantity that comes
through Sungpan. In fact. great guam
titles of musk do not come to Sungpan
at all, but are sent east to Yuchow.
In Honan, where fair is held In the
ninth and tenth moons. many of the
Sungpan traders visiting this place. At
Tachienlu musk Is the most valuable
export, practically every hong reeking
With 1t, and nearly all the Tibetans
who come from the far Interior bring
some with them. The price of medium
musk there is thirteen times Its weight
in silver.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
The Big Mistake.

The only big mistake the Lord ever
made. writes Aunt Mandy in the Paris
Mercury, wuz In leavin' so many places
to put things. I've been lyin' to the
major ever Saturday night for fifty
years about his red flannel underwear
an he always ketches me in 1t. No
woman kin keep her religion an have
the job Nv putin n mans things away
once a week fer that long. 1t 'ull
make a liar out NV the best woman
that ever lived. an 1t makes me
ashamed ever time I think Nv how the
major has kept his confidence In me.
Kansas City Star.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Dove That Built Great City.

When mighty Amru went to conquer
Egypt he camped on the east bank Of
the Nile opposite Memphis, that great
20-mile-long capital of mud bricks,
whose western verge was the pyra-
mids and whose mud brick houses have
all vanished. Amru crushed the Egyp-
tians and came back to get his camp
to move over and occupy Memphis.
A dove had built In the folds near the
top of his tent. Blood-bathed Amru.
the ruthless, would not let her be dis
turbed. A new city started about his
tents. 1t grew northward along the
Nile. 1t is today Cairo. Memphis il
only q name.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Habitual Tendency.

This show was written for the tired
business man." remarked the mana
ger. "The production cost a for
tunef
That's the one thing" replied Mr..
Dustin Stax. shat bothered me. I'm
a tired business man myself. and got
so busy figuring how you are going
to pay interest on your investment
that / couldn't keep my mind on the
performance"
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Why She Cried.

A couple OF men were talking about
their respective wives the other day
at the club.
You have a very sympathetic wife,
1 should say" remarked one.
Il don't know about that" hesitated
the other.
We'll. / only judge from what l saw
from my house the other morning
when you slipped and fell on the steps
us you were coming out with her
Why, l saw her actually crying over
it."
The other man didn't look pleased
at all.
Yes" he admitted reluctantly. "She
cried, but not over my injuries l sat
down on that confounded dog Of hers"
Indeed didn't hear him howl"
"Well, l should sny not. The dog
weighs-or did weigh-two pounds.
and l weigh 200."
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

ultra-radicais of the Doc. Jones-Lss
Hubbard brand can do as they darn
please.
Let's get right down to brass tacks
for a minute and do little sound
thinking. ISN'T IT about time we over
looked four-flushers and petty politi-
clans and elected to office all the way
down the line from senator to con-
stable, men of ability. men who have
done something for the state! It's a
long time until election. Just think
this over
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

became In time grand OLD men," VINO
to undiscerning minds seemed to have
been wonderfully favored by fortune.
They did not dangie. but became the
strong supports upon which folk Of
weaker sort leaned. and not in vain,
that virtue would come out Of them.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
No Amateur Stuff

'sThe Browns have invited us to din
ner."
"Good. I'd rather eat there than
anywhere else"
"Why?"
"Ail vegetables they serve were
raised by professionals"
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Qualified.

She (romantically)-The man i
marry must be willing to go through
fire for me.
He-Then I'm your man. The boss
has fired me for telephoning you so
often.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
Given to Airs.

Professor-You have a promising
contralto voice.
rather sing soprano; It's much higher
toned.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

The government 10 made up of the
people OF the United States. Every
man has a hand In the government.
and ono man is just as much a part
of the government as another. No
party is the government Neither the
Democratic party nor the Republican
party has a strangle-hold on the gov
srnment. Tho mere fact that. at this
time, we have a Democratic President
and we believe he Is doing every
thing within his power to save the
nation-does not mean that the Demo
Gratis own the government or that the
war in progress is Just a Democratic
war. The fellow who voted against
Wilson is Just as loyal as the follow
who voted for him-some Of them per-
haps more loyal. Anytime a person
criticism, Just that minute had he un-
officially handed in his resignation.
Any time a party think. It can not be
criticised, Just that minute has 1t
creased the skids for oblivion. But
no sincere man now In office. nor the
party In office as q whole. holds to any
belief that II must not be criticised.
That II line OF dope" being sent ont
by the former muckraker and social
istic writer. George Creel. and 1t does
not have the approval Of leading
Democrats. His methods have been
denounced by prominent Democrats in
both Senate and House.
Gunter is back from Warrington
wearing a happy smile. He and Shat
roth had a nice little chat while the
governor was back there. Julius will
he a candidate for reelection and will
go down the line for John. carrying
the conservative Democrats with him:
John will be a candidate for re-elec-
tion-naturally and quite in keeping
with Johns desires-and John will go
down the line for julius and carry the
radieel Democrats with him n
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

Somehow or other We can not help
but feel II muckrakers. sensationalists
and vilifiers had not held sway in this
country for SO many years. we would
not have to fight such disloyaI organ
ixations as the l. w. W. and those
allied with t.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

Well. they're going to do it The
machine Democrats will renominats
Qunter all right. showing the radicals
like Hubbard. Friend. Doc. Jones And
others into the garbage can. The ma
chine Democrats gurs know how 70
hand the other fellows a wallop.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

II Colorado will retire Shafroth.
Heating and Hillard this fall and rs-
place them with able and loyal men
accent on that loyal stuff-the whole
state will have cause for rejoicing.
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17

Patents Authorized by Congress.
4 patent Is ap exclusive grant os
The Lamar register., 1918-04-17
LISTEN
FIRS'
REASON Il
N STOP
\AFETY
~ READ

There isn't q newspaper editor In
Colorado who Ia not working over
time to aid the nation and help win
the war. Not one of them has ever
objected to do doing his bit or to work
ing fifteen hours = day. II necessary.
to do that bit. Naturally 1t II Just
trtfle discouraging. although 1t arousss
our loyalty all the more. to soc 30
many men forcing strikes in plants
where the products are necessary TO
our boys in the trenches. refusing TO
work over eight hours a day. and TO DO
no more than a certain amount OF
work during those eight hours. II the
newspaper men took that position how
many towns. pray tell, would have
gone over the top" in the Liberty
Bond driver
We will have to pin a medal on SEN
ator Thomas. He Is all right. Thank
Heaven we have one Democrat from
Colorado at Washington who Is trying
10 aid the administration. Thomas
voted against a law which practically
would have legalized strikes in muni-
tion plants and ship-buildlng yards.
Shafroth, Keating and Hiilard voted
for this law-voted to further hamper
the government. Timberlake in the
House stood by the administration.
George Creel, who has nationally en-
gagged in undertaking for the past ten
years and has always preached So
oiaIistic doctrines. is coming in for his
share of announcement from Demo
cratic leaders. When Shafroth saddled
Creel on the Wilson administration he
raised thunder. That's a. mild as We
can state 1t in print.
Once upon a time thers were a num-
Der of rulers. potentates and big bosses
who found they could scare the
people by telling them If they
did not do just as these rulers.
potentates and big bosses told
them to do goblins. witches. devils
and all sort of evilspirits would
swoop down and get them. The scheme
worked. For the past ten years or
more modern would-bs rulers. potsn-
tates and bosses have sought to intimi-
date the people with 4 new line Of
goblins. witches. devils and evil
spirits under the terrifying names Of
Corporation TOOLS" ''profitsers." ''in-
visible government" agents of the In
terests," etc. And this scheme of In
limitation seems to be working also.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-11-15
BOOKS FOR THE SOLDIER BOY
Where a Part Of Your Contribution to
the United War Work Cam
paign Will Go.

When you are seated at your own
fireside reading this newspaper, or
your favorite author. safe from any In
vading foe, and with all your accus-
toned comforts, just pause a moment
and give thought in behalf of your boy
or my boy, who may be lying wounded,
lonesome and homesick in some hos
pital over, there.
If you could you would like to hand
him his home town paper. But that Of
course is impossible. But you can do
the next best thing. The United War
Work Campaign opens November II
and closes November 18. Between
these dates you may contribute to a
fund to be raised by seven of the great
auxiliaries Of Americas fighting
forces.
One of them is the American Libra
~ Association. Your contribution may
afford the means for plaincg Just the
books and magazines in his hands that
will relieve the tedium and aid him on
the road to recovery and help bring
him safely back to you.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-11-15
MISSOURP'S TASK
OF LOVE FOR HER
FIGHTING ladies

Reports from every county in Mn
souri,, from New Madrid to Atchisoa.
and from almost every city. hamls
and town, tell of the splendid Organise
ton effected to wage the work Of rails.
ing the 1850, 900 United War Worn
Campaign fund for Missouri November
Ills.
Thousands of workers are giving
freely OF their time to make this or.
ganization the most perfect ever
achieved for a mission of mercy.
Missourians, in the big cities and at
the cross roads, have been made ia.
miliar with the purpose Of the cam
paign. They know that more than g.
000. 900 brave Americans are fighting
or foreign soil for you and for me.
They know that the battle has been
all but won-and the finishing stroke
is only a few days distant. They know
The great world war is practically over,
and that ii was America, when the
rest of the civilized world was weary
of the struggle and almost exhausted.
that threw its millions of men and its
billions OF dollars into the balance and
turned defeat into victory.
The result has been achieved by the
soldiers, the marines and the sailors
of America. Missouri has given more
than 100000 of her bravest lads in
this cause They have done their
work and done ii well.
Nnm ~ so nm tn Niigvouri IN silva that
her sons may be brought back to the
great Imperial State safe and sound.
The seven great welfare agencies, en-.
dorsed by the United States Govern
ment, and personally recommended by
President Wilson and Secretary OF
War Baker, will do this work that
you individually could not Go.
Trained workers will visit your boy
and my hoy over there. They will give
bodily and spiritual comfort. They
will give him books to read, books that
will improve and not degrade. They
will supply him with dainties that will
; mind him of home, and the boys will
know that all this comes from the
money that you give in this great cam
paigu that knows neither creed, nor
denomination, hut has love and hui.
mainly for its base.
The amount of your subscription IL
indicative of the love you have for
your W boy ovcr there, or for your
~rcighhor's boy who is risking his life
Tor you and your country. 1t is a
subscription for the reconstruction OF
the world. with a guarantee that never
again will there be such a war as this
one that has staggered humanity and
that is now all but over.