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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
SEW FOR ITALIAN REFUGEES
Another Illustration Of Splendid Work
Being Done by the American Red
Cross In Europe.

A letter from Red Cross headquar-
neer Press, says:
"Great success has attended the
operation Of ouvroirs, or sewing rooms,
for the benefit of women refugees and
the poor women OF soldiers families
in ITALY. These o%uvroirs, established
by the American Red Cross. afford EN-
ployment to thousands Of willing work
ers. who thereby are enabled to make
money to maintain themselves and Mt
the same time supply clothing to 9th.
ers Of their own class at about one
third the usual price,"
The initial sales Of the products OF
the ouvroirs at Padua and TaOrmina,
Sicily, were gala events in the lives of
the afflicted refugees. For hours be.
fore the sale opened at Padua long
lines o. women awaited their chance.
Each person was allowed to buy only
a given amount. There was also cloth
log for men and children.
Concerning the first public sale al
Taormina. a Red Cross worker In
charge Of the sewing room wrate:
1.-THE women, most of them barefoot
and pitifully ragged, filed past roe to
receive for their two and one-bnlf lire
(about 35 cents), the fresh, not to say
pretty garments made by the workers.
One woman wore a dress Of sacking
Each was allowed to choose her own
dress and each received besides the
dress q change of underwear, and. as
long 8s the stockings we had on hand
held out, a pair of stockings. The
children received two dresses and 6
change of underwear. and the old men
shirts and underwear"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
DEATHNEAR, BUT
HEISNOTAFRAID

I'm wearing the uniform, l am. 1t
don't make a bit Of difference IL l die,
because there are four, five. as many
millions as you want. more. Only
when I do die Tn going to take ut
least five Heinies with me. And I'm
going to handle the sixty or seventy
or the hundred and twenty men un-
der me so they'll do the same.
Allies Are Fine Soldiers.
"Sure, l get awful impatient with
the French sometimes because they
don't understand u language. And
the British sometimes rub me the
wrong way. I've had fist fights with
EN- both-before ! got to be an Off
Ger. But they're all in the same game
and you can tell the folks back home
that they're damned good soldiers.
those British and French, every one of
them. Only we're going to go them
one better-particularly the-platoon
of the - company Of the til.
You'll hear from us. Only IL you're
dropping a line to the folks l know
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
GAME WITH
N"TIN FISH"

under their breath as the seaman
called to his mate:
"A large Hun is going north, one
gum Schieffclin remarked. Say. MUIR
ply was right, only l don't see anyone
smoking
"The plane got Itself between the
sub and the sun. Then, for two
Hun shark. She doomed up through
the mist big as Il house Schieffelin
said afterward.
within a half minute she started
to submerge with
"Crash!
"'Now.' said Cutler, we will give
them a light
Brought Home the Onions.
He tripped his bomb release at the
instant the big plane was directly
over the enemy's coming tower,
which was exactly awash. Schieffelin
threw the machine into n vertical
bank to observe the effect Of the ex-
plosion.
"A white geyser spouted fifteen feet
on the enemy's port beam. The delay
had been just right.
"Look. her propeller's out,
laughed one of the men. They knew
then that she was damaged and that
her diving planes had been so injured
that she could not submerge. They
knew she had to cling to the surface,
that all her advantage In being a sub
was lost and that she was a prey to
any patrol.
"As the plane was short Of petrol.
having q forty-mile wind to fight
against, the American lads set sail
for home with a sense of a deed we'll
done. The rest was routine. The
plane signaled a drifter: There Is a
damaged sub five miles northwest Of
you
1.-THE drifter, knowing that a sub
on the surface would start to run
like n scared cat. rs damaged subs do,
and that they couldn't catch her. re-
layed the news to certain d~estroyers.
The destroyers did the rest,
hurried up. rammel the U-boat, and
there We're only six survivors. Her
diving rndder had probably been dam
aged. The destroyers put her down,
but she was the prize Of S4hieffelin
Of Yale and Cutler Of Harvard. It
was Cutters first fly as Il pilot on a
war patrol.
1.-THE first bombs he ever dropped
In action brought home the onions"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
w. N. u, SIOUX FALLS, NO. 3e--19t8.
Sounded Biz to Him.

An old cololrd man. whose name
might we'll have been Old Black Joe.
WAS standing in front of the district
building the other day, says the WASH
ingtun Star. He was bent With age,
but WAS singing ms he walked slowly
along.
Just then II young colored man and
Mona walked by. They We're talking.
and Just il phrase of their CONVERSE
iion WAS to be heard as they went by.
II tlink that Mr.. Johnson the
young colored woman said. has a pre-
mOiiitlol-
That WIS all. but it WAS enough for
Old Black Joe.
He Strengthened up. grinned, and
said:
What vas dat Mr.. Johnson hab.
bOSS?"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27

work for ne and I know it will help
others if they will give it q fair trial"
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9Th Ave-,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa. -
Why will women drag along from day
to day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters as this are continually being
published. apEvery woma who suffers
from displacements. Irregularities, in
flammation, liberation, backache, ner-
~vousness, or who is passing through the
Change Of Life should give this famous
root ard herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, q trial. For
special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass. The result
Of its long experience is at your service.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
Useful Work.

Ruskin in Modern Painters" said:
Il believe an immense gain in the bod
lily health and happiness Of the upper
classes would follow on their stead
lily endeavoring, however clumsily. to
make the physical exertion they now
necessarily exert In amusements def
nitcly s~erviceable. 1t would be far
better. for instance, that a gentleman
should NOW his own fields than ride
rel other peoples"
Many are doing that nowadays.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27

lie was greeted as an Ola Iilrnu aud
taken directly irt1 The small! home cir
Gle.
yankees! What luckw he ex-
claimed the moment he had shaken
hands,. ''This is too good to be true"
and he found himself more than ever
at home.
II have only been over about four
MONTHS" said Betty, after they had
wheeled Dick into a comfortable nook
beneath the fruit blossoms and we're
talking as fast as only the Yankee
tongue can move. SHY brother was so
badly wounded that he vas allowed
to cable to me-said he couldn't pull
through to fight some more if I wasn't
here" She laughed softly toward her
brother.
"What ship did you come oa?" asked
the birdman, realizing already that he
was more than glad to know Betty and
her brother. He was discovering the
wonderful charms hat had been hid
Gen to his birds eyes. He would he
tit~NdtIEhliCtt IIoH ~ 81 a
Betty and her garden.
'The Adriatic," said Betty.
"Good Lord, so did I! We must
have been on the same trip. How in
the name of-Did you arrive just after
Christmas?"
II certainly did" acclaimed Betty,
land we mere civilians were mighty
tired WAITING for you military people
to disembark. You must have been
i'll all the way over. or assuredly I
would have seen you. ever on so
crowded a ship"
'That's a little hot air for you,
French" laughed Dick. "Betty's good
ut that"
II was in my bunk the entire trip"
said French; "didn't even know there
was a woman on board, except the
stewardess."
"Neither did T." laughed Betty;
"there was so much khaki I had no
time even to glance about for girls"
"She evidently had the time OF her
young life," commented Dick. "Here l
was waiting in CHASTITY fear of her be-
ing torpedOed, and all the time she
was flirting her head off with our hest
uniforms, and some of the British as
! well. From the number of letters the
post girl brings here from France, I
think my sister knew every officer on
the ship"
"Don't mind me-" put in French.
"Officers who are seasick don't
count" Betty told him. but the en-
c%ouraging glance she sent into his eyes
suggested a complete contradiction to
her words.
Il may be a poor sailor" the lieu
tenant laughed, "but as a birdman
I'll take some beating. Didn't / find
the only garden in the British isles.
and. like a huge bee, come straight to
the finest honey
81 had better be getting the tea"
Betty decided, with a delightfully."-
heightened color speeding her prog
ress.
"Tea in an English garden-isn't
this great?" and the birdman enscon-
ced himself as If for life, while Dick
Raymond gave him a thorough inspec-
ton and came to the conclusion that
French would be a fine pal for himself,
and for Betty-well, he figured that
his sister would like her latest victim
better than the last, anyway, and If
she brought out her big apple pie for
tea, with apples at a shilling a pound.
rationed sugar and mighty little but
ter to be had, that she would have de-
cided to like Lieutenant French much
better than his predecessors. In the
white kitchen Betty reached up for the
pie.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
New Gcspe, HYMN.

At Il New Jersey camp meeting n
new song is becoming popular rs the
old gospel unes RI is ..relephone to
Heaven" Many Of the old hymn
writer's never heard of such Il thing
as Il telephone, but Il 1918 audience
sits i'll the grove and makes it ring
with the strains of "Central'S never
busy. always on the line you may henr
from heaven almost any time."-Utica
IN. W Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27

just tell them that you saw me-ih
Paris celebrating. and on the way to
the front. where l don't expect eve:
to come back from. Good-by. old man
good luck"
disappeared. His job ahead of him
to do, full knowledge of the cost OF
that job. and proud to pay the price
acknowledgement to the ultimate. He's
the platoon leader, the Z. S. A. PIN
toon leader, that's going to win this
war.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27

IOndon.-How a certain United
States naval observer daily plays the
came Of life and death with Hun "tin
fish" was interestingly told here re-
Gently by Il member OF the committee
on public information as follows:
"A short, thick, temporary ensign.
one r. ii. Murphy, with red face and
very blue eyes, sits day and night ! n
his office in Il little shack at a United
States naval air station, porting
owe raised maps with colored strings
stretched on them and queer red
headed pins stuck in them.
Ellis job is to keep track OF every
Hun submarine that is in operation.
Being a former submarine man him
self, his instinct for them is that Of a
ferret after a rat.
"He knows when they need air, how
badly every depth charge has tickled
them-knows even when they must
come to the surface for the skipper to
smoke his cigar. ms-there Is no smok-
ing inside a submarine.
"Murphy's knowledge decides the
success or failure of the many young
reserve ensigns of the naval flying
force now at stations where there are
young 1nen who have left the ball
rooms Of New York or the battlefields
of Yale and Harvard to take a whack
at the Hun.
"Take, for instance, Ensign r. J.
Schieffelin of New York city and of
the Yale class, 1910. He Is direct de-
scendant Of John Jay, of Revolutions
airy fame, and his father left home
for the Spanish-American war In the
same ship that carried his son to this
one.
Murphy Was Right.
"Schicffelin was in Murphy's office
early one morning when that expert
took the pipe from his mouth. stuck
a pin in the middle of the North sea
and then blew out a blue cloud of
smoke.
"'They'll be needin' one" he said,
right about there
Zone what!
"a smoke. of course. They've been
under SC many hours on such and
such a course. In three hours they'll
breach and the reason will be tobacco.
Search area-and-and you'll find a
SUBJ
~"Schieffelin was the first pilot. The
second pilot was Lieut.. Roger w. Cut
Jan c%r,l,n an1 nnnf0in ~ tho Has
ward varsity crew of 1917. The crew
of the big seaplane vas completed
by Bernstein. the m%achinist's mate,
and Taggart, electrician and champion
1OO-yard Splinter.
Three hours later a bright her
ringbone sea was creeping under
them. Through the mist the visi-
bility was bad, but suddenly both
officers made the same exclamation
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
Brother Seeks Revenge.

Scottdale, Pa.-Waiving exemption
previously granted rs a railrOader,
Freeman Hamilton Of Everson has Pc
titioned the draft board to place him
In class l and send him to camp imme-
diately. Hamilton wishes 10 avenge
the death of his brother, who was
killed In action.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
Quite True.

"Why Is it that wisdom teeth give
people such t%r0uble!"
II suppose it is because they are
wisc-nclIers."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM
At HIGH TIDE IN w. VA.

Charleston, w. Va.-The spirit
OF cooperation and patriotism
Is rampant throughout the coal
mining regions Of southern West
Virginia.
A preacher and his congrega-
ticn volunteered one night to dig
100 tons Of coal. Many miners
after completing their days work
return for a few hours at night
to dig more coal. Many farmers.
too, put In a few hours at night
In the mines.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
IN MISERY
FOR YEARS
Mrs. Courtney Tells How She
Was Cured by Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Oskaloosa, Iowa.-"For years I was
simply in misery from a weakness and

aW1ul palnS-0 d
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised me
to take Lydia i.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. /
did 90 and got re-
lief right away. I
al certainly re-
commend this valu-
able medicine to
women who
for 1t has
such rood
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-27
Your Teeth!

More diseases result from neglected, decayed
teeth than from all other causes combined.
Good teeth mean good health-without good
health nothing else matters. An exhaustive
booklet on the care Of teeth entitled, Health
and Efficiency in Preventive Dentistry has
been prepared by DR.. Mcmillan and 1t should
be in every home. 1t will save every family
many times its cost. Sent prepaid every
where for soc. Write
H. W. MCMILLAN. D. D. s.. ROSEVILLE. ILL.,
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

Get your Chautauqua tickets at
the Banner-News office.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

of the great Polack World-at- Home
Shows, this week in Toledo. next week
in Battle Greek and Free Fair week in
lonia.
The Polack shows are transported
on 32 cars, and are much larger than
the show last year. They will be
laid out around the west side of the
grounds forming a long avenue Of fun
and frolic. An absolutely clean and
entertaining multitude of shows is
guaranteed, that being the first re-
GU rement of the Ionia management.
They include Omar SAINTS house Of a
Thousand Wonders as seen at Luna
Park, N. Y, Submarine" demonstra-
tons with the submarine helmet given
by a number of diving girls working
in a large tank. Polack Bros side
show of curios under large spread of
canvas. Mabelle Mack's comedy show
and trained dogs and ponies, goats and
mules. Silodrome, the Human Aero
plane, Maxine, riding devices, "The
Whip" Polack's water circus, 40 in
/" shows, Athletic arena, and many
others including the All-American
band of 25 pieces.
So get ready fer the Ionia free fair.
speeches, and starting with great
automobile parade, with prizes for the
best decorated car.
Thursday tractor day with many
competing machines.
Friday automobile day and giving
away of automobile.
Saturday joy day in which every
body takes part in the grand finale.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07
A Message From Co. ID.

Lieut.. Miner, of Co. ID. Ionia boys
now in the fighting in France will be
at the armory in Ionia Thursday eve
ming, August 8, where he will give a
in the trenches. After the talk which
he will give he will shake hands with
the people and tell you anything you
want to know about your boys in Co.
d. He is right from France and is
well acquainted with the boys who
went from here with the Ionia COM
pany last year. He will be glad to
meet you and answer any questions
you may ask about the boys.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

Warren Weatherby, who has been
living with his son, Charles Wetherby,
near Greenville for several months,
arrived in the city Wednesday. He
is 81 years old. He received word
frcm the Judge of probate in Medium,
Ohio, recently that his brother, West
ern Weatherby. a wealthy resident of
that county, died on the 9Th of July
and in his will leaving an estate of
nearly 100000, $4,000 had been left
to him. His brother was 80 years
old, leaving no children and no other
brother or sister. This amount will
serve to make his declining years
comfortable.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

Isaw Kenneth two days ago and he
is feeling fine. He was sick for a
few days but he is all right again.
l got letter from Agnes just a
while ago. She said that she got a
letter from Guy Stanton and she an
swered it. She sure does write nice
letters. How is John getting along
1t will soon be supper time and this
is about all i can think of so good
bye, from your som
Lee Z. Holeomb.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

there and lots Of love to the best little
mother in all the world.
/ Your loving son.
Lisle Seely.
U. s. Navy Air Station, Dunkerque.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07
VIM. Covert. Sr.. Dead.

William Covert, sr., father Of W.
l.. Covert of this city passed from
earth life Monday morning, following
an extended illness due to old age
and a general wearing out process, at
the home of his son on South Bridge
street, where he has made his home
for number of years back. The
funeral is being held this Wednesday
afternoon at one O'clock, and the obit-
uary will appear in these columns
next week.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07
BIG FREE FAIR WEEK OF
AUG. ALT BEST YET

Continued From Page One.)
there will be special circus exhibitions
on the race track in front of grand
stand by Fred Darling's dog and pony
circus and trick mules.
There will be band concerts each
afternoon and evening by Prof. Gay
Jasperson's. All-American band, one
of the best organizations on the road.
Finally last years midway will be
lost sight of in the vast maize of ex-
hibits that will be seen in the display
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07
LOCAL BOY STOPS ONE
OF kAISER'S BULLETS

CONTINUED From Page One.)
i got another letter from Aunt Ag-
mes.
j am glad you got my insurance
papers for thought ii was funny you
hadn't said nothing about them. We
just signed the pay roll the other day
so guess we will get paid soon. This
is the month that pays my Liberty
bond up. You will get it before you
get the letter. | don't mean this
month, but last month forgot it WIS
July for the time sure goes fast. 1
have not got that box of Julia's yet;
maybe / will get it some time. These
are French envelopes and paper so
don't laugh when you see these big
envelopes. 1t has been little longer
than a week since ! wrote before but
have been busy enlarging cur dugout
cur beds were too short so we have
been working on it.
There are few airplanes up this
morning. There are 10 of us in this
gun crew and we cook our own meals.
We had fried bread, bacon, potatoes
and coffee for breakfast.
Eggs are five francs a dozen that
is about the same as an American
dollar. / guess / better get my he'll
met on for there are a few shrapnel
shells bursting over in the field.
l am going over to battalion head
quarters and maybe will see Kenneth
0berlin. Floyd Pierson is around
here somewhere but | have not seen
him lately or Floyd Brown either for
quite a while. | suppose Glenn is
having his vacation now. / will get
my vacation when get back. We
have had nice weather for a few days
now. If | get time / have got to
wash up my clothes and take bath.
| get the Banner quite regularly.
Some one sent me two magazines
from Greenville but they did not sign
any name.
There are lots of cherry trees
around here. We can havef all we
want unless the Germans start shoot
ing too close around.
The French have lots of apples but
there are not any men to take care
of them. They are all to war so the
women have to do the best they can.
Once in awhile you find some old man
who can talk English but not very
many. / have not run across either
one of my uncles yet but l may see
them over. here yet. Well / can't
think of anything more to write so
will have to close for this time.
Good bye, from your son,
Lee E. Holcomb.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

Another letter is from "Tom'
Lewis K. Granger, well known local
boy, who has been in the service for
a long time now. Tom sure appre-
ciates getting the old home paper and
il is needless to say that without ex-
ception all the boys like to see the ia
miliar looking Banner-News as il
reaches them each week:
Port Newark, N. j.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

We wish to thank the kind friends
and neighbors for their many acts of
kindness and sympathy extended at
our sad bereavement in the loss Of our
mother and daughter, Minnie Conklin.
Also TO the sister Rebekahs and Rev.
Mr.. Bliss and TO the signers at the flu
neral
Dale Conklin.
Merl Conklin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doren Lett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Wood.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

''Let us then stand by the constitution as II
Is. and by our country II is one. united and
entire; let ii be truth engraven on our
hearts; let IL be borne on the flag under which
country, one constitution, one destiny. Daniel
Webster.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07
France, July z, 1918

Dear Mother:
1 just wrote you letter the other
day but / have time so thought
would write you a shorter one than
the last one if possible, ha, ha. Well,
hope you are feeling as well as am
for / feel just fine.
/ got three more letters from you
yesterday. The numbers were Ia,
20 and the other didn't have any num-
Der on; it was May 81 when you mail
ed it. 1t had birthday card from
Grandma Antcliff. You thank her
ever so much for such nice gift. 1t
has been nearly year since we were
called out. / got two more from
Julia with yours yesterday and let
ter from Florence. She said she was
over to you folks lately.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-08-07

On August IA at 2 o'clock Starter
0. w. Slocum will give the 2:18 pac-
ers the word ego" which inaugurates
Ionia's Free fair speed program for
1918.
The races this year will surpass
last years when 20 horses took part
in the contest. A vacancy in the
Michigan Short-Ship circuit insures a
number of entries of those horses.
This is the first time any of these
have competed in the Free fair races.
The Ionia Driving club has kept the
track in first class condition all sum-
mer for the horses that trained there.
Sheriff Ed. N. Lowrey's PAGER, by
Pop" Geer's former pupil Akar 2:02
is out campaigning but will be home
for the fair. Kalamazoo's Grand
circuit meeting he led the PAGERS to
the half in 1:02 which proves his
burst of speed. Phil Young of Beld-
ing has his chestnut stallion by Dom
aid Sphinx in training here. He won
his race at Mt. Pleasant July A and
stepped heat in 2:14 eased up.
S. Hill has his handsome black geld
ing High Tell, 2:24 IA in fine form.
A carload of speed horses are ex-
pected to arrive from Kalamazoo next
week.
The program is as follows:
Wednesday, August 1890 trot,
Thursday. August 1880 trot,
Friday, August 16.-Free-for-all,
purse, 1925; 2:3o pace, purse, 1925.
Entries close August 8.