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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-04

| nearly fell by the wayside, so you
see how tired l was. Mother, here
is where ! got my first experience
and it nearly did me out; one of cur
nj. ID. corps boys passed out of this
world yesterday at o'clock p. m.
The disease was found to be diabe-
ties. His home was in Dodson, Mo-,
and how l hated to notify his parents
for / know how they would feel about
it being SO sudden. Well, we are
going to have a real military funeral,
we are to have firing squad and fire
36 rounds or volly of shots, also the
whole M. ID. corps is to turn out for
parade. / think it will be tomor-
row. l stayed right by him till the
last minute and wet his mouth and
any other thing / could do for him,
but believe me it was no easy job and
felt so bad / hardly knew what to
do for it was my first time to care
for the dying but now / am worth
more to Uncle Sam. When he had
gone went out in the country about
five miles and had me time consid-
ering the occasion.
Well. what do you think of the way
write my letters? Now / don't
get time to write with pencil so do
the next best thing. Well, it is
nearly time for me to go off duty so
will ring off for now and finish it later
as / expect to get some time tomor-
row. So will say good night for now.
August 6. 6:45 a. m.-Well how are
you this morning feel much better
than l did last night and this is a
fine day, just elegant and / don't
have to drill today. Well / must
say good bye and will write soon.
From your son and brother.
Frank w. Lowden.
Otisville, N. Y, Aug. Is, 1918.
Loved Ones All:
Just a card to let you know / am
well and hope you are the same. Oh,
say, / don't have my mail addressed
like it used to be. will give you my
address. l am out at Howls, N. Y,
5 miles from the camp and the real old
lady said to tell you not to worry
about me and be very proud to have a
lad like that to give to Old Glory,
also to tell you she loved me, an old
lady 65 years old.
Bye, bye love to all.
Corp. w. Lowden,
Gen. Hospital No. 8, Otisville, N. Y.
p. ST. was promoted to corporal
yesterday.
Pat Rowe is in receipt of the fol-
lowing interesting letter from his
nephew, Charles. who is in the service
in France:
July 20, 1918.
Dear Uncle:
In letter home, a short time back,
/ said / would tell you little more
about this timber over here. While
it seems to me that / covered the
ground pretty we'll in former letter
to you, l will go on into details and
risk telling the same facts twice.
The forest that we are in is a seed
ed forest. We are now harvesting
the first crop. Some of the forest
lands near here have already raised
several crops The trees are now in
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-04
THE SOLDIERS WRITE
SUCH GOOD LETTERS

Say, folks, you should see the air
planes around here; it's nothing to
see 10 or 20 in the air at one time.
When you write send a special deliv-
cry letter and III be able to get it
before l leave. / sure would love to
be home but we are here such a short
time it is impossible to get pass and
it would take 5 days for me to come
home and have any time to visit you.
1t won't be long let us hope, until l
am home for good.
NV little wife was going down to
see Hub for awhile. Don't worry
about her for she will be true to me
! am positive. / guess I'll go over to
Hampstead tonight, it's only about 3
miles and walking is fairly good, ha,
ha.
Well, folks, be sure and write right
oft the reel. hope you got the cards
sent when coming from Frisco
here. Be sure and don't worry about
me for / will be all o. k. Write to
Queenie lots and keep her cheered up.
Well, / will close for now as l can
think of no more to write about.
Bye bye, and love to each and every
one of you and the next time you
hear from me 1 may be in France.
Bunch of love from
Pvt. George r. Whitney,
Hdq. Co., 81 Regt., G. A. O., Camp
Mills, Long Island, N. Y.
Charles Cowles, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Spencer Cowles, Of Alderman
street, tells of war life as he sees it in
France in a recent letter to his par
ents, which is as follows:
At the Front, Somewhere in France
Sunday, July %, 1918.
Dear Ones at Home:
/ will now answer your welcome
letter received some time ago. l am
we'll and feeling fine and hoping this
may find you the same.
l came in from the front last night
for a couple of days rest and to get
cleaned up little. But am not so
far back but what l can still hear
the heavies whizzing over my head.
/ put in 81 days at the front without
any relief but yesterday got man
to take my place.
We had our first introduction to
Fritz last Sunday night and Monday
morning. We were in one of the
nerceSL afClllery DdrrdStS Slice bnS
war was started. The French say
that it was equal to Verdun. But
say, we sure learned something about
modern warfare in short time. We
were bit surprised at first but it is
getting to be an old story now and the
boys go about as cool headed as if
they were at drill. A fellow will be
good dodger after he gets out of
here, for lodging shells and shrapnel
is no joke at times. l often wonder
ed how it would feel to be under fire
and / tell you that l sure have done
a lot of thinking for while but when
our guns opened up and began to eat
the ammunition there was plenty to
do for everybody and we forgot all
about what was coming our way and
passed them back to Fritz. l was
sowing ammunition and we stopped
firing only when our guns became so
heated that the breech block set and
put the guns out of commission. But
all the guns are working again today
and the boche is backing up and we
are going to keep him on the move.
Well so much for that scrap and we
are ready for the next. The big
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-04
THE BELDING BANNER-NEws

shells sure sound a little unfrierdIy
especially when fellow wants to get
little sleep but we should worry
as we are sending back three for
every one that comes our way.
guess that you can see by the papers
that the Yanks are busy and they
are going TO keep busy until it is fin
ished over here. Our division will
probably soon be relieved and will
have more time to write.
haven't had much time to myself
as during those three weeks we have
taken up nine new positions and it
means some work every time we move
forward but it's cheaper to move than
pay rent especially when we are al
ways moving forward. Fritz sure
started something when he started
en- July 10 only he has been going
backward so fast that it keeps us NOV
ing to stay within range of him.
We haven't only been in one of the
hottest artillery barrages but we ara
constantly under fire as the big guns
seem to never rest. But at that
Fritz hasn't anything on the Ameri-
can gunner. So far our battery has
been the forward battery of the regi-
ment and we have sure showed up
good. will tell about one instance
when our o. p. caught sight of 800
Germans working on a new battery
position and a we'll directed barrage
of shrapnel wiped out the entire
bunch not even a single boche re-
turned to tell the story. But that is
only one of the chances at getting ev-
en- with Kaiser Bill.
So far we have been lucky and only
lost two men. Maybe we won't al
ways be that lucky. But we sure
are going to give them hell as long as
we last. l think that IL we can
keep them moving the way we have
that the war will be over by Christ
mas for it is going to be different
tune when our shells begin to land
on German soil. have found out
that Mike is over here somewhere
but have been unable to locate him
and / have been expecting to hear
from Earl most every day. There
is very little chance Of my seeing him
ever here and it would only be
chance in one hundred of him getting
into this division. Well about all
we can do is hope for the best and
now / will be drawing this to a close.
| will write whenever / can and if
can do anything to help ont don't be
afraid to let me know.
With love and kisses from your SOL
der boy, Chas.
Chief Mechanic c. S. Cowles,
Bat'y. B, 10th F. A, A. <. F. France.
Frank w. Lowden, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Lowden, who is stationed in a
hospital at Otisville, N. Y, writes
the following letter to his parents:
Otisville, New York,
August 5, 1918.
Dear Ones All.
Just line to let you know l am
we'll and do think of you yet. But
right now / feel rather much under
the weather from the heat. l was out
and drilled an hour this a. m. and
when l returned Just had to give up.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-04
Notice To Farmers.

We have permission from the gov
eminent to grind rye, for hog feed,
provided you are short Of other feed
for your hogs.
E. Chapple & Co.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-04
Long Lake Bus.

I will run a bus to Long Lake,
Heth's pavilion Saturday evenings,
taking passengers for the dance. Bus
will leave from p. M. depot at SOC
o'clock p. m.
100-3-tf. Bert Riker.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-04

Dear Ones All.
Just line to let you know l am
well and do think of you yet. But
right now | feel rather much under
the weather from the heat. l was out
and drilled an hour this a. m. and
when / returned / just had to give up.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-04

Frank w. Lowden, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Lowden, who is stationed in a
hospital at Otisville, N. Y, writes
the following letter to his parents:
Otisville, New York,
August 5, 1918.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-04

Pat Rowe is in receipt of the fol-
lowing interesting letter from his
nephew, Charles. who is in the service
in France:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23

The better thou be the more care
full thou must be.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
AN IRISH PRIEST IN AFRICA.

Rev. H. A. Gogarty, C. S. .Sp., is at.
tached to the Zanzibar mission, East
Africa, and is one of the sons Ireland
has given to the apostolic field. He
has formed a good idea of our Catho
lies, for he says:
Americans are, indeed, very gener.
Gus, judging from something l saw
about the help they are giving us.
hope my own dear eountrymen from
holy Ireland are not behind others.
Might | recommend to their care
the new church at Mombasa? The
other day a sad accident happened
when, owing to defective cement or
some other fault in the materials, the
tower fell. Happily, no one is injured
His Lordship, Bishop Neville, will be
very much upset, | am afraid He is
away at present. His heart was very
much set on this new church for the
rapidly-groWing port and town of
Mombasa." "A
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
NO PRICELESS" DAYS IN INDIA.

II we are inclined to find fault with
our various meatless, wheatless,
sweetless days, we should read this
experience of a missionary in India
which appears in the English Catho.
lie Missions, and learn something
about monotony in diet:
When does a missionary have his
meals?" says a Madura missionary
Poor meals! there is no fixed hour
for them, and they are very sketchy
Rice and water, seasoned cat dinner
time) with spice sauce or pepper
water by way of food. In this way
have eaten rice $3.50 times in a dozen
years? Occasionally a few native
vegetables, a bit of mutton or chicken
and, at the seaside, fish, vary the mo-
notony. Beef or veal are never eaten
Being sacred animals, the bovine race
is protected with idOlatrous zeal, a
prejudice which a missionary would
never think of hurting on account OF
the dislike, and even disgust, with
which he would be looked upon by q
superstitious pagan people. Did he
not come among them to win their
hearts to Jesus Christ, not to ali
enate?'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
SOME MISSION NEEDS.

Did you ever stop to think, dear
reader, that in many little Churches
in our own country, there are no
stations of the cross, candl 2sticks or
even a statue to give the inside of the
little building the appearance of a
House of God?
In some little Mission Churches the
altar is but asFroughly constructed
affair, made bytthe overworked Mis-
sionary, in most cases; and on many
of these affairs old bottles serve as
candlesticks.
1t is hard for people living in large
cities to imagine that such conditions
really exist, but nevertheless, such
poverty is to be found in many Sec
tons of the country, particularly in
the South and West.
The Catholic Church Extension So
ciety has endeavored, for the past
twelve years, to take care of the Home
Mission needs, and already over fifteen
hundred little Chapels each represent
ing a donation of $500, have been
built in districts where no Church
existed before, by the Society, through
the generosity of it's patrons. Besides
building Chapels, numerous articles of
Church Goods, including affairs, vest
ments, monstrances, chalices, ciboria,
stations of the cross and other arti-
cles for the completion of chapel,
have been supplied by the Extension
Society.
In spite of all the Society has done,
appeals for candlesticks, vestments
and stations of the cross are coming
in thick and heavy, and in order to
get these articles to the poor priests
as soon as we possibly can, we are
making this appeal to the Catholic
public in order to secure donations
for the purchase of these much need
ed articles.
A set of six brass candlesticks
and an altar crucifiX, or a set of
vestments or a set of stations of the
cross can be obtained with q donation
of $1,000.
If you would care to send one or the
other articles mentioned above to some
poor Missionary, the Catholic Church
Extension Society, $50 Mccormick
Building, Chicago, ILL.,, would be
pleased to receive your donation and
order sent to a poor place whatever
article you specify.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
cAPUCHIN MISSIONARY.

That branch of the great family OF
st. Francis known as the Capuchins
is quietly engaged in missionary work
that brings it's members into almost
all corners of the world.
It's forty-four missions are found in
all the continents of the earth. The
population of these Al missions mum
bers 152,000,000 heathens and Protes-
tants and about 100000 Catholics
One thousand and fifty-two Capuchin
missionaries are engaged in them, be-
sides $50 members of other religious
orders, $50 native priests and 1900
nuns. At present there are $50 per-
manent mission stations, about 600
mission schools with $4,000 children
and 80 orphans. Surely a wide mis-
sion field.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23

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airy
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
WORDS OF BISHOP OTTO, q. r. M

Bishop Otto of N. Kansu writes the
following:
What miracles Of grace have the
aims given to foreign missions
brought about? In each Christian
center may be found chapel, a
school, a hospital or an orphan
asylum according to the size of the
place. The aged are sheltered, poor
infants, instead of being cast into the
raVines, are rescued, baptized and
placed in Christian homes.
"Pagans have the Gospel brought
to them, Christians are helped along
the road to perfection, light takes the
place OF darkness in countless mum.
Der OF souls-all these wonders are
performed by the little fofferings that
come through. the agencies of the Pro.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23

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pagation of the Faith Society and the
Holy Childhood Association.
What a joyful consolation it will
be for the generous hearts who have
helped spread the Divine Kingdom to
hear at the day of judgment the words
spoken by the great judge of man.
kind: AS you have done to the least
of My little ones, you have done unto
Me- su
Therefore, never forget, my friends,
that the work of the Propagation of
the Faith is the work of Christ
Through it you become participators
in His apostolate."
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-02-22
THE FUTURE

Have you ever thought seriously of how you were
going to fare when your ability to livelihood has
been impaired to the point where you were no longer
capable of earning enough to keep yourself and family?
It's very important to you especially if you young
man. Many an old couple have been saved the disgrace
of having to depend upon their friends by preparing for
their older days by making investments in municipal
bonds that yield a good income 57s and per cent
There is nothing that is sound good municipal
bonds such as the ones that are being sold by D. H Pgg
who represents the Security Municipal Bond Co., 18}'
North Park Place. Municipal bonds from $50 up.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-02-22
WHO'S WHO IN A NEWSPAPER
OFFICE.

Whose dreadful voice is it that causes
fear?
And, like a wornout and stripping
gear,
1t CRATES and grinds on every listen
ing car?
The editors.
Whose siIken hose and amply short
ened skirt
The eyes of all the single men divert? ?
Who'll have one hooked if he is not
alert?
The society editor.
Who is the most important guy of
all?
Whose cerebrum is smaller than his
gall?
And who, like pride, is doomed to
have a fall?
The cub
Who tries to please the writer's grave
and sage
By editing their copy page by page,
But only makes them rant and roar
with rage? =
The Gnotypist.
Who grunts and growls of sundry
pains and aches
Cause he's the goat for numerous
mistakes
The empty headed cup reporter
makes?
The prOofreader.
Who, smears the ink across his vacant
face?
Whose ivory dome will never learn
the case?
Who pies the forms of type and drops
the chase?
The devil.
Who stews and storms whenever
copy's shy,
And storms and stews when it is
piled high?
Who can't be pleased, no matter how
you try?
The foreman
Whose splendid work is least ap-
preciated,
And whose best lines are oft emas-
culated;
Nay, frequently the whole eradi-
Gated?
The poets.
Sacramento Sunday News.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-02-22
PASS TEACHERS PENSION.

Washington - The senate has
passed the teachers retirement bill,
introduced year ago by Senator
Pomerene. The act applies to teach
ers in the District of Columbia and
they must be employed here 10 years.
At the age of 81 the teachers may be
retired at her own option or at the
option of the board of education. At
the age of So, if disabled mentally or
physically, she may be retired, when
she will receive amounts that vary
from $500 upward, according to sal
airy. The teacher will contribute So
per cent of the fund and the govern
ment will contribute 81 per cent.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-10
A Distinguished Visitor.

Yesterday Nogales was visit
ed by Hon. R. F. del Vale of
Los Angeles, California, who
was visiting at Patagonia, the
guest of his brother-in-law, Mr..
C. L. Northcraft.
Mr.. del Vale is returning
home to California from a visit
in Washington, D. c., accompa-
MED by Mrs. del Vale, they hav-
ing been in the national capital
to visit a daughter and new
grandson; and en- route to Cali
fornia they stopped over a few
days to visit at Patagonia,
where another daughter, Mrs.
Allen V. Duncan, has been Wis
iting some months. In a few
days the trio will terminate
their visits at Patagonia and re-
turn to their Los Angeles home.
Mr.. del Vale is a prominent
lawyer in Lower California, and
has served several terms as
state representative and state
senator. Early in the Wilson
administration he was sent to
the border and to Hermosillo, as
the presidents confidential adj
viser,, and while here he met
many of our citizens who were
impressed with the manifest
ability of the gentleman.
Mr.. del Vale is native Cali
fornian Spanish decent), and
he has decided knowledge of
the Mexican character and psy-
chology. He gave Tie Oasis
some very interesting info ma
ton which will be embodied in
special article.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-10
Miss Birdsall Visits Nogales.

Yesterday Nogales was visit
ed by Miss Alice Birdsall of
Phoenix, who is state chairman
for the Women's Liberty Bond
Drive committee. The lady was
the guest Of Mrs. Frank ]. Duff
fly, county chairman, and at the
residence of Mrs. Duffy num-
Der of the ladies of the commit
tee met the visitor.
Mrs. Birdsall informed the la
dies that the women of Arizona
are responding enthusiastically
to the call made upon them in
the great work, and they are
helping wonderfully in the eff
fort to send Arizona over the
top in record time, which will
occur without doubt.
The work in Santa Cruz cOun.-
ty is progressing finely, and so
it was reported to Miss Birdsall.
In. Nogales the ladies have sold
bonds to the amount of SGT $50,
and from the outside precincts
and districts there come enthu-
siastic reports of what is doing.
Sure Santa Cruz will go over the
top in fine shape.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-10
Harry Grace Said to be Sinking

Word came yesterday from
Tucson that Harry Grace, who
was badly injured in an automo-
bile accident on the state high
way Monday afternoon, was
sinking and thought to be be-
yond recovery. A collar bone
had been broken and it was
found TIA. a part of the bone
had pierced one lung.
Yesterday afternoon Henry
Levin cot in communication
with Mr.. Grace's daughter in
Los Angeles, and the family
was to leave for Tucson last
night. It was not intended to
disturb the family by a knowl-
edge of the accident, but the un-
favorable turn in his condition
prompted his friends to at once
apprise them of his condition.
The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-10
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT CIR
CULATION ETC. REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CON-
GRESS OF AUGUST a. 1872

Of The Daily Morning Oasis published Daily except Monday
at Nogales Arizona for October LIST, 1918.
STATE OF ARIZONA,
County of Santa Cruz
Before me- Notary for the State and county
aforesaid personally appeared Bird wo having been
duly according to law dposes and says that he the
aging of The Daily Morning Oasis and that the following
is of his knowledge and belief statement of the
ownership management (and daily paper the culaton)
etc. the aforesaid publication for the date shown tile above
caption required by the Act August a. 1872 embodied
44 and Regulations printed the
this form, to-wit:
addresses of the publisher editor,
managing editor and business managers are
Publisher The Oasis Printing House Inc Nogales Arizona
Editor Allen T. Bird Nogaes Arizona. tss
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Business Managers Allen 7. Bird, Nogalea, Arizona
g. That the (Give and addresses of
dvdua corporation its and the
and addresses Of stockholders owning holding cent of the
total of stock)
The Aasis Printing House, Inc.
Gala N. Bird Nogaes, Arizona.
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Beula o. Bird, Nogaes, Arizona tsa.e
Lieut.. Allen T Bird, Jr, Somewhere in France.
8. the bondholders mortgages and other
security holders owning holding cent more of total
of bonds mortgages other securities Of there
none state)
Sonora Bank & Trust Company.
a. That the paragraphs next above giving thenanes
of the stockholders and security hoders if contain
only the list of stockholders and security holders they
upon the books of the but where the
stockholders security holder appears the books the
pany any other ucay relation the of
person corporation for whom such trustee acting
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conditions under which stockholders and security holders who
appear the books of the trustees hold
securities capacity other than that of bona de
owner and this aan to believe that any other
person. association corporation has any interest direct in
in the said stock bonds other securities than stated
by him.
That the average number of copies of each issue of this
publication sold distributed through the mails ose to
paid subscribers during the months preceding the date shown
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ony.)
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