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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
GASLESS SUNDAY
bANN IS LIFTED
AUTOS ARE SCARCE
SIX WEEKS OF GASLESS SUM-
DAYS HAVE EFFECTED DESIR-
ED RESULTS-FEW USED.

Sunday was mighty tempting day
for the man who had not had an auto
rice on the Sabbath for six long weeks
and with the beautiful weather which
tie Almighty favored us with, an auto
pleasure ride was just about the thing
which many people had on the pro-
gram for the days enjoyment. The
raising of the gasless Sunday ban
rather lifted dark cloud which had
settled en- many when with closed
churches, theaters ane the like they
were Ceprived from nearly all forms
Of worship or entertainment on the
first real closed up Sunday for many
lorg year.
While it was entirely permissible
for any one to crank up the family
flivver and go away for the.day or to
simply operate the shiny, smooth run
ming wagon up and down on the pave
ment, but a comparative few availed
themselves of the opportunity for
pleasure thus afforded and thinking
that if the boys over there needed the
gasoline for more power to beat back
the hordes of Huns, it was but right
and proper that they should still have
first chance at the nations gasoline
supply and for that reason alone many
person who would have liked to have
taken a spin, let the car stand in its
place in the garage and periodically
forbade themselves any Of the gaso-
line consuming pleasure.
Quite a number Of autos were out
on the streets though and quite a
number of parties drove through the
city on long distance trips. While
there were not so many autos driven
around the city streets, one found
many using the country roads around
this city, the autumnal coloring of
the fields and wooded districts to-
gether with the balmy atmosphere and
pleasant weather prevailing on the
day made a trip through the rural
sections more desirable and pleasing
to the eye than at any other time Of
the year.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
FOURTH HOME SOLDIER
DIES IN ARMY CAMPS

The remains of William Brakeman,
aged Fl years. who died Monday
morning at 6 o'clock in the hospital
at Ann Arbcr, where he had been TAX
en- for treatment following his COM
ing down with influenza which devel-
oped into pneumonia, arrived in this
city on the $40 train Tuesday even
ing and were taken to the undertake
ing rooms of the Miller & Harris
Furniture Co, where they were held
until this Wednesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock and then taken out to
Riverridge cemetery, where they
were inferred.
Will Brakeman was a splendid young
man, the son CT Mr.. and Mrs. August
Brakeman, Of the North side and only
recently was home for a short fur
Tough. He was in the training de-
tachment at Ann Aror at the time
he was taken sick. His parents had
been down to see him when they were
notified that he was i'll and later re-
ceived a telegram that he was dead.
Owing to the fact that he had three
brothers and sisters sick at hcme, his
remains were not taken there but
were taken from the undertaking
rooms to the cemetery, where Rev.
Norton held brief prayer service.
In honor of the dead soldier, the
flags in the city went at half mast
and the stores and business places of
the city were closed between the
hours CT 2:30 and $3.50, the time of
the funeral.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
FLU" EPIDEMIC
CLAIMS ITS FIRST
LOCAL VICTIM
MRS. l.. ID. VAUDEVILLE DIES IN
HOSPITAL FROM PNEUMONIA
FOLLOWING INFLUENZA.

The epidemic of Spanish influenza
and subsequent pneumonia which has
griped the city during the past two
weeks, claimed it's first victim last
Saturday night at III o'clock when the
death Of Mrs. Pearl q. d. Mande-
vile, aged 81 years, took place at the
Belding hospital, from pneumonia,
which followed an attack of Spanish
influenza of short duration. Mrs.
Vaudeville, together with her daugh-
ter, Veva, lived in rooms over Wortley
e. French's drug store and the daugh-
ter contracted the disease first the
mother coming down later on. While
the daughter has never been critical
ly Ill during any stage of the disease,
the condition of the mother continued
to grow worse and on Saturday she
was taken to the Bedding hospital
where her death took place at IL
o'clock that night.
Her funeral was held Monday after
noon at O'clock, the remains having
been taken to the undertaking rooms
of the Miller a. Harris Furniture CO.,
and the burial was in Green's ceme-
terry, east of the city. Mrs. Mande-
vile is survived by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Parker, of Orleans,
her husband,l l.. ID. Vaudeville, of
Lansing and her daughter, Miss Veva
Vaudeville, wno lived with her.
Rev. p. Ray Norton held a brief
prayer service at the grave, owing to
the fact that the funeral was private,
as is the usual custom in cases where
death has been caused from pneumo-
MIA following influenza and none but
the immediate relatives and close
friends were in attendance.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
Stock Woods With Game Birds.

Mayor Fred w. Green and Deputy
Game Warden George Kirsheman of
Ionia have secured nearly 100 ring
necked pheasants from the state
hatchery at Mason and have taken the
birds out near Long Lake and liber-
ated them in the hopes that they will
thrive and multiply and that some
day they will be abundant enough to
afford sport for hunting. The mayor
and the game warden had to promise
the state hatchery officials that they
would do their utmost to protect the
birds from destruction and woe to the
man who shoots one of these birds and
is caught at it before the time rolls
around when the law says that they
can be hunted and shot. 1t is to be
hoped that every person who can will
aid in protecting the birds so that
within a few years the county will
have a sufficient number of them to
afford fairly good sport in hunting
them.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

Mr.. Engemann will take up his du-
ties in his new position on the LIST of
November, but the family, Mrs. Enge-
mann and Ruth, will not go to Mus
kegon until next spring. They will
spend the winter with her parents at
Alpena and in the spring Will go to
Muskegon to live. They have many
friends here who will regret to see
them leave this city but who will wish
them all the success and happiness
in their new home.
Mr.. Engemann is also president of
the Banner Publishing Company and
will hold this position although. locat-
ed outside of the city. He was also
nominated at the primaries in August
as the candidate Of the Democratic
party for the office of county treasur-
er and his prospects of election were
said to be exceptionally good.
The Barkus people of Muskegon
have secured one of Belongs best
and ambitious young business men
and the old saying "our loss is their
gain" is eminently true in this case.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
ACCEPTS FINE POSITION
WITH MUSKEG0N FIRM

George HI. Engemann, who for a
few years back has been in the employ
of the Wagner real estate and who for
several years before that was engaged
in building up similar business for
himself, has resigned his local posi-
ton and on October 81 will leave this
city for Muskegon, where he will en-
ter the employ of the w. w. Barkus
Inc, company, one of the biggest real
estate and insurance firms in the
growing and prosperous city of Mus
kegon, as general all around man,
looking after the office and outside
work.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
Use Sugar Cards Right.

The family of HI. G.. Tingley UNI
doubtedly know by this time that it
does not pay to use more than the
stipulated and only one sugar card,
for on being found out they were fined
a $50 donation to the Ionia county
Red Cross fund for working a system
whereby the family had three sugar
cards in operation at the same time.
Federal Food Administrator George
A. Prescott approved of the fine and
commended the Ionia county food adj
minis.~at for the way in which he
had handled the case.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
SPREADS
AND CLOSING Up
ORDERS LENGTHEN
NEARLY 200 CASES OF DISEASE
REPORTED TO HEALTH OFF,
GER f. w. LITTLE.

The epidemic of Spanish influenza
which first struck this city about two
weeks ago has spread so that at the
present time there are nearly 200
cases Of the disease reported to the
health officers department and every
preventive measure that can be en-
ployed to conquer the disease has been
or will be made to gain that end. In
view of the fact that on Friday the
government issued an order closing
all churches, theaters and other pub
lie gathering places, the local board
Of health and Health Officer Little feel
as if-they were thoroughly justified
in taking the action which they did on
Monday, week ago and closing these
places in the city.
According to figures which DIR. Little
gave us, there are at the present time
just exactly 179 cases of the Flue re-
ported to his office. The doctor thinks,
however, that were there to be a
house to house canvass Of the city
made, that there would be fifty more
unreported cases brought to light,
which would make the total of the
cases more than 200 in this city.
The board of health is gratified at
the willingness of the business men
and others in this city to. cooperate
with them in every way to stamp out
the disease. They fully realize that
this cooperation and the closing of
some of these business places has
meant great financial loss to many
of the people. but they nevertheless
have displayed splendid spirit in do
ing their utmost to aid in checking the
epidemic.
Fully one-third of the cases in the
city are gaining rapidly and these
people will soon be able to be out and
attending to their duties as before.
Luckily, only one death has resulted
as a result of the wave of flu germs
which swept over the city and the
board of health considers that with
ordinary precaution that the epidemic
will be checked and will soon be on
the decline. DR.. Little feels that
there should be no public gatherings
of any kind and the suggestion is CIV
en- out that people refrain from gath
ering in groups on the streets of the
city as a further precaution against
the spread of the malady.
The churches will not reopen on
Sunday, nor will the schools reopen
next Monday morning as was at first
supposed. Neither will the theater
be allowed to open it's doors until it
is settled fact that the spread of the
disease has been checked. While no
official word was given out as to when
this time would be, it is generally sup
posed that by week from the COM
ing Saturday the disease will have
been conquered so far that it will
again be safe to reopn the theater,
churches and schools.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
Why Adperiised Stores Succeed
Reason One.

When a man gets out after trade he
gives the impression that he has init
iative and enterprise. He is evident
ly not satisfied to do business in the
old rut, the same as he or his father
or the merchant across the way did
last year. So the man who advertis-
es shows that he is looking for new
customers, new trade, new friends.
The public take very kindly to that
type of man. They believe that spir-
it will be to their advantage. They
feel that the man who shows GO
ahead spirit in his selling, will show
it in his buying, too. They feel that
the same initiative will lead him to
take extra effort to get values at the
lowest possible prices, and to give his
customers the advantage.
They feel that the man whose initia-
tive is proved by his advertising will
show that enterprise by offering his
goods at specially good values. That
is why newspaper advertising finds
immediate response in an increased
stream Of customers to an advertised
store.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
ARMY DESERTER
IS RETURNED
TO CAMP CUSTER
bob" MILLER, GARAGE EN-
PLOYE, FINDS LIFE AT CAMP
CUSTER DISTASTEFUL.


Wednesday afternoon Special Po-
liceman Elmer K. Cook received a
telegram from Commandant Mallory,
at Camp Custer, telling him to ar
rest and hold one, Roswell r. Miller,
who was taken in the draft from this
city and who it was alleged, had de-
serted from the army while stationed
at Camp Custer and when last seen
or heard from, he was making in the
direction of this city. The telegram,
while brief, went into detail enough
to give a fairly good description Of
the man wanted and an officer who
would not have been personally ac-
Quainted with the man would have
been able to have formed a very good
idea of the fellow that he was after.
Shortly after the $40 train up from
Ionia pulled into the syacion. Mr.. Cook
found Miller in company with another
man in civilian clothes and two girls
riding in an automobile near the new
Bedding Memorial library building
and Cook stopped the car and told
Miller that he was under arerst and
that he had better come along peace
ably. Miller at first resisted arrest
ond demanded that the officer show
the warrant and ether papers which
he must first have. After a little
gentle persuading Miller went along
with Cook ana was placed in the city
Jail TO await orders and instructions
from the commanding officer at Camp
CuStCr.
Miller left Camp Custer without
permission on Friday, October IL, and
on Wednesday, October 16, he was ap-
pretended. Ordinarily soldier is
not classed as deserter until he has
been absent without leave for period
of ten days or more, but inasmuch as
this was the second time that Miller
had left in this way since arriving at
the clntonment, he was charged as a
deserter.
Officer Cook went back to Camp
Custer with the prisoner on Saturday
and delivered him to the camp au-
thorities, where he was charged for
mally with deserving the United
States army. He was also charged
with the theft of coat from fellow
soldier, which he is alleged to have
admitted and it may go rather hard
with him, as it is claimed that there
are several other charges against
him, other than the theft and deser-
ton charges.
Miller came here from the south
and has been in trouble, so it is alleg-
ed by people who keep bcarders in
this city, ceveral times on account of
leaving without paying board as per
agreement. He was employed for a
time on the construction Of the big
factory A smoke stack and for time
prior to his being drafted he was en-
ployed in the Murray garage. While
residing here he seemed to have the
ordinary number of friends and out
side of his occasional alleged board
bill troubles seemed to get along all
right.
Just what punishment will be meted
out to Miller is not known, but the
chances are that he will be sent i'm
mediately to the front line trenches.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

Miss Clara Rivenburgh, aged D6
years, died at the home Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rivenburgh,
East State street Sunday morning at at
about o'clock following painful
was caused by anemia- Her funeral
from st. Joseph's Catholic church,
Rev. FIR. John A. Klich officiating and
burial was in the Catholic cemetery
here. She is survived by her par
ents and two brothers, George and
Frank Rivenburgh of Flint, who were
here for the funeral. Will Ritter
storf of Muskegon is also a half
brother Of the deceased and he to-
gether with his family were at the
funeral.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

Orrin Pearl Layton. Alvin Crystler,
Glen Manufacturing and Claude j.
Johnson are the next men to be called
into service from this city and they
are to report at Ionia, Thursday, Oct.
"a, at 10 o'clock in the morning.
They will entrain at o'clock for Camp
Eustis, Lee Hall, Va, where they win
receive their military training. Lloyd
Olds of Smyrna, Ivan Kennedy of Or
leans and a number of other young
men from around the county to the
number of total of 20 will go along
with them.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
To Hold Rummage Sale.

The ladies of the board of mana
gers of the Bedding hospital are plan
ming on holding rummage sale in
the vacant store in the Holmes block,
formerly occupied by Patterson's de-
partment store, beginning on Nov. 6
and continuing as long as it can be
held. Everybody should be interest
ed in an institution like the hospital
and it is a common duty for us all to
rummage around and find things to
place on sale at this time for this
purpose. There are many farmers
who can donate something from off
the farm just as well as not for the
hospital or for the sale and it GER
tainly would be great help to the
ladies who have the cares of running
the institution in hand. Really, you
never know just how quick you or one
of yours is going to be taken to the
hospital for treatment and one feels
better if after being taken there they
can say that they have helped to keep
it going.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

Mrs. Caddie White has had some
auction bills got out at this office and
she will hold an auction at her farm
home just west of Shaw's corners, on
Thursday, October 81, all of the
horses, stock, tools. implements, ETC.,
which were used in the working of
the farm. Theresis a large list of
articles offered for sale and il will
pay our readers to attend the sale. N.
G. Thomas is the auctioneer and
Frank l.. Moon is clerk at. the sale.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

informed by Rev. w. J.. Rock of Van
derbilt that he has accepted their
call to this pastorate and will soon
move here and take up the work.
The parsonage is already being put in
repair for him and service in the
church will begin the first Sunday in
November after the ban is lifted.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
The Famous One-Cent Sale.

Commencing tomorrow and contin-
uing through Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. Harry j. Connell, veteran
local druggist and proprietor of the
Rexall store will put on his semi-an-
nual One-Cent sale. This sale has
become looked for event in this city
and in 5000 other cities where the
Rexall chain of stores operate and
the bargains offered the people at
these extra special buying opportun-
tiles are not easily forgotten and a
large crowd always takes advantage
of them. Mr.. Connell tells us that
he has done lot of work and plan
ming to get this sale for this time
and that owing to the conditions
brought on by the war, it is very
doubtful il he will be able to offer
another like sale until after the war
has been settled and therefore we urge
our readers to take advantage of the
bargains offered at Connell's Famous
One-Cent sale which is being held at
the popular druggists store for the
remaining three days of this week.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

The marriage of Mr.. Ralph Sherman
and Miss Kate Cusick took place at
the Baptist parsonage Friday even
ing. October Is, at o'clock. Rev. w.
"A. Bliss officiating and using the ring
service. The couple were attended
by Mr.. and Mrs. Don Harrington, two
newlyweds whom Rev. Bliss married a
short time ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Sher-
man will continue to reside in this
city.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

The board of supervisors at its Mon
day meeting unanimously reelected
Frank L. Moon, of Otisco, as one of
the county commissioners of the poor.
Mr.. Moon not only received the unan-
imous vote Of the supervisors, but the
electing was done by reclamation, a
sort of complimentary action of the
board which speaks well for Mr..
Moons work on the committee.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

1t takes a rich man to draw a check;
a pretty girl to draw attention; a
horse to draw the cart; porous
plaster to draw the influenza; paper
to draw cook; free lunch to draw
crowd; and well displayed adver-
tisement in this paper TO draw trade.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

Harmon Palmateer writes the fol-
lowing letter to Miss Winifred Thomp-
son. As will be seen in the letter,
the boys can purchase an occasional
chicken over there for something ex-
ira at dinner. "Sim" spoken of in
the letter, is Lynn Simmons, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Simmons of this
city:
Sept. Is, 1918. p.
Dear Friend:
Received your letter last night and
it sure made me feel fine to hear from
you again. Your letter found me
feeling fine and having as good time
as could be expected over here in
France. We could have more amuse-
ment and also get along much better
if we could only talk the lingo that
the French people do. Although the
French people are very accommodate
ing and also very free hearted to the
American soldiers.
I expect the young fellows are very
scarce in Bedding now days as there
sure is great bunch Of them over
here now and all anxious to strike the
final blow that will end the war. You
never see a soldier over here but who
is waiting anxiously to get up to the
front to do his bit and / guess il
won't be long until Sim and will be
up there for we have been transferred
with six other fellows out Of the bat
terry and are waiting orders to move
at any time now. / think we are
going up there to take fellows places
who have been bopted of or killed
rather. But Iosure am glad that
Sim and / can go together. That is
some satisfaction anyhow and we are
waiting anxiously to go when called
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

Mrs. Anna Baldwin Of Altoona coun-
ty after short visit with relatives
and friends in this city returned to her
home Tuesday.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

Mrs. Geo. Shumaker of Flint spent
the week end with Mrs, Bertha Nc
Mahon.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

Henry Skellenger is helping Mr..
Virgins dig potatoes this week.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23
GRIM WRITER'S
OF WORLD HISTORY
WRITE LETTERS HOME
LETTERS COME FROM ACROSS
THE SEA WHERE LOCAL BOYS
ARE AFTER THE HUN

Among the re-
cent arrivals in
France was one,
George Trimble, a
son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester +.
Trimble of this
city. George
writes the follow
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-23

ing letter TO ms parents, telling them
of the trip over and of some of the in
cidents which happened soon after
the boys got over there. George tells
about the great life in the following
letter: