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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-24
MISSIONARY UNION

The Missionary union of the First Baptist church met at the church Monday afternoon at o'clock. Tine subject for discussion was Christian Education and the Kingdom" and Mrs. N. B. Parker acted as leader Chris tan Education in Church, Sunday School and Missionary Society was discussed by Mrs. George Ross; Chris tian Education in Denominational schools by Mrs J. S. Parrott; "Chris- tian Education in Foreign Lands" by Mrs W. E. Suratt, and the Historic Il Beginning" was the subject of Mrs. NJ. P. Reynolds talk.
 A meeting will be held at the First Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, which will be attended by members of all of the Baptist churches in the district. the object of the meet ing being to arrange the programme and make arrangements for the all day meeting to be held at the Brighton church Tuesday, July 10.
 News was received in the city to- day of the arrival in New York of T. J. Hayes, who has been with the American expeditionary forces iii France for more than a year, serving with the engineers. MT. Hayes was wounded in September and was unable to leave the hospital until December, but has fully recovered.
 Dr. and Mrs. T. c. Donald left Mop- day for d stay of six weeks in Boa- ton, New York and other points. While away Dr. Donald will take a special course in surgery.
 Miss Lila Mae Moorer has returned from visit to Selma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-24
House Bill Allows Members of Congress
 to Have Two Clerks
Rx Assnniatsd Prnsn

Washington, June 23.-Reviving it's old clerk hire legislation. the House, after protracted debate, today adopted and sent to the Senate a resolution permitting each member to employ two clerks, whose names. with their salary, shall be placed on the roll of congress sional employees.
 Nothing in the resolution, it was pointed out during debate, prevents member from paying practically all of the s3200 available for members clerical help in the year beginning next July to one employe, another being placed on the roll at nominal salary. By the enrolment of clerks, it also was said in debate, members cannot be charged with paying less than the max irnum authorization and "pocketins the difference"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-24

The windmill Is new addition to the forest rangers station on the mountain peaks of the west. It's purpose is to drive the dynamo that supplies current for a wireless telephone. The telephone has long been the chief aid of the look out in fighting fires in our great na- tional forests. Often, however, when most needed, the wires would be lying useless under a slide of rocks or snow or a fallen tree, so the rangers are to have wireless telephones. whose function ing cannot be disturbed in these ways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-24
JOINT INSTALLATION

Ensley lodge, No. 560, will entertain Globe lodge Thursday evening at the Ma sonic temple, at which time joint in stallation of the newly elected officers of the two lodges will be held
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-24

an open social meeting next Monday afternoon. when all of the members If the congregation will be invited Mrs George Waller. Mrs. Will Cochran and Mrs. B. l.. Russell will act as joint hostesses at the social meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-24
Hnbitual Constipation Cured In IA to Fl
 Days

"LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN'' is a special lv prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative Tor Habitual Constipasion. It relieves promptly and should be taken regular ly for IA to 21 days to induce regular sction It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleanst to Take soc per bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-24
RICYCLES RACES

Under the direction of the Y NJ. C.
 X. work in Bessemer, bicycle raccs have been arranged to take place Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock. IL, |. Coons is managing the races ahd the prizes have been donated by Bry- ant Brothers Bicycle company. The races will begin on Second avenue and Eighteenth street and the route will be down Eighteenth street for about one-half mile to a bridge. There will be two classes of racers, with three prizes for each class. Boys weighing under 112 pounds will compete in the first race, with an electric lamp for the first prize, a s2 repair ticket at Bryants as second prize and pair of rubber handle bar grips as tho third prize. The second race will be for boys under 130 pounds and the first prize will be $5 racing saddle. the second prize a $2 repair ticket and the third an electric flash light
 The womans auxiliary of the Pres byterian church held a missionary meeting at the church Monday after- noon with Mrs. J. B. Morton as leader. The subject for the afternoon was Sunday School Extension" and talks were made by Mrs. George Stevenson. Mrs I. r. Swallow, Mrs. Morton and others Arrangements were made fer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-24
Oak

So bad is this demon of tor ture that, perhaps you are contemplating seeing. a doc- tor to get relief Why have you refused to use Tyree's Antiseptic Powder for these tormenting cases of Prickiy Heat, Poison Oak and Mos- quito Bites? The person who does not use Tyrees Antisep- tic Powder freely in these cases deserves to be torment- ed. because the effect of Ty ree's Antiseptic Powder Tn these irritating eases IS all most marvellous. One or two tabiespoons~full dissolved in a basin of water will relieve you while you are applying 1t. When used in the same dilutions it's application II very pleasant and noncau- terizing.
 For thirty years. Tyree's Antiseptic Powder has been the accepted standard for per sonal hygiene. Tn small. me dium and large sizes-for sale by all drug and depart ment stores.
 Rem m b CT the name THREE S-accept no other.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-12-03

A reunion of the Cowles family was
held at the home Of Ed. Cowles, last
Sunday. Thirty-six were present. A
fine dinner was served and Ed. says
he wishes his birthday would come
twice year regardless of the stormy
weather.
Douglas Fairbanks in "His Majesty,
The American. Dec. IL and IL. At the
Empress.
The Misses Ceresta King and AL
dena Harris, of Belding were the Sat
urday night and Sunday guests OF
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hoppough
went to Grand Rapids, last Wednes-
day to be the guests, Thanksgiving
day of their son, Carl and family. They
returned Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Winchell and their
daughter, Phyllis, Albert Winchell and
Clifford Condor came Wednesday
evening to spent Thanksgiving at the
home of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Condor.
Mrs. Robert Earle received a tele-
gram Tuesday saying her friend, Mrs
Caroline Bartlett, of Grand Rapids
had died very suddenly. She left or
the noon train to attend the funeral
Miss Sadie Himebaugh spent Sun.
day in Blanchard, as the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. w. Gillett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Insley anC
son, Howard, Mrs. Barry and Ruth
Brown spent Sunday at the home OF
Henry Harris and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis ant
daughter, Lizzie, were the Sunday
guests of Alfred Davis and wife.
A. l.. Hull received word that his
son, Ed, was very sick and he left or
Monday for Greenville to see him.
81 numbers were sold at the Thanks
giving dance here last Wednesday
evening.
Let every lady Maccabee of Smyrna
Hive plan to attend lodge early Sat
urday evening as there well be cleo
tion of officers and initiation.
Mia Richmond is in Lansing thi:
week attending the Farmers Club con
vention.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Norton were
in Greenville one day last week.
Mrs. Helen Purdy left last Wednes
day to spend the winter at the HON,
of her son, Fred and wife in Belding.
DIR. and Mrs. Stanton were Thanks.
giving day guests at the home of DR.
Penton and family.
DR.. and Mrs. Penton and Gayla anC
DR.. Stanton and Mrs. John Tebbe
were Grand Rapids visitors Tuesday
The doctors attended the medica
meeting and the ladies did some shop
ing and attended few shows.
Mrs. Barry returned from Lansing
last Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John York and Mrs
Hannah Purdy, of Orleans, were thu
Friday visitors at Dell Purdy's.
On account of the storm, Saturday
night the committee in charge of tn,
social evening for the Maccabees de
cided to postpone it until some latel
date.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Condor spent
Thanksgiving at the home of Chas
Condor.
Mrs. Barber and daughter, Eothols
of Edmore, were the guests of Sadi,
Himebaugh from Wednesday until
Saturday.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-12-03
ASHLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Beardslee, OF
Lakeview were guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. G. l.. Beardslee, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. r. Eggleston en-
tertained relatives from Kalamazoo
last week.
Douglas Fairbanks in Ellis Majesty,
The American. Dec. IL and IL. At the
Empress.
The wind storm of Saturday night
blew part of Ben Snyder's barn down.
Frank Wood Sr., returned Friday
from the north where he has been
hunting deer, bringing home one that
weighed over 200 pounds.
tertained their children at Thanksgiv-
ing.
Billy Butts and Guy Clifford have
gone to Saginaw to seek their for
tune. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Slayton, Mrs.
Henry Slayton and family were the
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.. Clark
Howard Thanksgiving.
II. ]. Wood. Of Grand Rapids, at
tended the Wood family reunion at
his fathers home on Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Brown are
helping care for Mrs. Sarah Brown
who is very i'll at Belding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rasmussen
we're pnests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. p,
Lunn, Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Green enter
tanned a number of relatives at din
ner party last FRIDAY in honor of Mr..
IT. M. Laurence's 80th birthday an
niversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Drake and son
ef Kent CITY were guests of friends
and relatives in this vicinity last
week
Clyde Allchin is very much improv-
ed.
Douglas Fairbanks in "His Majesty
The American. Dec. IL and IL. At the
Empress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Stevens and
family attended Thanksgiving dinner
at Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Smiths in
Greenville.
Miss Nellie Ashley, Mr. and Mrs
Roy and Guy Clifford, Mr.. and Mrs
Edd Harrison ate Thanksgiving din
mes at Misses Nelson's.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-12-03

Hubert Reeves, of Lansing, was
home for over Thanksgiving.
Howard Insley, of Grand Rapids,
was home for Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Cowles and fam
lily, Of Cowles Ave-, Mr.. and Mrs. HUI
go Casper and son, Donald and Miss
Ceresta King, of Belding, were the
Thanksgiving day guests of Will Cow
les and wife.
Mr.. Frank, Richmond of Lansing
and his sisters, Miss Addie, Mrs. Lucy
Kaser and Mrs. Bernice Foss Of Bel
ding were home for Thanksgiving.
Mr.. Will Buell. spent Friday night
with Ward Hoppough and family.
Mr.. Dexter Richmond, of Gratan,
visited at Charles Richmond's, Thanks
giving day.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-12-03
TIME TABLE

Corrected October 1, 1919.
Ionia to Howard City GAG a. m.
Grand Rapids to Saginaw 1855 am
Saginaw to G. r. 49, 1915 a. m,
Howard c. to Ionia & Det- IL :23 am.
Flyer-G. r. to Saginaw 2:37 pm.
Howard City to d ,troit 4:03 pm
Ionia to Howard City = $40 pm.
G.. r. to Saginaw, daily tr. 6:44- p, m,
Saginaw to G.. r.. daily tr. sos p. m
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-12-03

hopes to call on her Smyrna friends
in the near future.
Hubert Reeves with several Of his
classmates of M. A. c. are this week
attending the international Live Stock
show at Chicago.
Olympia Arbor Of Cleaners will
meet with Harold Gardner on Thurs
day, December IL, picnic dinner.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-12-03
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Hyomei is the one treatment fol-
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A complete outfit costs but little al
Wortley & French or any reliable
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omei inhaler lasts life time and ex.
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from druggists for few cents.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-12-03

Will Buell. has gone north to Mer-
rit, on business this week.
Eli Hanks, of Brink, was dinner
guest at George Hanks, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgin Condor and
Mrs. Aired Davis were in Bedding
Tuesday and called on Mrs. Eva T..
Bignell while there. They found her
much improved in health and she
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10
~HEDGEDALE ITEMS.

Miss Lena Brenton closed a very
successful term of school Saturday.
Gottlieb Winner delivered hogs to
Rush Hill Thursday.
The Missionary Society met with
Mrs. J.R. Shook Thursday with a
good attendance. The next meeting
will be held at Mrs. Geo. E-del's.
Miss Lena Brenton, Effie and Anna
Leah Sims, Florence Barklay, Roberta
Maxwell, visited with Aline Kircher
Monday night.
The box supper at Hedgedale was
well attended. Miss Kathryn Miller
being the most popular young lady.
Herman Schrader the ugliest man.
$685. was taken in.
Mrs. D. L. Rogers is at the bedside
of her sister in Wisconsin.
Pat Beckman and family spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Doeblin.
Dewey Boydston is home after a
year stay in a training camp in Travis
Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Bird and Mrs.
Chas. Maxwell and family spent Mon
day evening with L. Kircher and fam
lily.
F. F. Witchie and family, Raymond
Shook and wife spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Erdel, Sr.
Frank Erdel, Jr., and wife spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Elan
of Santa Fe.
Quite a number attended the mis-
cellaneous shower Tuesday evening at
Mrs. F. Witches, given in honor of
her niece, Mrs. Milton Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs, Orville Melahn of
spent Saturday night with
R. Miller and family.
F. F. Witchie and family visited at
Pat Beckman's Sunday night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10
LIEUT.. COOK is HOME.
Jefferson City Democrat.)

Lieut.. Lewis Hord Cook, son of
Senator and Mrs. Sam B. Cook, return
ed home today from New York after
serving his country in France. He was
accompanied from New York by his
brother, Captain Howard Cook. Lieut..
Cook is re~cuperating nicely and is in
ID health except for a weakness of
his lungs and heart. This the attend
ing physicians say, will be healed in
time.
Lieut.. Cook was gassed during the
Argonne drive, and was six hours in
advance of the main army with a gas
battalion. He was sent back to take
charge of a company and in giving
orders it was necessary for him to
take off his gas mask. AS this sector
had been bombed with gas for several
hours the atmosphere was charged
with poisonous gas which he inhaled
while his mask was off. And just
when he had his mask off and giving
orders a bomb lighted a short distance
him completing the work of the
gasses. Lieut.. Cook was two days
to a hospital, but his treatment
he arrived at a hospital has been
such that he is now on the high road
10 a complete recovery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10
FOR B|L|OUSNESS
AND HEADACHE
TAKE A CALOTAB
The New Nausealess CalOmel That IS
Entirely Purified of All of the
Nauseating and S~alivating Effects.

Do you ever have a bad taste in
your mouth in the morning, heavy
breath, coated tongue, headache, indi-
gestion, nervousness, with a let-down
feeling? You need calomel, but dread
to take it. Try Calotabs, the nausea
less calomel that is delightful in effect.
1t is calomel with all Of its benefits
retained and it's unpleasant qualities
removed. One tablet at bedtime with
a swallow of water, that's all. No
taste, no gripping, no salts, nor nau-
sea. You wake up in the morning
feeling like a two-year-old, bright,
cheerful, energetic and with a hearty
appetite for breakfast. Eat what you
please,-no danger of salivating.
Calotabs are so entirely delightful to
take and so pleasant in effect that your
druggist offers torefund the price as
a guarantee that you will be delighted
with C1lotabs.
For your protection Calotabs ale
sold only in original sealed packages,
price thirty-fve cents. At durg stores
everywhere.-(Adv.)
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10
hrs. GEORGE r. JOHNSON
DIED TUESDAY MORN
ING IN MEXICO
Had Lived in Audrain County For
About 80 Years-Was About
60 Years Old.

Mrs. George r. Johnson, died at her
home on North Clark Street about 6
o'clock Tuesday morning after an i'll
ness of some time. Mrs. Johnson had
been an invalid for more than three
years. She was about 50 years old.
The deceased was born in Blooming
ton, ILL.,, and had lived in AudraIn
County for the last 80 years. Until a
short while ago she had made her
home in Mexico. She moved to the
country and had lived there since until
about a week ago when she moved
back to Mexico.
Mrs. Johnson was a member of the
Christian church and was faithful in
her attendance and Christian duties
until her health failed her. Besides ner
husband she leaves four children: NJ,
J.. johnson and Mrs. Harrison Ford Of
Mexico; Mrs. Shelf Douglass of Ben
ton City and Mrs. Obie Wright Of
Auxvasse, Mo. She also leaves two
sisters, one in Arizona and another in
Winfield, Kansas.
The funeral services will be at the
home in the Claud Powell property on
North Clark Street at 3 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon. Burial will be in
the Elmwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson was a lovable char
acter and had a large number of
friends who will greatly miss her,
The Ledger extends sympathy to the
bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10
ROBBERS STILL At
THEIR TRICKS MONDAY

Reports regarding the work of the
robbers Monday night are meager and
while it seems that providers were
busy, yet no report of their having
broken into a home has been received
by the city police. Officers re-
port that providers were seen
in the vicinity of the Amanda
Hospital early in the evening.
Neighbors heard a knocking at the
A. W. Prussing home on South Clark
about 9 o'clock Monday night and up
on investigation discovered Mr.. Prus-
sing mailing down a window. Robbers
had been at this window : few min
utes before and had cut the screen.
They were frightened away by Mr..
Prussing. He then took extra precau-
ton by mailing the window.
General reports are to the efFecs
that there was some more shooting but
no one seems to know who did the
shooting or where it was.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10

One troop train on which Keath
rode carried a number of negro sol
diers of the Ninety-second Camp
Funston negro) Division, returning
from overseas. Keath says he never
at any time has heard SO many alarm
ing stories and amazing tales as those
spun by those negroes.
At the rifle range, the first day he
tried for it, Keath qualified for the
expert riieman's medal.
Ninety-fve per zen Of the men at
the Camp Lee Officers Training
School with Keath were college men.
Keath had been out of the University
of Missouri but four months when he
Joined the service, being at that time
a student in the engineering depart
ment of the Wagner company. He
was discharged from the army two
'*eeks ago, and, following a weeks
visit at his home, came here to return
to work last Tuesday. He expects
shortly to receive his commission as a
reserve officer.-St. Louis Post Dis
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10
HAS MANY WAR MARKS,
NONE GOTTEN OVERSEAS
Lieutenant Howard b .kCath Receives
No Stripes For His Shell and
Bayonet Wounds

Five high explosive shell wounds
in the left hand, bayonet wounds in the
right rand, % days in the trenches
with two canteens of water a day fcl
drinking, shaving and bathing; three
six-mcnths service stripes, but neveI
a day out of this country during the
war, AMI nc wound stripes, is the rlc-
ord Of First Lieutenant Howard B.
Keath, % years old, of 1927 Goodfel-
low avenue, st. Louis, a former Mex
leo boy.
Lieut.. Heath is the son of 7. B.
keath, assistant postmaster at Mex
leo, Mo-, and a graduate o fthe Univer-
sity of Missouri School of Electrical
Engineering. He is a transformer
designer in the office of the assistant
chief engineer of the Wagner Elec-
trio Manufacturing Co. in this city.
He was voluntarily indicted into
the army in the fall of 1917. and
went to Camp Funston, Kansas. 81
held every rank in the army, it seems
to me, from buck private to my pres
ent rank, outside of the medical de-
partment," Keath said. He was sent
to Camp Leo, Va, last May, and was
commissioned there a month later.
Shortly afterward he was promoted
to a First Lieutenancy.
The Tenth Division, of which he
was last a member, was entrained OH
Nov. II, the day the armistice was
signed, to sail overseas. Being turned
back, Heath took up the work of SUP
e~rintending troop trains, from time
to time travelling with them. On
Dec. 5, last, while in charge of a detail
of men who were gathering up deton-
ators of At high explosive shells. he
was badly wounded in the left hand
one o fthe men near him dropped
a detonator. This put Keath in the
hospital for more than a month.
For some time Keath was a bayo-
net instructor at Camp Funston. and
at n time one of his pupils who
was o~verzealous lunged too far, cut
ting the instructors right hand.
1t was at Funston, also, that Keath's
organization apart of the Eighty
ninth (Major-General Woods Divis-
spent % days in aKnsas trenches
which simulated war conditions in all
respects except for the lack of op-
boches. The small water sup
ply was intended merely as a part of
training, since in the French tren-
'hes it would be impossible to have
any larger supply. The thermometer
registered 10 degrees, which added to
he joy of the experience. "And,"
Keath added, "where there are tren-
hes there are coolies" 1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10
VICTORY LOAN PLAN
ROUNDING IN SHAPE
Officers of the County Organization to
Attend Meeting in st. Louis to
Hear Outline of Work.

Preparation for the Victory Loan,
the last of the Liberty Loan Bond
drives, is being completed and with the
visit to st. Louis, Thursday, of the
local County officers, when the State
organization vii Announce its plans,
everything will be in readiness.
A war relic train Will visit this city
April Is and spend the afternoon.
Among other things there will be a
tank on display in this showing. On
April &c, at the Orpheum theatre the
moving picture, "The Price of Peace
showing the training of our soldiers,
will be exhibited.
The following are the county Of
ficers all of whom will attend the meet
ing in st. Louis Thursday.
W. W. Pollock, Mexico, Missouri,
Chairman.
Will Daniel, Vandalia. Missouri
Vice-Chairman.
R. R. Arnold, Mexico, Missouri, Dir
ector of Bankers Div'n.
Ross R. Wagner, Mexico, Missouri,
Director of Sales.
L. NJ. White, Mexico, Missouri, Dir
ector of Publicity.
B. Turner Williams, Mexico, Mo,
Director of Speakers Div'n.
w. Clyde Johnson, Mexico, Missouri,
Director of Rural Division.
Rufus Jackson, Mexico, Missouri,
Director of Cities and Towns Division
Mrs. C. F. Clark, Mexico, Missouri,
Chairman of Women's Division.
The organization throughout the
school districts of the County has not
been fully completed as yet and these
appointment will be announced later.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10
DENMARK MERCANTILE CO.,
INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK
FROM $4,000 to $4,000

On February %, 1919 the Denmark
Mercantile Company of Laddonia held
a stockholders meeting in that city
and elected H. G. Granger as chair
mar and w. L. Denmark as secretary.
The capital stock was increased from
$4,000 to $4,000. There are $50
shares at 500 a share par value.
The transaction was recorded here
Tuesday morning.