Uncertain Times are ripe in the Land of Mears

Herbert Hunter has had all his teeth taken out upstairs . I mean all his upstairs teeth .

After comparing notes with Glen Rowley and with Mildred , Shogren we are all agreed that hell is a place where they have the teethache all the while .

Sometimes a drink of cold water will stop a teethache and sometimes it will not . But Bunshop Tiffany can sell you a little package of stuff that will . In it is a pair of tweezers and two toothpicks and a little bottle of medicine and a little box of ab- sorbent cotton . The whole costs only a few cents .

Roy Bruckman has married Nina May . Sweet young thing- worked in Spitler's Music Store . But she was Roy's idea of a Bel- gian rose . And she is exactly our idea of the type of girl that would appeal to Roy's rotund ruddiness .

Makes me think of something that happened a week or two ago . Roy took the bobs and took Nina out to Fr. Emmerich's for in- structions and while they were in the parsonage someone took Roy's team home and brought back Bruckmans ' balkiest old horse hitched to a single sleigh and tied it in the same place . Roy start- ed for Hart with Nina but it was impossible for Roy to make the balky old skate come past his home barn . And Roy had to un- hitch and change teams .

I went into Ray Ardis ' grocery store and he had some ferment- ed grain on top of a cracker barrel for Exhibit A in the famous moonshine whiskey case . The officers brought in 50 gallons of whiskey mash from the farm of Ignass Banniss in Moortown and this much spilled over the top of the barrel onto the dray . The drayman gave the stuff to Ray Ardis and Ray put it on the crack- er barrel . All customers who bought 10c worth or more of mer- chandise were permitted to have one smell of the fermented grain in lieu of trading stamps .

The Brooker girls , Alithea and Norma , are having a wrangle over the back part of the dictionary trying to find a name for the baby girl which has arrived over at Frank Schmidts ' . It's their own little cousinlet .

Thelma Raynor had a job on her hands Christmas day , amus- ing her cousinlets from Crystal Lake .

The great wrestling match in Shelby was short and sweet . Irving Near won from Harold Ruckel so quick that he hardly knew it happened . When it started the people began to get up on their chairs . And they never got there . It was all over with before they could lift their feet onto their chairs . And then there is the case of tender hearted La Vina Lyttle . After the preliminaries when the main combatants came fircely forth LaVina said : " I am going to get out of here , I don't want to see the carnage . " But she never got out of the opera house door .

Rothbury : Arthur Goerbig is married . Who to ? Hilda Schriber of Claybanks is the unlucky chicken . Arthur , who is agent for the Indiana Silo Co. is also agent for the Cincinnati High - Chair Co. , and has already sent in his order for several of the high - chairs , among them being one of the latest models of high- chairs , being a twin Sedan . Arthur of course believes in prepared-

ness .

Gertrude Coleman is worrying about Carl Rabe being a bach- elor , but there is no chance for her there for he would want a spring chicken and not an old hen . - Advertisement .

Pentwater Mutterings : Ted Anys is very proud of his Grand Rapids girl and has her out for a walk everyday Mrs. John Cahill runs thru the alley so she will get to the Verbeck Tavern in time to cook breakfast . Soon the wedding bells will ring for August Christensen and Julia Lentz who looks like a cinnamon bun . Julia is a jewel -- yah ! There is another new girl in Pentwater and John Harrington is tryig to get acquainted with her .

If Herman Patow gets his chores done in time he can go to Kate Walls party Friday nite .

Did you say you didn't have your life insured ? Dorothy Max- son at Hart represents the Equitable of lowa

Leslie Wyckoff has a new little son named Leslie . He is a grandson of the old Doc .

Hay $ 25 a ton in Mears

Why pay $ 28 and $ 29 a ton for hay in Hart when you can buy timothy and alsike hay in Mears for $ 25 . Gardner T. Sands , Mears

Adelaide Wise and Virginia Leshner skipped away from Pentwater the othar day be- cause it seemed so dull under ihe leaden sky and went dawn to Hart to visit high school . And the verdict of the adventurers was that Hart seemed deader than Pentwater . They had the good fortune to sit across the aisle from Tex Buchen who volunteered them a few crumbs of information about the life of the great metropolis , saying : " Now there is Juanita Wallace . She is a nice little girl but the only time a boy ever gets his arm around her is when he is dancing with her . " And things like that .

At the Amuse Theatre , Hart Friday night , Janu- ary 20 , the last of Phil Reed in ' The Silent Avenger ' and the starting of a new serial , equally good , Mil- dred Moore in " The Moon Rises . " Saturday , Janua-

ry 22 , Mary McLean in ' The Forged Bride . Tuesday , Jan. 25th Norma Talmadge in " Fifty- Fifty . " Wednesday , Jan. 26 , Elaine Hammerstein in " Whispers . " Friday , Jan. 28th , the second episode of the new serial , The Moon Rises . Saturday Jan. 29th , Tsuru Aoki ( Mrs. Sessue Hayakawa ) in ' Locked Lips . ' Monday , Jan. 31 Charles Ray in ' The Pinch Hitter , a big baseball comedy .

Tuesday evening , January 18 is the first Mears Community meeting of this season . It will be held at the Methodist church with a pot - luck supper at six o'clock downstairs and addresses , etc. Bring anything you wish for the supper and be sure to come . P. S .-- If you don't come send the grub anyway because Henry Lind and Lawrence Hewson will be hungry .

Joan Wyns and Georgia Hulbert have bobbed each other's hair and Joan's mother is so mad she won't speak to her daughter .

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What do the girls need to wear ? No matter ; what- ever it is you can get it in Shelby at the big doub- le deck store of Meyers & Son . Did you see those heavy winter socks in the window at 39c ?

Tiffany is selling a bulk coffee for 30c a pound which is mak- ing a great hit with the people around Mears . Try a pound . Stag Smoking Tobacco 9c a can . Union Leader 9c .

A house burned in Hart next Monday , Jim Hulbert had rooms in it . It was an old house up next to Helen Shinn's beyond the canning factory . Some hammers and saws lost their lives . And some chisels were cut off in their untimely youth . One hundred pounds of tobacco grown in the field and spread out to dry went up in smoke before it was half cured .

We wish to thank the friends for the sympathy and kindness shown us during our recent bereavement and also for the flowers . 0. M. Wright and child- ren , Mr. and Mrs. Lars Jensen

" Pep " has been used by dozens of people of your community for that tired feeling , weakness after flu and for general rundown conditions of the system . Try it ! Stevenson's ( Shelby ) keep it .

Dance at the Woodman Hall in Shelby , Friday evening , January 28th . Good music . Half round and half square dances . This is the place where you always have a good time . Come and join the jolly bunch !

Surrey for sale about as good as new , $ 50. - Nels Nelson , Mears , also a good light harness . Price $ 10 . Or you can have the two together for $ 55 .

Tires . Tires . Tires . New and old . Dodge Service Sta- tion , Shelby , where Pat Johnson is tire specialist

Did you ever eat in John Wade's new restaurant in Shelby ? It's a nice neat little place .

A few weeks before Elizabeth Jane Merrill was born , Glen Chase of Southeast Hart came up to pay Lowell some money for some crops or something . And little William Merrill said : " By gol you better bring that money , I want to send to Sears , Roebuck for a sister . " And when the sister came William said : " By gol , I got her at last . "

The next time you need toilet articles try the " Jonteel " line . Wonderful odor Talcum - Creams Toilet Manicure necessities . - Stevenson's Drug Store , Shelby . Water - Perfumes-

An Original Poem by Anna McCann , 12 years old .

" ARMENIA "

Think of those little children

Tired , hungry and cold-

They were driven from their fire - place

By the Germans cruel and bold .

They are looking toward America For food , for fuel , and clothes We must take them into our homes Or they will die with hunger and cold .

We must set a place on the table For at least one poor little child For if we don't they will perish Away from the earth so mild

The children are forever crying

For they have no food today .

Just think ! When they walk through our gates , They will smile that cry - away .

The oldest civil war veteran in Mears has set an example by contributing $ 20 to keep one of the starving children of the east alive this winter . Anyone who wants to help in any amount can hand the amount to John Cumming , postmaster of Mears and the donations and the givers will be acknowledged by a list in The Mears News every week . Or if not convenient for you to get to the Mears post - office send the remittance to The Mears News in a letter . All contributions will be welcomed and will be forwarded thru the county secretary of the relief work , Mr. Brien of Hart .

Last week Thursday Howard Johnson came and dragged Par- son Kent out to his girl's farm so he could get married to Nina Rinehart .

Gladys Cargill forgot to switch the batteries at the Shelby tele- phone exchange and so one set of batteries got all tired out .

In the market for dressed skunks and undressed chickens and dressed veal calves . - Miller Bros , at Blake's warehouse , Hart .

Charlie Marshall and Lyman Wilson took Esther Doolittle back to her school near Holton . And Lyman jumped out of the car and ran in to help Esther into her boarding house with her suit cases . The landlady turned to Lyman and said : " It is cold and before you go you had better have some coffee . And so she set a lunch down for Lyman and Esther of coffee , cake , fried chicken and pie . While all the time Charlie Marshall sat out there in the cold hungry car .

If you want to buy any good horses or mules see Holcomb's livery . If you need an auto trip try Old , Gray Maude .

Mr. Brubaker Sends A Postcard :

Shelby Flour Mill , Shelby , Mich .

Send me ten barrels of Buckwheat flour like the last in 10 lb. sacks . You make the best d - m buckwheat flour I ever sold and I don't care who knows it . But you won't have to raise the price on that account . - C . A. Brubaker , Mears .

Mr. Brubaker gets the Following Answer :

" The Shelby Flour Mills are equally good in the manufacture of other flours and whenever your customers demand the same high quality in wheat flour you can furnish them with Beacon Brand and Shelby's Best . "

I found a Mackinaw coat on the stone road . Owner can have same from me by calling and paying 29c for this ad . - Emil Krantz . Max Kapeloff and his wife are waiting in Chris Engle's old cobbler shop for you to bring in your chickens and junk and ev- erything like that .

Collins the druggist says you had better get some tonsilitis remedy and some cold cures and be prepared to cure what ails

you .

We have a large line of women's , men's and children's hosiery in cotton , wool and lisle at greatly re- duced prices . C. A. Brubaker

Max Field ! Max Field ! I brought some veal , I brought rags in old flour bags . And eggs and junk in a battered trunk . Entered as second - class mail matter August 8th , 1914 at the post- office Mears , Michigan under Act March 3 , 1879 .

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Heaps of People from out in the

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come from West Golden , Moortown , Weare , Ced- ar , Sackrider and Cob- town and Cobmoosa to

buy their groceries of Thos . Welsh & Son

Mrs. John Seitz hurried down to Muskegon because Amelia's husband was sick abed .

Hart : Floyd McDonald found a pair of dumb - bells out in his woodshed but he didn't know what they were there for . - And now once again Fred Corbin has been elected chief of the Hart fire department .

Jesse Benson made his wife a present of a new kitchen faucet last summer and a water - pipe to go with it . Theodora Benson drinks more water than she used to .

Al McEwen's cow went skating on the Hart mill - pond and fell through the ice . Al looked out across the back yard across the dam and the solidified river and saw the cow's head bobbing above the water . So he got a rope and a chain and a dozen men and pulled the cow out by the horns .

Parson Kent retired early but at eight o'clock his keenly train- ed ear sensed the coming of a bride and groom . His dutiful wife , under one pretext or another , cautiously kept them waiting until her long suffering husband had time to " change his necktie ? " Now when a perfectly respectful minister of undisputed integrity re- tires for the night at six o'clock , and two hours later , upon being called down stairs to officiate at a wedding , cooingly informs his dutiful wife as he descends the stairs , that he is simply changing his tie , there is only one of two conclusions to arrive at ; either the good man has formed the deplorable habit of sleeping in his clothes or else , in his haste to encourage the marriage habit , he ties a knot in his pajamas .

Lee Cooper , the telegraph tick has come back to Hart to open a real estate office . He had ten years of schooling in the Hart de- pot and eight years in the Roach office and now he is qualified to sell farms over the counter .