Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-06-17
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The Grand Ledge Spiritualist Camp
meeting will open July 18th and last
until August 22nd.
A. w. Burnett and Will M. Clark OF
Lowell have purchased the Richards
drug store at Saranac and will conduct
it.
Mr.. Lewis Brown went to Bedding
Saturday to get his family, and will
make Luther his future residence. -
Luther Observer
Ionia county will have new town.
1t is located in Ronald township near
the Prairie Creek mill and has been
named Johnstown. A post Office will
be petitioned for,
Portland has married woman who
is troubled with night callers and she
has been using shotgun on some of
them with telling effect. Likely to
dampen their ardor little.
Grand Rapids business men have
been so often taken in by fake adver-
Using schemes that their association
has decided to confine their adverts-
ing entirely to the newspapers as the
only certain way Of reaching the public.
The Grattan VS.. White Bridge play
ed their second game OF ball June 13.
Although White Bridge team was
strengthened by Kazoo catcher and
a Saranac pitcher, Grattan had no
trouble in winning. Score II and 6.
The 80 people were pleasantly enter
tanned by the Smyrna cornet band.
Miss Mile Cody of Maple Valley
and Peter Burns of Cascade were unit
ed in marriage by Rev. FIR. X. j.
Whalen at the Catholic church Monday
morning. The young couple left for
Cascade the same day where they will
make it their future home. Coral
News. Miss Mile was dining room
girl at Hotel Bedding for some time a
few years ago.
The Hessian fly is Fostering farmers
in this vicinity. ID. S. Waldron OF
Ronald exhibited several roots of
wheat and in every straw the insect
was found at both the first and second
Joint Mr. Waldron thinks that while
the wheat crop will not be greatly
damaged there will be considerable
injury to the crop. The insect is just
reaching the stage where it cuts the
straw, preventing the wheat heads
from filling.-ICnia Sentinel.
At the annual meeting of the
Women's Relief Corps association OF
Eaton, Barry and Ionia counties held
June 10th in Ionia Mrs. DR.. Covllle
was chosen senior vice-president. A
picnic was held in the asylum grove
and she responded to the address OF
welcome. A good program was pre-
scented. Among other speakers were
Hon. Clark Preston and Gen. Kidd.
Regrets were read from President Me-
Kinley he being unable to attend.
Several Evart merchants were swim
died by a stranger the other day. The
method used by him was to go into a
place, buy small articles and offer a So
bill in payment. AS usual the change
would he in silver, which he would
place in his pocket and pass out, but
return soon saying one of the dollar
pieces given him was bogus, Offering a
bad coin as witness, saying as that was
all the change he had he surely got it
there. Then he would receive good
coin. The stranger left town before
the swindle was discovered.
Mortgages have been filed with the
register of deeds and city clerk, cover
ing the property, real and personal, of
the Ionia Furniture Co. The mort
cages run to George Gundrum as trus-
tee, and are given to secure number
of local creditors, in every instance for
borrowed money. That the mortgages
are Legitimate, and are given for the
purposes set up therein, is guaranteed
by the fact that Mr.. Gundrum has ac-
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