Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-08-11

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Cedar Springs.
Mrs. DR.. Smith returned from Car
son City yesterday.
AT Frank Klock's yesterday was born
bouncing baby boy.
Miss Lillian Demorest OF Lansing is
in the city this week.
Miss Cora Holmes has been visiting
at Lakeview for a week.
Helen A. Newman has returnedfrom
her visit in Grand Rapids
Mrs. Nellie HELEN is the guest of
her mother Mrs. Ed. Trail.
New ads this week: Kingsley & Co,
Holmes Bros, w. |. Benedict.
Miss Mary Wagner has been visiting
friends in Greenvile this week.
III. l.. Page and wife returned last
Saturday from their northern trip.
Miss Luella Kingsley visited friends
in Greenville few days this week.
Il II. A. Lamb has returned from his
trip to the south part of the state.
Mrs. Will Ricaby and son George
have returned from Benton Harbor.
The Christian Endeavor society will
hold no more meetings until Sept. /.
The street fair project died bornin'
and Bedding will not have one this fall.
Mrs. VIM. Anderson visited in Ionia
and vicinity the fore part of the week.
Frank Johnson and wife are visiting
at II. N. Bushs in Entrican this week.
Miss II. f. Power is entertaining
her sister Mrs. Chase of Grand Rapids.
A. +. Shelly and Hon. James Scully
of ionia were in the city on business
Monday.
b. f. Hall is in the east on a two
weeks trip combining business and
pleasure.
Miss Edna Kendall of ST. Catherlns,
Ont, is guest of her cousin, Grace
Anderson.
Mrs. Grace Pilkinton entertained
her friend Miss Lena Conner of Ionia
over Sunday.
Geo. w. French, wife and daughter,
Grace, Of Ionia, were in the city over
guests at Geo. Hopkins.
Frank Locke and wife of Grand
Rapids were in the city Monday hav-
ing wheeled up from their home.
Mrs. Mary f. Moon and Miss Clara
Demorest returned last week from
few days pleasuring at Macatawa Park.
Cashier Chas. Felch of the Belding
Savings Bank returned Wednesday
from II several days trip to New York
state.
All the county papers unite in prais-
ing the way in which Bedding enter
tanned the lonia County Battalion last
week.
Dwight Sheldon who is In the law
Office of McGarry & Nichols was Wis
itor at f. r. Chase's in Smyrna over
Sunday.
w. ID. Sinclair and wife left Tuesday
for Adrian where they will visit
couple of weeks and attend a family
reunion.
Miss Amelia Hopkins has returned
from her visit in the east. She also
attended the international meeting of
the b. Y p. u. at Buffalo
The latest addition to the list of bicy-
Gle riders in Belding is Master Fay
Ward. His diminutive wheel has
l4-inch frame and l6-inch wheels.
M. A. Reed and wife, ID. f. and RIM.
Wilson and families and G. M. White
and family spent a pleasant day to-
gether at Baldwin Lake Tuesday.
DR.. j. E. Ferguson left this morning
for st. Thomas, Ont, to visit his old
home for couple Of weeks. Mrs.
Ferguson is there and will return with
him.
Leo Ranger one of the BANNER
force was called home to Lyons Mon
day, his father having suffered stroke
Of paralysis and is in critical condi-
tion.
After a very tedious delay the re-
pairs have arrived and the stone
crusher is again in operation. Bridge
street from the railroad track TO the
bridge is now receiving attention.
r. w. Trussell has some OF the finest
plums in the country called the prunus
samoni They are as large as good
sized apples and resemble them very
much.
Maj. Frank II. Chase attended the
lonia county pioneer picnic at lonla
Tuesday He with others was on the
program for speech. The old set
tiers had splendid time.
The examination of Frank Sessions,
a former bank cashier in Ionia, last