Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-02-09
THIS AND THAT.
News From Hero and There Condensed
For Our Readers.

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For Our Readers.
The winter meeting OF the Michigan
Press Association will be held in Ian
sing, February IA and l5
Hugh w. Martin writes that he is
now in Seattle, Washington, attending
Wilson's Modern Business College.
The Ballou Basket Works reports
that their business for January was
double that OF the same month last
year.
The Ten O'clock Club will close a
very successful series OF parties next
Saturday evening, at the usual place,
10 the Avery block.
The Sanitary Refrigerator Co. of
Belding filed articles OF association last
week in Lansing with the secretary OF
state, capital stock 100000
The loss on the Chas. Cowles resi-
dence near Smyrna has been adjusted
by the officials Of the Farmers Mutual
/ at 81 900 on house and S375 on con-
tents.
The Republican judicial convention
for the purpose OF nominating a circuit
judge for this district, will be held in
Belding, but the date has not been fix
ed by the committee.
l.. B. Hall of Grand Rapids was in
the city Monday. He moved his fam
| lily there from Saginaw last week and
is general manager for the Prudential
| Life Insurance Co. for Western Mich.
igan.
Hugh j. Brown, former Belding
citizen and who returned TO ST. joseph,
Mo, last summer is secretary Of the
Home Builders an organization pledg-
ing its members to patronize home in
dustry by purchasing ST. Joseph made
h.,n,i,, n.ea n oo,reelsrepee elr to those manufac-
The beautiful home at Greenville oc-
cupied by Lawyer W. S. Whlttlesey
and owned by John j. Foster, was
partly destroyed by fire last Friday
morning. Peter Johnson, one Of the
city firemen, while on ladder fell and
dislocated his hip and was otherwise
seriously injured The Gremen have
arranged to give dance at Phelps
opera house, February 14tn, for his
benefit which they hope will be well
patr ouized.
Here is treatment which, If tried in
the early stages OF an attack OF grip, is
said To surely throw it off: Place the
feet and legs to the knees in water as
hot as can be borne, keep the bath hot
by adding boiling water from time to
time; sip hot lemonade aud when per
spiration starts freely, go to bed with
hot water bottles at your feet, and
stay as long as you feel like it. When
you get up you are we'll. Now this
will not do you any harm if it doesn't
do any good. Onions are also said TO
have proven very beneficial when used
freely.
Rev. G. A. Varnum, OF Litchfeld,
writes that he has just returned from
South Dakota where he was called by
the death OF his mother, January q.
| She was an earnest aud consistent
christian for nearly 80 years. When
she was 20 years of age she began 10
read the bible once more by course,
and although a somewhat slow reader
at the time of her death one year, four
months and eighteen days after, she
had read it through once and to the
63rd psalm in the second reading.
Although not strong, and living five
miles from church and doing the work
for family OF four on a farm OF 100
acres, yet she attended church in the
list year Of her life every Sunday but
one. She leaves a husband, six sons
and an adopted daughter in shadow
land" MIR. Varnum's trip west last
summer with his two boys was great
comfort TO her.