Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

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Hon. ]. Nj. Earle OF Lansing was il
the city Saturday.
~ Prospects are at this writing that II
will be green Christmas.
+. E. Lessiter's Christmas party al
Grattan next Monday evening.
John Deatsman has gone to Lansing
and Saginaw to spend the holidays.
Mrs Geo. Crouter returned Monday
from visit with Muskegon friends.
| 1.-The Bedding Bros. & Co. and Rich.
ardson Silk mills are running extra
hours.
Mrs. II. X. Balderson and Miss Mabel
Ansbaugh of Portland were In Bedding
| last week.
Mrs. Chas. Felch has gone tol Battle
Creek to spend the holidays with rel
atives there.
The Foresters give dancing party
at the Opera House New Years night.
Bill, so cents.
b. F. Harrington and family leave
Saturday for Chicago to remain during
the holidays.
Mrs. H. l.. Page was in Grand Rap
ids and Cedar Springs a couple of days
the first of the week.
Miss Avis Coville arrived home,
Tuesday night, from OlIvet College
for the Xmas holidays.
Geo. w. Smith has purchased the
Jas. Gault saloon at Greenville and
will remove there soon.
~. Bert Hill, who enlisted in the U. S.
service, expecting to go to the Philip
pines, has returned to Belding.
SW. j. Knott and wife were in Port
land last Thursday and attended the
Woodmen Ministries there that even
ing.
Nj. II. Barlow has gone to Hammond,
Ind, to stay probably the balance OF
the winter with his daughter, Mrs. S.
n. Duel.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Perry and daugh-
ter OF Greenville and Mr.. and Mrs. f.
A. Fuller of Otisco visited Fenwick
friends last Saturday.
4 A party of young people helped Miss
Florence Wagner celebrate her 18th
birthday at the home of her parents on
Thursday evening last A very pleas
ant time was had
The factory managers regret that
any shut down is necessary at all for
the holidays. They have more bus.
mess than they can take care of rln-
ming steadily to their utmost capacity.
Miss Nettie Wagner is dangerously
i'll, DR.. Martin of Greenville being
called in consultation with DR.. Pink
ham on the case, Wednesday. Miss
Fish is teaching in her place this
week.
Mrs. b. M. Wilson and Madam Sea-
fuse will spend Sunday in Greenville.
Mrs. Wilson will be in charge of Miss
Powers millinery store while Miss
Power goes 10 st. Louis to spend the
holidays with friends.
's-lt will pay our readers to examine
the several holiday announcements in
this paper. 1t will save you time in
suggesting what you want and where
to find it. There are many bargains
offered you may want to take advantage
of.
The Uncle Seth Haskins show at the
opera house, Saturday night, gave
good satisfaction. The musical part
was strong feature. The attendance
was not large, the nearness to the holt
days probably to large extent the
cause.
Miss Martha Warner, teacher of
mathematics in the city schools, was
called to Ypsilanti, Monday, on ac-
count OF the death of "a sister. She had
been sick for some time, 30 that news
of her death was not entirely unex-
pected.
Hotel Bricker will be opened to the
public for business next Monday,
Christmas day. Messrs. Learned &
Sons propose TO spare no pains to make
their house neat, clean and homelike
and everyday pleasant for their guests.
The rates will be 81 40 per day.
At the Congregational church Sun
day morning Christmas services will be
held and Rev. J. j.. Staley's sermon
will be prepared especially for the oc-
casion. In the evening a Christmas
concert will be given by the Sunday
School. A welcome to all is extended
to these services.
The recital given by Miss Myrtle
Watson for her pupils last Friday
evening at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
ii. l.. Page was very pleasant and
successful affair, all participants ac-
quitting themselves very creditably
indeed. Mrs. Rena Tanner assisted