Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-17
Local Brevities.


Howard Hall has gone east on visit
To relatives and friends.
Mrs. l.. l.. Holmes and son Fred are
spending the week in lonia.
j. +. Richardson OF Reed City is a
guest at II. A. McConnell's.
Contractors are putting in the stone
abutments for the new bridge.
j. w. Bolenbaugh and family left
this morning for visit at ST. Johns.
Remember the meeting Of the Royal
Circle Wednesday evening August %.
MIR. and Mrs. G. w. Crosby and Mrs.
Backus Earle went TO Lansing Tues
day.
Arthur Clay and wife left Wednes-
day for visit with relatives in Char
lotte.
VIII Smith and family of Cadillac
are guests OF his mother, Mrs. M.
Smith.
Miss LOttie Berney of Charlotte has
been "A guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. F.
Smith.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bedding and Master
VIM Young of Chicago are guests at
Hotel Beding.
A. II, Gerardy and family are on a
visit TO relatives at Vernon, Shia-
wassee county.
Orton Webster and family returned
Saturday night from weeks camping
at Wabasis lake.
II. A. Lamb has been kept away
from his duties in the store few days
this week by sickness.
City Treasurer w. Lee Cusser an
nounces that all summer taxes must
be paid by September /.
Fred A. Washburn returned from
Chicago last Friday having spent sew
eral days there on business.
Miss Annie Rummer, who has been
spending number OF weeks here, has
returned to her home in Detroit.
j. w. Fleming, the egg buyer, is
now back in his old location on South
Pleasant street. See his ad. in this
issue.
New ads. this week: Holmes Bros :,
W. |. Benedict, Robinson x Hudson,
Charles Eddy, II. A. Loewe, j. w.
Fleming.
The Fraternal Alliance will organize
Il branch here Thursday evening, Au-
gust "a. They have 60 pledged charter
members.
Will Ii. Rlcaby and wife went to
Canada last week. Mrs. Ricaby will
remain several weeks with DR.. and
Mrs. Hegge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. s. Fetch are en-
pertaining her mother from Battle
Creek and his father and mother from
Carson City.
Dick Crane OF Lyons who has been
spending few days visiting at his
aunt's, Mrs. James Cramer, returned
home Tuesday.
There will be work in the Master
Masons degree at Masonic hall, Mon
day night, August q. The presence
OF all the brothers is requested.
There will be an ice cream social at
the home of Mrs. Chas. Mclaughlin,
Friday evening, August %, under the
auspices of the o. G. A. All invited.
The Doric Chapter, o. +. S. will
hold special meeting Tuesday night
August % for unfinished business and
reports. All members requested to be
present.
The Bedding Building & Loan Asso-
cation have placed good plank walk
around the residence occupied by O.
f. Webster. The association now
owns that property.
Mrs. j. +, Pressly and daughter,
Mamie, left for Stockbridge, their old
home, Tuesday, for visit. While
there they will attend the wedding of
"a niece of Mr. Pressly.
Frank q. Stocking will leave on his
return to his California home the 29th
at which time the baladce OF his prop
erty here remaining unsold will be
withdrawn from the market.
The Ionia County Battalion picnic
will be held in lonia Wednesday, Au-
gust .. Address by Hon. Perry f..
Powers OF Cadillac. All members and
everybody invited TO be present.
Jud Smith and wife have returned
from their wedding trip and he has
settled down To business again In the
bank. They will occupy the Joe
Crosby house on the North Side.
A theatre party of about twenty was
over from Sheridan Tuesday night TO
see "Hearts OF the Blue Ridge" The
star, Miss Dorothy Lewis, was former
Sheridan girl and her father Is still "A
resident there.
The Bedding Shoe Factory is unable