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


van, u son.
Miss Emma Ashley Of Howard City
is visiting relatives here.
We regret To hear that viii Hall il
suffering from malarial fever.
Mrs u. J Lavender is on the sick
list. DR. Spencer was called Sunday
Mrs. Olive Cook of Grand Rapids is
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID.
Miller
Miss Myrtle Weekes commences the
fall term of school in the Cooley dis
trict August 81.
Lon Smith was taken worse again
August 9. DR.. Morris was called and
he is again improving.
Mrs John Rich and daughter Myrta
OF GreenviIle are visiting her brother,
l. L Brooks and family.
Mrs j. l. Weekes and Mrs. John
Emmons are at Luther visiting their
respective brothers, Frank Russell and
Lewis Brown and families
w. j. Lessiter is raising his record
on corn sowed for stock. The stalks
measure from 10 feet Ia IL feet 3 inches,
among apple trees too, and no guess
work"
Miss Beda Coy lie of Ada visited
Misses Mary and Maggie McCauley,
also other friends, over Sunday, and
Mrs. NJ. O'Donnel Of Ada visited w.
} Lessiter.
Sickness, and the burial service held
for Laura Bush, August 18th, took a
meeting Of the GOodfellowship Club at
Baldwin Lake on that day.
An ORG anization of pioneers and chill
dren Of pioneers in Grattan, formed
last year, will hold their first annual
meeting with Mr. and Mrs Clark
Wakeman, August 81 1899 Picnic
dinner
Wheeler Pond and family have re-
turned from IA three days visit with II
w. Green and family of Grand Rapids.
MIR. G.. is setting more white bronze
season.
Married-Ry Rev. l.. h. Albert OF
Ashley, August 10, AT the home Of the
brides parents in Oaktield, MIR. Stephen
Brewster OF Oakland county, and Mrs.
Carrie Burnett Of Oakfield. COngratu
lations.
Geo. ID. Wood, former resident
here, has lost 300 acres OF wheat from a
hail storm in south Dakota. G.. M.
Stay ton and wife have witnessed such
storm since their trip there. Others
suffered even greater loss to crops.
Mrs. L. McCauley NJ. A. Lessiter
attended the burial service held for
Robert w. Graham at his late home in
Lowell, August 10, he having passed
away August from paralysis, being
unconscious from August 4 till death.
Himself and wife came as far as Mason IS
cemetery, July u, 10 attend the burial
service for Mrs. Phebe Fuller, he not
feeling well, but kept up till August L.
Mrs G., oldest daughter of w. S.
Fuller, was all her early life resident
of Grattan, and has the tender sym
pathy OF host Of friends for herself
and family.
Again our whole community was sad
dened by the death OF Miss Laura
Bush, who had seemingly recovered
from very lengthy sickness-even
two years ago 1t was thought she could
not survive-but the bloom OF health
returned to be suddenly paled and, Au-
gust II, the earthly form was laid at
rest in the Bostwick Lake cemetery,
followed by very large concourse of
mourning friends. Rev. Moore offici-
ated at the services held at the church,
Bostwick Lake, choosing as the basis
of II most instructive discourse our
Savior's words To Peter, "Whlther
90 thou canst not go now, but thou
shalt follow after ward" Loving hands
made the casket bed OF flowers,
draped the altar and organ, indeed
flowers were everywhere. The blow
falls heavily, especially upon the
mother, and only God can sustain the
stricken ones in such deep sorrow.