Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-28
Local Brevities.


bargain offer this week.
Guy Weter has been confined to his
home this week by illness
Mrs. +. N. Holmes OF Grand Rapids
has been in the city this week.
Prof. A. L. Marvin attended the State
Teachers Association at Lansing.
The Ladies' Literary Exchange Club
will meet March with Mrs. Will
Fisher.
Miss Clara Hogle of the Butterworth
hospital, Grand Rapids, was home
this week.
Recreation clubs big benefit enter
tainmenC January 10. Watch for fur
ther announcement.
Mrs j. j. Staley left Friday for a
two or three weeks visit with a daugh-
ter at North Baltimore, o.
A. Watkins and wife have moved to
Marion where they expect to keep a
boarding house for saw mill.
John Randel and Frank Dewey and
their families returned, Tuesday, from
a short visit with friends at Spring
port
The regular meeting of the Bedding
Woman's Club will be held Tuesday,
January =, at Mrs. Lester Grants, at
? O'Clock p. m.
a jolly company of 35 enjoyed very
merry Christmas at Jacob Weaver's.
Friends were present from Rockford,
CORTLAND and Oakfield.
j. p. Presley, after short vacation
at home, left Tuesday morning on a
five or six weeks trip for the Michi-
gan Clothing Co Of Ionia.
The bazaar store opened short time
ago in Webster's building has quit.
You can't do successful business
these times without advertising.
w. r. Menkee and family had one
item on their bill of fare Xmas day,
probably enjoyed by no one else in this
city, which was oranges of their own
raising.
The Greenville Modern Woodmen
give another ball. New Years night.
The one Thanksgiving night had III
couple in attendance. The ladies of
the II. N. A. will furnish light re-
at % cents per couple.
Our merchants all seem to be well |
pleased with their holiday business.
Many say they done double the bus
mess that they did last year. Good |
agree that Saturday was
the biggest day in trade ever seen in
Belding.
Byron Brown, overseer of the wind
ng room at the r. S. Co., received a |
Inc gold ring as a Christmas present |
rom the employees, and James Avery,
overseer, was given a nice |
,hain. Miss Elsie French of the wind
ng room was given nice lamp
On January 4, 1900. Boston Lodge |
No. l46, F. * A. NJ, dedicate their
new Masonic hall. Banquet and enter
in the evening at p. m,
dill for same $500 Invitations have
been sent out to all surrounding towns
and it is hoped a good delegation from
3elding will attend.
Not very green Christmas after all.
The mercury did not get more than 20
degrees above zero all day and keen
cutting wind made it extremely I'M
pleasant for pedestrians. There was
lot much snow, however there was a
title skiff, just enough to help along
he cold weather aspect.
Bedding has nightwatchman that
t would be hard to beat in the con-
cientious and fearless discharge of his
iuties. The business men are not un-
mindful OF the fact and to show their
in a substantial manner
made him a Christmas present of a
beautiful gold watch and chain.
1t is said that Belding Bros, in the
,ery near future, will put another
industry in this city,
the old casket factory build
ngs, which have. recently been thor
'ughly overhauled and improved. 1t
S further said that electric power will
De used to run the machinery.
j. w. Walker was in the city Tues
lay and leased what is known as the
iooding store and intends opening a
irst class bakery and lunch room
herein next week. He has been In
hat line of business at Portland, but
ecently sold out. He believes Their is
good opportunity here and has de-
ided to locate with us.
A gang OF surveyors have been at
work for the railroad company in this
'ity and vicinity this week. Much
peculation is caused as to the meaning
hereof but nothing really definite is
Known. 1t looks as though there was
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