Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-31
Local BrevitieS.
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The drouth still continues.

Inc drouth still continues.
Ii was fine boy at DR.. Pinkham's
"A. T.. Weter left for Haslett Par
today.
Work on the new bridge is progress
Ing rapidly.
Guy ID. Weter returned from his tri
asst Monday.
Mrs. A. l.. Pond has returned from
Haslett Park.
Mrs. James Wolcott has been visit
ing Detroit friends.
The recent arrival at Will Orser'l
was a fine baby girl
Miss Ida Spencer has returned from
her trip to Petoskey.
Miss Kitty Spicer entertained Miss
Rich of Oakfeld last week.
Born-At Wallace MERGERS in Fair.
plains this morning, girl.
lnez Hall of Sheridan was 10 the city
over Sunday visiting friends.
Mrs. II. l.. Page and son Ord have
returned from Cedar Springs.
Miss Belle Roberts has been visiting
at John +. Taylo in Eureka.
H. A. Hawley was up from Ionia
Tuesday on the Sherman-Kern case.
Mrs. G.. ID. Weter is entertaining her
mother, Mrs. Roberts, OF near Adrian.
The Chapman boys and John Wager
are camping at Muskrat Lake this
week.
Nj. A. Cooley and wife and their
guest, Mrs. Wheeler, spent Sunday in
! Ronald
Miss Harriet Gardiner OF Oshkosh,
Wis, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
Barker.
ii. ii. Bedding, Jr., and family of
Day ton, o., are registered at Hotel
Bedding.
Edwin Webster and Geo. Wagner
are spending the week in Detroit and
vicinity.
Mrs. Guy Wheeler of Linden, N. Y,
is guest at M. A. Cooley's and Mrs
Nealon's
Miss Grace French of Ionia returned
Monday from weeks visit with rela-
tives here.
Miss Edna Freeman, who has been
the guest of Mrs. w. F.. Sandell, re-
turned to lonia Tuesday.
Mrs. West, who was called here by
the death of VIM. ID. Conner, returned
to Battle Creek this morning.
John Donovan returned on Monday
from Petoskey and Northern resorts,
where he has been for ten days.
Mrs. c. X. Cowdin and Mrs. w. A.
Chave were in Ionia Monday night to
attend the meeting OF the X. N. A.
T.. l.. Carpenter has opened up bust
ness in his apple dryer and will run it
as long AS he can buy apples to evapor-
ate.
Baxter Strong began operations at
his cider mill last week and is turning
out whole lot OF apple juice every
day.
Mrs. Luella X. Webster has been in |
Detroit several days attending grand |
rally OF the A. o. u. w. She returned |
Tuesday.
Hon. A. l.. Spencer has been ia
Glare for a couple of days, being called
there on account Of the death of his
stepmother
M. A, Chapman and wife are visiting
relatives and friends in Lowell, Salem
and other places, taking week in
making the trip.
Miss Nellie Mcconnell entertained a
company of young people at corn
roast Saturday night in honor of Miss
Lena Myers OF Ann Arbor.
w. +. Bricker and G. G. O'Bryon
will take advantage of the cheap rates
prevailing next week to make bus
mess trip to New York city.
Il. +. Hall and II. l.. Page took a
last shy at trout Monday and Tuesday
up at Luther. They gathered in
enough for several fine messes.
Jacob Weaver and wife have return
cd from Cheboygan, where they spent
several days with Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Ives, former residents OF this city.
Chas. Brown sold the Lewis Sayles
house on Front street to Mr.. Gipheart,
Monday. The latter, who has been oc-
cupying Mrs. Hendricks house, will
soon move into il.
Rev. }. j. Staley, who has been call
ed to the pastorate, will arrive from
Dexter this week and occupy the pull
pit OF the Congregational church Sun
day morning and evening.
Geo ). Roosevelt sold one Of his lots
to the railroad company last week and
bought another between L. l.. Holmes