Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-12-13
Local Brevities.


Chas. f. Foote was in Grand Rapids
Monday
RIP Van Wrinkle" at the opera
house tonight.
Nj. A. Reed went to Luther Wednes-
day on business trip.
Mr.. A. M. Williams made business
trip TO Ionia on Monday
ID. f. Elkerton of Alaska, Kent Co.,
was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. Robt. PEBBLES is visiting friends
and relatives in Lakeview.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar S. Cole left
Tuesday for their home in Toledo.
Fred Williams of Cedar Springs
called on Bedding friends Wednesday.
Mesdames Swanson and Gage OF Luz
ther are being entertained by Mrs. M.
A. Reed.
Jay Stanton of Dexter was enter
tanned by Mr. and Mrs. l.. o. Gushing
last week.
Miss Rose Mclaughlin has returned
from Detroit where she has been for
some time past.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur DuMott of
Grand Rapids were guests at g. II.
Cowdins Tuesday.
Mrs. Libbie Scott was married last
week TO +. w. Gravel of st. Johns,
where they will reside.
j. f. Hall of Chicago and j. G. Lille
OF New York, both of the Bilding- Hall
Co., were in the city last week.
Frank Hicks is assisting at Pierce
Bros. grocery until j. H. Henderson
recoyers from his recent illness.
M. G. Hotchkiss, travelling salesman
for the Ballou Basket Co., has been in
the city several days the past week.
r. r. Barry has been in Lansing
this week attending the Poultry show,
where he has some OF his fine birds en-
tered.
Mrs. C. f. Parker, of Detroit, who
has been visiting her brother w. J..
Benedict, left Monday morning for
Cleveland.
The next Forester party will be Fri
day evening, Dee. Dist AT the opera
house. These parties are very pleas
ant and we'll attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Avery, who have
been here several weeks looking after
their Bricker hotel property, have re-
turned TO their home at Benton Har-
Dor.
w. II Ricaby, for number OF years
a well known jeweler here, but now OF
st. Joseph, Mich, has been in town sew
eral days the past week, greeting old
friends.
At the Baptist church next Sunday
morning the pastor will preach on
1.-THE Apostles Prayer for Christians. )"
Miss Belle ID. Hart. contralto singer,
of Grand Rapids, will sing.
Andrew Little has purchased of the
city the Waldron property on south
Bridge ST., consideration 500. He
made the purchase simply as being a
good investment.
Jack Walker died Saturday and was
buried Tuesday. The cause of death
was pneumonia and his age was So.
He laid out the plat of the River Ridge
cemetery and it is now his last resting
place.
The K. of Z. in Bedding has entered
upon new era of prosperity. They
are receiving many new members and
are planning to make some very sub
stautial improvements In their castle
hall shortly.
Change Of time on the Pere Mar
quette Ry. last Sunday. The only
change affecting this station is in the
afternoon accommodation for Elmdale
and Grand Rapids which now leaves al
o'clock instead Of $3.50.
The remains Of Mrs. K. II. Russell
OF Luther were brought here Wednes
day and the funeral will take place
this Thursday afternoon from the
residence of Nj. A. Filkins, burial a
Otisco. She was 81 years of and death
was caused by cancer.
Capt. +. b. Fenton, OF Detroit, wht
is now and has been for some time IL
the U. S. service at Manila, has re
membered several OF his Bedding friend
with boxes Of cigars as advance Christ
mas presents. They have been tested
and found to be strictly all right.
The Hotel Bricker is open agail
with Mrs. VanVickle and son-in-lav
Chas. Moore in charge. They are ex
perienced in that line of business AM
are no strangers here having BEEF
formerly for some time in charge of tn
old Franklin House. Here's hopin
} they may make a success OF 1T.
Miss Addie Pringle has been trouble
for number of years with the growt