Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-08
Local Brevities.

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Mrs. Yost has gone to Big Rapids t,
visit friends.
IL. b. Hall of Grand Rapids is in the
city this week.
Carl Hunt of Ionia visited Bedding
friends Tuesday.
w. T. Smith, OF Stanton, was in the
city Wednesday.
f. w. Howard made business trir
to Kalamazoo today.
G. II. Cowdin made made business
trip TO Detroit Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Page spent Sun
day with her parents at Cedar Springs.
Very bad getting about this week
for pedestrians, horses, or even by
trains.
Mrs. G. o. Bishop spent Sunday and
Monday with lonia relatives and
friends.
Frank Coats, of Grand Rapids, has
engaged with the w. 5. Garfield Co.
grocers.
Masonic lodge meeting next Monday
evening. Work in the third or Mas
ter Mason degree.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Vincent of Lake
view have been visiting relatives and
friends here this week.
Chas. Knapp returned Tuesday from
an extended trip which included sew
eral of the southern states
John Reck has been spending a few
days with his family at Lansing, re-
turning to Bedding Wednesday.
The Citizens Light Co. has turned
on the current and aid. II. l.. Pages
home is now lighted by electricity.
T. H, Booth and daughters have re-
m owed from the city, it is understood
their destination being Omaha, Neb.
Mrs. w. A. Wilder of this city was
elected president of the county w. c.
T. U. at their meeting in Ionia last
week.
Mrs. j. Markham and little daugh-
ter Joy, of GAINESVILLE, are visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. George
Green.
Mrs. Rosalia Green returned Satur-
day from GAINESVILLE where she has
been for the past three weeks with her
daughter.
Mrs. Alfred Locke has been visiting |
her parents Mr.. and Mrs J. d. Morse |
several days the past week, returning |
home Wednesday.
The Modern Woodmen announce a
Poverty party at the opera house next
week Friday evening. Music by Bart
let's orchestra; bill so cts.
Landlord Hetherington has been
having some twelve or fourteen OF the
rooms at Hotel Bedding repapered, ad-
ding to their attractiveness.
New ads this week: w. f. Bricker.
II. j. Leonard, f. ID. Lincoln, w S.
Garfield Co., w. |. Benedict, Bedford
Ionia, A. H. Towle Grand Rapids
Miss Ida Bentley at the opera house
next Monday evening in Victor Hugo's
great masterpiece Lies Miserables.n
Reserved seat sale opened today at
Benedict's.
Miss lnez Hall, who has been at her
home near Sheridan several months
recuperating her health, has returned
and resumed her place at the Richard
son silk mill.
Mrs. Fletcher who has been stopping
with relatives in this vicinity for two
or three weeks, on her return from an
extended visit in the east, has gone to
her home in Wisconsin.
The store room adjoining Hotel
Bricker on the north, formerly occu-
pied by Mosgrove's saloon is being fix
ed up for a barber shop and billiard
room to occupy it April lst.
Mrs. DR.. Ohlinger has received re-
liable information that she is one of
the heirs to $4,000 worth OF property
at fremont, Borough Bronx, New
York City, left by relative recently
deceased.
The 22d series of the Belding Build
ing and Loan Association stock was
closed March 1st and the 23d series
opened. 40 shares of the latter has
already been subscribed for which is
pretty good.
Will Reed started for Alpena Mon.
day on business trip, reached Bay :
City and laid there two days waiting !
Ior train to continue his journey, and :
then came home, concluding to wait
'or warmer weather. y
Peter Retterstorf of Miriam was '
stricken with paralysis Sunday and c
death ensued Tuesday. He was in the Y
neighborhood of seventy years OF age 9
and had resided In these narts many Il