Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
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ary 1878, in Ionia county Al, in city OF
! Belding 2.
L. s. Evans and his son, Jay and
wife and little son, were at Belding
Wednesday and Thursday.
City Gazette.
Eva Zerba has returned to her sister s
home in Northeast Crystal but intends
to go to her own home in Belding,
soon.-Crystal Mail.
w. s. Garfield Co., one of our lead
Ing grocers, says he will cheerfully re-
fund the money to any purchaser of
the Famous A. l. G. high-grade coffees,
who is not perfectly satisfied.
North Bushnell Cor. Carson City
Gazette: Don Dean went to Belding
to work Monday. He hopes to move
his family in two or three weeks, if he
can get a house to live in.
Portland has organized business
mems association, and as one of the
first results Mr.. Verify has been in
duced to change his purpose in regard
and will remain in Portland.
Butternut Cor. Carson City Gazette:
Misses Zoe Isham and Anna Lee came
over from Belding last Thursday to
attend the Maccabee supper.-John
Lee is back in this vicinity again from
Belding, where he has been caring for
his mother who has been sick.
The Greenville city fathers have
never received any pecuniary reward
for their labors and have decided that |
hereafter the aldermen and mayor
shall each receive $50 per year, which |
causes much kicking on the part of |
many citizens and taxpayers. In Bel
ding they get S25 per year.
The real trouble is that the ideal
hired girl won't stay hired girl.
The womanly ability which makes her
such a treasure as home keeper is
soon sized up by some sensible man,
who finds that he can get his house
cared for more cheaply to take such
girl for his wife than he can pay her
weekly wages, and so she goes the way
OF all women and pretty soon wants
hired girl herself
A meeting will be held at V. o.
Bretz, G. A. r. hall, in Lake Odessa,
on Monday afternoon, March 26th, for
the purpose of deciding upon dsl
for the annual picnic OF the Ionia
county battalion, to appoint commit
tees and transact such business as
may be necessary to further the inter-
ests OF the lonia county battalion, in
their annual good time. Representa-
tlves from every post in the county
are desired.
An exchange truly says that it is al
ways best TO wait for the evidence be-
fore passing judgment. When you !
hear reports detrimental to others
don't be hasty in forming conclusions. Z
Today it is somebody else but tomor-
row it may be on you. Troubles come
to us all and we should freely extend
the same charity we expect from
others. Gossip distorts and magnifies
occurrences that have no foundation
in fact and great injustice is often done
innocent parties.
The best company that has appeared /.
in many seasons played here last night.
The members OF the "Who's Tomp- I
tinsy" company are actors, and the 7
company is well balanced, while the
costumes and stage effects are elabor-
lte. who's Tompkins?" farce COM
edy, was produced. The piece has inn
nense possibilities, and the company
got out Of 1t all there was in it. The
speciality acts are exceptionally good 7
Allegan Tribune. At Belding opera
house, March 2sth. I
A contemporary Is authority for the I
ollo wing: There is said to be con-
est on in official circles OF the Pere
railway to find out who is
boss" Mr.. Heald is president, but
Mr.. Crapo is said to think that the
manager ought TO run things
md the president act as a sort of orna- d
mental figurehead. Crapo's father is n
he heaviest stockholder, but Heald r
has friends who will support him, and
he contest is going to be a spirited ;
me. In the meantime there is an un- +
ettled state OF affairs, for no one
inows ''where he Is at" If President l
1eald is TO be a fgurehead, it is '
hought he will resign and leave the \
Dad, as he is man who takes too =
ctive an interest in everything per- I
aiming to the business of his company, G
o do nothing but draw his salary.
Banker Routs n Robber.