Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-05

Ollle Geary, OF Muskegon, visited
here last week.
Remember the social at o. F.. Web
ster's, Saturday evening.
o. ID. Paddock returned to his home
at Brighton this morning.
Miss Ella O'Bryon was the guests of
Stanton friends last week.
Miss Lulu McElroy was Grand
Rapids visitor over Sunday.
Mrs. Robt Armstrong of Seaforth,
Ont, is a guest at her sons, Dr. j. III.
Armstrong;.
Mrs. Jay Leonard and baby went to
Stanwood Monday to spend month
with her relatives.
Miss Edith Demorest left this morn
ing for Battle Creek to take a posi-
tion at the sanitarium.
II. V. Hallett has been suffering
from a severe attack of erysipelas in
the face the past week.
Mrs. j. Nj. Trimble had a night
blooming cactus in blossom, Monday
evening. 1t was beauty.
w. f. Bricker and wife are at Buff
falo viewing the Pan American and
he will also purchase fall goods.
Misses Marion and Nora Strong are
entertaining their cousin Miss
Blanche Cheney of Sigourney, Iowa.
The Saranac Advertiser publishes
the state tax sales for Ionia county
this year by authority of the Auditor
General.
Miss Agnes Collins returned to
Frankfort this morning from two
weeks visit here at her uncle's, E. b.
Lapham's.
Miss Mabel Stone has purchased
what is known as the Caldwell place
on Mary St, near Front ST., in the
second ward.
There will be a Cleaner dance at
Green's hotel, Smyrna, Friday even
ing, Sept. Goth, under the auspices of
Olympia Arbor, No. 365.
Howard Hall leaves tonight on a
visit to the old home in Massachus-
sets, stopping of few days at the
Pan American en- route.
Chas. NJ Wise and daughter, Miss
Edna, left Wednesday evening on a
ten days trip to New York state,
stopping at the Pan American.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt Lawrence have
been entertaining her father Martin
Dean, accompanied by his sister and
also his daughter, of Springfield, Mo.
James Kennedy of Ionia, one of the
early residents and Unidentified with it's
early business interests, died last Fri
day morning after only As hours ill
ness.
Among those who went to Petoskey
Tuesday were AL. Wells and wife,
Nelson Wells and wife, Leila and
Laura Eddy, Mrs. Raby, Sam and Geo.
Madden.
The Chas Brown real estate agency
reports the sale of the J. E. Long
place in the first ward to w. l. Wood
and the Julia Stone house and lot,
cor. Bridge and Division SITS. to Henry
Nichols.
The city schools started off Tues
day morning as smoothly as a well
oiled machine. The enrolment is
larger than last year in spite of the
fact that the school census did not
show up as large, only being ia.
G. M. Baker who purchased the Geo.
Haysmer barber shop a couple of
weeks ago has traded the same with
Harvey Haysmer for a shop in Ionia
and the latter will come here and
form a partnership with George.
Considerable improvements have
been made and the boys have a very
neat shop
Mrs. VIM. Lessiter has sold her farm
west of this city to Plat Rowland,
who has for several years worked the
Will Youngs farm in Cannon. Con-
sideration S525O. Mrs. Lessiter is un-
decided as to her future plans. She
will probably remain there until
spring and may then purchase home
in this city.
Orley Green an employee of the
Belding-Hall Co. for about eight
years has been offered and accepted a
good position with the Ranney Refrig-
orator factory at Greenville. As he
cannot secure the house he wants at
present, he will not move his family
until later. Orley is well liked and
we are all very sorry to have him
leave us.
Clyde w. Francis, the newspaper
man who mysteriously disappeared
from his home in Detroit last spring,
and was only recently located in Liv-
erpool, has returned to Portland, which
was formerly his home, and where his
wife and child have been since his
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