Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-19

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vile Tuesday.
Just little bit more snow would
make nice sleighing.
ben Kitson of Easton, was in the city
on business Wednesday.
Miss Grace Gibbs of Edmore has
been visiting friends here.
Miss Edna Crawford returned to
her home in Ionia Tuesday.
Chas. Ingraham and family have
moved to Bedding from Coral.
Mrs. Showers of Fairplains has been
visiting her sister Mrs. L Parney.
Mrs. Forsythe and daughter of
Greenville spent Sunday at j. l..
Lloyd's.
Patronize the BANNER advertisers,
they want your trade and will appre-
ciate it.
The city city schools close this week
Friday for their two weeks holiday
vacation.
Mrs. c. II. Cowdin is visiting rela-
tives and friends at Rockford for a
few days.
Mrs. Vern Pope has been enter
tanning her sister, Miss Ella Gilbert
of Flushing.
Greenville has provided pest
house for small pox patients, should
there be any.
Andrew Fyfe and L. b. Hall of
Grand Rapids, were in the city Mon
day and Tuesday.
Wilbur Locke has been quite sick
the past week. His son Charles was
here Wednesday.
Christmas party at f. +. Lessiter's
Grattan, next Wednesday evening.
Grand Rapids music
The statements of the Bedding
banks, published in this issue show
that they are enjoying prosperity.
Daniel Swartwood and son of Stan
wood. Mecosta county, were in the
city and vicinity the first of the week.
The Chinese laundry in the Avery
block has choice lot of novelties on
sale especially suited for holiday gifts
Willard Holmes father died Monday
at his residence in Cannon township,
Kent Co and the funeral took place
Wednesday.
Mrs. Jason Hicks was called near
Hastings Saturday evening by tele-
gram announcing the death of her
sister who dropped dead that morn
ing. Mrs. Hicks left Saturday even
ing for there.
Lawrence * Christian of south
Bridge st not only have a complete
line of groceries but have added dry
| goods and hardware to their stock
and will hereafter do general mer-
chandising business.
We are having week of about as
cold weather as is often seen in De-
cember, mercury in the thermometer
hardly having been higher than II OF
ID degrees above zero during that
time. The fuel dealers have HARD
times to get supplies sufficient to sat
isfy the orders of their customers too
so we cannot say it is very much EN-
joyed.
Maurice Crib, head carver fol
the Belding-Hall Mfg. Co., is laid vi
at present at the home of his parents
with a broken collar bone. 1t was
done Monday evening at factory "B'
and was the result of little friendly
scuffle which he engaged in with ;
fellow employee. Dr. Ferguson re
duced the fracture and made him a
comfortable as he could.
People of Bedding will recollect ;
woman who lived on the north side
couple of years ago until she wa
; hauled up before the court and order
ed to leave town. Her name wa
Mrs. Belle Phillips and she had
little girl named Hazel, now 10 year
old. Mrs. Phillips died in Owosso
couple of weeks ago, it is allege
from overwork, although it is no
unlikely there were contributor
causes at least. She was buried il
the Potter's field and afterwards tn
little girl disappeared" causin
: quite sensation for while, unit
7 she was found to be with a friend a
: Fenton
Arthur Conner, who has been /
poor health for a couple of years, wa
taken Wednesday to the oak Grow
sanitarium at Flint for treatment
He has been treated by several ply
sicians here and by their efforts ha
been brought to very fair state PHI
Y sically, but his mind seemed to hay
e settled into state of melanchol,
r from which they could not arous
e him Consequently it was deeme
t advisable to take llim To the aboy