Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-08
stanley Kendall is in Chicago.

At ). +. Deans, in Eureka, baby
boy Monday.
John Donovan and sons were in
Grand Rapids, Tuesday.
Miss Elsie Cook is in town after an
absence of some months.
Mrs. Alfred Locke of Ionia is spend
ing the week in this city and vicinity.
Miss May Strong is home from
Grand Rapids for two or three weeks.
Miss Lusena Huntley of Petoskey
was guest at Charles Eddy's last
week.
l.. T.. Green and wife have returned
from a weeks visit with his folks at
Morley.
Palmer Fales and John Wagner are
doing the Pan-American at Buffalo
this week
Mrs. f. E. Fales and son Hugo and
Mrs Ross of Ionia are rusticating at
Long Lake.
NIdNlsllh DCciluS0 10 ICAClN a Nlolt
from her mother, Mrs. G.. NJ. Elliott
of Cleveland, O.
Miss Daisy L. Cornell of Ionia is
spending few days with Byron f.
Brown and wife.
Mrs. Margaret Eckmeder of Ionia
was guest of Mr.. and Mrs. O. J. Bur
ris over Sunday.
Leo Schaffer went to Lansing, Tues
day, for a brief visit with his folks,
returning Wednesday.
G. NJ. Vinegar is moving to his
farm near Sand Lake which he pur-
chased some months ago.
Fred Dorman and wife went to
Cedar Lake Monday on two weeks
business and pleasure trip.
viii Trimble has gone to Grand
Rapids where he has secured good
position in a machine shop.
Miss Vida Eccles of Ogden, Utah,
has been a guest at her uncle's, VIM.
Hutchison's, the past week
Riley a. Jones of southeast Grattan
died "Wednesday morning He lacked
ten days of being 10 years of age.
DR.. Ferguson and wife have return
ed from Canada and Mrs. j. =. Press
ley from Howell and Stockbridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Brown and Fred
f. ireland were in Ionia Sunday, the
guests at the home of L. A. Cornell
II. L. and +. H. Russell of Luther
are here to attend the annual reunion
of the Russell family which takes
place at Baldwin lake today.
Robt McCue returned last week
from Memphis, Tenn, where he has
been working for several months. He
was very well satisfied but as his wife
does not wish to move there he will
not return.
City treasurer Wagner reports col
lection of city taxes considerably
easier than last year. About $4,000
had been paid in Aug. LIST, whereas
last year at that date there was only
little over $1,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. N X. Benedict who
have been visiting their nephew w.
l., left for their home at Athens,
Ont, Monday morning, via Edmore,
Saginaw and Bay City where they
will also make stops.
George Crawford and wife returned
Tuesday morning from Grand Rapids
where they had been for several days
on account of the death of her moth
er. She suffered from cancer and
her death was not unexpected.
Mrs. Len Crothers has been receiv-
ing a visit from brother, Hardy
Smith, whom she has not seen for
twenty years. He has been in the
English navy for the last ten years
and has four years more to serve.
The Ionia county druggists met in
Ionia Monday and formed an organ
ization for social, educational and
fraternal purposes. All four Bedding
druggists attended the meeting and
were much pleased with the same.
w. /. Benedict was elected first vice
president.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. B. Lapham were in
Greenville Tuesday for the purpose
of attending a meeting of the picnic
committee of the Washington Club.
They settled upon Friday, Aug. 10th,
as the date for this annual function
and Ganton's pavilion, Baldwin lake,
as the place.
An order went into effect last week
by which the Grattan mail does not
leave this office until two O'Clock
instead Of one as formerly. A very
beneficial change for their service
and should have taken place long ago,
as eastern mail arriving at lao does
net have TO lay over for "A hours now.
Frank Wickham was arrested We'd
nesday upon a warrant issued by JUS
tica Moulton charging him with hav-