Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-05
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Brevities.
Quite a bit colder this week.

Grand Rapids.
Warren Serviss of Greenville was in
the city Tuesday.
Martin Joiner of Benzonia is guest
at +. b. Lapham's.
Mrs. Victor Armour is entertaining
her mother from Fremont.
DIR. c. NJ Martin, wife and son
Hugh left for Seattle last week.
Mrs. Ellis Ranney has been receiv-
ing visit from her father the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Smith of Fair
plains were guests at l.. l.. Holmes
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ward went to
Freeport TO eat their Thanksgiving
dinner with his folks.
Divine Science Service every Sun
day morning at HOO O'Clock at the
residence of Mrs. G. ID. Ellis
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. 5. Earle of Stanton
were entertained Thanksgiving day
by Mr.. and Mrs. Carl George.
Chas. b. Nye made a trip to the
south part of the state the first of the
week, looking up some horses.
Bert Luck. who has been in Iowa
for several months, returned to the
parental roof in Bedding Tuesday.
Miss Pearl Phillips who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. w j. Knott,
returned to her home in Detroit Mon
day.
Miss Clara Hogle returned to Grand
Rapids Wednesday to take up her
work as nurse at the Butterworth
hospital. ~
c.. G. O'Bryon and family went to
Stanton to eat Thanksgiving turkey
and 'hxin's" with his sister Mrs. G.
f. Potter.
Mr.. j. A. Spencer and wife left
Monday morning for Toledo to spend
the winter with their daughter Mrs.
o. 5. Cole.
Mrs. c. II. Cowdn and grandson
Master Alden, of Rockford, were
Thanksgiving day guests at her sons,
G.. II. Cowdin's.
The stone and brick work upon the
Hubbell block, as it is now named,
formerly fingers, is completed and it
not only looks well, but is now as safe
as any building in town
Mrs II. r. Edwards entertained a
company of about sixteen of her young
lady friends at her pleasant home
last Friday evening. Refreshments
were served and a pleasant evening
enjoyed.
Word was received Saturday by Mrs.
w. NJ. Reynolds that her father G.
Richardson of CORTLAND had suffered
astroke of paralysis. She left the next
morning and found him in a very dam
gerous condition.
Rufus Morse returned to the Z. OF
NJ. at Ann Arbor Saturday and Carl
ton Washburn, Sumner and Gertrude
Wilson Monday. Harry Campbell and
Tom Griffith returned to the Ferris
school at Big Rapids Monday also.
The c. f. society of the Congrega
tional church will serve an cold New
England" supper in the church par
lors next Wednesday evening Dec. ii
From ) to s o'clock Price of supper
one shilling (l2l5 cts Everybody
come. -
Our advertising columns fairly teen
with interesting announcements t.
those who are thinking of Christina
gifts. Puruse them carefully for you
will find many suggestions to help you
out on what are often very perplex
ing questions.
Lincoln's bargain house is to occu
by the Wallace block commencing
about Feb LIST probably, and the worl
of fitting it up is already in progress
His present room in the Beldinl
block has not been engaged yet bu
there is strong talk of it being occu
pied with big dry goods stock.
There was quite family gathering
at j. L. Moffat's in the first ware
Thanksgiving day. Those presen
from outside the city were Mr.. am
Mrs. L. n. Gould of Minneapolis, Mrs
James Wright of Bushnell, F. E. Moi
fat of Stanton, f. ID. Moffat of Owosso
and Edwin Moffat and family of Sher
idan.
Quite sight was witnessed at tn
Pere Marquette freight depot in thi
city Monday morning twenty dee
carcases having arrived for member
of the hunting party who recently re
turned from the upper peninsula. 81
of them belonged to f. w. Jersey an
his son, two to MIR. Benton and tn
balance TO other members of the pal
Nv II was the LARGEST bunch to eve