Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-28
f. r. Berry is reported quite i'll.

Grand RAPIDS tuesday.
A. Behrendt has moved the balance
of his bazaar stock to Saranac.
Belding college students are all
home for the Thanksgiving vacation.
City clerk Geo. W. Moulton made
business trip to Rockford Wednesday.
Homer Hutchinson arrived Friday
to spend Thanksgiving with his par
ents.
VIM. Lambeck has moved his tailor
and repairing shop in the Wallace
block.
G. b. Nye and wife left Wednesday
for a few days visit with friends in
Grand Rapids.
Messers. l.. w. Holmes and A. b.
Hull attended the Elks party at Ionia
Wednesday night.
Miss Edna Crawford of Ionia was a
guest of her brother Geo. Crawford
and wife last week.
w. p. Hetherington and A. b. Hull
attended the Elks' social session at
ST. Johns Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orla Hammond left
Tuesday morning for several weeks
visit with her people near Flint.
Hines new &c and loo store, cor.
Bridge and Congress sts., opens Sat
urday. See adv. in another column.
DIR. George Nj. Dutt and daughter
Beulah of Hudson, Mich visited with
his brother DR.. w. A. Dutt, Sunday.
Mrs. W. +. Fisher was in Greenville
Tuesday and was accompanied home
by Mr.. Fishers mother, Mrs Amelia
Fisher.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Spicer's baby
has been quite i'll at the home of its
grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ID. Stall
in the first ward
After enjoying your Thanksgiving
dinner go and see the football game
at Ellis park between Grand Rapids
and Belding. Play called at $3.50. A
pretty contest is promised.
Miss Pearl Clahin, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Chas. ClaAin died Wednes-
day afternoon from consumption. A
highly respected young lady. Funer-
al Saturday afternoon from the home.
So The hunters who went to the Upper
Peninsula have returned and all had
pretty good luck. N. Lapham and N.
Ross brought in five deer. Will Case
had two. Others also had their
quota.
Mrs. H. A. Loewe left Wednesday
evening to attend the wedding of her
sister, Miss Marie Amperse and Mr..
Harry Anderson of that city, to-day.
Miss Amperse was the guest of her
sister here several weeks this sum-
mer.
G. NJ. Smith is entertaining his
brothers l.. G.. Smith of st. Louis,
Mich, ID. G. Smith and wife of Naples,
N. Y, G.. f. Smith, Cedar Springs,
VIM. .Smith, Sheffield, also Geo. w.
Holmes and wife as Thanksgiving
guests.
Miss Pearl Stickler and Mr.. Defor-
est Darling were married at Ionia
Tuesday evening, and Wednesday
morning left for Morley where he
has a brother and sister residing. She
has lived here for over year past
and has many friends who extend
best wishes. They will probably re-
side on farm near Lowell where he
has been working the past season.
Cornell Bros, the popular druggists
and booksellers, find they have not
room enough for their growing busi-
ness and are planning to add to it
about Jan. LIST by finishing off a nice
room in the front end of the basement
about % 40 with an inside stairway
which will be used for curtain, paint
and wall paper department. Madden
& Gerady, the BARRIERS, who at present
have their shop there will move into
one of Leonard's new stores,
The outside work on Mayor Leon
ards new buildings on Main st. is
practically finished and the inside
work is moving along at good clip.
They will be ready for occupancy by
Jan. lst and possibly little earlier.
The east store, which is the largest of
the three, is leased to w. G. Sheldon,
the popular candy and cigar dealer,
the one next TO it TO Madden d Ger
ady for barber shop, and the west
room to II. A. Loewe the tailor.
Mrs. Lounsbury the owner of the
ground where the city hose house
stands has notified the city officials
that the rent will be raised and they
are looking about for another loca-
ton. Several are offered that are
considered just as available as the one
now used and at as low rent. There
has been some vague talk of the city
buying a lot and putting up city
building ever since the city was or