Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-03-14
Local Brevities.

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Il. II. King was in Grand Rapids
Monday.
The new bakery on Bridge st. will
open soon.
Z. A. Murphy of Ionia was in the
city Monday.
l.. b. Hall OF Grand Rapids was in
the city Wednesday.
w. j. Just Of Ionia, was in the city
on business Wednesday.
Will Fish is laid up this week with
an attack of the humps.
Clyde Day is helping out for the
present at Quits drug store.
III. L. VanBenschoten returned from
a trip to Portland Wednesday.
Potatoes are coming in lively. The
market holds quite steady at 25c.
Mrs. F. A. Highly and son Warren of
Grand Rapids have been here this week.
Mrs. j. b. Arnwine was a guest OF
Mrs. B. N. Talcott at Ionia over Sun
day.
The bad storms of this week have
demoralized railway traffic consider
ably.
Miss Mable Suffer is the accommo-
dating new clerk at Chave's Variety
Store.
Special meeting OF the f. g. A. M.
next Monday evening. Work in the
second degree.
Drs. Ottman and Blankner, next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at
Hotel Bricker.
1t is reported that the Republican
city caucuses have been called for
Monday the 18th.
Miss Nora Crane, teacher of the Or
leans school, spent Sunday with Bert
Ohlinger and wife.
Agent M. L. Osterhout Of the Pere
Marquette Ry. has been on the sick
list for couple of days.
Rev. Mrs. Moffatt will lecture on
Divine Science in the w. r. C. hall
at $3.50 O'Clock, Sunday March 18th.
N. J. Lloyd has purchased the shoe
repairing business connected with
Eddy's store and will consolidate it
with his own.
A. Traub (Carnegie) has traded his
white nag and now pulls the reins over
a neat little bay warranted not to balk
with passengers.
The Lady Foresters of Court Stew
art will have an apron sale at DR..
Quits store Saturday afternoon and
evening, March 10Th.
l.. w. Holmes and sister Miss Carrie
are in Ann Arbor this week visiting
friends and incidentally Miss Holmes
expects to have her eyes tested.
c.. r. Herrick, of the Herrick Cas-
ket Co., Lyons, formerly of Belding,
was in the city Wednesday and report
ed their business Ia thriving condi-
ton.
Phoenix Ledge ID. OF H. requests all
members to attend meeting Saturday
evening. Important business. Com
mittee will serve lunch. Literary
program.
Thos. Hayden, one of the Richard.
son Silk Co.'S genial travellers, clme in
Saturday on crutches, having a
sprained ankle and has been taking an
enforced vacation this week.
Mrs. Will Richmond OF st. Joseph,
is at the home of her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Brown. She has been in
rather poor heal tn for some time, and
is trying medical treatment here.
Keep it in mind that every voter in
the city has to register this year.
Don't matter how many times you
have registered before, you must reg
lister this spring or you cannot vote.>
What about paving Main st. this
spring? Must we continue to have
mud foot deep during wet weather
upon our principal thorougfare for a
while longer, or will start be made
now towards paving.
Willie SOVEREIGN has been on the
sick list, having good start for case
OF typhoid fever, but by careful medical
attendance and good nursing it has
been broken up and he is now on the
road to nvalescence.
p. G. Jameson has had to lay off
from work the past week on account
Of bad swelling in his left foot and
ankle, making 1t very difficult for him
to get around much. He has been un-
able to determine the cause.
A merry sleigh load Of juniors went
out to Miss Nellie Towers the other
evening to have general good time,
and 1T is needless to say that they had
It, They incidentally sat down to
banquet which might grace a palace.
Howard Wilcox is commencing to
get about again. He came home about
four weeks ago from Marion where be