Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-07-18
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urday and Sunday.
Attorney Alfred Locke of Ionia was
in the city Monday.
Mrs. j. b. Essex has been visiting
friends at Sheridan.
Miss Edith Gregg of Chicago is a
guest at M. A. Reeds.
Miss Grace Travis left Wednesday
on a visit to eastern friends.
John Dehn visited his brother NJ. j.
Dehn at Portland last Friday.
Arthur Coles and family will re-
move from Greenville to Belding.
Mrs. Emma Bandfield of Portland
spent Sunday with friends in Belding
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. RUSSELL
a 916 pound boy, Wednesday morning.
+. w. Howard, w. b. Reed and Geo.
Putnam are visiting friends in the
east.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Morris and child
of Chicago, are guests at Elvon G.
Lloyd's.
Mrs. Matte Moffatt went to Kali
kaska Saturday to visit daughter
for few days.
Fred and Miss Bessie Connell re-
turned Saturday from trip to the
Buffalo exposition.
DR.. Thompson and wife, parents of
Mrs. G. Quick, left on their return to
Jersey City Tuesday morning.
Miss Jennie Crawford, popular clerk
at O'Bryon's has been called home to
Ionia on account of sickness of her
mother.
Mrs f. O. Mann and Miss Nancy
Anderson left Wednesday morning
their destination being the Pan Am
erican at Buffalo.
Ed Lamb and wife left Saturday
morning for Ypsilanti on two weeks
vacation trip, which will include the
big Buffalo show before returning.
A great many residences are being
improved by repainting. Among
those noticed recently are w. II.
Menkee's, DR.. Ohlinger's, o. a. Days
and VIM. Clark's.
Mrs. Geo. Rector and daughter
Lillian, Mrs. Robt. Breckon of Ionia,
and Miss Ethel Norris of Rochester.
N. Y, were the guests of Mrs. Flor
ence Hunt Monday.
Mrs. NJ. A. Chapman. Mrs. J. f.
Clemens and daughter and Mrs. II. S.
Campbell and daughter left Wednes-
day morning for Petoskey and Bay
View to attend the assembly and en-
Joy the cool breezes.
The Board of Education held a
meeting Monday evening and reor-
gained for the ensuing year by elect
ing Frank H. Hudson, president, Il.
w. Gooding, secretary and Mrs. L..
X. Webster treasurer.
Miss Mae Fowler, stenographer in
|. l.. Hubbell's law Office for some
months past, left Tuesday for Utica,
New York. Mrs. Hubbell accom-
panied her as far as Buffalo and will
do the Pan-American exposition.
b. f. Hall, II. L. Page, w. c. Spicer
and A. Friedman were Detroit passen-
gers Monday They all went on bust
ness of course, but after their business
was finished they might incidentally
visit the races in progress there this
week.
+. +. Ranney returned Monday
morning from Philadelphia where he
had been for a couple of weeks. He
took his three youngest children,
Misses Carrie and Hattie and Master
Roy with him and left them there for
a vacation visit.
A terrible disaster is reported al
Grand Rapids last night. The Luce
block, four story building in which
Friedman's department store is locat
ed collapsed, being a complete ruin
Fire started then and finished the
work of destruc ton also injuring adj
joining buildings considerably.
1t is expected to get repairs at the
Cannon bridge completed this week
1t will be filled in with earth on the
north approach as before but on the
south side an opening of about 20 feet
width will be left. This will make i
necessary for Mr.. Cannon to rebuil'
the dam himself if it is done as h'
will not be able to use the road as be
fore.
w. b. Owens and two daughters
residing on the Cooks Corners roa'
at the western city limits, attempted
to drive through Seely Creek a
Smyrna Saturday, the bridge being
gone and it nearly cost them thei
lives. The water proved deeper thai
they anticipated and they were res
cued with difficulty, the horse beini
drowned.
DIR. f.. w. Little has decided to lo
cata Ia paldinU for the praCtiCe q