Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-05-30
Short Items of Interest Re
lating TO the To4vn and It's
People, told in a Single
Paragraph.
Local ~
Brevities.

father at Portland last week.
Mrs. +. II. Weter has returned from
short visit with Ionia friends.
The Hetchler- Balm case was adj
journed until Monday at 9 o'clock.
Mrs. Andrew McCue has gone to
Iowa TO spend the summer with rela-
tives.
Will Batson and wife of Big Rapids
are guests of her sister, Mrs. A. d..
jerks.
Ernest Divine of Portland witnessed
the ball game Saturday and remained
over Sunday.
Mrs. Don Hubbell of Ionia is spend
ing the week with her parents, j. H.
Younger and wife.
Sunday excursions continue popular
with Bedding people. l04 tickets sold
for Grand Rapids last Sunday.
Fred Samain of Bedding and Myrtle
VanLouven' of Mt. Pleasant have
been united in marriage. Congratu-
lations.
Chas. A. Wagner was in Traverse
City last week Wednesday to- attend
the wedding of his friend Mr.. Arthur
Gibbard.
Aytch Tuttle, only son of Hiram w.
and Jennie Tuttle, died May 18th at
Grand Rapids, of acute curvature of
the spine.
Prof. Taylor from the U. of NJ. Wis
tied the Bedding schools Monday and
expressed himself as well pleased
with the work performed by our
teachers.
The employees of the Belding-Hall
Co. have organized ball club and it
is said to be a crackerjack. They try
conclusions with the city team this
afternoon.
Mrs. 7. f. Ireland was again chosen
president of the Woman's Missionary
Union of the Grand River Baptist
association at its annual session held
in Portland last week.
On account of the cold weather the
raise in the price of potatoes which
the farmers looked for in vain, has
come now that there is hardly any
left unsold. Southern potatoes it is
said will be three weeks later than
usual.
The Wagner agency reports the
sale of house and lot No. IL, subdivis-
ion of lot 70, Ellis add. first ward
{ Walter Wood place) to Gilbert Had
ley, also house and lot No. so and part
of lot So, Belding add. third ward, to
Lucy A. Smith.
New ads this week: II. A. Loewe,
w. |. Benedict, Lamb Bros, w. G.
Martin, Geo. w. Dewitt, Mrs. j. w.
Barker, Belding Bargain House, A.
q ID. Friedman, Lester Grant, Pine
Island Lake Resort, DR.. Donald Nc
Donald, Grand Rapids, A. G. Bedford,
Ionia.
Rev. G. Quick and wife went east
last week, he to attend the Baptist an
niversaries at Springfield, Mass, she
to visit her parents at Jersey City.
He is expected to return in time to
I'LL his pulpit at the Baptist church
n ii I,,t ,i@lr mil
remain for month
Mrs. Thos. Cannon has returned
from Grand Rapids where she has
been for some time helping to care
for her daughter, Clara Hogle, who
has been sick over two months with
typhoid fever. She is very weak yet
but is now believed to be safely on
the road to recovery. Her many Bel
ding friends will rejoice.
The remains of Mrs. Clara Filkins
of Grand Rapids were brought to
Bedding Monday for interment in the
Otisco cemetery. The husband, Hen
ry Filkins was born a short distance
south of Cooks Corners and all his
earlier years were spent in that vicin-
ity. He is nephew of Marvin FIJI
kins and lost both his parents when
he was young. He married his wife
in the vicinity of Palo, and three
children are left besides the husband
to mourn her loss, the Oldest about
IA years old They have resided in
Grand Rapids for number of years,
he being passenger engineer upon
the Pere Marquette, running to New
Buffalo. Six of his fellow engineers
came from Grand Rapids and acted
as pail bearers. Services were held
at the Congregational church. She
was in her thirty-eighth year.
Same Old story Retold.
Saginaw dispatch dated MAY %,