Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-15
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Brevities.


w. ID. Ballou left Tuesday on trip
to Chicago.
1t is said Belding rural free deliver
les will start Oct. LIST.
Mrs. L. NJ. Smith of Grand Rapids
is in the city this week.
j. f.. Stevens and wife went TO
Charlotte this morning.
Miss Mildred Bolenbaugh has been
visiting friends at Coral.
Attorney f. c. Miller of Ionia was
in the city on business Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Garfield are put
ting in a few days at Grand Rapids.
A baby daughter arrived at the
home of II. II. Edwards, Wednesday.
II. l.. VanBenschoten and family
are preparing to move to Ann Arbor.
Clearance Crandall and son Earl Wis
tied in Nelson township, Kent Co.,
last week.
Mrs. Milton Beemer is visiting
friends in the vicinity of Greenville
this week.
The Long Lake camp meeting is in
full progress. Many Bedding people
in attendance.
Mrs. Thos. Foy and children of
Toledo, o., are here on visit to rela-
tives and friends.
The Misses Dobie of Lansing,
cousins of Mrs. |. l.. Hubbell, were
her guests this week.
w. w. Terriff, of Portland, was the
guest of G. A. Crib and family last
Thursday and Friday.
Uncle j. b. Hall took the train from
here this morning for Portland to
attend the wedding of niece.
A couple of Cinnamon from Grand
Rapids were in the city Tuesday look
ing for location for laundry.
Orlo Morse has returned from Ionia
and is again found at A. Furhrman's
shoe store, waiting on customers.
Mrs. Carrie DeHart is having her
residence repainted, also the one re-
Gently purchased of Miss Newman.
Mrs. John Donovan and children
have been visiting relatives and
friends at Ionia and Lyons for a week.
Mrs. Bradley Stone, of Marion, ar
rived Wednesday on a visit to her son
and daughter, Geo. w. and Cora
Holmes.
Guy Weter and John Arnwine re-
turned Wednesday morning from a
several days trip to Chicago, Mime
apolis and St. Paul.
Mrs. Amy Stewart of Saginaw
Grand Chief of Honor of the ID. of H
of Michigan, was the guest of Mrs. L.
K. Webster Wednesday.
Geo. Martin, Miriam's postmaster,
was in town Tuesday and Wednesday
on business and also visiting his son
Peter and daughters, Mrs. Chas Hon
son and Mrs. Peter Engman.
A number from Bedding attended
the soldiers reunion and picnic at
Portland Wednesday, reporting a
pleasant and profitable gathering
Will be held at Saranac next year.
The Royal Neighbors of America
will give an ice cream social in the
Woodman Hall, saturday evening
Aug. "A. Everybody invited. Bill
loo. Proceeds to go toward furnish
ing hall.
Returned home: w. F. Sandell anG
wife and DR.. G. f. Smith from Buffa
10, Mrs. NJ. Smith from Buffalo and
visit to Canada, A. w. Tucker and
wife, Mrs. M. A. Chapman, Mrs. j. ID
Morse, Mrs. w. d. Ballou, Mrs. j. f.
Clemens, Mrs. H. S. Campbell, Rev
j. j. Staley and wife from Pc
toskey, Mrs. A. Traub from Goshen
Ind.
On the last two Sunday excursion:
patrons got their moneys worth ant
a little more. A week ago Sunday
fifteen from here went to Saginaw
and they did not get home until
O'Clock a. m. Last Sunday was the
excursion to Manistee, and the pat
ronage was beyond the ability of the
company TO handle. 1t was 2 O'Clock
when they reached there and between
four and five the next morning wheI
Beldingites got home
Talk about your hard luck, the Citi
zens Light Co. has been and is VI
against some of it. All know abou
the dam going out and their struggle
for months past to furnish lights from
a small dynamo at Belding-Hall fac
tory "B." Last week the dam wa
completed and they had their mind
all made up that their troubles wer,
about ended, but in this they wer,
doomed to disappointment. Will,
the plant was not in operation, upol
the advice of an expert, they ha'
placed a new bronze shaft in thei
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