Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-20
Short Items of Interest Re
Lating TO the Toqun and It's
People, told in a Single
Paragraph.

at her sisters, Mrs. A. ID. jerks.
Misses Stella and Mabel Cole are
visiting friends at Cedar Springs.
!. L. Hubbell is making extensive
improvements upon his residence.
Miss Mabel Maynard of Shiloh is the
guest of her sister Mrs. o. j. Barker.
b. f. Hall apd II. L. Page have been
on trout fishing trip to Pine river
this week.
The band favored us with an open
air concert last evening, which was
much enjoyed.
Brick laying has commenced upon
Fales' new barn and rapid progress is
being made now.
Miss Mabel Spencer has returned
from Howard City having completed
her school work there.
w. l. Benedict entertained the
members of the Stratford club at his
home Monday evening.
Mrs. J. Mcintyre and Mrs. S. A.
Stewart have returned from two
weeks visit in Barry county.
Guy Deuel. of Bedding is home visit
ing his parents, arriving here Satur-
urday evening. Clarkville Record.
Yerington College strong team is
billed to play the Bedding club on the
home grounds Saturday afternoon at
2:30. You want to see this game.
Chas. p. Locke and wife have been
spending several days with friends
here. He has sold his home in Ionia
and proposes to locate at Sault Ste
Marie.
Nj. l.. Osterhout and wife, f. Chap
pie and wife, and Mrs Nj. Smith, left
Monday for Buffalo and the Pan
American exposition. They expect
to take in the sights there and also
visit friends at other points, being
gone about two weeks in all.
Married at Ionia Saturday June -,
by Rev. w. II. Macpherson, Mr.. Gerry
Rowley and Miss Lulu Brown, both of
Belding. The happy couple are well
known in this city and they have the
best wishes of many friends. They
will continue to reside here.
Frank Carman, of Dixon, H., a
cousin of w. f. and ID. II. Bricker, has
been visiting here for a few days. He
is practical timer and is looking for
a location to engage in the hardware
business. He was much pleased with
our city and may locate here.
Portland and Greenville base ball
enthusiasts are at fever heat. Each
club has won game. and now it is
proposed to play third for 800 a
side, which game it is understood will
be pulled off on the Beleing grounds
next Thursday. Sic 'em, Tige
Our High School has been placed
upon the list of approved schools of
the Chicago University, pending a
visit from the committee on affiliated
schools, who will visit us the coming
year. This admits our graduates
to the L. of c. without examination
New ads this week: A. & ID. Fried
man, Penny Store, II. r. Edwards, H.
j. Leonard, Holmes Bros, Geo. w
Dewitt, w. /. Benedict, w. f. Brick
er, T. f. Ireland, Lamb Bros, A. G.
Bedford, Ionia, w. G.. Nelson, Green
vile, DIR. Blankner, Grand Rapids,
Lowell, 4th of July celebration.
Mr.. w, w. Wooden has been exhib-
iting to our business men and all in
terested new design in a monkey
wrench, which has recently been pat
ented by his uncle, +. w. Hustled, who
resides near Fremont, and as he lacks
the necessary capital to push its
manufacture and sale, would like to
have local parties take hold and or
ganize a company for that purpose.
1t looks like good thing.
Mrs. L. X. Webster has returned
from Buffalo where she has been at
tending the session of the Supreme
Lodge for the u. 5. of the Degree of
Honor. Mrs. Webster was honored
by being chosen on the first ballot az
grand usher. The Importance of this
will be the more apparent when we
say that under the rule of this society
this means that in time (four years
probably She will land in the highest
office within the gift of the society
in the United states, the Grand Chief
of Honor. A high honor, and most
worthily bestowed.
Mrs. Barbara Gwinner of Orleans il
having lots of trouble. Her husband
Philip Gwinner is an old soldier and
draws pension of $50 per quarter
which she says he elbows in" largely
for whiskey as regularly as the time
comes round and she has to support
the family, which includes five child
rem. But she proposes to be .trampleC