Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-07
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Brevities.

Lynn Lowry and wife were In Green
Vile Monday.
Clare Weeks of Alma is in the city
for few days.
+. Chapple is enlarging his resi-
dence on Pearl st.
Mrs. L. f. Green is visiting her
mother at Saranac.
Mr.. Moffatt went TO Stanton Tues
day to visit his son F.. +.
Mrs. VIM. Carter who has been so
seriously i'll, is very much improved,
Mrs. Julia Brooks of Ionia spent
Friday with her sister Miss Jean Lyle.
Miss Carrie Peckham, spent Satur-
day and Sunday at home in CasnOvia.
w. /. Benedict was in Ionia Tuesday
to introduce Busy Bee Cough Honey
there.
Chas. Vose and family of Howard
City have been guests at A. Fuhr-
mans.
w. ID. Ballou and r. II. Edwards
were passengers for Grand Rapids
this morning.
Mrs. w. j. Knott went to Grand
Rapids Wednesday for two or three
days visit with friends.
Miss Ida Webster who has been Wis
iting friends here returned to her
home at Pierson Wednesday.
L. f. Green and II. NJ. Drummond
left Wednesday morning on hunting
trip up in the vicinity of Alpena.
Miss Edie Kennedy of Portland was
the guest of her friend Miss Mamma
Crib the latter part of last week.
Minister'S will bear in mind the meet
ing of the club at the Forester hall
opposite Hotel Bedding, Friday eve
ming.
Mesdames. Webster, Johnson and
Irving Williams of Six Lakes visited
their sister Mrs. j. c. Shipman sew
eral days.
1t was a big, bright, bouncing baby
boy which arrived to gladden. the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Ham
montree last Friday.
Mclaughlin & Haywood the black
smiths, find that they need more room
and are having an addition construct
ed to their shop on Pleasant st.
The executive board of the Long
Lake camp meeting association are in
session at Ionia today. Rev. A. ..
Carman of this city is in attendance.
The w. S. Garfield Co. has added to
their fixtures an ice chest for cut
flowers and also a refrigerator cheese
box which can be iced during warm
weather.
O. j. Wheeler is moving from his
farm to his residence on Peck's hill,
and will give his entire time to put
ting in tubular wells, repairing and
selling windmills.
Chas. Dixon was home from Grand
Rapids over Sunday being called here
on account of illness of his wife. He
has a good position with the Street
Railway Co. there.
Mrs. A. O.. Carman attended the
Woman's Foreign Missionary meet
ing of Lansing District at Portland
this week. She gave an illustrative
talk to children on missions.
G. L. Staley & Co. have added fine
line of parlor lamps and chamber sets
to their furniture stock. They report
a very satisfactory business thus far.
See their adv. in another column.
Mrs. p. p. Landy of Bankers, N. Y,
is visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Mcintyre. Mr.. Landy is ex-
pected here next week, he having
been in Arkansas for a number of
weeks past, operating apple evapora-
tors.
Mrs. Dwight Sheldon returned home
Saturday from a ten days visit with
her friend Mrs. O. 5. Cole of Toledo.
Mrs. Cole returned with her to visit
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Spen-
Ger, also friends at Reed City and
Fremont.
Mrs. George Retterstoff of Miriam,
died Monday night, age 53 years.
The funeral was held this Thursday
morning at the Miriam Catholic
church. She leaves husband and
four children, four others having
preceded her in death.
Harry Kennedy, baggagemaster for
the Pere Marquette at this station
got his right hand bruised in handling
some trunks few days ago and after
wards caught cold in it, in conse-
quence of which felon formed and he
has been caused considerable pain and
inconvenience.
A party of eight hunters started
from here Monday for the upper pc
ninsula, their intention being to bag