Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-28
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Prizes for rabbits, doves, ferrets
and pet stock at the Ionia Fair Sept.
1919
For the Sunday excursion 209 tick
cts were sold for Grand Rapids and
"A for Ottawa Beach.
The Ionia Fair brings together the
best live stock and farm products of
this great county and no farmer
should fail to attend
The famous Rexas will give their
exhibitions of roller skating, hoop
rolling, etc. on the big open air stage
at Ionia Fair each afternoon.
The first and second divisions of the
M. +. Aid society will have a sale of
baked goods at Pierce & Henderson's
store next Saturday afternoon, Aug.
30
Chas. 5. Youngs, who for the past
year has been an employee at this of
fee, has resigned his position and
will take short vacation before go
ing elsewhere.
DIR. Mcdonald who has been spend
ing a few weeks rusticating in the
northern resorts will again resume his
monthly visits here beginning We'd
nesday Sept. 18th.
Harry Miner and family, of Bel
ding, are spending the week with his
mother Mrs. B. A. Miner, at Shiloh.
Harry is painting the new barn of
Charles Brown.-Palo Post.
A harvest jubilee ball will be given
at Mason's hall in Grattan, Friday
evening Sept. 9TH. Cooks Colored
Orchestra of Muskegon will furnish
the music and the bill including sup
per will be 81 90
Miss Carrie Peckham returned from
Denver, Colo, Wednesday morning.
She will soon leave for Belding to take
her position as principal of the Bel
ding schools for the ensuing year
Casnoyia Herald.
Miss Maude La Dow, student of
the Northwestern University at
Evanston, will speak at the Metho-
dist church next Sunday evening, on
the Students Voluntary Movement in
Missionary Work.
n. NJ. Nesbit an attorney of Detroit
says, VERY few people are aware of
the fact that there is i'm existence a
law that provides a penalty of a fine
not to exceed $50 for person issuing
a check for a smaller sum than 81 90
The w. G. T. U. meeting for August
will be a mothers meeting, Friday
afternoon, the 29th, at 2:30 Program
in charge of Mrs. Gooding superin-
tendent of that department. Held in
the parlors of the Congregational
church. All are welcome.
Leo Ranger a former Belding boy
but now residing in Benton Harbor
and foreman in the Office of the Even
ing News, has been elected secretary
of the printers union. The printers
of the twin cities Benton Harbor and
st. Joseph organized union last
week.
Otis White of Vergennes our Alton
Moseley correspondent was in the city
Saturday and made the BANNER Office
a pleasant call Mr.. White is one of
the old residents of that township, a
son of Walter White who setted there
in an early day and who was for many
years postmaster at Alton, receiving
his commission away back in the for
ties.
Assistant Adjutant General Fayette
Wyckoff of the Michigan department
G.. A. r., has complied the semi-an-
nual report of the adjutant general,
which shows that there are 36l posts
in existence in the state, a net loss of
seven during the six months. The or
der now has a membership of 1862,
net loss of 354. OF this number 2l6
died.
An excellent entertainment will be
provided for the patrons of the Opera
House Friday night. Tue attraction,
"Side Tracked" will be something out
the ordinary, having been rewritten
this season, introducing several funny
specialties that have never played
west of Pittsburg. All new scenery
and mechanical effects i'm fact it is an
entirely new show and is playing to
immense business everywhere.