Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-29
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The spiritualist camp-meeting will
open at Grand Ledge July27 and close
August "a.
The Ovid base ball club plays at
Greenville Friday at 2:30. There will
also be balloon ascension.
Max Gals has leased six acres of
land back of the old shoe factory and
has the finest garden to be seen in
these parts.
1t is said to be fact that Ionia will
get new depot for the Grand Trunk
in the spring Well they need it
bad enough, goodness knows.
A Junior Endeavor society will be
organized Sunday afternoon at the
Congregational church at o'clock,
under the auspices of the G. L. soci-
ETY..
DIR. John w. Kirkland of Lakeview
is candidate for the Office of Grand
Medical Examiner of the Maccabees
of Michigan. He receives many press
notices favoring his election to this
office.
Master Harold Caldwell entertain
ed small company of his friends at
the home of his parents on Pleasant
street Monday evening Ice cream
and cake were served and they had a
delightful time.
Huntley & Wright, who had all the
large building contracts in Belding
last summer, have just secured a con-
tract to put up 49, 900 block at Ed
more for j. II. Gibbs, containing a
hotel and three store rooms.
The employe of the State Tax Com
mission was here again Friday. He
still insists on a general raise of 20
per cent. in real estate valuations,
but it is safe to say that no such out
rageous increase will be made.-Ly-
ons Herald
Samuel Strong, for 30 years an es-
teemed resident of Keene township,
died Thursday of dropsy. He was %
years of age, and is survived by wild
ow, one daughter, Mrs Albert Hun
ter, of Keene, and one son, Marcena
Strong of Lansing.
J RTE - g .eSaininx ton Of Geo.E- Niepols
completely in the water scandal has
been adjourned from last Monday to
June I'd. The reason for adjourn
ment is that his attorneys, A. a. Ellis
and r.. A. Hawley, are busy in court
at Ionia.
The article i'm the June Woman's
Home Companion on the coronation
of King Edward is written by Edward
Fawcett, the novelist, who is at pres
ent an American resident in London.
Mr.. Fawcett is especially well quail
fed to write entertainingly on this
very picturesque subject.
The case of Willett VS.. Moon, occu-
pying the attention of the circuit
court this week, before Judge Chitten-
den, is the outcome of an old issue, in
which Sheriff Moon attached farm
property of Jas. Bambough of Ionia
township on an execution for S2,2OC
in favor of Ed. Rock. Willett, who
claims ownership, brings suit to dis.
solve the attachment.
A meeting was called at the Or
leans cemetery Tuesday last at p
m. for the purpose of organizing a
cemetery association. Royal Hawk
ins was elected president, Mrs. Fan
ME Smith, vice president; Arby Fales
secretary, and Mrs. Frank Alderman
treasurer. The next meeting will bt
held at the town hall Saturday, 2 p
III May 81. All interested should at
tend.
John Wanamaker pays over Sl,00,
day for advertising his Philadelphi;
r store He uses page a day in five
daily newspapers in the city, whicl
! cost him by the year as follows: Pres
: 500, 600: Ledger 100000: Times $4,000
North American $1,000 and Evenin,
Telegraph, 5000 Up to a fey
months ago Mr.. Wanamaker was us
2 ing a page in the Record at the rate o
' of SS7, 500 year which would hav,
: made an annual expenditure of 1888,
n 800. When he wanted to renew hi
: advertising with the Record the pub
d Usher asked 1900 more or a total o
r Sll2.500. Mr. Wanamaker refused {
5 pay the amount thinking that no on
t else would pay that sum for the use O
the page. The proposition was mad
to another firm who &C cepted the cor
tract without moments hesitatio
z. and they are now paying SlI2, 800 fo
a the use of the page for one yeal
Wanamaker pays the man who look
r after his advertising $4,000 a yea
and the money SO expended is til
r most profitable part of his inyes
ments. In a recent interview he sal,
y I"Where there is sharp competitic
rs the man who does not advertise /