Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-14
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The Russell family are holding their
annual picnic and reunion at Baldwin
Lake today.
Geo. Joslin, of Smyrna, a Spanish
war veteran, has been granted pen
sion of $l2 per month and $468 back
pay.
John Spriggs who is in Crawford
county camping this summer writes
home that snow fell there thick and
fast Saturday.
The Otisco Republican caucus is
called to be held at Cooks Corners in
Cooks Hotel, Monday, August Is, at
2 O'Clock in the afternoon.
The Rathbone Sisters will hold
their next regular meeting Monday
evening, Aug. Is. Business of special
| importance to be transacted.
| Charles Stout makes the offer of
fine box of Derbys to the winning
team in Mondays ball contest be-
tween the BARRIERS and clerks.
The Christian Endeavor social held
] on the lawn at Miss Clara Moultons
last Friday evening was very sue
cessful affair and netted the society
nearly 5000.
Mr.. Lynn Johnston and bride, of
Romeo, Emmett Crawford and family,
of Six Lakes, and Mr.. and Mrs. w G..
Mercer, of Otlsco, were guests at
Clarence Johnston's over Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid of the Oakfield
First Baptist church will have an ice
cream social at the residence of
Ralph Hall, Tuesday evening, Aug.
10. Ice cream served from to 10
O'Clock.
"The Bright and Morning Star"
will be the subject at the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday morning.
The Sunday evening preaching SER
vice will be held in the church at $50.
Everybody invited,
Wait for the best weekday excur-
sion of the season to Grand Rapids
and Ottawa Beach, Wednesday, Aug.
u. Fare 10 cents and Sl.25. See
small bills for attractions that day
for other information.
A l.. Pond formerly in the employ
of the Citizens Light Company of this
city as electrician, has accepted
position in Coldwater in the muni-
cipal lighting plant. He will take up
his residence there and his wife will
join him about the first of September.
| A Benton Harbor man has discoy-
cred how to tell mans politics Get
him into hotel wash room. The Re-
publican will wash and empty the ba-
sin; the Democrat will wash and leave
the water standing: the Prohibition
ist will wash in the water left by the
Democrat and the Populist will comb
his hair and not wash at all.
Eugene Baldwin, the fellow who is
under arrest on charge of attempt
ed rape upon the five-year-old Ethelyn
| Pratt, of Keene, called the sheriff
and said he wanted to see Judge Davis
and plead guilty. He told the sheriff
he was guilty and expected to take
the consequences. The sheriff thinks
| possibly the fellow is not just right.
The matter will probably rest where
it is until the time for examination.
The silver medal contest will be
held in the Baptist church under the
direction of the w. G. r. U. Tuesday
evening Aug. 26, commencing at 8
O'Clock. The Loyal Temperance
Legion will be represented in a few
exercises in the first part of the pro-
gram. We give below the names of
the contestants; hereafter they will
go by number only: Misses Eva Nor
ris, May Howard, Mabel Patterson,
Rena Chapple, Grace Travis, Mary
Hunt and Gertrude Peck Entire
program next week.
Sheriff Moon says the state papers
are "A little premature in their new
version of the Klump poisoning case
at Lowell transferring the scene of
action to Ionla county. While it is
true and has all along been known
that George Merritt, farmer living
a half mile west of Saranac, got one
of the doctored headache powders,
and saved his life in the opinion of
the doctor by taking a heavy dose of
epson salts, no warrant or papers
have been issued against anyone.
What disposition of the theory will
be made is an open question, and at
the present time the matter is all in
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