Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-15
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Detroit.
Mrs r. II. Edwards was at Lyon,
last week.
Mrs. A. e Hines has been visiting
in Grand Rapids.
Miss Lena McFarlane visited a sister
near Detroit Sunday.
Mrs. NJ. b. Divine of Portland was
sSthe city over Sunday.
Mrs. I. r. ireland was in Big Rap
ids Tuesday with her son Fred.
Mrs Forrest Fish visited her aunt
Mrs. Ben Caswell of Greenville Mon
day.
Mrs. Eva Cunningham and son Roy,
spent Sunday with her sister at Grand
Rapids.
Miss Langdon. of Portland, was a
guest at Mr.. and Mrs W. j. Knots
over Sunday.
Chas. Baty and wife arrived Mon
day for visit with friends and rela-
tives in this city.
Mrs. T. n. Stevens, of Stanton, ar
rived Wednesday to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. S. Barnes.
Mrs. DR.. Smith of Cooperville re-.
turned home Saturday after a short
visit with II. E. Smith and wife.
John Dehn and family as guests of
his brothers at Portland previous to
their departure for the west to reside.
Mrs. f. ~ Van Wegen of Alma who
has been visiting at her parents Mr..
an1 Mrs f. N. Cole returned home to-
day.
Misses Eva Stevens, Amelia Olson
and Ethel Stevens spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Van Horn at Ian
sing.
Mrs. Will McWain of Boyne City
arrived Monday for an extended visit
with her daughter Mrs. Geo. Madden
and family.
Mrs. +. +. Sprague of East Jordon
visited Wednesday with her mother,
Mrs Jared Sprague, and went from
here to Ionia.
Mrs. Fred n. Clark and two little
children, of Edmore, arrived Wednes-
day for a short visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Krick.
The family of r H. Porter have
moved to st. Johns where he has
been employed in a meat market for
number of weeks past.
Schuyler Smith, formerly a well
known Beldingite was in the city
Monday He is firing on the Pere
Marquette and resides in Grand Rap
ids.
Mrs. John Gaunt recently of Lake
view is here for few days visit pre-
vious to leaving for Otsego, Allegan
Co, where her husband has purchased
laundry.
o. Il. Webster delivered 10 Miss
Mary Retterston Wednesday a check
for $500 being the amount of her late
fathers insurance policy in the De-
gree of Honor.
There was small blaze in the tin
shop at Belding-Hall factory ga"
Tuesday, caused by an explosion of
time but Waldo Francisco succeeded
in getting it under control with a
chemical extiugusher.
Representatives of the state tax
commission have been working around
Ionia county for quite spell and
have called on Bedding. The super
visors say that they expect raise on
real estate will be demanded of them.
Their position is not an enviabe one
to say the least.
The republican city eaucuses to
elect delegates from the wards to the
county convention at Ionia are called
for tomorrow FRIDAY evening" at
1870 O'Clock There is no contest on
here and apparently the choice for
Governor will not be considered in
electing these delegates.
The committee of physicians who
Acre promoting the establishment OF
a hospital in Bedding did not meet
with sufficient encouragement to war.
rant them in continuing their efforts
and have dropped the scheme for the
present, hoping to take it up again al
some future time with better success
The members of the Eastern Star
presented Mrs N. J. Mclaughlin
with beautiful gold chapter pin in
consideration of efficient services al
officer and member of that society
She leaves this week for Detroit
where her daughter, Rose, now is, anC
after a few days there they go e
Montana where their son and brother
Robt. Mclaughlin, is now located.