Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-02

Boys l50 work shoe at 100. Ed
wards shoe sale.
Ferd Houck of Ionia was calling on
friends here Saturday.
Boney Finch of Greenville was in
the city last Saturday.
O. II. Russell and wife spent Sun
day in Coral with relatives.
III J. Leonard and M. A. Cooley
were in Lyons Monday on business.
Wortley & French's "Velvet" ice
cream is just the thing for hot weather
Mrs. Geo. Hufford went to An Sable
Monday for ten days visit with her
mother.
Mrs. ID G Spaulding of Grand Rap
Is, is the guest of her brother, Dr.
Coville.
Mrs. Amelia Hackett left for a
weeks visit with relatives fin Green
Vile Monday.
Mrs. ID Royal and grandchildren OF
Shelby were guests of K. N. Pitkin
and wife this week.
The Mont Calm comfy association
| of the l. o. o. +. viii picnic August II
at Baldwin Lake.
The members of the Loyal Temper
ance Legion enjoyed picnic at Bald
win Lake Monday.
Mrs. A. +. Weter left today for a
two weeks visit with her daughter.
Maud Pond in Coldwater.
Ray Emmons has accepted posi-
tion with Spencer & Lloyd as janitor
and general all around man.
Mrs. Earnest Moore and daughter
Zadie left Monday for a two weeks
visit with friends in Battle Creek.
The Misses Anna and Etna Illusion,
accompanied by Claude Elkerton, left
Monday for weeks visit in Chicago
and vicinity.
Mrs. Truman Rich returned home
Saturday TO Wawpaca Wis. after a
TWO WCChS Niolt Will hCl uduS htCi
Mrs John Barker and other relatives.
Miss Mable Raymond the efficient
and popular clerk at Brokers, is of
duty this week, being confined to the
house with a severe attack of tonsili-
It's.
Will Peck returned last week from
an outing at White Fish Lake and
while there hooked seven pound
pickerel and a lot of bass. The place
is Willis old stamping ground.
Fred McDuffy while putting up a
hay unloader for the Weter Wise Co.
at the barn of Fred Thompson in
Otisco Monday fell from scafold in
the barn and injured his shoulder
nearly dislocating it.
George johnson and wife were in
Grand Rapids last week visiting at
Mr.. Steele's, proprietor of a green
house, and brought home cucumber,
probably the largest ever in the city,
81 inches long and 81 in circum fer
ence
The barber shops will all close at
twelve o'clock on the Fourth and in
order to accommodate customers the
shops will be open quite late the night
before, so if you want to spend the
national holiday with clean shaven
face make your calculations accord
ingly.
Frank w. Jones of Fallasburg was
in the city Monday. He says the work
on the big dam and canal being con-
structed there by the Edison Power
Co. is progressing, the dam will turn
the course of the water in Flat River
into the canal and dry up about three
miles of river bed.
Eloise Ryerson had the misfortune
to get sewing needle driven into the
right thigh just above the knee and
broke off, DR.. Morris with the assist
ance of Drs Little and Fuller success
fully removed the broken piece, find
ing it inches from where 1t pierced
the skin and lying next to the bone.
John Griffith and wife were up from
Ionia several days last week. He is
taking course in mechanical engi
neering through the correspondence
school of Scranton, Pa. as side issue
while working at painting. He ex
poets to finish the course this fall ant
take position in that line of work
which has been promised him.
Miss Grace Travis as valedictoriar
of the class of '03 by virtue of tha
position given her by the highes
standing, is also awarded the scholar
ship at Olivet Colleage, good for TIVE
years. Miss Travis acquitted hersel
with honor and has worked hard an,
faithfully for the place. She expect
to teach the coming year, and tn
following year will begin course a
Olivet. Miss Florence Wagner /
second in class standing and was there
fore given the honorable position o
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