Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-06-02

Mrs. Mary Waterman is in quite
poor health.
George Moulton transacted BUSH
ness in Ionia Tuesday.
Frank Haysmer of Stanton is in the
city today on business.
Mrs. M. C. Cole, mother of Mrs. M.
j. Prall, has returned from California.
John Dehn left here Tuesday morn
ing for a short business and pleasure
trip.
! sheldon. Agent for Victor talking
machines and records. Call and listen
to the concert.
Miss Pearl Bedding of Portland,
Oregon, is a guest of her relatives
and friends here.
II. III Gooding left this city Tuesday
for a short business and pleasure trip
to Gooding, Mich.
Mrs. G. Grill of this city left Tues
day for a short visit with relatives
and friends at Fowlervllle.
The Misses Orpha VanZandt and
Jessie Gott were guests of friends in
Gowan Sunday and Monday.
Sheldon. OUTING. That means CT
CARS, Tobacco, Pipes, Fruit, Soft
Drinks, Chocolates, and Bon Bons
Largest assortment, popular prices.
Belding now has her regular num-
Der of saloons, James Meginley hay
ing opened up place in the building
formerly occupied by Ed Trail. He
began doing business on Wednesday
morning.
w. A. Worters who is in the employ
of Wilson & Co. as deliveryman while
rounding the corner at Hotel Rricker
Wednesday, fell off the rig and had a
barrel of lime strike him in the side
ausing severe injury.
The ladies of the Social Circle have
arranged with the Pere Marquette
Co. to run an excursion from here to
Grand Rapids and Ottawa Beach on
June 25th. Round trip to Grand Rap
ids 75c, Ottawa Beach Sl.25.
1. L. Hubbell left Sunday for a few
days trip to Grand Rapids, Detroit
and Adrian. He will visit Adrian to
look over the carnival at that place
and ascertain if there are any objec-
tional features to the same before it
casts its tents in our city.
A call is issued by the school board
for special meeting to be held Tues
day, June eth, for the purpose of vot-
ing to raise $4,000 to build new
High school building, the growth of
the city demands more school room
to comfortably house its school CHI lid
rem and give better facilities for edu-
eating them.
Captain B. George Holiday and
wife, of the Salvation Army, who
have been stationed here for short
time past, left here Monday for their
home at Saginaw where they expect
to remain for the present. Mr.. Holi-
day has decided to leave the army
and will enter the ministry as pas
tor of the Methodist Protestant de-
nomination. We are informed that
the meetings will still continue in
this city and that new officers will be
sent to this corps in the near future.
Those in this vicinity who have APP
pointments as census enumerators
went to Ionia Tuesday to attend
school of instruction for their benefit.
The work of taking the state census
began in this city yesterday and for
one month the residents of the vari-
Gus wards will be expected to answer
any and all questions that may be
put to them. A failure to comply
with the requirements of the law may
place you behind the iron bars. You
had better answer up as promptly as
possible.
Last Friday evening Mrs. Harvey
Haysmer of the North Side received
message from Ionia which stated
that if she wished to see her mother,
Mrs. Edward Alling of that city, a live
she must come at once. Harvey hur-
riedly secured a rig and drove as fast
as possible to that city but they ar
rived there 20 minutes after she had
passed away. Mrs. AllinP had been
in poor health for some time past but
her death which was entirely unex-
pected, was sad blow to those who
knew her. Mr. Alling is also in very
poor health and Mrs. Haysmer will
remain with him for the present.