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Miss Rena Wright of Grand Raj
! ids is guest of her mother Mrs. N
Wright for few days.
Mrs. Mary Courier OF SLOAN Is
guest of Mrs. Gilmore at the home O
James Granger of this city.
Don't go barefooted. Try thos
$3.50 shoes at Hines for $l.75.
Geo. Crosby and family returned L
their home at Trufant today after
short visit at Chas Crosby's.
Chas. Binus and wife and daughter
Estella, of Grand Ledge, are guests o
Mrs. + Murray for few days.
Wanted good competent expert
enced man and wife TO work on farm
2w28 f. h. CONVERSE, r. +. ID IL.
Frank Fletcher who has been very
sick with pneumonia, is improving
and expects to be all right again soon
Miss Blanche Emory and Mrs j.
M. York of Orleans attended the
meeting of the w. G. T. U. at the
Congregational church today.
For Sale-Good city lot on South
Pleasant street Cheap for cash.
Fred Thompson, r. F. ID. 3, Phon
1878 II. 4wld-22
Mr.. and Mrs. l. j. Howke of Grand
Rapids returned to their home this
morning after having conducted a
class in dancing at Hubbell hall last
evening.
Rev. John II. Stewart of Portland
has been called to the Baptist church
of Greenville. File will take the pas
torate about March lst. Portland
people regret very much to loose him.
Flossie Ryan of Even, who has
been visiting friends in this vicinity
of late, left this. afternoon for Big
Rapids where she will attend the Fer.
ris school for some time to come.
The ladies of the Baptist church of
Smyrna will serve coffee and dough-
nuts in the banquet room of the Mac
cabee hall on the day of the Far
mers' Institute. The institute will
he held in the ha |, the same having
been rendered them by the order.
On account of the extremely cold
weather the Sheridan Woodmen did
not make their contemplated visit to
the Camp here last night. There
was good ate ldance of members
one can lidate was initiated
and a fine banquet was served
w II. Gamble If Grand Rapids in
charge of the circulation department
of the Grand Ra pids Herald was in
the city today He arranged with o.
f. Webster TO make the Sunday trip
from Grand Rapids carrying the Sun.
day morning Herald to Lowell, Sara
nae and Bedding.
A few more of those 81. 80 stoves at
Sl.75 at Hines
L. l. Holmes wa called &c Iona
today to attend the funeral of his faith
er-in-law, Steward Townsend of Ionia
Mr.. Townsend was 70 years of age and
this life after long and pros
perons life on Sunday evening at nine
o'clock He leaves a wife and six
one of whom is Mrs. l. L.
Holmes of this city, who was with him
when the end came.
Enhancing music from the violin
of j. Wild Howe floats in to our Sane
tum Sanctorium occasionally over the
wires and we are treated to some of
the old time music which our fathers
and forefathers danced to, ovid" has
been out in the neighborhood Of
Cooks Corners the past week, visiting
around among his many friends and
when telephone connections are
opened up the music comes oyer the
wires in fine shape.
The w. c. T. U are holding very
pleasant meeting at the Congrega-
tional church today, at which they
are entertaining the white ribbon
sisters from Orleans and Smyrna a
pleasant program had been arranged
but it was broken good deal by the
absence of many who we're detained
at home on account of the severe
weather. Rev. J. w. Sheehan spoke
of What the men could do" and
Rev. H. N. Spear of "Woman's work
from the temperance standpoint A
dinner was served in the church which
was enjoyed by about so
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