Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-14
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Brevities.
Belding couldn't say "no."

Tuesday on business.
Ed. Trail went to Detroit Monday
to visit his daughter.
Mrs. w. p. Stone went to Ionla to
visit her mother Wednesday.
Mrs. M. 4. Reynolds went to Court
land Tuesday for short visit.
Miss Kate Chapman returned Tues
day from visit in Ionia and Portland.
Miss Allie Sabin returned Monday
from two weeks vacation at Or
leans.
Miss Essie Wilson returned Monday
from visit with friends in Grand
Rapids.
Mr. and Mrs. w. ID. Ballou are en-
pertaining their friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. d. Fairchild of Springfield, Mass. ,
this week
Mrs. Charlie Smith and children
left yesterday for three weeks visit
at Stanwood..
Misses Ina and Ona Stanton enter
tanned Miss Lizzie Gordon of Green
Vile Saturday.
Miss Muriel Beebe of Edmore has
been visiting at Irving DAVIS return
ed home yesterday.
Mrs j. III. Morgan returned Satur-
from a two weeks visit with her
daughter in Blanchard.
Miss Lizzie Wilson returned Satur-
day from short vacation at the home
of her parents in Greenville.
The American Buffaloes will hold a
regular meeting Monday evening,
July 18th. Important business.
Miss Hattie Nichols returned to
Bedding the last of the week after a
weeks vacation at Reed City.
r. A. Hawley was in the city Tues
day assisting the prisoner in the case
of the people vs.. Zach Harper.
Mesdames G. w. Kingsbury and
Jane Smith returned Tuesday from a
visit with friends in Sheridan.
Mrs. Mary Hollenbeck returned
Saturday from two weeks visit at
the home of her parents in Lakeview.
Mrs. w. G. Little of Cannon who has
been visiting her sons and daughter,
Mrs. Geo. Johnson, has returned home.
Mrs. Melissa Hull has moved into
her new home on South Bridge street
and is now comfortably settled in the
same.
The Misses Mary and Lena Solomon
of Howard City returned to Belding
Saturday after short vacation at
that place.
Mrs. Guy Weter and her son Elwood
left here Saturday to spend few
weeks with relatives and friends at
Adrian, Mich.
Bella and Susie Richardson have re-
turned to their work in this city after
short vacation at their home in
Greenville.
Mrs. Clara Stanton received visit
from Alex Mclean and wife of Cali
fornia Wednesday and Asa Wood and
wife OF Grattan.
The w. r. G. will meet Saturday
afternoon to arrange for the meeting
of the Battalion which will be held in
this city in the near future.
Mrs. F. L. Merrill returned to her
home at Grand Rapids Saturday after
short visit at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. II. Lawrence of this city.
Mrs. Emma Sleaford, of Portland,
Oregon, and Mrs. Helen Dugan, of OF
sePo, Mich. were guests at the homes
of Eugene and Justin Farr of this city
the last of the week.
Mrs. o. ID. Blanchard returned to
her home at Casnovia Saturday, after
several weeks spent in this city at
the homes of W. L. Benedict and her
daughter, Mrs. Earl Wilson.
An interesting lecture by Japan
csc student will be given in the M.
K. church Friday evening, on that
much talked about country of Japan.
Admission 10 and Is cents.
O Hon. Fitch r. Williams an old resi-
dent and prominent attorney of Elk
Rapids died Tuesday from stroke of
apoplexy. Mr.. Williams was broth
er of F. ]. Williams of this city,
father of Mrs. j. E. Butler.
J. Frank Lamberton of this Office,
who is helping out the Howard City
Record for few weeks, during a rush
of work in that office, visited at his
home in this city over Sunday. He
will return to his home in this city on
Saturday.
A business meeting of the Congre
gational church and society will be
held at the church Thursday evening
July IA, (to-night) at o'clock for the