Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-02-18


Mrs. Clara Kitchen left today for
her home at Watrousyille.
Mrs. G. G. Ashoy went 70 Orleans
today to visit her parents.
Mrs. w. ]. Craven of Barry county
returned home today after an extend
ed visit with Mrs. Frank Simons.
Mrs. John Thelen returned to her
home at Westphalia today after a two
weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs
Paul Schafer.
Misses Ethel Cryderman and Amy
Markle OF Mayville arrived In the
city today to accept positions In the
Richardson mill.
Mrs Henry Buttolph went to
Grrenville this afternoon 10 spend a
few days at the home OF her sister,
Mrs. Ray Watson.
Lee Edison Is carrying one OF his
eyes in sling as result of an ulcer
on the same 1t Is causing him lot
OF pain AT TINS time.
Mrs. Patter on and Miss Jennie
Morton of Ludington are guests at
the home of Mrs. Albert Luscombe
for couple of weeks.
Mrs. Lyman Smith, of Mason, a SIS
ter of Mrs. DR.. Ohlinger, who has
been here for some time helping dur
ing the doctors illness, returned TO her
home this morning.
Frank Makely the gentlemanly por-
ter at Hotel Bedding transacted bust
ness at the county seat today. We
are informed that he paid short Wis
IL to the county clerks Office, but of
course this is only rumor.
Johnson, the man who hired rig of
o F. Webster & Sons livery some time
since and took il to Lowell where he
sold il TO a doctor in that city, and
who was arrested in Grand Rapids for
the offense, was convicted In the
Ionia circuit court of the crime and
remanded for sentence.
Word comes to this Office that Will
f. Pilkinton, formerly owner and pub
Usher of the Bedding Star, and who
for some time past has been connect
ed with the Winona Republican and
Herald at Winona, Minnesota, has
just accepted the position of Adver.
Using manager on the Minneapolis
Tribune, one of the best newspapers
In the great northwest.
Rev. Edward g. Saunderson, ID. D.
OF Lansing, State Superintendent Of
the Anti.Saloon league, gave very
interesting talk TO fair sized Az
dience at the Baptist church last
night opening the local option cam
paign in this city. The various
church committees were appointed to
push the work of organization from
this time on.
The coroners' inquest into the
Causes leading up TO the terrible
wreck at East Paris about the holt
day time has at last got 70 work and
the.duty of fixing blame for the ter
rible death of large number of hui
man beings,is now In the hands of
coroners jury. The inquest has been
necessarily delayed owing TO the
serious illness of several of the most
important witnesses.
Rev c, II Rutledge of ST. Charles,
Mich, whose parsonage and church
we're stoned for the alleged reason
that he was too active In the persecu-
tlon of law breakers from the saloon
keepers point OF view, was in the city
this morning and made arrangements
whereby he will speak In this city on
Sunday the 28th in the M +. church
In the morning and in the Baptist
church in the evening.
William Alden Smith Is remember
Ing the people of this vicinity with
the general distribution of seeds that
Is usually made about this time of the
year. The Banner Is already In re-
ceipt of some of them and Is anxious
ly waiting for the summer weather
that goes with them, for seeds and
zero weather do not harmonic very
nicely. Thanks w. A.. we'll do the
best with them we can.
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