Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-07-20


SIPS was made up and the free bath he
got, joker Peep" Epson said was worth
another quarter to him.
Silas Cobb was in Grand Ledge over
Sunday to visit Fisk Bangs who is run
ing a drug store, the same one he operat-
ed when he came to this place nine years
ago. Mr.. Bangs home is in Charlotte
where his family resides.
Misses Jessie Leonard, Naomi Gooding,
Eva Eddy, Annie Bracken, Bessie Face
and a number of other young ladies make
up merry party at Steyenson's Pavilion,
Baldwin Lake this week, chaperoned by
Mesdames Homer Unger and Robert
Swift.
American Express Agent Ralph G.
Mason received special express packsg &c
last Friday, July 4th, it weighed eH
pounds but it was very valuable. It's a
son and the father, mother and grand
mother Mrs. Arnold, who is here from
Ovid are happy over its arrival
Rufus Morse has been home from Boy
ne City for few days, returning Tues
day. He is praticing law there and also
dealing some in real estate. He says
business is good and the town is booming
new dwelling houses and several new
brick blocks are going up.
The Greenville Daily Call and also the
Greenvile Independent issued a souvenir
edition Tuesday, giving fine write up OF
the CITY and its business interests, her
factories business houses and business
men. 1t was gotten up by Chas. J. Seely
and was a very creditable production.
Max Alexander, wife and children, Of
Kansas City, who have been guests of
MRS. Mary Cannon and Baxter Strong for
week, left for New York this morning.
Mrs. Alexander is a sister OF Mrs. Cannon
and Mrs. Strong. Mr.. Alexander is a
merchant there and has gone east to pur-
chase goods.
Mrs r. Frank Ireland entertained a
company Of eight young people,. Wednes-
day evening. in honor of the guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Ireland, Miss Bernice Wort
Of St. Joseph. The Misses Hall and Ire
land favored the company with excsllent
music and Mr.. George Wagner sang a
solo, Refreshments we're served.
VIM, Il. Pilkinton of Dayton, Ohio is in
the CITY to visit his son Donald, and is a
guest at C. G. o Bryons. Mr.. Pilkinton
is advertising manager for the Dayton
Daily News and the Springfield Daily Re-
publican, he is very successful in his line
II work and has been engaged for an
other wear with an increase in salary.
Mrs. w. w. Pegg has returned from
Waterford, Ont, where she has been to
arrange business matters and pack up
her household goods for shipping to this
city. Mr., Pegg has charge OF Mr.. Chap
pels business while the latter is on his
foreign tour. and for the present he and
his wife will reside with Mrs. Smith.
In contrast with the days last winter
when the thermometer lowered around
zero and the coal bins pocket was turned
inside out about all the time, we are get
ting taste Of go degrees and better in
the shade weather this week. On Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday the thermom-
eter registered 90 degrees in the shade,
a change to cooler to place Wednesday
j. Wild Howe returned last Saturday
from Cedar Springs and Algoma where
he had been visiting relatives and old
friends. A year ago while at Grin Beachs
he gave his valuable old fiddle to one OF
his nephews, the nephew didn't take to
music very well so he gave it back. Wild
brought it home with him and yshe will
not part with it again until death sewers
the cords between him and it.
Mrs. Julia Barber and Mrs. Elizabeth
Pool of East Bloomfield, N, y, and Mrs
Esther Martin OF Middleton who were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H, Gooding
last week left Monday for Rodney to visit
a short time with relatives. Mrs. Barber
and Mrs. Pool who are sisters, are ole
time friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Gooding anc
they had a fine visit recalling memorie:
and "reminiscences Of fifty years ago. Mrs
Martin is a cousin of Mrs. Gooding.
A farmer says he rid his farm Of rat:
as follows: ION very large number o
pieces Of old shingles, put about tea
spoonful Of molasses and on that with my
pocket knife scraped small amount o
concentrated I've, and then placed TIT
shingles around under the floors and un
der the cribs. The next morning foun'
forty dead rats and the rest have va
moosed." have cleared many farms o
the pests in the same way, and have new
er known it to fall"
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