Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-09

1928, by Titus Bronson, is dead
The young girls of the Coldwatei
high school graduating class of 1911
have voted to wear gingham dresses
at the graduating exercises, made By.
themselves.
Reps. Holcomb and Happier We're
in Saginaw to inspect the Michigan
Employment Institute for the Blind.
They placed the stamp OF approval on
the institution
Isaac Sturt. aged "a. foreman in the
Buick factory, Flint, was struck on
the head by pieces of a bursting ny
wheel and his skull fractured and left
shoulder broken.
A petition in federal court was filed
by Godfrey NJ. Hyams of New York
in an effort to prevent the proposed
merger OF the Calumet & Hecla and
Osceola mining companies.
Posses were organized by Sheriff
Evans at Cadillac to search for En-
erson Sanford, Al. crippled mute.
He wandered from home Christmas
day toward Pine river swamps.
Mrs Melvina Beers, aged 20, was
found dead in bed on the upper floor
OF Jackson apartment house. of which
she is the owner Ii is believed the
woman died from natural causes.
For the second time the proposition
TO bond the city of I-udington for $780,
600 for street improvements was lost
at special election. But 30 votes
were lacking TO pass the measure.
Edwin Stapleton, Al. an official Of
the Saginaw & Flint electric line and
prominent in railroad circles in Sag.
NAV for years, died of acute bron'
chitis, leaving widow and six chi.
dren
l.. +. Hewlett. Howell. selected by
the Democrats 10 run against Selden
). Miller, OF OwoSso for circuit judge.
declares he is not candidate, and
has discouraged activities OF friends
in his behalf.
All the surveying and advance
work on the proposed Owosso-Sagi-
nav electric line has been completed
and the project, it is said. is now in
! concrete form. The lire will tap a
| rich farming country
Jacob Kuiawa aged 80, ended his
life in Grand Rapids by shooting him
self in the head. He was identified
BY papers found on his body. which
showed that he was a veteran OF the
Spanish-American war.
Clara Phillips. OF Portland. has
asked for legal separation frcm
Harry Circuit, having learned that he
was previously married in June. 1908
He was arrested for bigamy in Kala
mazoo, but escaped from the county
jail there
The coroner's jury which spent two
days Investigating the death Of Mrs.
Martha Howard a wealthy Kalama-
ZOO negless, whose body Was found
in the riveE returned a verdict that
she bad. h-'''ss..t tni and Ter body
Jefferson Vincent. So. Of Durand
/ who died recently leaves nine cEil-
1 dren and fge brothers The com
bined ages OF Vincent and the broth.
efs Is 459 Years He was farmer
all his life ard a pioneer resident OF
5hiawassee county.
Speaking en- Conservatism OF Mis-.
| fit Boys" at the roundup institute
! Judge Charles b. Collingwood stated
\ that the present system OF retcrma-
! tories is adding to the criminal class
| instead CT reforming misft boys as
they are supposed TO do.
Every one Of the | 900 striking cor
set makers who walked out of the
Kalamazoo Corset Co. Monday morn
ing returned to work "Wednesday. fol
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by which the employers agreed to re
store the old wage scale
Despondent because OF heavy
debt and the failure OF his crops last
summer William Thomas. YOU'VE
farmer living near Lake Odessa. era
ed his life His young wife foun1
his body hanging from rafter IN
the barn. He leaves child.
Homer Fowler. newly elected regis
ter of deeds OF lngham county, vii
commence a friendly suit against tn,
county in an effort TO prove the in
validity of the recent ruling of the
encouragement that county officers
cannot be paid under the fee system
Mrs. Selma Swayze. one OF the frs
school teachers Of Michigan, and VIII,
had hundreds CT students scattered
all over the United States, died II
Grand Rapids after lingering illness
aged 20 years. She was born in Bay
ham. Canada. and began teaching
when but 10 years of age.
John J. Coats. a pioneer blacksmi'h
Of Howard City, was probably fatal!
injured. installing a red gasoline
can for kerosene, he attempted t
light fire In his stove and an ex
p.Csion resulted in which deep burn,
were inflicted on his face and body
The burning fluid enveloped the man
Nj. Coats is past 20
Declaring that local option in Shia
wassee county has proved a failur,
and confident the wet regime will b,
restored at the next election, forme
saloonists and brewers are preparing
to reap the harvest May /. 1912. Sew
eral desirable store buildings in tn,
county have been leased already a
locations for saloons and are beini
sublet TO restaurant keepers and sof
drink sellers who are pledged to rul
saloons when the proper time comes
There are at least ten OF these brew
| CRY leases IN cities and XillauaG n