Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
Short Tales Concerning People You
Know.
THE VICINITY OF OTTUMWA IN BRIEF
Births, Deaths, Marriages, Movements
OF Your Acquaintance as chronicled
by courier's Staff of Correspondents
Who Know Whereof They Speak.
Charlton.

Charlton, Dec GA very pretty
home wedding was performed at the
home of county auditor ]. o. Becker
when Rev. Miller of the M. e. church
pronounced the words that united the
lives and hearts of Miss Fay Becker
and Arthur Curtis, two of Chariton's
most popular young people. The house
was PRETTY decorated with ferns and
cut flowers. The table decorations
were green and white. The ceremony
was performed in the presence of about
forty-fiye invited guests, the bride and
groom being unattended. They came
down the stairs to the strains of a we'd
ding march and took their places on
white fur rug before the large west
window of the house where the mar
rage VOWS We're taken, while the or
gan played softly the while after the
ceremony the young couple received
the congratulations of the assembled
guests. A dainty three-course we'd
ding supper was served. The bride is
a charming and accomplished young
woman, a graduate of the public
schools and possessed of all those wo-
manly traits which go to make UP
good wife. and has gained for her the
large circle of friends she now enjoys
The groom is the oldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. H. Curtis, is also a graduate
of the Charlton schools. has been a sue
cessful travelling salesman and is now
employed i'll the railroad offices at the
depot, where he is admired and re-
spected by all who come in contact
with him. Both young people were
raised in Charlton and will make this
place their home, having rented a
house in Orchard addition. They have
the best wishes OF a host of friends.
The city was greatly grieved and
shocked on Thursday to hear of the
death of one Of its most popular young
men, Will A. Manning, son of Sheriff
Eli Manning. of typhoid fever Will
was a bright, industrious young man,
about q years of age and was raised
in Charlton where he was highly es-
teemed by a large circle of friends for
his many manly traits and uprightness
of character. He was a graduate OF
the Charlton public schools and short
time ago went to Des Moines where he
was working in the Office of the Bank
ers' Life Insurance company. when he
was taken i'll with fever. He was i'll
for three weeks before coming home
back in a very serious condition While
his friends knew he was sick none real.
led his dangerous condition until the
news of the death was received. The
funeral services We're held this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock from the resi-
aence of his father
The people of Charlton are beginning
% take an interest in city politics and
ook around for candidates for alder
men. The first Monday night in the
month is the regular meeting night OF
the council. There has been no meet
ing yet this month as there has beer
no quorum present though three at
tempts have been made to get meet
ing. 1t is presumed that there is some
thing on foot which the councilmen dc
not care to go on record as voting fol
or against and that the meetings will
be adjourned from time to time unit
some action has been taken, as was the
case in the question of the waterworks
proposition.
Miss Stella Mank has returned to In
dianola where she will resume he
studies at Simpson college after hav
ing spent her Thanksgiving vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs j. w
Mauk of Whitebreast township.
Mrs. d. S. Burlington, who has beef
suffering for the past few years from
cancer has been reported as mucl
worse and grave fears are entertained
for her recovery.
The district court has adjourned I'm
Z til December 8, partly from
the fact that the business not requil
ing the services of a jury was bein.
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