The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-10-17
Births, Deaths, Marriages
MARRIAGE LICRNsEs

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NO. NAME. RESIDENCE. AGE.
oo, HARLEM jackson, PEORIA, 81
ooSl Daisy Keller, Peoria ~ .......... %
ssoo Granville feathers, Delta; "a
0Odz Celesta Pearson, Rose Hill. 10
MITCHELL Died, of dropsy, at
his home in Lost Creek lat 1880 PM,
Friday, October IL, 1901, VIM. MITCH
ELL. colored, aged 6S years. Funeral
from the home at $3.50 P. NJ. Saturday,
and interment in Old cemetery.
JENNINGS.-Died at her home, 100
North G street, of old age, at 5:15 A.
NJ, Sunday, October Is, 1901, MRS A.
L. JENNINGS, aged 81 years. Funeral
from the home at $3.50 P. M, Tuesday,
and interment in Forest cemetery.
sPEARING.- Died, at the home of
the parents in Kennebeck, October
| 10, 1901, at O'Clock A. NJ, JOHN AN
DREW SPEARING aged year, ! month
and IA days. Funeral from the home
at 10 A. NJ, Saturday, and interment
in Forest cemetery.
Observation-Disclosures, at p.
M, Saturday, October II, 1901, at the
residence of John M. Kinsey, No. 4l6
| Second avenue west, Mr.. JOHN Q.
| EVANS and MRS. ALICE QUICK, both
of this city, Rev. j. P. Mcknight Of
ficiating.
The ceremony was performed in the
presence of a good-sized company of
the relatives and immediate friends
of the contracting parties. A supper
was served after the ceremony and
the congratulations of friends and
acquaintances was general.
TENNIS. Died, at his home in
East Harrison township, on Saturday
morning, October II, 1901, at 1:3O
O'Clock, ROBERT TENNIS.
Death resulted from pneumonia,
from which he had suffered for about
two weeks. Mr.. Tennis was an old
time resident Of Iowa, coming here
from his native state of Pennsylvania
in 1868. Funeral on Sunday at one
O'Clock m from the Union church
in Wright Station. Interment in
Forest cemetery. Deceased leaves a
wife and two sons to mourn their
loss.
BRIGGS--NELSON .--Married, at
the home of the bride, No. GA South
Market street, at $50 O'Clock A. NJ. ,
Monday October II, 1901, Mr. EDWARD
BRIGGS, of Des Moines, and MISS Es-
TELLA NELSON, Rev. A, M. Duboc
officiating.
The ceremony that united the two
lives was performed inIthe presence
of a company of relatives and imme-
date friends of the parties. Follow
ing the congratulations of those pres
emit, wedding breakfast was served
and the young people departed on the
80 train for Des Moines where they
will make their future home. Mr.
Briggs is a trusted employe of the q
B. & @ Ry. Co., and is employed in
the baggage dep artment of the city Of
Des Moines. The bride is the daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Nelso n, o.
, this city. She is well known to the
people of the city throughEher con
nection and long and faithful lservict
with the Home Telephone Company
having served over six years at the
switch boards of the central office
$ She entered the service of the com
e pany as night operator, supply, ant
e was soon placed on the day service
j Later she became manager of thu
: corps of "hello" girls, and from thi
e place she was promoted to the charg
= of the toll lines. Her devotion t
l. duty and the careful performance o
h the same won for her many friend
S who will extend warmest congratula
e tions. The mother Of the groom, Mrs
Il E. Briggs, of Des Moines, was in tn
d city as a guest and accompanied tn
If couple home.
y LAID TO REST.
y The funeral of Mr.. William &c
D lightly, who met his death in CARTEL
II mine on Wednesday, October 8, 1901
n took place at the M. E. church o
Friday afternoon, October II, Rev
John Davis preached the funeral SCI
mon. The church was we'll filled, a
the mines being idle. The miner
met in the town hall and marched i
a body to the residence of the d.
al ceased. Those from distance wei
Theophilus and James Norwood, De
Moines; Mrs, James Mcdonald, Peka,
. William Golightly was born August
a 1889, in the county of Durham, En-
~ land. The deceased with his wife ar
family came to America and settle
- down at Rapid City, Henry count
- Illinois, in February 1879. After r
"a siding there six years they moved
~ Beacon, Mahaska county, Iowa,
- 1886, where they have since reside
~ He leaves three sons and one daug
:, ter. Two sons and the daughter we
at the funeral. The third son cou
:. not be found.
al OLD PEOPLE HAVE THEIR
oy TROUBLES.
as Mr.. Francis Little, of Benton Harb,
n Mich, is over eighty years of age Sin
On 1866 he has been troubled more or Il
et with indigestion and constipation a