Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-05

"eo SSiSpldISu SNShlhso
when Miss Mae Glenn and Harry Yost
We're united in holy wedlock. The GER
emony was performed in the Baptist
church in the presence of about $50
invited guests. The church was beau
tifully decorated with white flowers
and potted plants. The guests as
semhled to the sweet strains of the
Wild Rose waltzes played by the la
dies mandolin club. Just before the
ceremony Miss Bessie Dobbins, of
Creston, a cousin of the groom, sang
beautiful love song and promptly at
s p. m. the wedding party marched
down the aisles of the church to the
strains of wedding march played by
Miss Dukes. The minister, Rev. Mills,
and the ring bearer, little Miss Book,
came from the back of the platform,
while the matron. Mrs Mae Baker, the
maid of honor, Miss Their Bentley,
and the bride leaning on the arm of
her father, and preceded by the flower
girl, little Miss Rowland. strewing
flowers in the path of the bride, who
walked on a pure white carpet, came
down one aisle and the groom and
best man, Arthur Curtis, came down
the other aisle and all met in front
of a large bank of ported plants on
the altar when the beautiful and i'm
pressive ring ceremony was used. The
brides father, H. S. Glenn, gave the
bride away. All through the cere-
mony the organ played softly. After
the ceremony the assembled guests re-
paired to the beautiful home of the
brides parents on Grand street, where
they rendered the young people their
hearty congratulations The house
was decorated with green and white
and all throughout the entire decora.
lions were in green and white, even to
the tables. The lawn was Illuminated
with electric lights and many who
could not get in the house passed the
time on the lawn where seats had
been provided. When they arrived at
the house they were again greeted by
the music of the ladies' mandolin club
which furnished music throughout the
entire reception. The young people
were the recipients of many costly
and beautiful presents. Both young
people are well and favorably known
in Charlton where they were raised.
Miss Mae is the only daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. S. Glenn and Harry is the
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Yost. They
are so well known that to recount their
virtues would be unnecessary repeti-
ton. They will depart on wedding
tour to Buffalo where they will take in
the Pan-American exposition and then
return to Charlton where they will
make their home at the Glenn resi-
dence for the present.
The second days session of the
board of supervisors was consumed in
the allowance of bills, hearing of petit
tons and routine business. They also
spent some time in investigating the
claims of smallpox patients for sup
plies furnished during their confine
ment in quarantine but no action was
taken in regard to allowing them.
Jay Jacobs, an old resident of Char
iton, and son of Rev. A. Jacobs of
Winterset, is spending few days re-
newing old acquaintance in Charlton.
The U. R. of K T. of this place met
in regular session. Tuesday evening
and spent a most profitable time in
drill Besides the regular work it was
the night when the accounts of the
twenty-five members who attended the
state encampment at Cedar Rapids
were settled up Each member receiv-
ed an allowance of $3.50 for mileage
and this was added to by the prize
money received by the company which
made each members share $500. The
boys also discussed the question of
attending the fraternal congress at
Corydon in couple of weeks and
should they decide to do SO there is
but little question that they would be
able to land the $50 prize offered for
the best drilled company.
A. w. Mauk returned Wednesday
from Derby where he had been to put
in a switch board for the Derby Cen
trail telephone Office recently started
there.
Mrs. James Allison, an old resident
of Charlton, died at her home in the
north part of town on Wednesday
Mrs. Allison was about As years ole
and had been sufferer for some tins
from gall stones. Saturday she sub
mited to an operation but never recov
cred from the effects of it. A sad fea
ture of the affair was the fact that hel
/ faith. Seth Lewis, had been buried
just three days before. Mrs. Allison
had many friends here who will mourn
her death.