Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-24
WEDDINGSURPRISE
Pretty Romance of DR.. c. E.
kahIke and Miss Agnes
Crawford.
ARE MARRIED AT BERLIN, WIS.
After Brief COurtship Begun in Hos
pitaI in Which Young
Lady is a Nurse.

This is story with an ''if'' to it,,
IbuHwhich, in spite of il. has a roman
tic and happy ending.
If Dan Cupid were not a discrim-
mating young rascal who has instru-
ments that are sharper than a sur
geon's knives and instincts keener
than those of formerly hopeless
and confirmed bachelor; if a certain
young Chicago physician whom Rock
Island claims as one of its children.
had not had in younger days a predi-
LECTION for surgery; if this same
young man, hadn't had homeopathic
beliefs; if he hadn't been a graduate
of the Homeopathic School of Medi-
cine in Chicago; if he hadn't been a
surgeon practicing his profession in
the Hahnemann hospital in Chicago;
Iif he had not been possessed of n
heart that was susceptible TO the
| charms of the aforesaid Dan; if a
young woman from Berlin. Wis. had
not decided that her vocation in life
was to be that of a trained nurse; if
she had not decided that the Hahne-
mann hospital was just the place for
her to put into practice her well de-
veloped beliefs; if she, too. had not
been attracted by the handsome
young surgeon who so suddenly man
ifested interest in her cases; if-well,
| if it hadn't been that Cupid had had
such powerfully Hypothetical allies
in his business of adding grains of
happiness to the worlds already
abundant store, there would have
been no hurried preparations for
|
march. and Miss Agnes Crawford.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Crawford. of Berlin. Wis. would not
today be the wife of DIR. Charles Ed
win Kahllle, of Chicago, son of John
KahIke. of the firm of Kahllle Bros,
boat builders, of this city.
Surprise for Relatives.
The arrival Yesterday OF announce
ments of the marriage of Miss Craw-
ford to DR.. Kahlke at Berlin. Wis.
Saturday, June 81. in Rock Island
was the first intimation that friends
here had of the event. There had
only been vague rumorS of such an
impending event. The arrival of the
bride and groom at the Kahllle
home on Fourth avenue and Second
street was simultaneous with the
brief announcements. and the happX
couple were out of town again be-
fore friends learned of their pres
ence. They left last, night for Chi
cago and today are enroute> for New
York intent on sailing on the steam
ship Umbria Saturday. June %, for
England. and arrival there will be
followed by a three or four months
honeymoon on the continent, the
groom meanwhile devoting some of
the time to study and research
among the medical centers of Eur
ope.
The courtship of DIR. Kahlke and
Miss Crawford was comparatively a |
brief one. Their acquaintance began |
at the bedside of patient in the |
Hahnemann hospital when they were |
acting surgeon and nurse, respect |
ively 1t seems to have been the old. |
old story over again of love at first |
sight. The counting was fast and |
furious. DR.. Kahlke was ordered by |
physicians to take a vacation. He
would not go alone. The nurse,
hardly started yet in her profession,
finally capitulated. and the longest
day in the year became DIR. Kahlke's
wedding day.
Stands High In Profession.
DR.. Kahlke has made rapid strides
toward popular favor among Chicago
people. He is a graduate of the Rock
Island high school. 81, of the Iowa
State university. 81. and of Hahne-
mann college of Chicago, '95. He
studied abroad and located at Thirty
first street and Michigan avenue,
where he has constantly practiced.
He holds the chair of surgery in
Hahnemann college and lectures in
the other branches. His high schol-
arship at Hahnemann won for him
an internship at Cook county hospi-
tai which he held in 1896 and 1897.
Mrs. Kahlke is a member of n promi-
nent family i'm Berlin, Wis.
DIR. and Mrs. Kahl<e will live in
Chicago on their return from Eur