Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-24

man. These were followed by little
| Howard Hughes as ring bearer, Who
was Immediately followed by the
bride, leaning OF. the arm of the
| 6: oom
At the close of the ceremony and
congratulations, three course lunch
con was served by the Misses Julia
Kenny. Olga Stahl, Nellie Flanagan,
Maude Sheetz, Minnie Pierce and
Clara Mc1Iachran. The dining room
decorations We're carnations, the CEN
I ter piece on the brides table huge
bowl of cut flowers
There is no young woman in Will
liamsburg having more friends or more
4 admirers than Mrs. Davis. She pos
fsesses all the womanly graces so es-
sential in making the home life happy.
4 With the exception of one year
spent in Harlan, the bride has lived in
this city all her life. For the past
eleven years she has been successful
teacher in the city schools. Socially
greatly missed by her friends and as
sociates. At present she holds the
chair of Worthy Matron in the East
ern Star, an active member Of the
Progress club. the literary organiza-
ton of the city, color bearer in the
w. r. c., and a member of chapter
c. N, of the p. E. O.'s. The bride
never lOOkeQ more CHdTlllllB lIldil III
her dainty wedding dress of white
silk null. She carried shower boz
, quet of Marechal Neil roses, which she
generously scattered while ascending
the stairs. The going away gown was
a silver gray cloth with hat to match
Mr.. Davis is a prominent farmer OF
Osceola county, where he and his
bride will make their future home, fol-
lowed by the best wishes of host Of
4 fri Ia rp
quaintanceY who supposed they
would leave the city by way of the
Milwaukee, gathered at the depot ant
waited, armed with rice, etc, the
happy couple took carriage to South
Amana and left over the Rock 1slani
for Denver, Colorado Springs ant
, other western points, and will be a,
home at Ocheyedan after March l.
Major Byers at Williamsburg.
? Williamsburg, Oct. %. - The two
{ night course entertainment given here
last week, under the direction of tht
Woman's Relief Corps was an limo.
walton in this little city. Two nights
of entertainment is one more
than any lodge or church has 81
proves some of the women have tn,
courage to go beyond the beaten patti
: marked out in former years.
: Thursday evening the program wa:
! well arranged and carried out perfect
ly. The beautiful Song Of Iowa" was
given by a full chorus. The ribbon
drill by eighteen girls from the gram
, mar school was a marvel. The musica
! treat of the evening was Byer'
!. Marching Through Georgia." sung b!
Owen Jones, who always pleases hi
!, audience. But the feature above al
. others was the address given by Majo
Y S. H M. Byers, one Of Iowa's mos
i. gifted sons. To the student of history
q "Shermans March to the Sea-" Is ex
ceedingly interesting; to the lover 0
country. every patriotic sentiment il
;. aroused at the victory. while thu
a agony and suffering undergone. stir
! every nerve to hatred Of cruel war
= In Major Byers talk, there is fas
cination that never wearies, becaus
truths are told in q modest calm, ear
! nest manner that carries cqnvictiol
! with each statement. All through TIN
. address, the poet is plainly noticeable
a while the man as an historian is no
: once lost sight of. and still above ant
: beyond all else is the soldier-loyal t
9 his country, to officers, to the caus
s and to comrades of the field. The per
sonal incidents woven in of his cap
). tive as prisoner of war at FIT. Macon
!. and Atlanta, his suffering in prison TO
= many months and final escape were re
ldleu III ID quiet QlSHllteu way Du
Withia pathos that gave it the stam
t Of truth, and he held the close atten
r ton of the audience from beginning
to close.
/ Friday evening Major Byers' address
!, was on Switzerland, and the Swis
: People" In this talk he was more en-
PERTAINING from the tourists point o
view, showed perfect knowledge o
men and government, and his descrip
Ifiopa of A1nina cpenerv para hpantifl]
j beyond comparison. In the second lee
ture the man, the student, the diplo
mat. the historian, We're overshadowe
: by the speaker. Major Byers is tru
{ artist, having the rare gift of gran
J. unapproachable word painting.
FIRE AT EDDYvILLE.