Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-05
ARE MARRIED
FIFTY YEARS
Z ------
MRS. AND MRS. M.sMER OF BUR-
LlNGToN CELEBRATE GOLDEN
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mrs. and Mrs. Dominick Mesmer,
North Market Street Leave for Bur-
hnaton to Attend Function-Many
Railroaders in the Family.

From Mondays Daily
Mr., and Mrs. D. Mesmer and son Of
North Market street. are in Burlington
today attending the golden wedding
of Mr.. Mesmer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Philip Mesmer. Yesterdays Burling-
ton Hawk-Eye tells of the celebration
as follows:
MIR. and Mrs. Philip Mesmer will
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary Of
their wedding tomorrow at their home,
No. 240 South Ninth street, where
they have dwelt for the past 38 years.
The event will be marked by family
reunion. Everybody in Burlington
who knows this worthy couple, will
wish them all manner of happiness and
hope that they may be spared for many
years. They are both enjoying that
best of blessings, good health. and bid
fair to celebrate many additional an
n1versaries of their wedding day Mr..
and Mrs. Mesmer are to be counted
among the pioneers of Burlington, a
continuous residence of over half a
century is what they have to their
credit, having been married In the
same city where they will celebrate
their golden anniversary. But OF
those who were their friends in their
younger days and danced at their we'd
ding in '57, but few remain.
Mr.. and Mrs Mesmer were neigh
bors and grew attached to each other
In the fatherland. Their home was
irosselfingen, in Hohenzollern-Hechi
gen. Germany. Mr., Mesmer was born
May l, 1881, and Josephine Beck was
born March 10, 1894 Mr.. Mesmer
came across the sea to the land of the
Tree in 1856, and as that, was before
The days of rapid transit, the staunch
sailing vessel which brought him over
required Sc days for the voyage Miss
Beck came over with members of her
family some six months later They
also came to Burlington Here the
young folks were delighted to meet
again and on February 4, 1857, they
were married in the old Catholic
church on Seventh street, just north
of the South Hill park. And the union
proved a happy one. Into each life
some rain must fall,a and .'some DAYS
must be dark and dreary.'' And. of
3 course the young couple did not es-
cape the trials and tribulations, but
the rain and the dark and dreary days
taught them to appreciate the sun
shine, and their lives in the main were
very happy.
Upon his arrival in Burlington. Mr..
Mesmer found employment with the
Rand Lumber Co. Later he worked
for the dry goods firm of B. and H. ID.
Howard. and from there he went to
the house of l.. H. Dalhoff & Co., whom
he gave eighteen years of faithful and
honest service. While he has not led
very active life during the last fif-
teen years. he has always been busy
with employment of some sort. Thus,
in 1895 and 1896, he served the city as
marketmaster, and he served the city
as faithfully as he did the various
firms with whom he had been
employed
The following children will be pres
ent at the celebration tomorrow. and
with them Is grandchildren will gather
around the old couple and help to
bring back memories of the days that
are gone. The children are: Domin-
ick, Burlington route train dispatcher
at Ottumwa; William, city freight
agent of the Great Western road at
st. Joseph, Mo-. Charles, of Des
Moines, who is travelling for the Stein
Millinery Co., and Frank, Henry, Ed
ward, Mrs. Joseph Kolz and Miss Fan
ME. allsof this city.