The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-07-18
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
ms and Outs Of the Local Colony
and Their Friends.

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in Buxton with her son Jesse.
Buxton gets the next meeting o
the United Grand Lodge of Iowa, A
F. & A. M.
Mrs. loan Barquette went to Des
MONIES Monday for a few days wish
with her mother. M
Mr.. Jackson, of Colfax, is expected
in the city this evening for an over
Sunday visit with friends.
Mrs. Cora Franklin accompanied
her husband to Des Moines Monday
to visit with friends while he attend.
ed the Grand Lodge.
Sunday is Rally Day at the A. M.
E. church. Three services will be
held during the day. Rev. J. w. Som
erville, of the Central church, will
preach at 2:S0 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Avery, of Des
Moines, visited over the Fourth at
the home of Mrs. Avery's mother,
Mrs. A. Blackburn, on B Avenue
West. They returned home Monday
evening.
Miss Stella Virdan, of Anamosa,
who was with the A. P. Spencer fam
lily last summer, in the capacity Of
cook, has accepted similar position
in the Guy Woodin home and will go
with the family to Chicago this fall.
The ladies of the Mite Missionary
Society of the A. NJ. E. church met
in monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs. C. G. Lee Thursday afternoon,
and transacted the routine business
of the society after which an Inter
esting program was presented.
B. F. Cooper, of Buxton, passed
through the city Wednesday enroute
to Clinton to attend the 2Sth annual
meeting of the State Pharmaceutical
of which he is member.
AS Clinton is Mr.. Cooper's native city
he will have an opportunity to visit
his relatives and meet many old &C.
there.
Robt Franklin, w. NJ, of Maple
Grove Lodge, went to Des Moines
evening to be present and
his lodge at the goth an
nual communication of the United
Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. NJ, for Iowa
and its jurisdiction, which began a
three days session in that city Tues
day.
Showers of blessings come from
God, while the showers of love and
of good cheer and good
wishes, dainty keepsakes and sub
stantial presents come from our
friends and loved ones. Such show
er it was that Miss Anna Brown re-
ceived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Murray last Monday evening,
when her many friends in this city
gathered in a pleasant surprise party
and proceeded to shower upon her
many testimonials of their esteem up
on the eve of her marriage, to Mr..
Young, of Buxton. The affair was
by Mrs. Belle Cannaday
and afforded an evening of pleasure
that will long be cherished in the
memory of all present.
Married, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Murray, 500 North H
Street, Tuesday morning at $3.50
o'clock, Miss Anna Brown, of Oska-
loosa, and Mr.. J. NJ. Young, of Chica-
go, Rev. Lee, of Wesley Chapel, off,
ciating. The ceremony was perform
ed in the presence of few friends OF
the contracting parties, and after a
light breakfast the bride and groom
left for Buxton via the Rock Island
where they were rendered a reception
by Mrs. Pheoba Cook, who has been
a life long friend of the bride, at s
o'clock Tuesday evening. Mrs. Ed.
Murray, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Crump,
Miss Jennie Hardy and G. H. Jones
were present from this city. Mr.. and
Mrs. Young will spend a few days in
Buxton, where they both formerly
lived and where they first met and
formed the attachment which has re-
suited in their happy union, and will
then go to Chicago where they will
reside in the future.
While in Chicago last week we
had the pleasure of meeting a num-
Der of former Oskaloosa people, all
of whom were enjoying good health
and an abundant prosperity. The city
has been kind to them, and while
they still retain fondness for the
old town and Its people, few, If any,
of them expressed a desire to return
here to live. We spent a pleasant
hour with DR.. John Lewis, whom we
found pleasantly located at 682 West
Lake Street. He occupies the entire
second floor, where he lives with his
mother, and has his Office, which is
equipped with every appointment ne