The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-10-13
Stone. w. H. Shaw, s. j. Dutton, Capt.
Woodruff and J. B. Pearson.

Stone, w. H. Shaw, s. ]. Dutton, Capt
Woodruff aud J. B. Pearson.
SlDERS.--The funeral service over
the late Hattie Siders will take place
Sunday afternoon, Oct 3, at $3.50, at
the home OF the deceased girls sister,
Mrs. R. c. Ream, on South Market
street extension. The body will be
inferred at Forest cemetery.
LEAF. -. Caroline Leaf, aged n
years, months and 81 days, died at
her home at Buxton, Wednesday, Oct.
5, 1910, at 300 a. m, of old age. The
deceased was buried in White Oak
cemetery, Oct. 6. beside her husband,
Olaf Leaf. who died March %, 1910.
Mrs. Leaf was born In Sweden and
has been resident of this state and
county for 40 years. -#@s
DWYER..-- Mrs. Hannah Dwyer
died of pneumonia at her home in
ISigourney, Thursday. The deceased
was the mother of Mrs. Dennis Ragei
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Funeral services and interment at
Sigourney on Sunday, Oct. 8, at noon.
Many Oskaloosa friends of the de-
ceased will attend the funeral SER
lVices. .
CARRIER. - Friends in Oskaloosa
have received word that fine s.
pound boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Eldon Carrier at their home in Albert
Lea, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1910. Mi.
tCarrier was formerly well known
Cigar maker of this city and is now
running his own shop at Albert Lea.
Mrs. Carrier will be remembered as
Miss Jane Hall, daughter Of VIM, Hall,
STREET.-THE funeral of the late
w. n. Street, an officer of the Illinois
Traction Company, who was among
the list of dead in the car accident
near Stanton, ILL.,, last Tuesday night,
will be held Monday morning, Oct.1O,
at ten o'clock, from the fathers home
at Hedrick, in Keokuk county. The
deceased was a prominent Mason in
all branches of the order, being con-
sistory member or a thirty.second de-
gree Mason. A large number OF the
Iprominent officials and members from
Davenport and Ottumwa, among whom
he worked many years, will be in at
tendance. and il is understood that
several will go from Oskaloosa.
BRIER.-Died. at his home, No. 807
A avenue west. Monday, October 10,
1910, of hemorrhage of the brain OF
so hours duration. John w. Brier,
aged al years, IL months and Is days.
Funeral at $50 o'clock p. m, Fri.
day, Oct. IA. Interment in Forest
cemetery. .... ....
The deceased was born at Brighton,
I Iowa, October Is, 1868. and has lived
in Iowa during life. He has been a
resident of Mahaska county for II
years. The deceased was a member
of Masons. Tri-Luminar Lodge No. Is,
i Tribe of Ben Hur No. Is of Oskaloosa,
and Brotherhood of Locomotive En-.
gineers. For the past several years
he has been an Iowa Central engineer.
Hosts of friends will be shocked to
hear of his sudden death.
I The deceased was a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Brier, who came out OF
Ohio in the early days of Iowa and
settled at the town of Brighton in
Washington county. The father was
a well known resident of that place,
d property owner and an influential
citizen, well known In social and po-
titical circles In his time. 1t was
along in the early eighties when the
son John w took up with railroad.
ing, soon after the Iowa Central and
the Burlington & Western railways
went through his home town. Jack, -
as he was known far and wide along
the line OF the Central, became an
operator and found place in the oper
alton of the Central He was given
a station at Oskaloosa and worked
for years here and elsewhere on the
line. He was compelled to give up
his work "at the key" on account of
the appearance of photographers par.
alysis," which made impossible the
using of his key" hand and arm. He
took up with the mechanical depart
ment of the work and went on an
engine as fireman after serving the
required time in the round house. He
was then given an engine and has
been successful on the road. For one
year he was in business in Oskaloosa,
Operating the Monarch Steam Laun-
dry with viii Clavier.
He is survived by two brothers and
two sisters, Jean and Mart Briet of
Lincoln, Nebr., and Rock Island; Miss
Belle Brier Of Lincoln, who was at the
tbedside, and Mrs. Lydia Yockey. of
! Medford. Oergon. Mrs. George Bar.
tow. a sister-in-law of Mrs. Brier, has
started from Rochelle, New Jersey,
Ito be at the funeral, and Mrs. Maggie
tCapel Clavier, the lifelong companion
and friend of Mrs. Brier, has returned
from Marshfeld. Wisconsin, NJ where