Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-09-13
Wedding Anniversary.

On the evening of Friday, Sept. 9th,
a very pleasant and well planned sur.
prise was completed when host OF
their friends and relatives to the mum.
ber of about 16O met at the very pleas
ant farm home of MIR. and Mrs. Fred
Brown in Orleans township, to assist
them in commemorating the event Of
their 25th wedding anniversary, which
occurred on the following day, Septem-
ber the 10th.
During the evening, in few well
chosen words in behalf Of the COM
pany, Hon. d. A. Lyons presented this
estimable couple with very nice
writing desk and chair, large arm
chair and set of solid silver spoons.
At midnight an elegant supper was
furnished to which all did ample
justice, after which most of the COM
pany amused themselves in dancing till
the wee hours of the morning.
Those contributing toward the pres
ents, most of who were present with
their wives and families, were d. A.
Lyons, McI.dgh & Lusson, Fitzgerald
& Woods, Burgess & Sons, w. T..
Hunting, G. T. Watros, w. F. Rath-
ert. W. E Howard, S. A. Hamilton,
G. Gundesson, Rob't. Thomson, Frank
Crawford, Martin Jones, Lomas &
Farnsworth, Fuller Bros, Jas. Costig-
an, j. M. Mara, w. G. Eddy, T. H
Jones, W. E. Laidlaw, B. Headington,
W. j. Mead, c. Miller, c. Morton, D..
E. Shelmidine, Emma Edminster, C.
A. Wells, W. f. Allen, J. T. Gaskill,
j. c. Webster, E. E. Eddy, H. Van
Schoyck, Job Darrow, S. A. Converse,
E. A. Howard, Jno. Carroll, Mrs. L.
Brown, VIM. Kratz, J. L. Cunning
ham, VIM. Eddy, w. A. Stockman,
W. S. Stockman, B. P. Norton, Ar
thur Gardner, F. J. Walton, F. Head
ington, j. Greenhalgh, C. A. Eddy, o.
G. Watros, John Clink. Geo. Burgess,
&. W. Morgan, DR. E. r. Damon, c.
II. Rice, A. l.. Nichols, Mrs. John
Stockman, f. D. Mead, N. Damon, E.
M. S.ockman, A. D. Patterson, Mrs.
Ada Young, o. T. Hovey, Mrs. Henri
eta Daskam, E. r. Precious, E. E.
Earl, S. A. Sutton, j. Steinmetz,
Ernst Bergman, Dan Farrell, L. j.
Cameron, Carl Goocher, Mrs. Jane
Miller, H. A. Kinnie, Steen Hender-
son, Phil. Barker, Miss Matte Burton,
G. C. Brown, W. A. Daskam, w. F.
Morton, P. A. Clemmer, w. J. Web.
ster, Fred Howard, Geo. Barker, John
Fitzgerald, Wm. Mullaney, H. Cul-r
bert, S. Stinson. ii. j. Webber. j. T..
Hovey, NJ. S. Culbert, VIM. Wells,
Everett Smith, E. Pollitt, F.. o.
Farnsworth, G. r. Hamre, H AIRY Pol
lit, Guy Pollitt, r. S. Caward, F. A.
Glass, S. Stinson, A. J. Davis, H. H.
Ruddy, j. Farnsworth, z. T. Gardner,
P. T. Hovey, w. L. Curtis, A. Clink,
j. @. Rowlee, C. Porter, VIM. Faulk-
man. A. P. Curtis, C. A. Curtis. Geo.
T. Benson, A. Mcbride, Hugh Nc
Bride, A. E. Daskam, r. Burr, Miss
Danforth, B. r. Davis, Albert H.
Dale, Guy d. Humphrey, Gabe Cab
rielson, Mrs. j. Cameron, H. Goocher.
o. w. Clark, A. E. Bents, Mons Ask
elson, George Brown and Son, Mrs.
w. X. Barker, John Oleson, j. Ahern,
Martin Christen, Geo. Damon, Mrs.
Geo. Daskam, P. Nelson, John Dugan,
Robert Moore and E. P. Farnsworth.
Those from distance who were
present to participate in the surprise
were Chas. Pooler, wife and daughter,
and Ray Pooler and wife, all of Austin,
Mimi, and Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Stockman, of Decorah, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brown wish to
thank their many friends for the kind
ly remembrance of their wedding ami
versary and for the fine presents, and
they also wish to acknowledge with
thanks the receipt of the silver spoons
and a sum of money sent by Mr.. and
Mrs. r. w. Chamberlain, of MARSHALL
town, Iowa, who could not be in at
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