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Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22

A large and beautifully appointed
home wedding was celebrated Wednes
day evening at s O'Clock at the resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. ]. X. Patton, 407
East Church street. when their eldest
daughter Margaret was given in mar
riage TO Mr.. Willard B Hull, eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H Hull
Rev. William Pence James. Of St. Pauis
Episcopal church offciated. The
guests. about l25 in number. included
only relatives and the neares, friends
of the couple.
In the receiving line wera MI and
Mrs. Patton and Mr.. and Mrs. Hull.
Little Mary Lyon admitted the guests
and Helen Willard was al the head of
the stairs.
Just preceding the ceremony a vocal
number. Because" Guy D'Eardeiot).
was given by Miss Hazel Willard. with
Mrs. c. NJ. Cnger at the piano. AS
Mrs. Unger began playing the bridal
chorus from ''Lohengrin." Helen Will
lard descended the stairs and opened
gates entwined in pink. which were
placed a the foot. for the bridal party
to pass thru. Misses Katherine Balch.
Florence Hopkins, Leila David and
Madge Ellsworth, as ribbon bearers.
came first. stretching pink ribbons
thru to the living room, where. in
front Of the beautifully decorated man
tel, the ceremony took place. They We're
followed by the bridesmaids. Misses
Ida Shove Florence Harris. Lucille Will
lard and Wilma Robbins who, as they
descended, and until all the party were
gathered al the altar, sang the Lohen-
grin bridal chorus. Miss Emma Pat
ton, maid of honor. preceded the bride.
who was met a. the altar and given
away by her father. Mr.. Hull. with his
brother. Mr.. Albert Hull. as best man.
and Rev. Mr.. James, entered from the
left
The bride was beautifully gOwned
in cream satin brocade. veiled with
cream silk cause. and trimmed with
Venetian lace and pearl orna ments.
She wore a long white wedding veil Of
tulle. with over-veil of Venetian lace.
and carried a marriage ring bouquet OF
bride roses and white sweet peas. Her
going-away costume was tailored
suit of dark blue silk serge
Miss Emma Patton wore coral col
ored satin gown. with silk embroidery
trimmings. and a jeweied band in her
hair. and carried a wreath of maiden
hair ferns.
Both the bridesmaids and ribbon
bearers wore dainty white silk net caps
with pink trimmings. The bridesmaids
were in white swiss dresses worn with
pink tulle sashes, and carried fern
wreaths with showers of sweet peas,
while the ribbon bearers wore white
swiss over pink.
Mrs. Patton's gown was Of black
marquisette over black. with jet and
lace trimmings. and Mrs. Hull wore
white brocaded silk, with cut steel and
persian applique trimmings.
The color scheme of the decorations
was pink. green and white. They con-
sisted principally Of pink roses. ferns,
hawthorne blossoms and palms. In the
reception hall. from the stairway to the
ceiling. was an effective latticework OF
pink with draperies of asparagus ferns
decora ting the base of the stairway,
and also the different doorways. A
canopy of green and white. in lattice
style. was arranged for the ceremony.
with 4 background of green and white,
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22

ferns and palms being used in pro-
! fusion The party stood on large
white fur rug, carrying out the color
! scheme further.
\ two-course lunch. in pink and
white, was served by Messrs. Maurice
Hull and William Patton, and Misses
Florence Patton, May and Helen VIII
lard. Grace and Amy BTennecke. Bessie
Hopkins ard Katherine Wells. Mrs
Milie Holden, and Mr.. Lawrence Dee.
the latter of Sioux City. Tiny white
cake boxes. with the brides monogram
il gold on them. were given as favors-
Parlor hostesses for the occasion.
we're Mrs. F. VI. Haradon and Mrs. P.
l.. Hayzlett.
MIR and Mrs Hull left Wednesday
ncht for Chicago, and will spend few
days there before going TO Lake Cen
eva. Wis, for two weeks outing. On
their return to this city they will re-
side at 7OS West Main street. The at
home date is Sept. 1.
Nr and Mrs Hull are we'll known
young people, and prominent socially
The bride has made MarShalltown her
home for the past four years. moving
here with the family from Laurel. She
graduated from the Iowa State Teach
ers' College at Cedar Falls in public
school music. after which she studied
at Cornell College. Mount Vernon. was
a music student two years at Grinneil
College, and studied a year in Chicago
she taught one year in" Newton, as
music supervisor. and later a year and
half at Sapulpa. Okla. returning
home last February to prepare for her
wedding.
Mr.. Hull is member Of one Of the
older and best-known families Of the
city and is manager OF the tannery and
manufacturing department of H. Will
lard, Son 4 Co, business established
by his grandfather, the late Hiram
Willard, his father. Charles II. Hull.
and uncle, L. R. willard The business
is now owned by the older Mr. Hull
and his two sons. Willard and Albert.
Mr. Willard Hull, for the past seven
years. prior to a little over year ago.
has been in the United States consular
service He entered the service in 1908
as a student-interpreter at Pekin China
where he remained two years. In 1905
OF he was vice consul general at Han
kow. China. and for almost a year dur
ing 1908 was acting consul general at
Canton. During the first nine months
So'AASo's~-
and mixed courts afS Shang hal,
China. being the first appointee in that
branch of the service. which was only
established shortly before his appoint
ment was made Mr.. Hull resigned his
position in the consular service to re-
! turn TO this city and enter his fathers
/ business.
Guests present from out OF the city
were Mr.. and Mrs. I. L. Patton, of New
ton, and Mr.. and Mrs. B B. Boatright,
of Bethany. Mo, uncles and auntn OF
the bride: S1essrs. Max Patton, of Run
nels. Dwight and Hoyt Patton, Of State
Center, Jinks Patton, of Laurel. and
| Tod Patton, Of Tyler, Tex, all cousins
of the bride: Mrs. Anna Hull OF San
Diego, Cal. grandmother Of the groom
Mrs. Ray ,Schaefer, of Chicago, cousin
of the groom: Mrs. George Schaeffer,
of Liberty. Mo, aunt Of the groom;
Mrs. Gibson. and Mr.. and Mrs. George
E Adams, of Minneapolis; Mr.. z. 6.
Dunn, Of Mason City, Miss Esther
Seerley of Cedar Falls: Mrs. Bertha
Watkins, of Des Moines; Mr.. and Mrs
! Fred Arson, of Chicago; Mr.Lawrence
! Dee, of Sioux City.
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22
NEW PASTOR ARRIVES.
Rev. G. X. Thompson Comes TO Take
Charge Of Norwegian Church.

Rev. G. K. Thompson. who was call
ed to be pastor OF the Elm Norwegian
Lutheran church arrived in this city
this morning. He will begin his pas
torate Sunday Rev Mr.. Thompson
came from Littlefork, Mimi. where he
has been pastor Of the Norwegian
church for two years. Rev. Mr..
Thompson will make arrangements at
once to be formally installed in the
charge. It is probable that Rev. o. P.
Sletten. Of Des Moines. president Of the
Des Moines district, of the church. will
come here for that purpose within the
next few weeks. Rev Mr.. Thompson
is a young man and single.
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22
Wv. c. A. OFFICERS ELECTED.
All Old Officers Re-eIeetsd With Ex.
ception Of Miss Rhoades

AT special meeting OF the board Of
directors Of the Y. w. G. A. held We'd
nesday afternoon, the report Of the
nominating committee was considered,
and all Of the old officers were re-
elected with the exception of Miss Della
Rhoades, who has been corresponding
secretary. These officers are: Presi-
dent, Mrs T. I. Wasson; vice president,
Mrs. Theodore A. Brown: treasurer.
Mrs. A. F. Balch; recording secretary,
Mrs H. A. Kinnan. Miss Rhoades de-
clined recollection and Mrs. Aaron
Palmer was chosen corresponding sec
retary in her place.
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22
MISS M'kIhLEY HAS OPERATION.

Y. W.. G. A. Secretary Has Goitsr Re-
moved in Chicago Hospital.
Word received at the 7. w. G.. A.
Wednesday from relatives Of Miss
Angie Mckinley, secretary Of the assoc
citation, Is that she underwent an oper-
alton at the Presbyterian hospital.
Chicago. last week, for the removal Of
goiter. The information said that she
was recovering nicely. Miss Mckinley
left the city about two weeks ago for
months vacation.
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22

enforced 70 the letter, and that prose-
cutions against dealers viii be started
II they arc found violating the NV. It
is illegal TO sell dre crackers having
length OF moro than five Inches, or
having diameter Of more than three
quarters Of an inch. The public 10 also
requested not to explode crackers or
fire works before the eve Of the Fourth
George Herman, superintendent Of pub
lie safety,
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22

all her life. and the groom was a resi-
dent here until six years ago. when.
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Anderson he moved to Salem. Ore. He
returned to Iowa about two years ago.
since when he has been fireman on
the Chicago Great Western, with head
quarters at Des Moines.
Guests present from out of town
We're Messrs. and Mesdames L. n.
Olson. C. Erickson. Ole Olson and Ira
Erickson. all of Roland, uncles and
aunts of the bride: Mr.. and Mrs. s.
Birkeland also of Roland, the former a
cousin of the bride: Miss Selma Le-
Roy. of Gearing: Mr. and Mrs. M. O.
Rod. Of Gearing; and Mr.. Swearingen.
of Naleria.
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22
West. Barker.

At the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Barker. 107 South Third street, Wei
nesday evening at o'clock. Miss Bes-
sic Irene Barker daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Barker was given in marriage to
Mr.. John y. West, rachinist en-
ployed in the Iowa Central shops. The
ceremony. which was performed by
Rev. S. E. Ellis. was witnessed by 3
company Of thirty-five guests, largely
relatives. The ring service was used.
Accompanying the bride and groom to
the altar were Miss May Barker. sis
ter of the bride. and Mr.. William West
the grooms brother Following the
ceremony wedding. luncheon was
served by Mrs. Barker.
Mr.. and Mrs. West left "wednesday
night for ten days stay at northern
lakes. and upon their retnrn here Will
reside for time at the Barker home.
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22
HOT WEATHER DRINK

Horsfords Acid Phosphate.
A teaSpoonful added to glass of
cold tea or water. with sugar, is won
derfully refreshing.
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22
Notice 70 Publie.

are hereby notified that the state law,
governing the sale Of explosives Will bt
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22

Low Rouno Trip Excursion Ratss.
To Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo. Colo, daily until Sept. 30. Fh-
vorable stop-overs. liberal return
limits. For full Information, apply to
ticket agents. the Line.
Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-22

Knabe, the worlds greatest piano.
Eadie Music Co, II South First street
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

mingled and fought hand to hand. At
length the Confederate troops gave way,
and Hoods first aggressive dash outside Of
works had failed, with a loss double that
suffered by Thomas. In this battle Colone'
Benjamin Harrison, who was afterward to
become President Of the United States, won
deserved distinction
Hood now proposed to adopt a favorite
expedient of his chosen model, Stonewall
Jackson a flank movement around the enc
my's left. Mcpherson occupied that point,
and his flank was somewhat up in the air.
If only it could be caught mapping as jack
son had caught Howard at Chancellor.ville
He proposed to withdraw his army to the
inner line of fortifcations of Atlanta, while
he sent a large force under Hardee quietly
around the left. The movement, the most
important and daring enterprise OF the
campaign and the one which came nearest
to succeeding" was expected 10 VIII
through its celerity and momentum
When the morning of July - daWneu
Thomas's and Schofield's pickets, looking
across the lines, discovered that the con-
federates had disappeared from Their
fronts Had the enemy withdrawn from
Atlanta? 1t was shortly found from an
advance movement that this was not the
case. Hood had withdrawn into the inner
defences. Soon the rattle of musketry was
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

gained. General Sherman's explanation OF
this useless attack which was afterwaro
criticised was Il had to do II. Inc
enemy and our own army and officers had
settled down into the conviction that the
assault of lines formed no part OF my
game. and the moment the enemy was
found behind anything like parapet' why
everybody would deploy, throw up counter
works and take it easy, leaving it to
the old man TO turn the position
Sherman rose with the first rays OF day
light on July 8 and took his glass for
look at the cIomy. Glancing at the sum
nit of Kenesaw he was astonshed TO dis
cover his pickets crawling cautiously along
the crest. Then they picked themselves up
and ran to the Confederate works Inc
mountain had been abandoned instantly
he dispatched his staff in every direction
with orders for a quick pursuit before
Johnson should get across the Cha''a-
boochee. Nothing came of this vehement
energy, for Johnson had not crossed the
river He had simply taken up ne"
position I'm the privately constructed earth-
works. which Sherman afterward testhed
were among the strongest pieces OF held
fortifcations he had ever seen. Iheir eN-
istence was news to the Union cohilndluei'
ns oo,,rea the confusion in the Confeder-
=. a.,,,,, ,,non which he had counted dld
-. ,,,o+aria,ize The costly assault AT
1<enesaw was not repeated. Instead Sner-
man spread his wings and Degah u ie'
around again. Finding couple Oh dNdii
ohia fords he crossed some troops oNe''
and again Johnston abandoned MS s'Io"s
r,orls passiDg over the last OF the great
water barriers lying between the enemy
ara Atlanta The torch was once more
a,rred TO the bridges. This was on June y
rbere was no quick chase upon the heels
of the Confederates this time. Sherman
spent several days carefully preparlhE loi
bie crossing over the Chattahoochee. Cen
eral Frank Blair had joined nm WIN INC
18th Corps, giving his army the suehs'h
q had when it left Chattanooga Ihe TWO
armies now numbered about lVOUO ana
10 OOOO respectively, the losses thus lar III
the campaign having been approximately
1s 700 each in killed and wounded. Inc
nronortions between the two were cohsld-
cred TO be the proper ones for invading
and defending armies.
on July II Sherman started on the last
leg of his journey to Atlanta. his most
spread out like a wing around the north-
east side of the city, with the purpose OF
cutting the railroad running toward the
east. AS usual, Johnston was promptly IN
formed Of his moves A little rivulet named
Peach Tree Creek runs across the north
side Of Atlanta and empties into the Chat-
tahoochee, perhaps five miles from the
outskirts of the city Of that day john
ston planned to launch the major part or
his force against Sherman's right wing
under Thomas and beat it before Schofeld
and Mcpherson, out on the left could
come TO the relief.
At this moment he received dispatch
from the adjutant general OF the Confeder-
ate army at Richmond. 1t read: II am di-
rected by the Secretary of War TO inform
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

what precautions he thought needful, but
was not disturbed He hung on to Atlanta
Setting General Slocum on guard at the
bridge over the ChattahOochee, on August
% he swung the remainder of his army
around the city to the right. to complete
the work of destroying the railroad. which
his cavalry had been unable permanently to
disable For weeks he had been lombard
ing the city The old men and women and
the children within had become expert in
the construction Of little underground shell
ters, to which they would fly when shot
and shell were pouring into the city. III
was great relief to them to discover OF
.thc morning of August o that the Union
trenches AT last were unoccupied. Sherman
had vanished.
II was not until August IS that Hood
learned that Sherman had not retreated,
but on the contrary was moving with his
main body TO destroy the Macon road, and
that the fate of Atlanta depended upon
our ability to defeat this movement" as
subordinate reported. 1t was not until
August 81 that Hood recovered from his
confusion sufficiently to assault the enemy.
now on the south side. 1t was then too
late. Hardee escaped with difficulty after
Hood had foolshy diminished Hardecs
force by one-half by ordering it back
toward the city. I'm the mean time Sher-
man had ordered Slocum to move cautious
" from the Chattlhoochee back toward
the city i'm order to discover what Hood
was doing. All through the night of Sep
tember / Sherman was restless from sleep
lessness. About midnight he heard sounds
Ike heavy detonatOns. They came from
the north was Hood blowing up his
magazines. or were nc ard SlCcum iI CON
nict? with the light of day Sherman
started i'm fresh pursuit of Iiardee. and
soon began to hear riInors that Atlanta
had fallen Later letter from General
Slocum confirmed the news that this inn
portart military base of thc COufcdcrac%
had been abandoned by Hood, and that
ho. hearing The sounds. had approached
early in the morning and entered without
opposition General Sherman passed the
news on To the imperturbable Thomas
who, the previous day, for the first time
i'm the course of the war, it was declared
had galloped his horse in the extreme
urgency of the case in an effort to hasten
the onslaught on Hardee The stout
disn.fed hero Of Chickamauga. according
to Sherman, snapped his fingers, whlsted
and almost danced
Atlanta is ours and fairly Non,' was
Shcrman's message to Washington. Every
where i'm the North praise and thanks were
expressed Congress and the President
publicly thanked Sherman for his victory
Lincoln saying i'm his general order that
the marches. battles, sieges and other
military operations that have signalized the
camnaign must render it famous i'm the
annals o. war and have entitled those who
have narticipated therein to the applause
and thanks of the nation.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

heard on McPherson's exposed left hank'
and from the neighborhood of Decatur iar
on the left, came the disquieting sound ot
artillery. Sherman and Mcpherson were
standing together engaged in conversation.
The former on the instant gave the neces-
sary orders TO meet the emergency. The
latter sped toward his left flank on horse.
1t proved to be a case of fortune fdvorlng
the brave. for Hardee had encountered an
unexpected obstacle While searching for
the vacant space in the rear of McPher-
sons flank he had come upon two divisions
of Dodge's corps. who were on their way
TO join Mcpherson. AS soon as they saw
the Confederates they faced about and
presented their front to the oncoming
enemy. Noting that this part of his line
was provided for, General Mcpherson
turned to ride through woodland path to
the rear of Blair's corps. which formed a
part of his command. and came upon a
squad Of Confederate skirmshers. who had
worked their way into this bypath, which
a moment before had been clear They
called upon the beloved young general TO
surrender. Giving a military salute, he
turned and galloped away. volley fol-
lowed, and he fell dead from his bleeding
horse The animal cantered back to where
Sherman still sat. and was followed by an
orderly, who broke the caamitous news.
Within few moments the ground where
Mcpherson had fallen was retaken, the
Confederate skirmshers were captured and
the important papers they had removed
from his wallet were recovered from the
haversack of one Of them.
While the army mourned. II also fought
The hfteen-mlc march Of IIardee and his
troops on that morning has been described
as equal I'm every respect To that OF stone
wall Jackson and his men at Chancellors-
Vile. the only difference being In the recep-
ton There was no panic. Blair's soldiers.
when they saw the enemy approaching,
leaped from their intrenchments and fought
from the reverse side. Having driven the
Confederates off with great slaughter" "
they faced the other way and, jumping
back across their own works. drove back
a force sent out by Hood 10 support in
front Hardee's attack In the rear.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

you that as you have failed to arrest the
advance of the enemy I'm the vicinity of At
lanta far in the interior of Georgia, and
express no confidence that you can defeat
or repel him. you are hereby relieved from
the command of the Army and Depart
ment of Tennessee, which you will imme-
diately turn over TO General Hood 1t was
Ike bolt out Of a clear sky Hood.
although he had been extremely critical Of
Johnston's plans, in dispatches to Rich
mond, was loath to take command and
tried to persuade Johnston TO pocket the
order and Richmond to rescind IT. lie ac-
compished neither, and was obliged TO take
the helm. He has been described as "a IA
natical admrer of Stonewall Jackson VINO
could see no merit in any military opera
tions which differed from those of that
energetic commander" lie accepted John
stons plan for the proposed battle at
Peach Tree Creek.
The news of Johnston's 5 removal reached
Sherman on July 49, IT was found i'm
newspaper picked up at a farmhouse. Sher-
mans comment was that ii was very good
news" but that Hood would make it very
lively, and that it would be necessary TO be
exceedingly cautious. All the leading Of
ficers assembled to discuss the situation
Mcpherson, Howard and Schoheld had
known Hood personally. All agreed that the
change was a good one from the Union
point of view for it meant bold fighting in
the open. This was soon demonstrated.
On the evening of July 20 the Confeder-
ates sailed out upon Thomas's lines. The
fighting that followed was one Of the hard
est fought conflicts of this memorable cam
najgn. The soldiers of the two armies were
so close together that they often inter
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

In selecting successor 10 McPhers0n'
Sherman passed over Hooker, who thousHt
because of his seniority he should have IT.;
General John a. Logan, who had eXhlolted
great valor when Mcpherson fell, ana
Blair. because politicians, as such, were
particularly repugnant to Sherman, ana
General o. o. Howard was selected OW-
ing to General Howard's relation to events
at Charlottesville this choice was looked
upon by General Hooker as a slap AZ hlm
He asked for assignment elsewhere, and
his request was granted. He passed the
remainder of his life I'm querulous COM
planning over the way he had been treated
I'm the course of the war by the command
ing generals.
BY this time Sherman had thoroughly de-
stroyed the railroad running from Atlanta
to Augl sta and turned his attention to
the line leading south toward Macon, over
which supplies for Hood and for the city
were received. He continued to push his
right around toward the south, still feel
ing for the communications of the enemy.
Hood observed this movement quickly and
once more rushed out. taking the greater
part Of his army. General Howard demon
strated capacity as commander OF an army,
and Hood, having paid dearly in lives in
the course of his various dashes, decided
that he might be able TO draw sherman
away from Atlanta if he i'm turn threatened
the Union communications. Having been
admonshed by President Davis that his at
tacks on the Federal intrenchments had
been a little too costly in lives, this project
WAS accented. and he started back along
General Sherman's trail. The latter took
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-04-26
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