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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
BUYS MAMMOTH PUMP
Water Co. Have One With Capacity
of 100000 Gallons Per Day.

Horace Hawkins, superintendent
of the Peoples Water Co., has return.
ed from Chicago and Milwaukee,
where he purchased mammoth
steam pump to be installed at the
water power station north of the city.
The big pump was purchased by Mr..
Hawkins at Milwaukee. Pumps of all
sizes and descriptions we're in opera.
ton at Milwaukee and Mr. Hawkins
selected pose" type with the fly.
wheel in the center. The capacity of
the pump is two million gallons every
twenty-four hours. The steam cylin-
der is at one end, the pump at the
other and ten-foot fly wheel in the
center. The big machine takes up
23xl2 foot floor space and is about
eight feet in height.
With this additional equipment the
local water company will be in
position to care for the water supply
of Oskaloosa with little or no trou.
BILE. The new pump will be installed
within short time, possibly two
months. The contract for installa-
ton has already been given. The
Alice Chalmer Machine Co., of Mil.
waukee, secured the contract and will
start working as soon as possible.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, Mar. |.
HOGS.-Receipts 10000. Market
slow at 5@10c advance. Mixed and
butchers $6.S5M7.2O; good to choice
$6.95@7.15; rough heavy $6.75@6.90;
light $6.95@735; bulk $700@7.L;
Workers $7.25@7.30; pigs $7.20@7.40
Clearance yesterday good; estimated
receipts tomorrow $4,000.
CATTLE.-Receipts $4,000. Market
strong to 10c higher; estimated re.
ceipts tomorrow 1000. Beeves $500
600; cows and heifers $2.70@5.90;
stockers land feeders $4.00@5.9O;
westerns $4.75@5.S5.
SHEEP.-Receipts $1,000. Market
5@10c higher; estimated receipts to-
morrow $4,000. Sheep $3.OO@4.S0;
lambs $5.OO@6.25; yearlings $4.75@
5.75.
Official receipts yesterday: Hogs
1896; cattle 1850; sheep 1867.
Official shipments yesterday: Hogs
1856; cattle 2,O40; sheep 1,S2S.
Hogs closing weak to sc lower than
early. Top $7.35. Mixed and butch
ers $6.S0@7.15; good to choice $3.50
@7.15; rough heavy $6.70@6S5; light
$6.95@7.30; bulk $7.OO@7.15: pigs
$7.2O@7.40; Workers $72O@7.30.
Cattle and sheep closing strong.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
FOOD ANIMALS AND HIDES.

Reports to the Census Bureau from
the slaughtering and meat-packing es
adjustments and slaughterhouses of
1909 there were 6S,403,000 animals
slaughtered for food in those estab-
lishments. This total does not rep,
resent the entire domestic meat sup
ply of the country, as large number
of animals are slaughtered on farms
or elsewhere than in slaughterhouses.
In addition there were 411,300 animals
reported as having been killed or as
dying a natural death and consumed
in the manufacture of fertilizers or
other products, and many more die
on the farms and ranges.
The primary object of the census in.
quiry was to ascertain the number of
hides and skins available for the man
ufacture of leather, but the large mum.
Der of animals that were slaughtered
on the farms and ranges during the
year has not yet been ascertained and
viii not be known until the statistics
of agriculture are completed
The 26,424 establishments reported
6S,S14,300 animals of all kinds, and
of this number 36,443,000 were hogs.
A large number of the hogs slaught-
cred are onlp partially skinned, one or
more strips of hide being removed
from the back and used for leather.
The entire skin is taken from only e
few and 1t was impossible to ascertain
the number of these, the report states.
1t is presumed by the Census Bu-
reau that from every animal or car
cass reported by the 26,424 establish,
ments the hide or skin was removed
and used for the manufacture of leath.
er, the product being 1891 300 hides
and skins; but these do not represent
the domestic production, as large mum.
bers of hides and skins are obtained
from the farms and ranges.
There were 1881, 900 beeves slaugh.
tered in slaughterhouses during 1903,
and hides were taken off by slaughter.
houses from 1000 other cattle that
were killed or that died a natural
death, thus giving 12.4sl 900 hides for
leather.
Calves. sheep and goats are com. !
monty sold with the skins on by tho
large slaughterhouses, but the skins !
are ultimately removed. There were
l9.3l2,000 skins obtained from these
animals. The number of kid skins |
was reported as 25,30O, and horse and
colt skins as $4,000. There were
also 2s.000 hides and skins reported I
as obtained from all other animals. /
which consist largely of dogs, report.
ed by some of the rendering establish.
ments operated in connection with
city governments.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
Dogs Faithfulness.

The story of dogs fidelity was
told when the coroner for North West
moreland (EngD held an inquest on
the body of William Wharton. a
Westmoreland old age pensioner, who
dropped down dead after recording his
vote in the Parliamentary election.
Wharton, who lived alone at Shap,
walked to Morland to vote, and set
off home again late at night. Next
morning half dozen woodmen found
the body by the roadside In a gutter.
The old mans dog was lying over the
body and guarding It. The body had
lain there all the night In stormy
weather. Information vas given to
the police, but when an attempt was
made to touch the body the dog be-
came so ferocious that no one dared
go near II, and before the dead man
could be removed the officers had to
send for the old mans neighbor.. who
knew the dog, and succeeded In coax
ing it to quietness.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
Today's Markets.

Union Stock Yards, Mar. 1.-The
hog market today was an unsatisfac
tory one all day. At the opening
prices were boosted from 5 to 1Oc
owing to eastern demand, but buyers
bought slowly and grudgingfy at the
advance. Later the prices fell off
full five cents and even at that the
close was weak and sluggish. The
receipts were less than two-thirds the
estimates made for to-day and were
5000 less than those OF last Wednes.
day. The bulk of the sales to-day
were at $700@715 as against $3.50
705 yesterday; s7.25@7:40 last We'd
nesday; $7.45@770 on February /,
and S9.70@9.90 on March /, 1910. The
top price paid to-day was '$7.35 as
against $7.25 yesterday; $7.65 last
Wednesday; $7.S5 ON February 1, and
$1,000 on March /, 1910. f'".
Cattle sold well to-day. Most of the
run was of splendid, quality and
there was demand all along the line,
and a general advance of 10 cents
was made making them full 20 cents
above last weeks close.
Sheep and lambs like cattle had a
good day and sellers were able to
realize a raise of from 8 to 10 cents
and in many sales 10 cents above
yesterday. >
F The estimated receipts for to-mor-
row are $4,000 hogs, 1000 cattle and
$4,000 sheep. -
One year ago to-day. hogs reached
the $1,000 mark. To-day the price is
$2.65 less. and on the bulk of the sales
the price is down $275.
Receipts today were:, 10000 hogs,
$1,000 cattle and $4,000 sheep, against
1900 hogs. 7,OS5 cattle and 9,427
sheep March L. 1910. sauctr Asi ~
Chicago packers yesterday purchas-
ed 11,1OO. hogs, shippers and specu-
lalrs asa0O land there0weret 5000 left
over. ~ es4sN ~ .rss.n, 4
Two days receipts this week, com
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
Good Clothes and Good Morals.

1t is doubtful whether any one to
whom soap and water and more or
less tidy clothes are matter OF
course can rightly estimate the extent
to which this question of clothes and
cleanliness bears upon the criminal
ity of youths. Dirty, ragged garments,
greasy caps and neckscarfs worn day
after day without the possibility of a
change are. ! believe. responsible for
much. Certain 1t is that the lad who
Is content with but one set of raj
ment invariably belongs to a very low
stratum of society, and the absence of
a desire for Sunday suit and the I'M
abashed wearing of the weekday suit
on the Sunday Is very frequently in
deed the mark of one largely impera
vious to outside infiuences.- From1C.
Il. B. Russell's Young Gaol Birtisr &
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Tourists in Italy leave very
large amount of money in the coun
try, and the Italian railroads are
saved from heavy. deficits by them.
From Italian emigrants in North
and South America it is estimated
that $250,000,000 a year is now re-
ceived by the relatives at home or
is taken back TO Italy by those emf,
grants who return. Between the two
sources of income the country fat
tens as it never has before Rome
ruled the world.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
ONE WAY OUT.

While the makers of the state pri
mary law seem to have little use for
1t, when it is not clear that it will
serve certain ends. still it might not
be bad thing TO apply to the pres.
ent situation in Oskaloosa. Why not
have general primary without any
regard to party lines and let every.
body vote once without restrictions.
Then let the two men who secure
the most votes be declared the nom.
mites and the candidates for mayor.
The Herald has never deserted the
idea that the way to do In municipal
affairs is to put up party candidates
for every Office. But there seems 10
be disposition on the part of many
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
january imports, as reported

January imports, as reported by
the Bureau of Statistics, Department
of Commerce and Labir, show, when
compared with January, 1910, a mark.
ed increase in the importation of Ger,
tain articles for manufacturers use,
notably raw silk, pig tin, fibers, raw
cotton, wood pulp, and undressed fur
skins, but decline in India rubber,
hides and skins, copper and wool. In
foodstuffs, sugar shows a decline for
the single month, but slight increase
for the seven omnths ending with
January; while coffee, tea, cocoa, ba-
nanas and cheese show an increase,
the measurement being in all cases
by value only.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
Cash Quotations.

Chicago, March 1.-Wheat-No.
red, SS@S9c: No. 3, S6@8Skc; No. 2
hard, SS@90c; No. 1 northern, $50
99c; No. 2 northern, 95@9Shc; No
3 northern, 94@97c; No. 2 spring
STU @94c; No. 3 spring, S5@92c:
velvet chaff, S2092c; durum, SIG
SSAc. ..
Corn-No.- 2. 45A @46c: No. 2
white, 45h@46c; No. 2 yellow, .46@
46kc; No. 3, 43@43Ac; No. A white,
40h @14Ac; No. 4 yellow, 1910
41&c; spring grade mixed, ,3S@39c;
spring grade yellow, 39@4Oc. D..
Oats-No. 2, 29hc; No. 2 white,
31@31&c; No. 8 white, 291a @301ac;
No. 4 white, 29@29Ac; standard,
30h oslo. .. .,s..... ,...a.
Rye-No. 2, Sac.
Barley-Feed or mixing, 65@75c.
Timothy seed-$11s75. - w..
Clover-$15.0 ...,,. ..-,-.,
st. Louis, March, 1.-Wheat--No.
2 red, 94c; No. 2 hard, S9m97c.
Corn-No. 2, 44Ac; No. 2 white,
441Ac.
Oats-No. 2, soc; No. 2 white, 32c.
Minneapolis, Mimi, March l.
Wheat No. 1 hard, 97%c; No. 1 north.
ern, 96B @97asc; No. Q northern, ,93B
953sc; No. 3 white, 91h@93Ac.
Peoria, ILL.,, March 1.-Corn-No. 2
white, 42%c; No. 3 white, -42Bc; No.
2 yellow, 43c; No. 3. yellow, 42h q
421ac; No. 3 mixed, i2hc; No. 4
mixed, 40Ac.
-
Oats-standard, soc; No. white,
29kc; No. white, 29c. a..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Now anotherA modern" invention
has been robbed of its youth by re.
cent discovery made in Crete. Elk
cavators have unearthed at Phacotes
a disc of clay six and quarter inch
es in diameter which bears on its
two sides 40 figures of men, ami
mails, trees and other things which
constitute the earliest hieroglyphics
used in Crete. These representa-.
tons are not engraved, but clearly
stamped with punch. 1t is a true
sample of Typography and dates from
the twentieth century before the
Christian era. Printers, therefore,
will have to look for the cradle of
their race not to Gutenberg, but to
Crete, where their art was practiced
in a primitive way 1000 years ago.
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Can you tell what sort of weather
we may expect next month";" wrote a
subscriber to the editor of country
paper. And the editor replied as
follows: 1T is my belief that the
weather next month will be very
much like your subscription" The
inquirer wondered for an hour what
the editor was driving at, when he
happened to think of the word "un-
settled" He sent in the required
amount next day.,
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A town is judged by its newspapers
much as statesman is sized up by
his clothes. The whole community
is thus partner in its journalistic
If you want your city
to put it's best foot forward, give the
home paper the support it needs 20
keep on expanding and growing more
attractive.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

The quantity of cotton seed
crushed during the last decade in.
creased only Sd per cent, but the in,
crease in the cost of the seed to the
manufacturer was 173 per cent, and
points to a greatly improved source
of revenue for the producer, as the
value of cotton seed per ton at the
census of 1899 was returned at s11.55
and the value at this census is re-
ported at $20.41 per ton.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
SEASON OF LENT.

Today, Ash Wednesday, marks the
beginning of Lent, when social gal
ties give place to a season of fast
ing and prayer for forty days. Lent
had its pretiguring in the forty days
of temptation of Christ the wilder.
ness, as we'll as in the fasts of Moses
and Elias. 1t is season of great an
tiquity
Ash Wednesday is so called be,
cause in the Roman Catholic church
it begins with the solemn ceremony
that has given the day it's name.
After supplicatory service, the de-
vout approach the altar rail and the
priest places ashes on the head of
each, reciting in Latin, Remember.
man, that thou art dust, and shalt
return to dust" The ashes are GUS
tomarily obtained by burning the
palms of the previous year.
The Lenten season is strictly OBJ.
served in the Episcopal and other
ritualistic churches, as well as in the
Roman Catholic church. Special ser
vices are designated for Ash Wednes.
day, Holy Week, Good Friday, Palm
Sunday, and ending with the grand
triumphant service on Easter Sun
day. Lent is also the season of the
confirmation classes, when those
who propose soon to take their for
NAL stand as church members attend
classes of instruction and prepare
for the visitation of the bishop. 1t is
also a season of giving, especially in
the Sunday schools.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
ouR NEIcHnoas, OPINIONS.

Saturday Globe: One of the mys.
teries of travel to me has always
been why railroads crossing each
other didn't make some little effort
to make connections at important
points. took the Iowa Central here
at eleven O'Clock and missed the
Rock Island at Grinnell for Chicago
by about ten minutes. THAT was 3ust
about the length OF time, also, the
was missed at Mar
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Life on either side of the bars
seems to have many similitudes. For
instance, the Anamosa Reformatory
Press carries this notice: will the
inmate who got a pair of size eight
citizen shoes by mistake kindly re-
turn them to the owner, O'Conner, of
this department? They were left to
be repaired and were either given to
wrong party or purloined from the
tailor shop"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
SOME SHOP TALK.

1t is evident there will be an elm
ination process among the Mt. Pleas
ant newspapers during the coming
year. The merchants, impatient un
der the constant demand u the news
paper men for enough business to
support an abnormally over-crowded
field are getting together in self. pro.
lection. At the present time there
are in that field two daily papers,
one semi-weekly and three weekly
papers and four job Offices. Any two
of the job Offices could with no diff.
Guilty take care Of the entire line of
work originating In that city, while
two papers, three at the limit. could
serve well the demands of the adj
vertisers. Many advertisers claim
that while they can afford and would
be glad to advertise in one daily and
one or two weeklies, when it comes
to four papers IL becomes too expen-
Biye and in self-protection they re-
main out OF all the papers rather
than be troubled with the impurities
OF the papers who do not receive
their support. Some of the merchants
have determined to support the pa.
pers they feel worthy of support and
viii decline to lend support to the
others, hoping thereby to force the
papers to effect consolidation and
thus relieve situation that is be
coming not only intolerable but really
harmful to the business interests OF
the city.
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Not long ago II was asserted ON
,.,t..t J q t,.t L. xItf a Il .1.f ~.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
Hogs May Go Lower.

Chicago, March Hog prices are
now at the lowest point of the year.
Sentiment is very much divided as
to the future course of the trade.
Packers seem confident of their abil-
ity. to hold prices down, while the
selling side thinks that as soon as
the tenant hogs are disposed of the
supplies will fall down and the pen
dulum of prices will swing the other
way. Packers are eagerly taking all
the hogs they can find at present
prices.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

The seventh annual conference,
under the auspices of the National
Child Labor Committee will be held
at Birmingham, Alabama, March 8 to
IL, inclusive. These conferences
have had good effect in the past,
and if the movement is not carried
to the extreme, will do much for the
welfare of children.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
Tolerance.

We must vindicate the right of each
man to do what he likes, and to say
what he thinks. to an extent much
greater than is usually supposed to be
either safe or decent. This we must
do for the sake of society quite as
much as for our own sake. That SO.
ciety would be benefited by greater
freedom Of action has already been
shown, and the same thing may be
proved. CONCERNING freedom OF speech,
and writing.-Thomas Henry Buckle.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

-Oskaloosa is to be visited by an
other dairy special on the afternoon
of March IS. 1t is said that more
than one million Improbable cows
are being MIXED in Iowa. If any of
these are located in Mahaska county,
March IS would be a good time to
find ii out.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Henry Clews, this week says
Our business situation is not entire
ly satisfactory. Trade as rule is
slack and still below the normal. Con-
ditions, however, are sound and the
situation favors response to any real
changes of the better"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Iowa City is going to follow Os'
kaloosa's example and have manu-
facturers' exhibit March 16, II and
Is. Such expositions pay very big
returns and should be made annual
or semi-annual events.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

pared with week ago, decreased
10000 cattle, increased $1,000 hogs
and decreased 6,400 sheep. Compar
ed with the corresponding period
year ago cattle decreased 500, hogs
increased 21,200 and sheep 800.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
The Great Drawback.

"One Of de great drawbacks to q
mans bein' charitable an generous"
said Uncle Eben. is de roastiI' he's
liable to git FUN people dat was will.
into be benefited, but warnr picked
out"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Prof. Holden has issued his an
nual warning to the farmers telling
them that now is the time to test
their seed corn" 1t is always slow
work getting people to take up with
a new idea but every year there is a
larger per cent of tested seed planted
and the result has no doubt been more
money in the farmers pockets
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

One woman has arisen to remark
that the average woman doesn't
spend over $25 a year for hats. The
average smoker doesn't spend less
than $50 a year on tobacco.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Fremont Gazette: Some people de-
clare they admire printer who will
tell the truth in his newspaper. What
they mean, it is presumed, is, that
the truth about the other fellow
would be all right, but as to them.
selves, all wrong. This is the age of
greed. ~ ---.-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Advertising sometimes changes
failure" to success" just as one
view dissolves into another at the
moving picture show.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

to ignore this method. Therefore in
the absence of other plans, why not
try the primary?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Not long ago II was asserted on
what seemed to be fairly good eti.
dehce that the ancient Egyptians
had some knowledge of electricity.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02
LOCAL MARKET PRICES,

Paid by Oskaloosa dealers for live
stock, grain and produce.
Grain and Hav
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

shalltown, though the Northwestern
had another train coming along a
couple of hours afterward. 1t seems
the Iowa Central and Rock Island
/ make special efforts to miss each
other in Grinnell by just few min.
utes. To man up a tree it looks
like foolishness, for both roads could
get travel to Chicago that now miss.
es them.
Oskaloosa Tines: We know just
how an evangelist feels now when he
has converted a hardened sinner.
About year ago We came near los.
ing the respect of one of our friends
because we suggested our dislike for
bulldogs in general and the street.
infesting variety in particular Tues.
day he dropped in to tell US that he
had witnessed "free-for-all" dog
fight on High avenue that had con-
verted him to our way of thinking
He branded it as disgraceful and sug.
gested that the police ought to shoot
every dog running at large. That is
going some, but it is not far from
right. Collect the dog tax and insist
that they be kept off the streets or
shoot the dogs.
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New Sharon Star: The graduating
class of Oskaloosa high school ignor-
ed local printers and sent to Chicago
for their commencement announce
ments. A good way for young peo-
pie to show gratitude to the commun.
ity to which they are indebted for a
free education. And, too, they will
be apt to complain if the local pa
pers do not indulge freely in compli-
mentary write-ups of their gradual.
ing exercises.
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Fremont Gazette: Some people de-
clare they admire a printer who will
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-02

Oats-standard, soc; No. 3 white,
29kc; No. white, 29c. e..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-23
ROYAL CHAPLAIN WEEDS
AMERICAN: LOSES JOB

London, Nov. 23.-Nuch com
ment has been caused by the can
collation. of the appointment OF Rev.
Frederick Perciyal Farrar as chap
lain 10 the king and honorary chap
lain 70 Dowager Queen Alexandra.
The official announcement 20 that
effect was issued from the lord
chamberlain Office Rev. Farrar is
rector Of Sandringham. Interview
ers We're told that Rev. Far~ar had
zone away. leaving no address Rev.
Frederick Perci~al Farrar on July 9
last married Miss Nora uayis. daugh-
ter OF the late L. Clarke Davis OF
Philadelphia and sister Of Richard
Harding Davis. author and play
wright. The marriage took place at
St. Andrews. Westuiuster. The
cifts included tokens from King
George. Queen Mary. Dowager
Queen Alexandra and other mem
5e-s Of the royal family.