The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-06-22

Clerk of the Courts since our last re.
port:
No. Name. Residence. Age.
John H. Rodgers, Ottumwa AT
952 and
Ida M. Springer, ottumwa ..... .3S
~t, .IHI tzl' --.s 80 .,.... .."
Tracy Swfsher, Peoria, la. 10
953 t" and
Bertha Van Cleave, Peoria, la. . .21
Charles l.. McMains, Oskaloosa. .21
954 and
Ida F. Graft, Muscatine. .........2 30
JUBECK.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Jubeck, Saturday, June 10, an
| 81 pound boy.
McMAINS-GRAFF: C. Woodruff
married Ida F. Graft, of Muscatine to
Charles l.. McMaines of this city in
his office Saturday evening, June II,
at 900 o'clock. The ceremony was
witnessed by a few friends of the
| couple.
The groom is a well known harness
maker of this city and popular
young man. The brides home is at
Muscatine, but she has been employ.
ed in Oskaloosa for the past seven
months. The couple will make Oska.
loosa their future home.
MCCLURE - GIBSON. - Mrs. J. G
Patterson is in receipt of the an
nouncement of the marriage of Miss
Katherine Celaine Gibson at her home
in Cumberland Gap, Tenn, Wednes
day, June Ia, to Mr.. Fay Mcclure
They will be at home for the present
at Rutledge, Tenn, although Wash
ington, d. c., is to be their headquar
tiers. Mr.. Mcclure is a Mahaska
county boy, son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. S. c. Mcclure, and a brother OF
| Mrs. Patterson. He is a civil engin
eer in the service of the national gov
eminent and is temporarily located
at Cumberland Gap. Friends and &C
quaintances will extend congratula
ions and pest wishes.
| RY-STEFFEN-Mar at the
residence of the officiating minister
Rev. Alexander McFerran of First
Presbyterian church, at 1870 O'Clock
p. m, Thursday, June Is, 1911, Miss
Maria E. Steffen, of Wayland, to Mr.
Leighton r. Perry, of this city. The
wedding was of private character a
small number of relatives being pres
ent as witnesses. Immediately fol
lowing the ceremony the young cou
pie left the city by automobile, 60
ing to a neighboring town, where they
took the train for Chicago, where they
will spend the honeymoon. Returning
to Okaloosa they will be at home al
The residence of J. H. Perry, No. 4S4
North Ninth street.
The bride is a charming and inter
esting young lady. She is native OF
Luzerne, Switzerland and has been
residing with her mother at Wayland
iowa, until about two years ago when
she came to OskaloOsa to take VI
the work of trained nurse and has
been with the Abbott hospital, where
she has made a host of friends by
her capability and her pleasant and
kindly disposition. Leighton Perry
is an Oskaloosa boy, well known
about town as a clerk in the mailing
department of the local post Office
He Is young man of excellent char
acter. He is a graduate of Oskaloo
sa high school, class of 1906, and has
been actively engaged in the business
world ever since. Friends here and
elsewhere will extend congratula
! tions and best wishes.
NELSON.-Of the death of for
mer well-known citizen of Oskalooss
the Tingley indicator says:
r. d. Nelson, whom we mentioned
last week as having been taken to DR.
D. K. killingsworth's hospital al
Clarinda, suffering from an acute at
tack of chronic appendicitis, was oper.
ated on Wednesday evening, when il
was discovered that the appendix had
bursted and that there was pus all
through the intestines. Scarcely any
hope was entertained for his recovery
at first, though he rallied sufficiently
that both DR.. belong and G. M. Rich.
ardsOn returned, the latter being re,
called Saturday afternoon, May 81
but Mr.. Nelson passed away that even.
ing at $40 He had been in the meat
market business in Tingley for some
years and was well liked by all for
his genial, jOvial disposition. To
know him was to number him among
your friends. Just one week pre-
vious to his death he was at his meat
market in apparently his usual good
health, so that his death comes like
great shock to all. He was a prom.
inent member of the Christian church
having united with that organization
at the close of the big revival held
here by Evangelist Galloway. Mr..
Nelson was also identified with all
objects tending to build up the com.
munity, and a member of the Odd
Fellow and Woodmen lodges. He
was born in Mahaska county, Iowa,
Aug. 2, 1876. On July 90, 1900, he was
united in marriage with Miss Minnie
Richardson. and six years ago last