The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-26
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

Roy John McCord, Knoxville. q. .22
I14l5 and. .a Geus. u.s. a-
Maude Hartman, Oskaloosa 20
| -.. .-. $1,000
John Bruhn, What Cheer ...24
Mae Cowan, What Cheer ......2l
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COX.-Born, Sunday morning, De-
cember %, 1912, to Mr.. and Mrs. J. J.
Cox, of South First street, an So
pound girl.
BARKOW-The body of Mrs. Rose
Barlow, who died last week at Colo
RADIO Springs, arrived in the city Sun
day evening. Funeral and interment
were held Monday, December 23, 1912.
NELSON - HOWELL.-Married, at
the residence of the officiating min
lister, Rev. ]. M. McClelland, pastor
of the Central M. e. church, at 200
,p. m. Monday, December %, 1912,
Miss Maude Howell to Harry c. Mel
son. The bride is daughter of Phil
lip Howell, of Rose Hill. The groom
is a young business man of Ashton,
Iowa, being engaged in the plumbing
business in that city. The young
couple left last evening for a short
visit in Tama and from there they
will go to Ashton where they will
make their future home.
PARKS.-The, funeral of the late
Mrs. Florence L. Parks, who died in
st. Louis, the result of an operation
for appendicitis, was held Sunday
AFTERNOON at the home of the brother,
Doctor George W. Whitehill, No. I'll
&c avenue East, Rev. Roy f. Deadman,
pastor of the Christian church, Off
ciating. Music for the service was
furnished by Mrs. L. A. Rodgers and
Mrs. S. A. HendryX. Pall-bearers
We're F. l.. Reynolds, A. B. Kirkpat-
rick, Frank Parker, Ed Matthews,
Richard Hull and c. w. Morehouse.
An unusually numerous and extensive
the flowers making a great bank
over a large chair. The body Of the
deceased was accompanied to the
city by the father, ]. w. Whitehill.
The husband, affected by the illness
condition and was unable to attend
the funeral nor to make the journey
and is himself in hospital at the
present time.
LANDFEAR - TURNER. Mar
ried, at the home of the bride, No.
309 B avenue west, at siX-thirty
o'clock p. m, Monday, December 20,
1912, Miss Carolyn Mary Turner, to
Mr.. B. w. Landfear, both of this city,
Dr.. J. M. McClelland, pastor of Gen.
trail NJ E. church officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Landiear departed
cago and an extended wedding trip
that will cover a period of two
months or more. Their "at home"
date is announced for April first.
They go south from Chicago to Chat
tanooga, Nashville, and numerous
cities of the south and southeast, to
stop at ST. Augustine, Florida, with
relatives, and they will take trip
to Key West over the wonderful
East Coast" railway. Plans are not
yet fully matured but they will prob
ably go by boat to Cuba for few
weeks.
The wedding was a pretty and sim
pie home affair with small company
of relatives and friends and the
members of the "Vashti" Club, of
which the bride was a member pres
ent as guests and witnesses. The
bride was daintily clad in a simple
gown of white and carried a shower
bouquet of white roses. The rooms
of the Turner residence had been
tastefully decorated with palms,
ferns and roses, with here and there
present a suggestion of the holiday
season. Miss Mabel Barr of Des
Moines played the wedding march,
Mendelssohn, and the bride was pre-
coded by little Eleanor True, her
only attendant. Following the cere-
mony of marriage, always interesting
and new, the company partook of a
wedding dinner and after a season of
congratulations and merriment, Mr..
and Mrs Landfear were escorted to
the train. They are followed by the
best wishes of friends and acquaint-
ances. Both the young people are
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred B. Turner of Oskaloosa.
She is a graduate of local educational
luStlJullOuS anu competed OUTSIDE
special work. She has 2 wide ac-
quaintance with city and country res
idents through her connection with
the business affairs of local mercan-
tile firms and professional offices.
Her work has been of superiOrSI
class and her services have been in
demand. Every one, almost, knows
Ben Landfear. He is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. Fl. w. Landfear of Wright.
but for years has been connected
with the operating department of the
old Iowa Central and the NJ. & ST. L.
Railways. He has been a train dis
patcher and has rendered a service
that has attracted to him the atten-
ton of the superiOrs of many oper-
ating departments and he has been
much sought after. He has been in
the position of division chief and has
repeatedly refused positions of re.
sponsibility under various we'll
known arrangements. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Landfear have been popular so.
cially, and the announcement of their |
marriage elicits congratulatory ex.
preston from the entire community. |
They are to make their home in Os. |
kaloosa.
HORTIZE-BALDAUF Married, in |
Chicago Sunday Dapambar % 1919