Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-28
LICENSE DENIED ELoPERs.
Parents BaIk PLANO Of Marjorie Rug
giles and Clyde Thompson Of Abel.

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs, Dec. 28-"My folks
don't object, it's her mother. Her faith
er would be all right but her mother
won't allow us to get married. de-
clared Clyde Thompson, 20-year-oid
youth from Adel, between sobs as ne
and his sweetheart. pretty l6-year-old
Marjorie Rugses, also of Abel. were
being detained in Omaha pending the
arrival Of their parents who had beer
notified The young couple had been
in Council Bluffs and Omaha for sew
eral days trying to gain courage to ap-
pear and ask for marriage license
, They had been trailed to Des Moines
and from there to several other places
by kilograms warning license clerks not
| to issue them permit to wed. and
they were afraid something would hap
| pen here, and it did. The license clerk
detained the young people until an Of
| ficer could be notified
/ Marjorie's father is a contractor ir
! Abel Clyde Thompson lived with his
stepfather. Ross Spoilers, on farm
near Abel Marjorie weent to high
school and Clyde was enrolled at col
! lege in Des Moines. Two weeks age
Clyde went home for the holiday vaca
ton. Much of the time the young
couple were together and marriage be-
came their first thought. Neither could
! live without the other, even until the
close of school So they ran away.
! Marjorie sobbed out their story. "Wc
wanted to be AT home for Christmas
oh. so much. but we couldn't because
we didn't want them to know where
we were. Then when we went to gel
the marriage license the clerk kept Us
waiting until the officer came. I don't
care, we will get married anyhow"
Traer News Brevitics.
Special to Times Republican.
Traer, Dec. 2S-Miss Maude Seeleje
has been in Cedar Rapids with her Sis
ter two weeks. She thinks strongly OF
taking a western trip soon.
A little daughter of Sam Harmon in
Geneseo has typhoid fever
There is a new daughter at Henry
Strohbehn's, southeast of town.
Albert kiedel's understanding trouble
/ has finally been diagnosed as tubercu-
| losis. He has failed noticeably of late
| being now confined to his bed much OF
| the time. Arthur Kiedel, a son, Is Ill
of typhoid fever.
John Mowrey began the ice harvest
/ Saturday. The ice is seven or eight
! inches thick and Of an unusually fine
! quality.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Leslie, who re.
Gently sold their farm near the north
Geneseo line and their personal prop
erty, left last week for Colorado on 9
prospecting trip. They have gone tc
Grand Junction, where they have rela-
| tives and will later look over various
localities. They leave Tama county
/ largely for Mrs. Leslie's health. Ernie
Nation, who purchased their farm. has
employed II. II. Kirby, of buckingham
to live on the place and work it the
coming season.
| c. Dreeshen and family, who lived
many years near Clutter, are here
from Canada to spend the winter with
numerous relatives. They are farming
in Alberta and are reported to be do.
ing well.
Mr.. Ed Cohrt and wife. of De.
Moines, are rejoicing over the adven
of son. James Jurgen. into their fam.
lily on Saturday. Dec. 20.
John Gregg arrived in Traer Thurs
day for several days visit with his par.
ents. He is now manager of one OF
the Gregg Grimm banks and Is locat.
ed in Medicine Like. Mont.
The business OF the Traer postoffic.
far exceeded all records for Christina.
week. The force was nearly buried
with packages owing to the low rate.
of the parcel post. On Tuesday nearl.
forty sacks OF mail went out Of Trae,
and Wednesday was fully as big day
The postal clerks were swamped ant
were unable to get the pile OF sacks as
sorted on time.
Jay Hardin and family. who wen
from Geneseo township to Loreburn
Canada. four years ago and recent,
returned have decided to locate l,
| Traer and have rented the McNea
cottage In East Traer.