Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-08

| DerInR 30 sat uOWn 10 tiTet-CouTse
dinner. The bride is a daughter oil
Mrs. s. l.. Terry. Before coming &c
Cambridge she lived in Arthur. Ill.
where she learned the millinery trade
and was in partnership in the millin
cry shop in Cambridge of the firm OF
Terry &C. Mascall. coming here three
years ago. She has won her way in
the hearts OF the people of Cambridge
by her sweet and lovable nature. Mr.,
Melin was former Moline boy, a son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. y. p. Melin, now OF
! Springfield, Ill. He has made his home
/ in Cambridge for four years, and is a
member of the law firm of Hand Il
Melin. He is a graduate OF the Uni
versity of Illinois, and was captain of
the track team while attending the in
stitution. Although his home has been
in Springfield until recent years he
! has gained many friends during his
residence here, The house was beau
tifully decorated in pink and white
carnations, smilax, ferns and palms.
also white wedding bells. The couple
left the same evening for a short we'd
ding trip to Peoria, Springfield and
Chicago, returning to Cambridge Sun
day evening where they have
gone to housekeeping in a home fur
nished by the groom on West Center
street. The out-of-town guests were:
August Melin. uncle of the groom;
Emma Melin, Helma Melin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alvin Swanson, Myrtle Nelson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Book. Buelah Nelson, all
OF Moline; D. G. Robinson, of Cuba;
Juanetta Stamp of U-bana, a cousin of
the bride.
Mrs. Margareta Nelson, who died
April %, was born at Hvena, Kalmar
Ian, Sweden, Aug. "a. 1871. She came
to this country in 1862 at the age of 81
years. This was during the Civil war.
She came alone, her family, of whom
there was father, mother and seven
brothers and sisters, remaining at
home. The following year she married
Peter Herman Nelson, and soon after
they settled on the farm that has ever
since been their home. Here her hus-
band died March, II. 1881, leaving his
wife and an only son, John Oscar, to
mourn. In 1875 she, with her husband,
Joined the Lutheran church at Cam
bridge, and has remained a member !
ever since. The funeral was held from |
the home Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, and interment was made in |
the Rosedale cemetery. A quartet COM
posed of the Misses Violet Peterson,
Judith Huline, Myrtle Pratt and Mar
garet Chapman, sang the selections.
The High School Alumni association
will hold their annual banquet in the
high school gymnasium Friday even
ing, June >, The following committees
have been appointed: Refreshments,
Mrs. Imogene Eaton, Mrs. Tdith San
luist, Mrs. Emma Peterson: program,
Mrs. Rhoda Rogers, Mrs. Nell Eaton,
August Alsen; reception. Harry S.
White. Violet Peterson, Ruth Ander-
son, Helen NJ. Turner. Roy Poppletcn;
linen and silverware, Medic Johnson,
Mayme Johnson, Ruby Cookies, Hazel
Pratt; dishes, Victoria Smith, Mrs.
Fay Yohn Nelson. Carl Human: dec
orating dining room, Ruth Rosenstone
Mrs. Patience Wright, Carl Brodel:
decorating reception hall, Jennie Scott,
Ellen Ericsson. Alice Gustafson; tables,
Iettie Hull, Jennie Fairlie, Frank
Rheuben Rosenstone;
finance, Roy Poppleton, Barney Ball.,
Nellie Sedergren.
Mrs. George Brown, who was oper-
tied upon for appendicitis at Daven- ,
bort. returned to her home in Cam ,
bridge Saturday.
William Metz and son Earl visited I
Sunday with relatives in Moline.
Miss Mayme Talbot of Galva visited !
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. I
!. (. Talbot.
There yere nine car loads of stock 5
shipped from Cambridge last Tuesday :
~ the following persons: A. E. An
lerson, two loads of cattle; Hillbloom .
Bros, one of hogs: John NJ. Anderson.
me of cattle; s. S. Rishel, one of cat
lie; S. c. Hutchinson, one of hogs;
,harles Arnstedt, one of cattle; S. p.
Iwandron, two of cattle: A. E. and J.
Il. Anderson, Rishel Arnstedt and Ere
lndson accompanied the shipments.
Jake Friend of Nekoma was a bust
less caller in Cambridge Tuesday.
Miss Ruth Jockey of Galva is visit
ng at the home of her parents, Mr..
nd Mrs. William Jockey.
Mrs. Kate Pratt and son Harry went
o Davenport Tuesday, where the lat
er underwent successful operation
l.. T. Souther, after spending a short
ime with Attorney Fred II. Hand.
eft Wednesday morning for his home
4 Springfield.
Mrs. S. L. Terry left Tuesday for a
hort visit with relatives and friends
i Arcola.
Mrs. Emma Cook returned Tuesday
rom short visit with her daughter.
frn. Bertha Hayes, in Kewanee.
A. J. Crawford returned Tuesday
rom Chicago.
Miss Agnes Gran, after spending a
ew weeks with her parents. Mr.. and
lrs. ]. F. Gran. left Wednesday to re-
ume her work in Chicago.
Miss Daisy Quirk spent Wednesday
i Rock Island and Davenport.
Attorney z. A. Melin was a tri-cIty