The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-03-05


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| --STEEN--Married at 2
ioclock p. IN. Monday evening, March
u, 1914, at the Eta Cook home, 500
High avenue west, Mr.. Roy Weaver
and Mrs. Lille Steen, both of Oska.
loosa. Justice of the Peace Dave b.
Hawkins Omciating In the ceremony.
/ KENT-Nellie G. Thomas. daughter
of the late. Peter l.. and Mary r.
Thomas, was born April ~, 1870, and
died of peritOnitus, Feb. Is, 1914, at
Mt. Gilead, Ohio. She was student
at Penn College years ago and was
married to Geo. e. Kent, Dec. 10, 1894.
Three children were born to them,
Arthur T., Howard r., and Edith, dy
ing in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Kent
lived on a farm near New Sharon for
Iseveral years after their marriage and
for Il short time Mr.. Kent was en-
plOyed ut the Hawkeye Lumber Co.,
afterwards entering the ministry of
the Friends church, and has since.
been located in Ohio. He is at pres.
Ient pastor of the Mt. Gilead Friends
church ut Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and is also
president Of the Missionary Board of
Ohio Yearly Meeting. lnterment was
made at Damascus, Ohio, Rev. John
Pennington officiating.
ADAiR--SPARKS.- Dan Adair
and Miss Ada Sparks were united in
marriage, Feb. 2S, 1914, ut four o.
clock. Miss Sparks has been head
waitress at the Downing Hotel for u
number of years She is well known
in OSkaloosa and has a host of
friends. Mr.. Adair is an employee OF
the NJ. & st. l.. railroad. He has
lived in OskaloOsa a number OF
years and is we'll thought of by his
many friends. The wedding was Il
quiet affair, witnessed only by Il few
relatives and friends. The bride is
a sister of Mrs. Frank Risney and
an aunt OF Mrs. +. j. Sowden, OF
Knoxville, Iowa. The couple went to
their cosy little home on North A
street and A avenue, which was al
ready prepared by the groom. Mr..
and Mrs. Adair expect to go to st. |
Louis on their wedding tour, Ia Wis. |
ii Mr.. Adair's relatives. "->
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mar
red at Marshalltown, Monday, Feb. !
16, 1914, Miss Faye Montgomery of
OskaIoOsa to Mr.. Charles Martin of
Wright.
Announcement OF the happy event !
comes in the nature of a surprise to !
the many friends Of the contracting !
parties. The young people slipped |
out of town, were married quietly,
and but few OF the most intimate |
l..sy a Nf Mi do Of tl,n Of
fair. They went to Davenport and
Rock Island upon 4 brief honeymoon !
trip, returned home, took their plac !
es in the wOrk-a-day worla with new
err a word said OF the happy occur.
renee and no one knew until Il few |
days ago when the news leaked ont |
by chance, but congratulations will
be none the less numerous or sin |
cere.. The bride is popular young
lady of Oskaloosa, well and fayorably |
known to Oskaloosa people through |
a most faithful service of over five
years with the Sanitary Bakery
house. She is daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Montgomery and young
woman OF most estimable character.
The groom. Charles Martin is son
OF Mr. and Mrs. w. c.. Martin, No.
lO17 First avenue east, who has been
engaged in farm work near Wright,
to which place bride and groom will
repair for permanent residence with.
in a few weeks. In the meantime,
Mrs. Martin has resumed her place
at the bakery. The Herald joins the
many friends in extending best wish
eS.
RICKEY.-Mrs.H Hanna Hickey, one
of the oldest ladies in Oskaloosa,
died at 1910 o'clock a. m. Saturday,
February %, 1914, the result of a fall
and attendant fracture of the left hip
two weeks ago, at her home, No 312
High avenue east Funeral at two
o'clock p. m. Monday, March 2. 1914,
from the Chessman Funeral Home,
First avenue east. Interment in For
est cemetery. ........ g.
Deceased was a native of Pennsyl.
vania, born June II, 1920, and was