The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-21


Dave Griffith. Oskaloosa ....... .23
1924 and
Lena Wymore, Oskaloosa 30
ROBERTS.-Justin @. Roberts pass
ed away suddenly this morning. Fun
eral announcement later.
NELSON.-Samuel Nelson, we'll
known resident of Oskaloosa, died
Monday, May Is, 1914, at $3.50 o'clock
a. m. at Mercy Hospital Funeral
| Wednesday, May 20, at $3.50 o'clock
at the Central NJ. Il. church. Inter
ment in Forest cemetery. All mem
bers of the Bible class of the Central
NJ. +. church are requested TO attend
in body. .....
| GOODWIN. = Alberta Reams Good
win, aged 25 years, molths and
days, died Saturday, May 16, 1914, at
9:45 o'clock p. m. at the home in Mon
roe township. Funeral Monday, May
lis, at 800 o'clock at the Wymore
church. Interment in the Wymore
cemetery. Mrs. Goodwin was born
January 8, 1889, in Mahaska county.
and has lived here her entire life.
Death resulted from pneumonia OF
three weeks duration. Mrs. Goodwin
leaves a husband, Harley Goodwin.
two children and her father, G. w.
Hensel, to mourn their loss
| GRIFFITH-W - Mr. Dave
Griffith, youngest step-son of Mr.. and
Mrs Robert Roberts, of South Sec
ond street extension, and Miss Lena
Wymore, daughter of Mrs. Cora Wy
mere, over 1902 First avenue West,
were united in marriage at 1890
O'clock a. m. Sunday, May II, at the
home OF the officiating minister, Rev,
Il Lloyd Williams, south OF Oskaloosa.
The ceremony was witnessed by only
a few very close relatives of the
bride and groom. Mr.. Griffith is a
moulder by trade, being now employ.
ed at the Iowa Valve Co, AID is a
most popular young man with host
of friends in the city The bride is
J widely known and charming young
lady, who has lived in Oskaloosa for
. years. The wedding was kept a Sc
cret from the friends OF the young
couple and il came as big surprise.
Al interesting feature In connection
with the ceremony is the fact that
the parents of the groom were united
, in marriage by the same minister who
yesterday pronounced the words that
married their son. Mr. and Mrs,
Griffith will make their home in Os-
kaloosa but have not yet taken up
a permanent place of residence.
HARDNESS. - John L. Hardness,
well known citizen and business man
Of Oskaloosa for twenty,seven years,
= senior member of the firm of Hark-
: ness & Friend, died suddenly and UNI
expectedly Sunday evening little
after seven O'Clock at his home, No.
!. 1914 South Market street. Although
in poor health for some months and
j. confined TO his home during the last
five weeks he has been better and
: much stronger aad Sunday he was
J. feeling we'll and able. He died while
seated at the supper table with his
wife. They had paItaken of hearty
, dinner, but John had felt strong ap
k petite for supper, which the wife had
J. prepared and he was engaged with
h his broth when he suddenly collapsed
t and fell to one sIle. Mrs. Hardness
l. thought he had tainted and sprang to
his side to catch him before he fell
and the body leaned forward upon the
table. She could not arouse her hus-
band and then tried to telephone for
| aid. Unable to reach anyone by
L phone sne ran to a neighbor, the
Thomas p Johnson home, before she
could secure assistance. The man
= was lifted from the chair TO q cot and
physician called Immediately, hut
death had probably been on sthe in
slant.
E, Joha l.. Hardness was a native OF
Scotland, a son of John Hardness and
> the youngest of nine children, OF
g which family but one survives today
: David, of Cortland, New York. The
family came to America about 1861
and in 1879 John l.. came west to
North English to visit sister. He
= liked Iowa and coming to Oskaloosa
opened a blacksmith and wagon re-
{ pair shop with Pat Hughes and later
= became engaged with II. c. King.
= man, with whom he worked until his
partnership with Tom G. Friend, He
: was q specialist in blacksmithing AID
}, metal working and was genius In
his line of work. He later gave at.
tention to gun building and repairing
-, and he has made several of the finest
y guns ever owned in Oskaloosa. He
!. patented an improved coal drill that
, in its time. had no competitor in its
married, with Eliza Brayton in 1874
by whom there are two children;
John d., of Des Moines, AID VIM. w
of North English; with Miss Eller
Joyce in 1879, the union bringing
three children, all deceased and IL
1888 with Miss Rise Davis, of Oska
! loosa, who bore him two sons, Robert
d. and Maxwell j., both of Oskaloosa
Deceased was a member of the Bap
: tist church, joining at the old family
home in Cortland, New York, but the
membership was not transferred when
he came west. Death was due to
:. dropsy and attendant heart trouble
h and age at date of death was 65 years
: and days. Funeral Tuesday after
i noon at 2:30 o'clock at the Christian
S church. laterment in Forest GENE
& terry. The sympathy of the entire
9 community goes out to the bereaved
. family and the shock OF death bears
equally heavy upon family, associates
j. land frianHS