News: Arthur Pickering - Staronia Calange, 1909-1916

PICKERING, CALANGE

Posted By: Stephen D. Williams (email)
Date: 7/19/2005 at 01:31:33

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The Iowa City Citizen
Johnson County, Iowa
Friday, 15 January 1909
page 1 of 8, column 6

*Has Resigned Position.*
Arthur A. Pickering has been obliged to sever his connection with the Iowa candy kitchen on account of poor health.

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Iowa City Daily Press
Johnson County, Iowa
Wednesday, 17 February 1909
page 1 of 8, column 6

YOUNG LOVERS
HAVE VANISHED
FROM IOWA CITY
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SEVENTEEN-YEAR OLD YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE GONE.
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Love of Arthur Pickering and Lovely
Greek Lassie not Sanctioned
by Relatives.
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Arthur Pickering, the son of a prominent merchant, and Miss Staronia K. Calange, a greek school girl--each about 17 years of age--have disappeared from the city, and relatives fear they have eloped.
The young man was a clerk in the "Candy Kitchen" owned by his sweet-heart's brother-in-law, James Constantine.
The girl is a very attractive brunnette, with all the dark beauty of her nationality. She came here about eight months ago from Leonidon, in Greece, and has been attending a local school.

*Too Young, Said Kinsfolk.*
The boy fell deeply in love with her, but the affair was discouraged by both sides of the house, owing to the extreme youth of the young people.
Finally, the candy merchant and the lover parted, and the kinsfolk rejoiced in the belief that the young people's love making which had seriously interfered with the selling of sweets and the study of the three "R's," had been interrupted and even broken off.

*Love Laughs at Locksmiths.*
Evidently the young people thought otherwise, and they apparently held certain clandestine meetings, or carried on a little correspondence which resulted in the flight of both from the city.

*May be in Seattle.*
The boy has relatives in Seattle, Wash., and may have taken his prospective bride thither. He had dropped hints, however, as to Oklahoma City, and the chief of police in each city has been communicated with. Of course, the age of the young people, who are not much more than children, will prohibit their marriage, unless they secure parental or other authoritative permission to marry.

*Description of Couple.*
The description of the young people as telegraphed is as follows:
Arthur Pickering, aged about 17.
Staronia Calange, aged 17.
Girl about 5 feet, 1 inch high; hair dark, Greek nationality; wore blue suit and blue hat.
Boy--Dark eyes, light brown hair; two or three gold filled teeth in front mouth; about 5 feet 8 inches high, Black overcoat.

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Iowa City Daily Press
Johnson County, Iowa
Thursday, 18 February 1909
page 5 of 10, column 3

GOOD POST FOR
IOWA CITY BOY
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ARTHUR PICKERING IN BUSINESS
IN OKLAHOMA
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Young Man Bids His Parents Affec-
tionate Goodbye and Leaves For
Great Southwest
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Arthur Pickering is in Oklahoma, where he has sceured [sic] a lucrative post, alluring to any young man who has ambitions to succeed in business.
It proved too tempting for Mr. Pickering, and he has gone thither to "grow up with the country." Friends will wish him abundant success.
An injustice has been done Mr. Pickering in the broadcast reports that intimated that he had left home without knowledge of his parents.
John A. Pickering, the young man's father, is one of the leading business men of Iowa City, and his son discussed his plans to embark in the mercantile sea fully, before he went away.
Mr. Pickering says Arthur left home without a suggestion of secrecy of clandestine flight. The young man packed his things at home; bade his people goodbye with his usual affectionateness; and kept them well-informed as to his destination--Oklahoma.

*As To Love Affair*
As to the reported love affair, with the pretty Greek girl, Mr. Pickering sr., says he knows nothing. Neither does he know anything about her departure. So far as Miss Calange's alleged affection for Arthur is concerned, the young man's father does not claim any knowledge. He says frankly however, that he does not believe in interfering with young people, when they pick and choose their mates, and, if the couple in question desire to wed, that is their own affair.
He has absolutely no information however, to the effect that the young people left Iowa City, together, and he is emphatic in his assertion that Arthur did not leave home in secret, or because he was thwarted in his wishes by any parental objections.
Arthur's standing in the public schools and in the business world has been of the best, and Mr. Pickering speaks just as complimentarily of the young lady, who has won many friends here during her short residence in Iowa City.

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The Iowa City Citizen
Johnson County, Iowa
Friday, 1 April 1910
page 8 of 8, column 2

*Son at Arthur Pickering's*
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pickering have received word of the birth to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pickering at Pekin, Ill., of a son. Mr. Pickering is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pickering of this city.

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The Iowa City Citizen
Johnson County, Iowa
Wednesday, 26 January 1916
page 3 of 8, column 5

...The City...
...
A son has arrived to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pickering.