Iowa
Old Press
Waterloo Daily Reporter
Waterloo, Black Hawk co. Iowa
November 18, 1909
Society.
Duncan-Allen. A pretty church wedding was solemnized Wednesday
evening when Miss Nellie E. Duncan was united in marriage to Mr.
John W. Allen of McGregor, Iowa, by Rev. C.H. Stauffacher, pastor
of Logan Avenue Evangelical church. At 8:00 o'clock to the
strains of Lohengrin's wedding march, played by Miss Hazel Green,
the bridal party came down the aisle. First came the flower
girls, little Mildred Heiple and Lettie Altland, dressed in silk
mull and strewing the path with rose petals. Then the bride on
the arm of her father, Mr. H. Duncan. She looked charming, gowned
in a white Messaline satin dress, trimmed in shell pearls, and
wearing a net veil caught with a spray of roses, and carried a
large shower bridal bouquet. Following the bride came the
bridesmaids, Miss Esther Allen and Miss Ethel Moore, clad in
white chiffon gowns and carrying white roses. At the altar
beautifully decorated in ferns and white roses, the bride was met
by the groom and best man, Mr. Archie Tritz, of McGregor, Iowa
and the two little ring bearers, Ella Gales and Edna Moore, who
carried the ring on a white satin cushion. Immediately following
the impressive ring service, a reception was held at the home of
the bride's parents on Chesnut street. Eighty-five guests were
present to shower the happy couple with good wishes and
congratulations. During the evening the many beautiful gifts
received by the young couple were on display in the library and
created much admiration. In the dining room, where the three
course wedding supper was served, the decorations were pink and
white carnations. The bridal table looked exquisite with
trimmings of pink and green. Mrs. Allen has a host of frineds in
Waterloo. She is a graduate of E.W.H.S. and is a member of the
Loga Avenue Evangelical church, being prominent in church
circles. The groom is a resident of McGregor, Iowa, but for the
past few months has been making his home in Waterloo. The young
couple left last night for a short trip to the home of the groom,
at the end of which they will be at home after Dec. 1, at 337
Chestnut street. Mrs. P.F. Shank, of Sumner; Mrs. Allen, of
Elkader; Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Harry & John Smith, of
Tripoli; Esther Allen and Archie Tritz of McGregor, and Mr. R.
Hall, of Grand Rapids, Mich. were the guests present from
out-of-town.
City Briefs.
-H. Duncan, whilte bidding good-bye to his daughter, Mrs. John
Allen, who was married last evening, was suddenly taken ill at
the Illinois Central station and was removed to his home on
Chesnut street, where he is now resting easy.
-E.A. French was in Marshalltown Thursday on business.
-F.D. Griffin, of New Hampton, and W.W. Saylor, of Waverly, were
business callers Wednesday.
-Charles W. Virden, Mrs. C.W. McRelvie and Mrs. C.L. Dean left
Thursday morning for Rowan, Iowa, to be present at the funeral of
Jas. Virden, which was held there at 2:30 in the afternoon.
-F.M. Wells, secretary of the local Modern Brotherhood of America
lodge, received two $1,000 checks Thursday in payment of the
insurance held on the life of T. Edward Kilpatrick. The checks
were made payable to the widow, Mrs. Ella Kilpatrick.
-Dr. and Mrs. G.J. McAlvin have moved from Cedar Falls and are
now settling their new home, which was formerly the R.A. Davidson
residence, corner of West Park avenue and South street. The
doctor will open an office in the house and will soon be ready to
begin his practice.
-John Downing, aged 8, was attacked and terribly hurt by a big
dog owned by E.S. Sayr. A large portion of the scalp was torn
from the boy's head and flung aside by the dog. The animal then
began to chew one of the boy's shoulders, and later started to
gnaw at one of the legs, tearing away the flesh from the knee to
the ankle.
Petition for Guardian
Alleging that his father, John Connelly is of unsound mind, Frank
Connelly has petitioned the district court to appoint William
Connelly, a brother of the petitioner, guardian of their father.
William J. Connelly was Wednesday afternoon appointed
administrator of the estate of Margaret Connelly, deceased. The
estate consists of personal property valued at $2,100.
More Inebriates.
Two more inebriates were committed to Knoxville by Judge Platt on
Thursday morning. The first was Thomas J. Connelly of Waterloo,
who the evidence showed, had been addicted to strong drink for a
number of years. The other was Arthur Kline of Laporte, a young
married man, aged 25. Kline was arraigned before the court on
March 13, 1897, and ordered committed to Knoxville, but the
committment was not issued during good behavior. Kline admitted,
however, that he had violated his parole.
Marriage License.
Emory J. Miller, 31, Waterloo and Mary Isabel Shilliam, 25,
Waterloo.
Jesup News.
-Nick Hess entered the employ of E. Parker & Son, yesterday.
He will do all their delivery work.
-The Charles Emerson family has been released from quarantine and
the children of Will Burger are improving satisfactory. Both
these families have had scarlet fever.
-Adam Nunnenaker, who has worked the past year as assistant in
the Chapman lumber yard, resigned his position and has accepted
the office of manager of the Spahn Rose yard. He will be
successor to Mr. Sprecker who has been foreman of the yard for
the past three years. Mr. Sprecker has been promoted to foreman
of the same company's yard in Waverly. Both these men have had
much experience in the lumber business.
Smallpox in Manchester
According to a letter received by Mrs. M.A. Parker from a sister
in Manchester, smallpox is creating much apprehension in that
city. Twenty-seven cases are said to now exist, twelve of which
are in one family.
Cedar Falls News Items
-M.G. Egloff is spending a little time in Manitoba attending to
business affairs.
-Mrs. Addie Weitnancy of Hazelton is visiting Mrs. T.F. Murray.
-Mrs. W.W. Gist will leave the first of the week for Des Moines
to spend Thanksgiving with her son Charles Gist and family, and
from there will go to Humeston to visit her son, Rev. Nathan Gist
and family.
-Mr. and Mrs. John Simpson left this morning fo rNashua where
they will locate on a farm which they recently purchased two
miles from that town.
-Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Clay went to Vinton Wednesday afternoon to be
present in the evening at the marriage of Mrs. Clay's niece, Miss
Ethel Conner, of Vinton, with Mr. Benedict Larson of Fort Dodge.
About seventy family friends were present. Mr. and Mrs. Clay
returned today.
Child Wife Wants to Go Back to School
Boone, Ia, Nov 18 - A child wife in this city, just past the age
which would compel her to attend the public schools, is suing for
a divorce in the district court here from her husband, aged
nearly 50 years. Grace Van Dorn, asks the court to free her from
the ties that bind her to John Van Dorn, a sheep shearer. They
were married last February and shortly afterwards she was taken
ill with inflammatory rheumatism and was bedfast for many weeks.
Some time after the wedding the city's truant officer called at
the home of the Chambers, the girl's maiden name, and was going
to compel the youngster to attend the public schools, according
to law, but could not do so on account of the marriage of the
girl. She was at that time 14 years of age, but in her petition
for divorce states that is now 15 years old. The husband, John
Van Dorn, not finding much work in his line of endeavor, has had
little to do, barely enough upon which to subsist. The wife
alleges in her petition that he treated her inhumanely. The girl
claims in the petition that she lft him in April, just three
months after the wedding. She asks to have her maiden name
restored, but nothing is said about alimony. Perhaps the child
wife will return to school and complete her education after the
divorce is granted.
Clarksville News.
-Mrs. Mary Doughty, who has been visiting relatives in North
Dakota for some time, is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Hunt before leaving for her home in Texas.
-R.L. Slimmer, Bert Thompson and Dr. J.L. Hesse, who were in an
auto wreck at Rochelle, Ill. last week, are now all at home.
-R.H. Waugh returned home Monday, from Blairstown, Mo., where he
went Thursday to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Jennie
Christ, who died at Chanute, Kan.
-Bruce Lansing who was called here from Des Moines by the illness
of his sister, Mrs. Joe Burton, returned home Saturday.
-Born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Davis, of Burchinal, Friday, Nov.
12, a nine and one-half pound baby boy. Mrs. Davis was Miss Grace
Gabby of this city.
-John Schoonmaker, who for a number of years resided here, died
at the county home Monday night, and the remains were taken to
Lowell for burial. He died of dropsy.
-Charles Leehhoff, who lives between here and Allison, died at a
hospital in Minneapolis Monday night and the remains were taken
to Butler Center for burial. He is survived by six children,
three of whom are being educated a the deaf and dumb asylum at
Council Bluffs.
Fritz Wedeking was born in Germany September 26, 1852, and died
at Clarksville, Nov. 11, 1909. Funeral services at the German
church at 10:30 Sunday. Interment was at Pleasant Valley. He is
survived by his wife and four children. The cause of death was
pneumonia. He was one of Clarksville's most respected German
citizens, in lodge, social and business circles. He at one time
owned the Central meat market, which he conducted for several
years. He was a member of the local I.O.O.F. A company of thirty
from the Shell Rock lodge attended the funeral services.
Mrs. Ida Grimn-King was born at Queensbury, N.Y., Jan. 30, 1852
and died at the home of her son, Harry, at Red Oak, Nov. 13,
1909. She came to Maquoketa when a young girl with her parents,
where on January 22, 1886, she was married to Jasper King, who
with her aged mother, and two sons, Harry of Red Oak, and Walter
of Cedar Rapids, and brother Charles Grimn, of Cumnerland,
survive her, and were all present at the funeral, which was held
at the Presbyterian church Tuesday.
SUMMARY OF THE IOWA STATE NEWS.
-Jacob Schersack, pioneer resident and proprietor of a German
coffee house in Des Moines was found dead in his restaurant by
one of his employees. Schersack was 72 years of age and it is
thought that his death was due to heart failure.
-A new trial has been given Degler murder mystery at Muscatine by
the disappearance of Mrs. Degler, wife of the murdered man and
mother of the young man who is supposed to have builty of the
murder.
-Levi Alexander, living four miles southwest of Winterset, sold
his 80-acre farm to his neighbor, W.F. Hircock, for $180 per
acre.
-While trudging from one stove to another carrying fire in a
shovel, the little 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fugate
of Carney, near Des Moines, received fatal burns, from which he
died shortly before 6:00 o'clock last night.
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