Rock Rapids Review
Lyon County, Iowa
February 8, 1900
AVERY, ROY - FRANCIS FLICK
CUPIDS DOINGS
The marriage ceremony of Miss Francis Flick and Roy Avery of
Sioux Falls took place last evening at the residence of the
bride's parents. Rev. Wasser pronounced the words that joined
them together in his impressive manner. An elaborate repast was
served to invited guests. Many substantial and useful presents
were given by friends and relatives. In speaking of the young
couple, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader says: Roy Avery of this city
was united in marriage Wednesday to Miss Frances Flick of Rock
Rapids.
After a couple of days visit Mr. and Mrs. Avery will return to
Sioux Falls where they will make their residence for the present
with the parents of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. Avery at the corner
of Prairie Avenue and Ninth Street. Mr. Avery was brought to this
city when an infant by his parents and has spent all his life
here. He is interested with his father and brother Harry in the
Queen City Laundry. He is very popular among his associates. Miss
Flick has visited her aunt in this city on several occasions and
has quite a circle of acquaintances here who are glad to have her
become one of them.
REBER, SAMUEL - CECILIA SHERMAN MILES
CAPTAIN SAMUEL REBER - A Prominent and Fortunate Army Officer
FIANCÉ OF MISS MILES - Choice of the Daughter of the Commanding
General of the Army–A West Point Graduate and an Electrical
Expert
The announcement a short time ago of the engagement of the
daughter of the Major General commanding the Army, Miss Cecilia
Sherman Miles, to Captain Samuel Reber caused a considerable stir
in Army circles, where Miss Miles has long been a leading figure.
The announcement was unexpected, and therefore came in the nature
of a surprise, although there was really nothing surprising about
it. Captain Reber, whose mother was a Sherman is Miss Mile's
second cousin, and the two have almost grown up together. He is
several years her senior, and they have been fast friends, so
much that no one thought of them as lovers. More than that, Miss
Miles has been such a general favorite that her name has
frequently been coupled with those of other Army officers who
have paid her marked attention, and her marriage has been
professed repeatedly, but until now she has remained fancy free.
She is an unusually intelligent bright young woman. As a little
girl, and while she was in her teens also, she lived much of the
time with her parents at the frontier Army posts, and that
experience gave her a breadth of character which is not unusually
found among girls of society. Later on she came East and attended
a fashionable boarding school for two or three years, but most of
her education was obtained from tutors under her father's
immediate supervision. Only those who have the good fortune to
know General Miles intimately are aware of the geniality of his
disposition. In his home he is seen at his best; he is the ideal
husband and father, and with his wife, daughter and son, a youth
of about eighteen, who is now at West Point, is a most delightful
companion. He is never too busy to be interested in what
interests them, and he always prefers an evening at his own
fireside to any other place. Miss Mile's quick, receptive mind
has always been a source of pleasure to him. As a little child he
delighted to guide her, reading, and as she grew older she formed
the habit of reading to him from the books he enjoyed. In this
way she has obtained a wide scope of general information, and has
in consequence been of much help to him in his literary work.
Captain Reber is one of the most promising and certainly one of
the most fortunate of the younger Army officers. He was born in
Missouri thirty-five years ago, and was appointed from that State
to West Point. He was graduated with the class of ‘8; and
was appointed second lieutenant of the 4th Cavalry in the
following July, and in 1892 was made a first Lieutenant of the
9th Cavalry. In January, 1894, he entered the Signal Corps,
became chief signal officer of volunteers; in May, 1898, and in
July of the same year was appointed Lieutenant Colonel. He
remained chief signal officer with the Army Corps and of the
Department of Matanzas and Santa Clara, and also acting
superintendent of military telegraph lines of the island of Cuba,
until January 1899, which he was made chief signal officer of the
Department of the East, with headquarters at Governor's Island,
where he is now stationed. Captain Reber is an electrical expert.
He took a special course of instructions at Johns Hopkins in
connection with his work on the Intercontinental Railway
Commission of 1892, of which he was a member. He was also on duty
with the Board of Engineer Officers on the Water Power of the
Great Falls from April to July, in 1894, and was one of the
Government appointees for examining and reporting upon the
electrical exhibits of the Atlanta Exposition. During the
Spanish-American war he was on duty with the United States Army
in Puerto Rico, and accompanied General Miles in his campaign
across the island. Miss Miles has been with her parents on the
Pacific Coast. The wedding is to take place in Washington in
January.
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Rock Rapids Review
Lyon County, Iowa
February 15, 1900
MOELER, HANS P. - MARY PEERY
A HAPPY UNION
A quiet marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. A.J. Williams
yesterday afternoon at the residence of J.M. Peery in Cleveland
Township, when his daughter Miss Mary Peery was united to Hans P.
Moeler. Only the near relatives of the contracting parties and
intimate friends were present. The groom is an industrious farmer
possessing all the attributes that make a man win wealth and
renown–a willing hand and an honest heart. The bride is an
amiable and gifted women, true to her conviction, and devoted to
her home and husband. The Review joins with their
friends in heartiness upon their journey through life
BEACH, WINIFRED E. - BEAUTIFUL IN DEATH
A Life Crowned With all Virtue and Loveliness Has Ceased
On the morning of February 12 at 5 o'clock Miss Winifred E. Beach
departed this life after a long illness of consumption at the age
of 32 years. The funeral of Miss Winifred E. Beach, sister of
Mrs. J.J. Grout, was held from the residence of Dr. J.J. Grout
Wednesday afternoon, February 14. Rev. J.B. Chase, pastor of the
church of Hull, of which she had been a member for eleven years,
officiating. The pallbearers were Arthur, Shirley and Clayton
brothers of the deceased, and Wilfred Beach, a cousin. Beautiful
floral offerings from the societies of Eastern Star, Civics club
and Ladies Guild of Hull and Ladies Reading circle of Rock
Rapids, besides numerous offerings from other relatives and
friends testified to the large circle of friends to whom she was
dear. Those in attendance from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. I.W.
Beach, parents, and Misses Gertrude E. Adeialde M., Muriel J. and
Mossrs, Shirley L., and Clayton L. Beach all of Hull, sisters and
brothers of deceased; Dr. and Mrs. A.W. Beach of Sheldon, Mossrs.
A.L. and Wilfred W. Beach of Sioux City; Mrs. J.S. Wilson and
Rev. J.B. Chase of Hull, Mrs. Chas. Creglow of Doon. The
interment was made in the Rock Rapids cemetery.