At 8 o’clock last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Kildee, with whom she has lived for nine years, Miss Myrtle Lewis was united in marriage to Amber Howe, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Howe who are substantial farmers living west of town. The ring service was used, the Rev. F.W. Court of the Methodist Episcopal church performing the ceremony. The wedding supper was served to the forty guests immediately after the ceremony.

This morning the bridal pair left for Minneapolis, where with other points they will visit for about ten days before going to their future home in Alexandria Minn., where they will live on their farm.

Mr. and Mrs. Howe are native county folks and they have many friends in and around Osage who wish them success and happiness in their new venture.

THE NEWS is glad to concur in these good wishes.

Miss Louise Lincke of Mitchell left the first of last week for Battle Creek, Michigan where she was married on Wednesday to Robert Loney, one of the Mitchell County soldier boys in camp there. This wedding is not only a surprise to friends of the couple but also to some of the relatives.

Robert is the son of Myron Loney and expects to be sent across the water soon to fight the Hun. The bride is expected home in a few days.

One of the pleasant surprises of the season was the sudden and unannounced wedding on Tuesday of Mr. Chester Blandin and Miss Hilma Swanson. They completely baffled all their friends and slipped away to Waterloo on Monday and were quietly married. From there they went to Des Moines for a few days honeymoon.

These estimable young people are highly thought of here and the report is received by friends with kindest regards for a long and happy wedded life.

For three years Miss Swanson had been the pleasant and highly efficient deputy to the county clerk, and in addition to a thorough business training, is an accomplished young lady. She has been prominent in church and other society and has a wide circle of friends. Mr. Blandin has an excellent position with a Cedar Falls manufacturing concern as a salesman and is rapidly making good.

The newlyweds have not yet returned and it is not known what plans they have regarding their future residence.

Miss Ella Tibbetts of this city was married Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Mary Hewitt at Albert Lea, Minn., to Mr. Elmer Angell, Rev. Hoag officiating. The will live in Clarksville where the groom has a position in a garage.

The couple were accompanied by Miss Bessie Tibbetts of Osage, and Roland Lumm of Clarksville. The trip was made in the groom’s car, both to Albert Lea and to Clarksville. Though the groom is not known here, we are told that he is a fine young man and a capable mechanic. He is the son of Mr. L. Angell of Clarksville. The bride has many friends here.

[See alternate marriage notice under BESSIE TIBBETS]

The latest wedding is that of Miss Laura Gulliver and Mr. Herman Stelter. They were married at the Baptist parsonage by the Rev. Rolla E. Brown early this afternoon. The go to Minneapolis to spend a few days on a wedding trip, and will return here to set up housekeeping on a farm west of this city.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Gulliver and has a great many friends in the city and vicinity. The groom is the son of William Stelter and is a farmer of excellent repute.

There is to be a wedding this evening at the O.F. Havig home in this city, Miss Alice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Havig will wed Mr. Alfred Schoger. The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. J.A. Urnes in the presence of only the immediate relatives.

Miss Havig will wear white crepe de chine and will carry a shower bouquet.

The young couple will go immediately to keeping house on the groom’s farm, ten miles southwest of Osage. This is the old Andrew Schoger homestead, which Mr. Schoger Jr. has purchased of the rest of the heirs.

Last Wednesday morning Miss Ruby Woodard and Theodore Gunderson were married at Clear Lake, Iowa by Rev. N.M. Evans of the Congregational Church. They arrived here Thursday evening and immediately went to housekeeping on the farm they recently rented of H. Hovelson. Theodore needs no introduction to the people of this community as he was born and reared in our mist. Hearty congratulations.

Miss Eunice Gaines, formerly from Little Cedar was married Saturday to Mr. Thomas B. Gilpatrick, at Cedar Rapids. The ceremony was performed by Methodist pastor there and took place at his parsonage.

Attendants were Miss Verna Hill of Osage, and Mr. Willis Gaines, a brother of the bride.

Sunday the bridal party came to Waterloo, and from there Mr. and Mrs. Gilpatrick went to Rockwell near where they will reside on a farm. Mr. Gaines and Miss Hill returned here that day.

The bride is the daughter of J.B. Gaines, who until recently owned a farm and resided in the vicinity of Little Cedar, but who has since moved to Mt. Vernon, where he has purchased a farm.

The German Lutheran Church west of town was the scene of a happy event Tuesday when Miss Elsie Morische and Fred Troge were united in holy wedlock, Rev. Bertram performing the ceremony which was witnessed by only relatives.

This happy couple are two of the fine young people of the county.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morische and the groom a son of Mrs. Fred Troge.

They will make their home on the farm with his mother, he conducting the place.

Hearty congratulations are extended by their numerous friends.

Thursday afternoon at the home of the bride occurred the wedding of Miss Stella Decker and Elmer Morische. Stella is a daughter of the George Deckers, who moved here from near Stacyville a couple of years ago. She is a fine young lady and will make an ideal helpmate for her lucky young husband.

Mr. Morische is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morische and has been associated with his father in managing the home place for several years.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. H.G. Dickmann, Presbyterian minister at Stacyville, and the bride’s former pastor. The double ring ceremony was used. The couple were attended by Misses Edith Decker, sister of the bride and Luella Morische, sister of the groom, and their brothers Lawrence Morische and Albert Decker.

They bride looked very pretty in a while georgette gown trimmed with beads and a net veil.

Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Morische left Friday afternoon for Des Moines and other points, and will be at home on the Morische farm in Rock Township in a few days.

The relatives were the only guests, and Mrs. J.W. Gujer, of Osborne, Kansas can to attend. She is an aunt of Mrs. Morische.

Congratulations are extended by the PRESS.

A fine young couple from Mitchell were married here on Wednesday of last week, the Congregational pastor, Dr. Mahood, performing the ceremony. The bride was Miss Lura Beckner, a teacher in the Mitchell public schools, and the groom was Roland Ham, son of E.J. Ham.

Both young people are very well known here, both having been in the schools here, and been prominent in various of the social activities of the institutions, Mrs. Ham is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Beckner.

The groom has lately entered the grocery business at Mitchell, succeeding Melson & Gilles, and is proving a reliable and pleasant young grocer.

Last Tuesday evening, July 27, at the beautiful home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Lemon, occurred the marriage of their daughter, Glee Wegala, to Mr. John T. Fatland, of Mason City, the Rev. T.J. Gibson, of Little Cedar, officiating.

At the appointed hour, to the soft strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march, played by Miss Johanna DeBuhr, an aisle was formed by the following young ladies holding streamers of pink and white: Misses Laura Milton, Myrna Cooper, Ethel Steelman, Myra McPhail, Dorothy and Ruth Kruger, Mildred and Bernice Martin, all having been former music pupils of the bride. The minister then preceded the groom and best man, Mr. Earnest Umbenhauer, to the altar, made of a bank of pink and white sweet peas. Then came the bridesmaid, Miss Aleta Lemon, sister of the bride, followed by the two little flower girls, Evelyn Fatland and Wilma Woodiwiss, who scattered sweet peas before the bride, who came in leaning on the arm of her father. At this time, Mrs. Edith Smith sweetly sang “Oh Promise Me.”

At the close of the first part of the ceremony and prayer, little Velma Danforth came in, carrying the ring in a white rose. After the ceremony, Miss Smith sang, “I Love You Truly”.

The decorations were in pink and white, and the house presented a beautiful scene. The bride’s dress was of white charmeuse and georgette, and she carried a bouquet of white roses and sweet peas. The bridesmaid’s dress was of pink satin and white georgette and she carried pink and white roses.

The bride is a graduate of Cedar Valley junior college, and has been a most successful public school music teacher at Nora Springs, Plymouth, and Little Cedar.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Fatland, of Mason City, and is one of the salesmen for the Trafford Music Company.

About seventy guests were present and a two-course lap supper was served. Guests from away were: Mr. and Mrs. Elber Lemon, of Fullerton, N.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Gilchrist, of Mason City Mr. and Mrs. T. Fatland, of Austin, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Emery Fatland, of Mason City, Mrs. Sadie Hager and three sons, of Mason City; Miss Helen Starr, of Osage; Mr. Earnest Umbenhauer, of Mason City; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hoel, of Orchard.

The newlyweds will make their future home in Mason City, but first are to spend a few days at Clear Lake and a few weeks in company with Mr. and Mrs. Lemon and Miss Aleta on an auto trip to Yellowstone Park.

Quite a surprise to Osage folks was the marriage of Hugh Starr and Miss Thelma Delaney, which took place at Charles City last Friday.

Both young people are well known here. Thelma is from Lyle, but has been attending college here the past year, and made her home with the A.C. McDougalls. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Delaney of Union Township, and was a member of the college graduating class this season.

Hugh is a second son of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Starr, and was born and brought up here. He attended the local schools and took a business course over at Cedar Valley. For a couple of years he was in South Dakota, working for a time in a bank and later in the local real estate business.

The young couple were accompanied to Charles City by Ella Decker, the bride’s cousin, and Guy Kaufman. Mr. and Mrs. Starr are enjoying a short honeymoon with relatives and friends at Emmetsburg, and will be at home in Osage in the near future.

One of the pretty Christmas weddings which occurs in Osage today is that of Margaret Wilson, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. H.L. Wilson, and Lee Delaney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Delaney of Stacyville.

The ceremony will be performed by Rev. A.C. Cross, the bride’s pastor, at the home of her parents at 11 o’clock. The brides dress is white georgette with bridal veil, and she will carry a shower bouquet of white roses.

Following the ceremony a sumptuous Christmas dinner will be served.

The guests are to be only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties.

The bride spent her girlhood in Osage and graduated from our high school with high honors. She has also filled a large place in the activities of the Baptist church. The groom attended the Lyle high school and also Dubuque College. He is a young man of splendid habits, a member of the Presbyterian Church near Stacyville.

After a short wedding trip they will go to housekeeping on the Delaney farm. Hosts of friends extend heartiest congratulations to these young folks as they launch out on the matrimonial sea.

“The beautiful summer is loath to go, its heart is warm and it loves us so, that it can not utter its latest farewell, until it has lingered its love to tell.”

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith, of Mitchell, was the scene of a very pretty wedding Wednesday evening, October 22, 7 o’clock, when their daughter Lucille was married to Guy Buttolph, of this place. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lemon of Osage. Flowers were numerous and added to the attractiveness of the occasion, the decorations being smilax and white flowers. The presents were numerous and beautiful.

Those in attendance were relatives and near friends. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Swan, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Champion and little daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Clark and two boys, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mrs. Victoria Smith of Osage, grandmother of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Buttolph and two daughters of Grand Meadow.

Dave Boynton surprised his friends last Saturday evening by bringing home a bride from Waterloo- formerly Miss Edna Crotty. They were married at her mother’s home at Waterloo that afternoon and came up here at once on the Clipper.

They are spending a few days at the home of Dave’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Boynton, packing Dave’s furniture and getting ready to move to Waterloo where Dave has a position with the Waterloo Plumbing and Heating Company.

Miss Gladys Richmann and Robert Greenlee were married last Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock at the Congregational parsonage by Rev. Willoughby. Later a wedding supper was served at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Richmann.

The happy couple left the next morning for a wedding trip in southern Iowa.

May their wedded life be full of happiness and prosperity.

Frederic Moss surprised his Osage friends last week by appearing in town with a fine-appearing bride. He and his wife are still here and plan to spend most of the month of September here, guests of his father, Postmaster Fred H. Moss.

They were married at the home of Frederic’s mother, Mrs. J.R. Welch at St. Paul, on the 28th of August, by Rev. Ferguson, an Episcopal army chaplain just home from overseas service.

The bride was Miss Rosalie A. Peterson, of Hopkins Minn., and she impresses Osagers who have met her as a very charming young lady.

They will return to St. Paul in a few weeks and make their home with Mrs. Welch while Frederic pursues his premedic course in the University of Minnesota. Frederic is taking a stiff university course- an eight year one. He says he has five years more.

Miss Anna Schulte, daughter of Mrs. Amanda Schulte was married Saturday to Mr. Edwin O. Larson, of Casselton, N.D. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. O.M. van Swearingen at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Iver Tiedeman, in the presence of immediate relatives. The young couple left for Minneapolis, their future home, on the noon train.

We extend congratulations-

Mitchell Correspondent

Friends of Miss Olive Smith were surprised the latter part of last week to learn of the wedding, on Wednesday of that estimable young lady to Mr. Elmer Lindaman of Charles City. They went from here to Albert Lea where the nuptial knot was made fast, and from there went to Charles City where they will go to housekeeping.

Mr. Lindaman works for his father who conducts an undertaking parlor there.

Miss Smith has a great many friends here who wish her the best things in life. She has been a faithful and efficient employee of the Gardner Nursery Company for the past four or five years. She is the daughter of Will Smith of this city, and has made her home with the Clell Madison family since her mother’s death about six years ago.

This afternoon occurred the marriage of Inga Linstead and Julius Olson, both of Rock Township. Miss Linstead has lived in Mitchell county most of her life, and is an exceptionally attractive and young lady.

Her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Olson, who have purchased the Andre Fjeid home on Mechanic Street, and which they will move into at once. The young couple will go to housekeeping immediately on the farm.

Rev. Urnes performed the ceremony, which made husband and wife, and a bountiful wedding supper was served afterwards.

Tomorrow evening, Miss Mabel Lundene and Irving Nelson will be married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Lundene. The ceremony is to be performed by Rev. Urnes. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nelson of Rock Creek. Miss Lundene has been one of the pleasant clerks at the Malone & Daniels store this winter. This is the third of these clerks to be married in the last two weeks, and we predict a shower of applications for Mr. Ullevig from now on.

Next weeks issue will contain a more detailed account of the wedding.

Today occurred the marriage of Iva Seaton, daughter of E.W. Seaton of this city, and Fred Denning of Des Moines.

Miss Seaton has nursed at Osage and in the county for the past ten years, and is considered one of the best. She has worked with Dr. Bickley and other specialists on serious cases and they all agree that Iva is just about right. Her husband appears to be a fine young fellow, and has made many warm friends during the time he has been here.

They were married at her father’s home in the first ward, and left immediately for a month’s trip at different points. They have secured rooms and will go to housekeeping on their return here.

This came near being a double wedding, as her brother Dwight Seaton was married just a week ago.

Taken from a scrapbook, I am not necessarily related -- Kathy Pike