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Honorable Orlando Jolliffe, of Summit township, was in town Tuesday, and learning that the Auditorium committee intends on holding a fair in the near future, and that all articles on exhibition were to be sold for the benefit of the Auditorium fund, generously offered to donate a fine thoroughbred, white face, coming two-year-old heifer, the choice out of a herd of twenty-five of as fine a lot in the state. Mr. Jolliffe's gift will be highly appreciated by all the citizens of Marion as well as the committee.
Dr. Hannaford reports a girl born to Mrs. Siebert McBride, last Saturday, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Steve Winchester.
The Demoss Lyric Bards will give one of their delightful entertainments at the Baptist church, Saturday evening, April 8th. The program is varied and consists of orchestral selections, Banjo quartette, bell ringing, xylophone selections, German glockenspiel solos, etc. Admission, 15, 25, and 35 cents. Ticket holders can reserve their seats at Stanford & Billings on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, April 5th and 6th. General sale begins at Tuesday noon April 6th.
We miss the old prairie schooners that used to pass through town in the early days. The newcomers, now nearly always travel in the Pullman cars.
Keeler-Jennings Wedding
Miss Mattie Jennings, daughter of David Jennings, was united in marriage at the home of her father, on Wednesday evening, March 22, at 7:30 o'clock, to Mr. Roscoe Keeler, of Ottawa, Kans., Rev. R.H. Tanksley, of Humboldt, performed the ceremony in the presence of a number of relatives and friends. After the ceremony the bridal party attended the meeting at the Christian church. After the services they again assembled at the home where an elegant supper was served.
The bride is the younger daughter of David Jennings, and was born and grew to womanhood in Oswego, where all admire her and are her friends. She was daintily attired in white. She is a pretty, sweet, and modest little lady, a devoted worker in church lines and an immaculate housekeeper. The groom came to Oswego with D.H. Otis and was blacksmith at the Deming ranch until recently when he resigned. He is a competent workman, honest, energetic and of sterling worth and a model young man. By his industry and thrift has accumulated considerable money, and has a business of his own established at Elk, Chase county, Kansas, for which they left on the 9:43 train Thursday morning, followed by the hearty congratulation and well wishes of a large circle of friends. — Oswego Democrat.
Mr. Keeler and wife arrived at Elk Sunday and will occupy the residence recently vacated by Frank Collett. Mr. Keeler will run the Collett blacksmith shop and we bespeak for him a prosperous future for he comes well recommended both as a first class smith and an intelligent, industrious young man of excellent moral character, good habits, active and thorough in his work. We welcome these good people to the community and wish them happiness and prosperity.
Commencing April 5th, and continuing four days, there will be held at the hill school building an exhibition of pictures from the famous Horace K. Turner Exhibit of Boston. The dinner room will be cleared of desks and the pictures well arranged on racks and the walls. All stages of art are represented in this collection, beginning with Egyptian Architecture and coming down to modern American art.
Saturday is "All Fools Day," and if you see a five dollar bill lying on the sidewalk you'll be afraid to pick it up for fear that the laugh will be on you.
