Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1911 — PREFERS HIS “KID” BROTHER [ARTICLE]

PREFERS HIS “KID” BROTHER

Maid of 35 Throws Over “Octo” for a "Septua”—Rejected Suitor Quits His Old Haunts. New York.—Courted by two brothers, both widowers, one 76 years old, the other 83, Miss Ella Klssam of Halesite, L. 1., has chosen the younger, and in a few days, it is announced, she will become the bride of Capt Charles E. Sammis of Huntington. A license has been issued by Stanton E. Sammis, town clerk of Huntingion. ... The rejected suitor, Rinaldo Sammis, Is so downcast, it is said, that he has quit his ancient haunts on the north shore and has retired to the umbrageous seclusion of Freehold, N. J. Miss Klssam Is only 35 and a prospective heiress. She was long sought by eligible bachelors and widowers even younger than herself, but her heart soon inclined to the two Sammlsses. When the grizzled skipper and his brother visited the Klssams several months ago. at their winter home in Morehead City, N. C., it was known to their friends the brothers would not return north until one had won the hand of Miss Ella. Though the captain is fairly well to do, Rinaldo has more money. Land he dwned was bought in a suburban real estate “boom." His cornfields have been cut into building lots, and friends refer to him as the “farmer millionaire.** Oscar Kissam, father of the bride-to-be, was called “the dynamite boss’* of Long Island because of his extensive operations as a contractor. When the two Sammlses went to Morehead City tfeey were the best of friends, and they bantered each other on their expectation. But when they came back to the north and Rinaldo heard the news from the captain. It is said the loser left the train at the first stopping place and waited for another one. The captain’s friends at Huntington are getting ready to serenade him.