Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1899 — This Jolly Old Batch, Has Made a Good Match. [ARTICLE]

This Jolly Old Batch, Has Made a Good Match.

From East St. Louis, 111., comes lagging along the very pleasant intelligence that our former well known and always jolly and well liked townsman, Johnny Callow has at last taken unto himself a wife. The first intelligence Mr. Callow’s parents and sisters here received of the wedding was conveyed in the following dipping from an East St. Louis paper: Mr. Callow and Miss Flora D. Mais were wedded at high noon Saturday at the Borne of Rev. Gallaher, Presbytertian minister at Belleville. Mr. Callow is the popular manager of the Postal Telegraph Company of this city. A short time ago he was sent here from Centralia to manage their branch office in the Sexton building. He is one of the best known telegraph operators in the country, and while only in the East St. Louis a short time, has made a host of friends for himself as well as the company. He is also a prominent member of the K.of P., I. O. O. F. and D. O. K. of H. Miss Mais is the daughter of one of Centralia’s most prominent as well as wealthiest citizens, M. Durant, better known to the literary world as “Aspiro,” the once famous puzzle worker. This marriage will be quite a surprise to their many friends in Centralia, as it has been conducted on the quiet. They will be at home to their friends in their new home, No. 20 North Main street, this city, after Sunday, November 12th.