Grand Island Daily Independent
Friday, December 31, 1909

SICKNESS OF GROOM CAUSES
POSTPONEMENT OF WEDDING

The marriage of Miss Grace Gorman of this city to Mr. O. M. Evans, contractor of the postoffice building here, which was to have taken place in Omaha Wednesday afternoon, had to be postponed because of the illness of Mr. Evans. Shortly after eating lunch on that day he was taken very ill and was later, on the advice of a specialist who had been called in, taken to the Methodist hospital, where he is reported today as somewhat better. It is stated that Mr. Evans' illness is probably due to a nervous breakdown, although the physician in charge would not state positively what the trouble is until he could make further examination and was unable to say how long a time must elapse before his recovery. Miss Gorman and her mother are still in Omaha. Mr. Percy Gorman, who accompanied the party to Omaha, returned this morning. The latter stated this afternoon that there was no foundation in fact in the rumor that prevailed today that Mr. Evans was stricken with polio myelitis and said that his illness was probably brought on by the recent death of the mother of Mr. Evans, and its attendant anxiety and worry.