Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-27
Block-Kesling.

Block-Kesling.
| At the residence of the brides par
ents, Thursday evening, October goth,
1892, at $40 o'clock P. NJ, Miss HATTIE
KEsLING of this place and Mr.. HENRY
BLOCK of Middlebrook were united in
the sacred bonds of wedlock. The Rev.
Olin Rose OF Graniteville performed
the sacred rites in manner calculated
| to impress the high contracting parties
| and all others present with due sense
of the solemnity of the occasion.
The bride is the youngest daughter
of the well-knOwn II. L. Kesling, pro-
prietor of the .:Kesling Hotel, and her
happy and cheerful disposition has
made her one of the best-known young
ladies of Ironton. She is blue-eyed
blonde, with clear complexion, of med
ium height and has a well-rounded
form. Hattie" was the pride of her
parents and a general favorite with
everybody. She was attired in cream
colored brocaded satin, made with long
train and trimmed in blond lace, wore
white kid gloves and white slippers
and carried a bouquet of natural flow
ers, consisting of white pinks, white
roses and rose-buds and ferns. The
groom is one of Iron county's best
known young men, having been born
and reared here and is now in business
at his old home in Middlebrook. He
is fine specimen of physical manhood,
and has many friends who will rejoice
with him in the prize he has won as a
partner through life.
Miss Addie Petit and DIR. Roger
Gay acted as bridesmaid and grooms-
man. They were beautifully attired
and looked sufficiently comfortable and
self-possessed to have been the princi-
pals in this drama of life. The brides
maid was attired in white brocaded
satin, trimmed in white silk point lace
aud wore white kid gloves.
The ceremony was witnessed by about
forty friends and relatives of the happy
pair. Immediately after the ceremony
and congratulations and EQUATIONS
the dining-room doors were thrown
open and revealed to the guests
a largo table tastefully arranged and
and fairly groaning beneath its burden
of choice viands, to which all did ample
justice, and to describe, which would
to tantalize those who were not pres
ent
After supper and compliments to the
hostess, renewed congratulations to the
bride and groom and some. social rem
iniscences, the guests departed, hav-
ing spent pleasant evening, notwith-
standing the unpleasant weather. The
happy couple left on the Accommoda-
ton the following morning for st.
Louis, where they will spend a few
days seeing the sights and purchasing
a housekeeping outfit, and then return
TO Middlebrook, their future home.
May their life be one of unalIoyed bliss.
Following is a list of presents, with
the names of the donors: VIM Thomas,
plush work-box; Mr. and Mrs A Wink
Ter, ten-day clock-"oak;'' Mrs A P
Vance, two fruit dishes; w Trauer-
NIGHT, handsome table spread, lace bed
spread and shams; Mr. and Mrs Rodack,
olding-bed-sOak;" MIR and Mrs Chas
Liggett, tea set and cake stand; Mrs L
Block. >beddings; Judge Emerson and
wife, handsome water set; Mr. and Mrs
Eli d AXE, table cloth and napkins and
a handsome bouquet of roses; Mr. and
Mrs w Whitworth, table cloth and
napkins; Miss Belle Palmer, silk gar
ment: DR. Goulding and wife, silver
butter dish; Retta Patton, table scarf;
Mr. and Mrs Walter Fisher, set of COB
lets; Miss Kate Taylor, silver pie knife;
l G Whitworth, Sr.. silver cake-stand;
w H Whitworth, silver fitting pitcher;
Miss Addie Petit, puff box; Mr. and
Mrs H L Kesling, silver castor; Mrs S
Williams, majelica pitcher: Rev Rose,
one dozen napkins; j N Bishop and
wife, handsome vase; Mrs Trauernicht,
table cloth and napkins; c L Mason,
china tea set; w P McCarver, fine
buggy whip; Mrs Paul Patton, canary
bird; Grandma Trauernicht, silver tray;
Nat Mansfield, ivory pocket-book. gold
breastpin and two ornamented hair
pins; c. II Schneider, set of silver
knives and forks and one-halt dozen
spoons.
Ed. Reqaster-The fashion and elite
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