The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-06-04
BOLTwOOD-sNIELTZER.

MARRIED: At the home of the
BRIDES parents in lola at $50 O'Clock
on Wednesday evening, June 2, 1897
Mr.. William Boltwood, of Chicago
and Miss Nellie Shelter, of lola
Rev. w. L. Squier, pastor of the Pres.
byterian church, officiating.
The house was prettily decorated, as
it was fitting that it should be upon
the eve of the departure of its chiefest
ornament, and was filled with friends
when, at the appointed hour, the
Wedding March began, with Miss
Golf at the organ, and the bride and
groom, escorted by Miss Adah
Wright, and Mr.. w. A. Elliott, OF
Newton, entered the front room. The
simple but beautiful ring ceremony OF
the Presbyterian church was used,
and at its conclusion the husband and
wife received congratulations and
good wishes as sincere and heartfelt
surely as were ever bestowed on any
body anywhere. Delicious refresh
ments were served at the proper time
and the evening was an occasion of
social enjoyment that will remain a
pleasant memory always to those who
were so fortunate as to he there.
Without a hint of depreciation of
any of the lovely gills whom lola has
reluctantly yielded to suitors whose
homes were elsewhere, and who will
always be cordially remembered, it
is safe to say that none has been
given up with such general regret,
such real sorrow, as Nellie Shelter,
and none has left a vacancy in the
social life of the town that it will be
so impossible to fill. 1t is doubtful
if there was ever anyone in lola, man
or woman, so universally popular,
who won without any apparent effort
so much affection and admiration.
And it has all come because, with all
the graces and accomplishments of
young wOmanhOod she has retained
the simplicity and sincerity, the
cheeriness and sweetness and kindli-
ness of childhood. There never was
a blither spirit or a SUMMER heart.
There never was a disposition less
capable of cherishing envy or jeal-
Ousy or malice of any sort. Admired
and petted and praised as she has
been, she has remained without a
trace of affectation or a shade of self
consciousness. Having lived here
nearly all her life her range of &C
quaintance is very large, but she has
the gift, possessed by but few women
and by no men, of greeting each one
in such way as to make him feel
that he is a particular friend. For
many years she has been the leading
soprano in the Presbyterian church
choir, but her fine sweet voice, her
most conspicuous talent, has been
freely at the disposal of every good
cause and has been a welcome part of
nearly every musical program. The
voice will be missed. 1t will be dis
couraging for long time to think of
getting up a program without it.
But what will be missed the most
and the longest will be-Nellie
Shelter! The joyous, wholesome,
personality which has won
and will always hold the affectionate
of all the town.
The groom was formerly resident
of Ottawa but has for some years held
a responsible position in the office of
the paymaster of the Northwestern
road, in Chicago. He has made a
most pleasant impression upon all
who have met him during his brief
visits to lola, and those who know
him intimately speak in the highest
terms of his personality, character
and business attachments. The best
wish that can possibly follow him is
that he may be as fortunate in all the
other enterprises of his life as he has
been in his marriage.
The bride received many beautiful
and valuable presents and more are
awaiting her from her husbands |
friends in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boltwood took the
early morning train for Ottawa, where
hey visited Mr.. BoltwOOd's father
until yesterday afternoon when they
continued their journey to Evanston,
)ne of the prettiest suburbs of Chicago,
where they will make their home.