The Newtown bee., 1899-11-03
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$500
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Silver Wedding Anniversary.

or mar AND MRS H @. sTAHL OF BELLE
VUE, O.
The many friends Of MI and Nj RS Il. G.
Stahl OF Bellevue, o., will be int rested
In the following account of their silver
Stahl is q daughter of Dea and Mrs N.
W. MItchf IL The following report is
from tn Bellevue News:
One Of the most elaborate and delight
full social functions ever given In Belle
vue was the Observation" of the silver
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs 81.
c. Stahl, Wednesday evening, October
IS: The electricisn's art had been call
d into requisition to specially illuminate
the piazza and grounds, and the florist
had ira nsformed the interior Of the pa
lstisl home into tropical paradise.
Mr. and Mrs Stahl received their guests
most graciously, and amid the beautiful
surroundings and the constantly shifting
sea OF bright faces and attractive appar-
ell all found entertainment ami unbound
ed opportunity for social eI joyment.
Despite the fact that the company was
UNUSUALLY large, the house provided an
abundance Of room for all. Everywhere,
the parlors, library, dining room, reeep-
ion hall, and on the grand staircase, the
vfyacious company swayed and intermin-
&lCAt OnCh Ohd Wibs "uGbbCu w bA6lk pGrS
by contact with the others, and all
thought of care banished from the mind.
About two hundred guests were pres
emit. Those from out OF town we're: Mr.
and Mrs N. w. Mitchell, parents of Mrs
Stabl of South Britain, Connecticut; Mr.
and Mrs George G. Stab and Mr. and Mrs
E. B. South&ld Of Toledo; Mrs A. j.
Stahl, Of LAP, rte, Ind ; Judge and Mrs
Samuel Brinkerhc Fl, Mr. and Mrs K. NJ,
Shade, Misses Fl IRA and Edith Stahl, M.
w. Seibert, Mrs NJ. r. Stoner and Mr. and
Mrs George Fl. Whitney, of Fremont: Mr.
and Mrs Emmons d. Darkness and Miss
and Mr. Fred Beech, of Norwalk; and DR.
and Mrs Geo ge K. Smith and Mr. and
Mrs Arthur LoVeland, of OberIin.
Many elegant costumes were worn by
the ladies. Mrs Stahl was attired In
beautiful gown Of gray satin marVe laau
With diamond ornaments. Mrs Mitchell
we're a dress of black embroidered
mouselin de sole over gold silk with
Brussels point lace, being the same dress
which she wore on the occasion of Der
golden wedding last spring. Miss Edna
Stahl wore white silk null over white
taffeta, trimmed with rose petals and
diamond ornaments. Mrs George Stab
was gowncd in black silk with jet trim
mings. Mrs A. j. Stahl, q handsome
black gown with diamond ornaments.
Mrs DR. Smith, lavender and black silk.
Mrs LOVeland, white organdy. Mrs
BrinkerhOtf, grey silk, diamond orns-
ment. There were many other beautiful
d esses.
The presents were numerous and ele-
CANT. They included not only articles of
silver, but marble, cut glass, rare china,
works of art, etc. A gift which Mrs
Stahl highly appreciates is that of the
Tourists club, of which abe is member,
being two beautiful silver candelRbra. A
gift which combines the practical and the
humorous is that of DR. and Mrs Fl. M.
Hoyt. IC IL silver pen and pencil rack
In the form of q sawbuck. One X of the
rack Ia. composed Of two old and well
worn spoons which belonged tn Mrs
StahPs at-great-grandfSther, Eleaz
Mitchell, the founder OF the family in
Connecticut, who purchased the old
homestead Of the Indians. The spoons
which compose the other X are modern.
Attached t. the former is a picture of Mr.
and Mrs. Stahl as bride and groow, and
to the latter pictures of them as they sp-
pear to-day, with the nscription, "Notice
che Improvement In spoons"
Deltci )us refreshments were served In
the spacious third story, that department
being under the supervision of Frank
Leeher, the fremont caterer, and his
corps cf assistants. w. Z. Longs man.
dolin club furnished delightful music to
heiGhten the enjoyment NJ the repast.
Miss Annie G. Mitchell and Harlow G.
StRhl were married October 81, 1874, at
South Britain, Connecticut. During the
acceedlng twelve years they lived at
Fremont, and In 1886 came to Bellevue,
where they have since resided and where
Mr. Stahl has built up remarkably pros.
pereus manufacturing business.
-Four children have been born to Mr.
and Mrs Stahl; Misses Edna, Alice and
Marion, and Maste Ha, low, the rogue Of
the household. The family circle remsina
unbroken and the pictures Of all were
neatly grouped on page OF an album In
which the guests registered.
The host and hostess have won the
highest regards of their my Rad of
friends, and the consensus Of sentiment
expressed by the guests as they reluct.
RntIy took their departure was we'll ex-
pressed In q telegram fr )m an absent
friend, who expressed the hope that they
might live to celebrate the anniversary
founded upon the present monetary
standard of this country.