Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-05-25
BilharZ-HinShaw.

1t is, perhaps, because we are partial
to home weddings and believing that
nowhere outside the sacred precincts
of home, surrounded by loved ones,
free from every restraint, and midst
the dearest associations of all that has
made life dear to her. does bride APP
pear lovlier, that we are led to say that
the wedding of Miss Nivien Hinshaw
to Mr.. Edward F. Bilharz, at the
beautiful suburban home of the brides
parents, Mr.and MrsJ Joshua Hinshaw,
Tuesday evening, May Is, 1899, was
the prettiest, happiest and most ele
CANT home wedding we ever witnessed.
But little decoration is required for
this home, which is conceded to be as
fine country residence as there is in
the county, yet there were cut flowers
and potted plants in profusion. Over
and in front of the large east bay
window, a bower of white ribbon and
smilaN, was suspended a pendent from
which was true lovers knot in white
flowers, the plants in the window
forming beautiful background.
At $50 o'clock Prof. Barrows was
seated at the piano and with orchestra
accompaniment, Mrs. Tarleton sang
you'll Be My Sweetheart Always.n
This was followed by Lohengrin's
wedding hymn, sung by Mesdames
Warthen and Tarleton and Misses
Talbot and Clammer, during which
time the wedding party entered. First
the ribbon girls, then President Harris
who took position within the bower;
the groom with Mr.. John Powers; the
maid of honor, Miss Bilharz; the maids
Misses Whitney and Todd; the flower
girls, Anna May Swan and Bessie
Tarleton; then the little ring bearer,
Master Merrill Clark, nephew of the
bride, and last came picture Of love
Illness, the stately handsome bride,
gowned in heavy white corded benga-
line silk with tulle veil held in place
by diamond brooch, and carrying an
elaborate bouquet of bridal roses. She
advanced to a position on the left of
him whom she loves more than all
else, and the words that made them
husband and wife were, in his solemn
and impressive manner, spoken by
Rev. Harris.
While congratulating Mr.. BilharZ
on securing for his own, Indianola' IS
fairest, most beloved and accomplished
daughter, it is with a deep sense of the
generally expressed regret that what
| is his gain is our loss, and the same
may be said of Audubon, for, while
Indianola loses this lovely adornment
Of her social circle, and the Methodist
church and Sunday school one of its
most useful and active members, Au-
dubon gains her as the bride of one OF
her first young citizens and most pros.
porous busin ess men.
The wedding supper was one of the
finest ever served and the presents
among which was check from the
groom's father for $4,000, were hand.
some and very valuable, being in com
parison with the high esteem and love
in which Nivien Hinshaw is held by
all.
Out of Town Guests.
Ma. and Mrs. Bilharz and daughter
and DR.. A. l.. Brooks, Audubon; Mr.
E. A. Curtis, Chicago: DR.. and Mrs
Hinshaw and Miss Todd, Winterset
DR.. and Mrs. Hinshaw, Dallas Center
DR.. and Mrs. Thompson, Centerville
Mr.. and Mrs. Olin Sweet, Mrs. Harry
PLANE, Mr.. and Mrs. Camp. Des
Moines; Miss Ada Whitney, Bedford
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Manley, Milo
Indianola Record.