Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-06

bridesmaid, dressed in white null,
trimmed in lace and insertion
wearing large white hat and carry
ing pink roses; flower girl,
little Irene Bremhorst, wearing a dress
of pink silk null and carrying basket
of flowers; the bride and maid of
honor Miss Lena Bremhorst. They
were met at the altar by the groom
and his best man, Henry Bremhorst.
The bridal party entered the sanctu-
airy where the ceremony was perform
ed at the foot of the altar. The bride
was exquisitely gowned in white silk
mousseiine with trimmings of Honiton
lace. Her veil was of tulle and she
carried white roses. The maid of hon
or wore beautiful dress of white null,
trimmed with valencennes lace,
large pink hat and she carried
pink roses. Professor Charles Koett
presided at the organ The church
was beautifully decorated with roses
and syringa, the sanctuary railing be-
ing one solid mass of the beautiful
white blossoms.
A wedding breakfast was served at
the home of the brides parents after
the ceremony, to the members of the
families only.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stoessel are both prom
inent young people. They left on the
noon Rock Island train for their home
in Minneapolis, where Mr.. Stoessel is
engaged in the grocery business.
tFrom Thursdays Daily.
Apretty home wedding occurred last
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. d. Rhine, 302 North Weller street,
when their daughter, Miss Anna q.
Rhine was united in marriage to Rev.
j. Daniel Johnson. The ceremony
was performed at o'clock in the par
lor by Rev. ]. o. Bentall, of st. Anne,
ILL.,, a brother of the groom, in the
presence of about twenty-five rela-
tives and friends. After the cere-
mony light refreshments We're served
The bride wore a travelling suit of
gray cloth. She is charming young
woman and has lived in Ottumwa most
all her life, graduating in the
class OF 1898 of the Ottumwa high
school, and is also member of the
| Willard street Methodist church. The
groom is Baptist minister, and le-
sides in Salt Lake City, Utah, where
he has for the past four years been in
terested in the Missionary work of
the Baptist church in Utah. He is a
| young man with fine education and
| is forcible speaker. Rev. and Mrs.
| Johnson departed on Burlington No.
| 2 last evening for Litchfield, MINI,
where they will spend their honey
moon. Rev. and Mrs. Johnson will re-
turn to Ottumwa about July Is, after
which they will leave for Salt Lake
City, where they will make their flu
| ture home.
| Last evening at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
M. McConkey, 40S Mabel street, &C.
CURED the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Ella McConkey. to Addison
| Deeds. The ceremony was perform
ed in the back parlor at $3.50 o'clock
by Rev. D. A. Murray, pastor of the
East End Presbyterian church, in the
presence of about one hundred and
fifty guests. The bride and groom
were attended by Miss Laura Gibbons
and Edward Queeney. The bridal
party took their respective places
4 under an arch beautifully dec
Grated with roses and smilax, with 6
solid mass of roses in the background
! After the ceremony a wedding supper
! was served in the dining room, which
was decorated Tor the occasion. The
bride wore gown of white Persian
silk trimmed in chiffon and Mechlir
| lace and carried brides roses
/ The bridesmaid was gowned in Per
sian lawn trimmed with white chiffon
| and lace. The bride has lived in this
city all her life, and has a host OF
friends in the city. She is also g
prominent member of the East End
Presbyterian church. The groom has
made Ottumwa his home for the past
few years coming to this city from
Brighton. He is employed at Dillel
and Deeds grocery in South Ottum
wa, and is an Industrious young
man. The bride and groom were
the recipients of a large number
of valuable presents. The out of town
guests were Mrs. Charles Deeds and
daughter Miss Junia, OF Brighton, Mrs
H. Davis, Misses Jessie and Edna
Wray, and Messrs. James P. Wray
and Charles Wray, of Fairfield.
To-
News has been received in this city
lnhiouASiu6 tuS mail NlOludy 6Ne
ming Of Edgar c. Merritt, of Indianap
oils, Ind, to Miss Estella Ferris, o.
Greensburg, Ind. The ceremony was
performed at Hartwell, Ohio. The
young couple will go to Indianapolis al
once where they will begin house
keeping. Mr.. Merritt is former vel
known Ottumwa boy, having left thi!
city about year and one-half ago. VI
to the time he left here, he was EN-
Iployed as foreign shipping clerk with
John Morrell and Company, and lef
here to accept position with the In
dianapolis Abattoir company, of In
dianapolis, Indiana, with which com
pany he has since been connected He
has many relatives and friends in OF
tumwa.
Major A. L. Rule and Miss Edit
Brady. both of Cedar Rapids, were un
iited in marriage in the First Presby
terrain church of that city last even
ing. The bride and groom are wei
land favorably known in this city, ant
have many friends here. A former OF
how nron noonc o,n ~