The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-18
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WED At EXCELSIOR
Miss Edna May Ripley and Leroy
Albert Page, Jr.
IN THE PRESENCE OF FRIENDS
Nr. Page Member of Phi Kappa Psi
and Captain of 1900 Foot
ball Team.

A June wedding, charming for the sim
plicity Of its appointments, was sol.
,smnized at high noon to-day in the little
Lpiscor al chapel at Excelsior when Miss
Edna May Ripley, and Leroy Albert Page
Jr., of Mason City, Iowa, were married
The bride is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
William Warren Ripley and is member
Of the Alpha Phi fraternity. Mr.. Pasf
is Phi Kappa Psi man and was captain
Of the 1900 university football team. He
was graduated from the university witt
the class of 1900 and is the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. l.. A. Page, of Mason City. -.
3 The service was witnessed only by the
members of the family and they went ou
on the early morning train and enjoyed
e cruise of the lake in Mr.. Burton S
launch until noon.
The chapel was decorated with pro-
fusion of ferns and vines with clusters OIL
white flowers Nesting among the green
There were no attendants. The bride
wore a dainty gown Of white Paris mus
lin fashioned with duchess lace. She
wore veil and carried shower bouquet
Of bride% roses. Rev. John A. Dallam
read the service which was followed by
. wedding breakfast at the cottage of Mr.
II Mrs. H. j.. Burton at Deephaven
AAerican Beauty roses furnished bril-
LAG. decoration through the rooms and
on ,he tables with the exception of the
brides table which was decked with bride
roses.
The out of town guests were Mr.: and
Mrs. l.. A. Page and Miss Page, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. D. Page, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Brett, Miss Brett, Mrs. A. G. Alexander,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Merrill and Frank
Michael all of Mason City. and Mrs. w.
B. Smith and children of Bartlett, N. ..
This evening Mr. and Mrs. Ripley will
give large reception for Mr.. and Mrs.
Page at their home on Tenth street S for
which $50 invitations were issued. Mr..
and Mrs. Page will be at home after
Aug. 1 in Mason City.
The marriage of Miss Florence A. Bint-
lift, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Bint-
lift, and Charles Rogers Shepley took
place this morning at the home of the
bridegroom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs Q. H.
Shepley, on Chicago avenue. Miss Bint-
Lift was tie second Alpha Phi bride of the
day and Mr. shepley is a member Of the
Chi Psi fraternity -.'
The Shepley residence was a bower Of
palms and ferns with great clusters Of
fowers~to relieve the green. The deco
rations and appointments were in the Al
phi Phi colors, red and white. About 200
guests gathered to witness the service
which was read by Rev. ]. S. Montgomery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bintliff and Mr.. and Mrs.
Shepley received the guests. The bride
was Unattended. and wore charming
gown of white voille, trimmed with lace,
and carried a shower bouquet of lilies
of the valley, the Alpha Phi flower. -,
The service was followed by break
fast lat the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bintliff on Portland avenue. There also
the decorations we're in the Alpha Phi
colors and a great basket of red anG
white roses was in the center of the ia
Do1,, nd rod
through the rooms. A buffet breakfast
was served to forty guests. Mrs. Addison
B. Weller, of Milwaukee, the brides
aunt, was among the out Of town rela-
tives present. er
Mr.. Srepley and his bride left for trip
and will be at home after July 1 at
21S Oak street Sc. Mrs. Shepleys going
away gown; was of blue brilliantine with
hat to match. II ....#::. .,-- ...r..
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Sievers on Fourth street N was the scene
Of a pretty wedding this afternoon when
their daughter, Miss Alma, Sievers, and
John Harry Jepson were married. Rev.
F. A. Summer read the service in the
presence. Of forty-fve guests. Miss Lii
. lie Cook played the wedding march and
Mrs. Vida Smith sang Tell Her" and
80, Promise Me- The bride entered with
her father. She wore white Paris mus
lin, tucked and fiounced and trimmed with
lace, and carried bride roses. After the
service an informal reception was held
-Four young women, school mates of. the
bride at the st. Cloud normal school, as
sisted in the dining room. They were
Misses JUNE and Minnie Johnson, Nellie
Edwards and Emma Heffner. Fl
Z The out Of town guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Jepson, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
;Jepson, of Faribault; Miss Jessie Jepson
RoId
Mrs. H. &c. Sievers, Sioux City; Mrs. w
Boesch, New Ulm, and Fred Miller, It'll
AGA, N Y. 80 e. :.
Carnations and palms carried out q
color scheme Of red and green in the dec
orations. In the dining room baskets Of
red roses were in the center of the two
tables and the chandelier above the BRIDES
table was wreathed with smilax which
fell to tie cloth. s.s.. r
Mr.. and Mrs. Jepson went at once tc
thu Jew home, 1898 Emerson avenue N
Among the weddings of the day was
that of Miss Maude Doris Rees, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rees, and Don
aid Holmes Alsdorf Of Hibbing, MINI.
which took place at $3.50 o'clock in the
Phoenix club rooms. A bank of palms
with canopy of smilax and trailing vines
was arranged for the bridal couple anc
SlCdI CAuoIClS VI piuh WulLS- pSOul6S
were placed here and there. Miss Name
Sulzberger played the Mendelssohn marcf
which announced the entrance Of the bri
dial party. Harrison NJ Spencer was bes
man and the maid Of honor was Miss
Maude Alsdorf, the bridegroom's sister
She wore an embroidered ecru swiss over
white and deliberately trimmed with lace
and tucks. Her flowers were sweet peas
The bride entered with her father Hel
gown was an imported embroidered swiss
over white silk. The shirred skirt wa.
en- traine and the bodice was shirred anC
trimmed with point lace. Her tulle vel
was caught with a diamond sunburst ant
her flowers were bride roses.
About fifty guests witnessed the service
after which a banquet was served. Bas
kets of sweet peas decorated the tables
Mr.. and Mrs. Alsdorf left on the evenin,
train for Mackinac Island. They will b,
at b5m,e after Aug. in Hibbing, where
new home is being built for them TIL,
brides travelling gown was of crash IL
one Of the new burnt shades trimmed will
green land her hat was of burnt stray
to match.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. Frank and daughter o
Webster City. Iowa, were among tn
guests.
Miss Anna Bergetha Harrison and Jane
= b. Lilly of Aberdeen were married at
o'clock this afternoon at the home O
the BRIDES uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs
Peter Clausen, on Fourth avenue S. TIL
p decorations were in pink and white ant
carnations and roses were used with palm
through the rooms. A group Of fifteel
guests witnessed the service, which wa
read by Rev. Alfred Ramsay. The brid
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