Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-05
AT FLORAL ALTAR
Samuel Strauss and Miss Irene
RosenfieId are
United.
WEDDING AN ELABORATE ONE
Company of 100 Attend Ceremony
Large Reception
Follows.

Spencer place, the palatial home of
Mrs. Julia Rosenfeld, on Nineteenth
street, was the scene of the
largest and most brilliant wedding
of the year last evening, when her
daughter, Miss Irene II. Rosenfield,
became the bride of Samuel Strauss,
of Des Moines.
The ceremony, at which $50 rela-
tives and intimate friends of the fam
lilies were present, took place at $50
O'Clock, Rabbi W. H. Fineschriber, of
Temple Emmanuel, Davenport, Of
ficiating. An altar was improvised in
the spacious front hallway, white
chrysanthemums and southern smilax
being employed in the formation of a
canopy. beneath which the couple
were stationed while the solemn
words were pronounced.
Mendelssohn's wedding march was
played by Petersen's orchestra as the
bridal party moved toward the altar.
The officiating clergyman, the
groom and his best man, Oscar
Strauss. of Des Moines, advanced
from one of the west rooms, while the
remainder of the bridal party came1
from a room at the south part of the
residence, led by two Of the ushers,
Walter A. Rcsenfield. brother of the
| bride, and William Harbach, Of Des|
Moines, who formed an aisle with
white ribbons. Then followed the
four other ushers, K. Ii. MacMullen,
p. X. Wilmer. Jansen Haines and NJ.
FTankel, all of Des Moines; the maid
of honor, Miss Mary Wadsworth.. of
No no ,-iI c
Mary Comegys, of Rock Island, and
Alice Kuhnen, of Davenport; Nell Leo
nard. of Davenport, and Alice Keator,
of Rock Island, and Dorothy Van Pat
| ten, of Davenport. and Mary Dart, of
Rock Island, and lastly. the bride.
The bride was gowned in white lace,
with full length tulle veil, caught with
diamond pin with platinum setting,
which was designed by the donor, the
groom. She carried magnificent bou-
quet of lilies of the valley.
The maid of honor was costumed in
| pale green and her bouquet was
white chrysanthemums, while the six
! bridesmaids wore white silk and car
ried bouquets of ferns.
wedding Diuner and Reception.
1
party and guests was served at 1880.
The wedding colors, green and white.
| prevailed throughout the house, in
GLIDING the characterization of the
tables. Smiley, of Chicago, was the
| caterer.
Four calcium lights, placed at the
corners of the premises. illumined the
yard and residence, making the sur
roundings as bright as day. and af-
| fording a beautiful picture from the
outside, the lights being visible for
many blocks in all directions.
At . o'clock Mr.. and Mrs. Strauss
held a reception for tri-city friends.
300 of whom responded to invitations.
At midnight Mr.. Strauss and his bride
departed for the east on their we'd
ding trip.
They will make their home in New
York City. where Mr.. Strauss is to
become publisher of the Commercial
| Advertiser. one of the leading dailies
of Gotham, having disposed of his
interest in the Des Moines Register
Leader. For several years he has held
his place among the ablest young
newspaper men in the west, having an
extensive acquaintance in political
and social circles throughout Iowa.
The bride is one of the loveliest of
the set of tri-city young society wo-
men in which she has moved since
girlhood. She is ii graduate of the
local schools and of Kenwood insti-
tute, Chicago. and Miss Sommer's
young ladies' seminary at Washing
ton, and has Travelled much. both in
America and foreign countries. She
is the only daughter of the late Nor
| ris Rosenfield. who established and
made fortune from the operation of
the Moline Wagon company. the con
troll of which still rests with the fam
lily.