The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-09-07
From Fridays Daily.

| during the coming year.
From Fridays Daily.
On Wednesday evening of this week
at eight o'clock at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
Colyer, occurred the marriage of Miss
Rebecca Colyer and Rev. James Hamil-
ton Lash, of Rialto, Cal, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. F. A. Lawson
of the Methodist Episcopal church, in
the presence of few intimate friends
and relatives.
The ruptial event was one of grace
full simplicity throughout. The house
was charmingly decorated for the occa
sion with sweet peas, astors, and ferns.
At $40 Mr. De Witt d. Lash of Chi
cago, brother of the groom, sang "Beau-
ties Eyes" after which the bridal pair
preceded by Miss Marion E. Hunt of
MankatO as bridesmaid and DR.. William
Colyer, brother of the bride of Min
neapolis as best man, took their places.
to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march played by Miss Cora Hulburt of
Morris. The bride was very gracefully
attired in a gown of white mOusscline lie
sole over white silk. She wore white
sweet peas in her hair and carried a
shower bouquet of the same. The
bridesmaid wore a very becoming gown
of white air line silk over white silk
md carried bouquet of deep red sweet
peas.
After congratulations delicious we'd
cling dinner was served. The guests
present from out of town were Mr.. De
Witt ID. Lash, musical director in
Chicago, brother of the groom; Miss
Warfield of Ocean Beach, CAL; Mrs.
Burt Stevens of Minneapolis, sister
of the bride; DR.. William Colyer of
Minneapolis, brother of the bride, and
Miss Marion E. Hunt of Mankato.
The bride is so well known. in Man
kato that no words of introduction are
needed. She is a graduate of Hamlinc
college and for the past eight years she
has successfully taught in the high
schools of Morris, Dawson, and Winnie
bago, and the past two years in the
Mankato state normal. Her splendid
Christian character and her deep spirit
ual magnetism is benediction to all
with whom she comes in contact. The
groom is a young Baptist minister of
sterling character.
The bride and groom received many
useful and pretty presents including
money, cut glass, silver and linen.
After spending month at Morris.
Mankato, Winnebago and Chicago. Rev.
and Mrs. Lash will 90 to Rialto where
they will make their future home. They
carry with them the heartiest congratu
lations of their many friends.
The marriage of Miss Helen Mar
garet Wallace, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Wallace, to Rev. John Morton
Davies of Grand Rapids, Mimi, took
place today at o'clock, in the Maeal-
ester Presbyterian church. The altar
was arranged with tall palms and ferns.
while pink and white sweet peas lent
their fragrant beauty. Ropes of green
outlined the center aisle and bouquets
of sweet peas were tied to the pews.
The service was read by the grand
father of the bride, Rev. DIR. T. X
Davis of Wooster, Ohio. Harry E.
Phillips of st. Paul sang several mum
bers before Miss AIillicent Nahum of
Brainerd, announced the arrival of the
bridal party with the 'Lohengrin" we'd
ding march. The bridesmaids, who were
gowned in white and carried pink
flowers, were Misses Inez Godward, Ell
bow Lake; Bessie Doig, Claremont;
Edith Pinney, Mapkato; Jessie Camp