The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-28

home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Johnson o.
lie Hitler at $3.50 o'clock last evening
when their sister, Miss Zelma John
son, and Mr. Roger S. Hughes of st
Paul were united i'm marriage Rev
+. NJ. Martinson of the First Baptist
church of this city, officiated The
bride was attired in a beautiful dress OF
French lawn and carried bouquet OF
bridal roses. The bride was attended by
Miss Frances McDermott, who also wore
white lawn and carried bouquet OF
pink carnations. The groom was at
tended by Mr.. Jacob Hoy.
After the ceremony lunch was served
by Mrs johnson and assisted by Misses
Otillie and Della DanielsOn and Miss
Florence Johnson, cousin of the bride
and Miss Eunice Hughes, sister of the
groom. The dining room was decorated
in red and pink. The parlor where the
ceremony was performed was decorated
in pink and peonies. Yellow daisies
were used in the back paror to carry
out the color scheme, and the sitting
room in pink and white.
The bride received numerous and
beautiful gifts of silver, linen, hand
painted china and paintings The out
of town guests were Mrs. j. d. Roberts
and daughter of st. Paul, Mrs Alex
| Hughes of Wisconsin, Mr.. John Thomas,
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Roberts, Miss Esth-
er Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roberts. Mr.. Earl
,, Thomas, Mr.. Robert Thomas of Lake
| Crystal and Miss Jennie Hughes of
Jamestown, n. d., sister of the groom
The bride was born and raised in Man
kato and has large circle of friends.
The groom is the son of Mrs. HI. d.
Hughes of Mankato and was born and
raised in this city. For the past five
years he has been in the employ of the
j. ID. Roberts Heating company of st.
Paul.
The young couple departed for st.
Paul where they will be at home after
July Is at 1903 East Minnehaha street
Rev. B. V. Black of the Christian
church united in marriage at two o'clock
this afternoon Mr. Arthur T. Cummings
and Miss Lucy Burk, both residents of
Mankato. The marriage ceremony was
performed at the home of Rev. Black,
81 South Second street. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cummings will reside in LeI1ilIier. Both
are lestimable young people and their
many friends will wish them much hap
piness.
A very pretty, but strictly private
wedding took place this morning at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Vance at
200 Carroll street, their daughter, Miss
Mamie Vance, being married to Hugh
Palmer of Spokane. The house was
beautifully adorned in pink and white,
and also with smilaX, which was taste
fully hung from the windows and cham
deliers. The bride was arrayed in
white French lawn and carried bou-
quet of sweet peas. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Peter Clare.
There were no other witnesses to the
ceremony except relatives and both
bride and groom were unattended.
Among the guests were the groom's
father, J. w. Palmer of st. James, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bowder of Lisbon,
Iowa, the latter an aunt of the bride.
The couple received beautiful array
of presents.
Immediately after the ceremony, the
company was served with a wedding
breakfast. Misses Kathleen and Maude
the dining room.
The same morning the bride and
groom left on their wedding trip, for
which the bride was dressed in brown
cheviot with hat to match. They first
went to ST. Paul, where they will re-
main few days at the Frederic, and
later will 90 to Spokane, where they
will make their home after Aug. l.
The bride was until recently student
at the normal school. The groom is a
railway conductor.
Mrs. c. Danielson was given a very
pleasant surprise last evening at her
home on South Fourth street by six
teen of her lady friends in honor of her
birthday. Five hundred was played dur
ING the evening and honors were Won |
by Mrs. Joseph Davies and Mrs. j. r.
Snow The ladies presented Mrs. Daniel |
son with a dozen cut glass tumblers.
Mrs A. c. Barney and Mrs. d. G. |
Willard have issued invitations to a So
cial afternoon to be held this week Sat- |
urday at the home of Mrs. Barney on
Clark street.
Twenty young friends of Miss Inga |
Peterson surprised her last evening at
her place of residence in the Henderson |
home on Minnesota street. A jolly So
cial time with games and refreshments |
was enjoyed by ALL
Aleck Taylor, formerly employed at
the Standard brewery, left today for st.
Paul, where he will make his future |
home
Fred Walser has returned to his home
in Mankato to spend the summer, hav-
ing completed his years work as
student at st. Johns college at College
vile, MINI.
Miss Alice Burns of Mapleton, who
has been for forty years one of the most
prominent teachers of Blue Earth coun- +,
ty, left last evening for California,
where. she will make her future home.
At San Francisco she will attend the
annual meeting of the National Educa-
tional association. She will live at |
Pasadena, Cal.
Harry Hayward left today on a bust
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