Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-04
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SOCIETY.
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New Years evening, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon P. Hart
man, ia North Ward street, occurred
the wedding of their only daughter.
Miss Susan Hartman, to John Van
Evera, of Kansas City, the Rev. ]. D.
Stoops. one of the professors at Iowa
college, Grinnell, performing the Ger.
emory.
Roses and carnations, both red and
white. the colors Of the wedding, were
lavishly used throughout the Hartman
home, together with Christmas greens,
holly and southern smilax.
yeritable floral curtain, made Of
the smtlax, roses and carnations, wa;
hung before the mantel in the draw
Ing room, and formed the background
of the ceremony bower
Promptly at + o'clock and to thu
strains of Lohengrin's wedding march
played by Miss Winona Suits. the
wedding party entered the parors.
passing through the ribboned aisle.
Miss Ellen Foster and Miss Ada Hall
of this city and Miss Verna Chase,
Des Moines. and Miss Jessie Wohl-
huter of Paramount, Mimi, being the
ribbon bearers. Little Miss Anna LII
cile Wormhoudt, prettily gowned in a
dress of white, Immediately preceded
the bride and groom, carrying the
wedding ring in the center of an
American Beauty rose.
Miss Irma Wallace of Marshalltown,
just before the. ceremony, beautifully
rendered the pleasing little love song
"Entreat Me to Not Leave Thee and
during the evening favored the
guests with several other selections,
among them being Joan" by Bur.
leigh. Rubens Song of Love- and
81 Love You Truly" by Carrie Jacobs
Bond.
The bride wore a beautiful robe of
white embroidered French law. and
carried bouquet Of white ross and
lilies of the valley, a wreath of the
lilies adjoining her hair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Evera are both
graduates Of Iowa college at Grinnell
the former with the class of 1905 and
the latter with that of 1907, going
there soon latter she finished her stud
les at the Ottumwa high school with
the class Of 1903. Mr.. Van Evera is
a member of the real estate firm Of
Nelson & Grow of Kansas City, where
ne anu HIS Dllutf Will We dL ioLlS oI
1915 Belle street.
The out of town guests were Mrs.
j. r. Van EH BRA, Mr.. ind Mrs. II.
Wells and daughter, Misses Maude,
Pearl Carl and Blythe Cessna OF
Grinnell, all relatives ni Mr.. Van
Evera; Mrs. P. G. Norris, Lehr Lee,
Prof j. P. Ryan. George and Alex
Blatherwick. Grinnell Miss Grace
HILL Oskaloosa; Miss Enth Reed, Al
gona; Miss Ethel Towne, Des Moines;
Miss Verna Chase. Des Moines; Miss
Jessie Wohlhuter. Fairmcunt, MINI;
Charra Currie, MT. Ayr: Miss Jean
cite True. Eddyville; Fulton Van
Evera, Fort Dodge. frank Smith,
Kansas City; Mrs. Lou Blattner, Os-
kaloosa and Mrs. Anna Hanley, Get
tysburg Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Evera left THE
morning on the Milwaukee at 1:45
o'clock for Kansas City,
At the home Of the ;sroom's uncle,
Frank jacobson of 1911 North Wapel-
10 street yesterday moraing, occurred
the marriage of Miss I:ucretia Pratt
and Carl w. Moberg of Fairfield. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. F.
G. Davies of the First Baptist church.
Following the ceremony dinner
was given at the Ballingall hotel, ut
which number of the friends of the
couple were present The couple left
for Chicago on wedding tour "a
Burlington No. at 2 o'clock yeste.'-
day afternoon.
The groom has for sometime past
been employed as compositor on
the Fairfield Tribune, and was former
ly linotype operator on the Courier.
In FAVOR OF OTTuMWA