The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-01-10
HEARTS BEAT As One.
Miss Esther Osten and Charles
Rice Join In Wedlock.
This Brilliant Event Occurs In
Lake Crystal Village.
New Years Eve the Time; A. O.
U. W. Hall the Place.
Large Crowd Witness Happy
Affair; Then a Dance.

Lake Crystal, Jan. 2-Chief of Po-
lice Osten's sister Esther pleaded
guilty to being implicated in mat
rimonial plot which reached it's eli
max on New Years eve in the A. O.
U. w. hall in Lake Crystal, in the
presence of the chief and over two
hundred other witnesses who had
gathered there in. compliance with a
neatly printed notice sent through
the United States mail, reading thus:
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Osten
request the honor of your presence at
the marriage of their daughter
Esther M.
to
Mr.. Charles A. Rice
Woodbine, Iowa
on Tuesday, December the thirty first
nineteen hundred seven
at half past eight
at Workman Hall
Lake Crystal, Minnesota
At home after January fifteenth,
nineteen hundred eight, Seattle, Wash.
Promptly at $3.50 Miss Edna Cole,
who presided at the piano, let her
well trained hands down upon the
keyboard, the doors at the main hall
entrance opened and first entered lit
tie Nora Osten, a sister of the bride,
dressed in pink, from the sole of her
feet to the carnation crowned head,
carrying bunch of pink carnations,
next came three little couples, Elmer
Randall and Hannah James, Clarence
Randall and Marie Clark, and Paul
Paulson and Pearl Mutt, following
them came the Rev. Brooks Hitchings,
then the best man, Harry A. Moe,
and the bridesmaid, Miss Alma Gun
derson, followed by the groom, a
handsome young man, in black
broadcloth suit, with the fair bride
at his side, dressed in a white en-
broidered net chiffon over white satin,
trimmed with Irish crochet, carrying a
bouquet of brides roses. The party
proceeded to an arch built at the east
end of the hall, covered with white
and pink and further beautified by a
large rose bell at the top and an ar
tistic rose decoration, here the knot
was tied with the ring ceremony. Con-
gratulations followed, after which re-
freshments were served, consisting of
cake of various kinds, pink ice cream,
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orchestra furnished the music The
hall was beautiful decorated with
white, pink and evergreens. The af-
fair, which was one of the most elab
crate ever held in this village, ended
in the/new year, after few hours
in the indulgence in the slight fantas-
tic in which the bride and groom
led very gracefully.
All went home happy after ex-
changing New Years greetings.
The bride is model young lady,
well known and beloved by all. She
has for years beer the head saleslady
in d. T.. Owens merchandise estab-
lishment here and will be much missed
by his many customers. Mr.. Rice was
formerly of Woodbine, Iowa, though
not as well known here as the bride,
the guests at the wedding all hoped
he will prove worthy of the prize he
has won.
The happy couple was the recipient
of many valuable and useful presents.
Those attending the wedding from
outside Blue Earth county were: Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Lund, Miss Josie Jar
shaw and Mr.. Johnnie Jarshaw
of Rake, Iowa.; Miss Mathilda
Zimmerman, Redwood Falls; Mr.. Roy
Erickson, Minneapolis, and Miss Douley
Anderson, Plainview, Mimi. -