The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
"Charley' Lammersdorf and
His Wife Celebrated Their Golden
Wedding On the Sandsof the Sahara

80 romance in fiction or his
beautiful than the romance IN
~ VI nrosoni-day life. prosaic So
IL Air. and Mrs. Charles Lam
pi .'oiI- known aud highly re-
~; fiutr residents OF Richficld.
rni,c i'm salt Lake City Chit
].,,ar ]our, I'm far-uff Cnblenz-o tic
= ser,nanv three score years AGO.
,a,Sbood compauionship ripcncd
*Sriendship 4 Of youth and the true
2 ,a,,e of maturity, and was fol-
IN. acceptance Of the sacred
gnarriagc. Allured by the gilt
nromIse Of new America ths
ronne couple. enthusiastic ana
IA will the universe before lIenl.
t" tn lho new world and on To
-d]den West. FROM tnr nl'''.ih,
~ Of the earth a fortune was
,nJ as old age approached this
~ '',a,,Id well feel assured that
,..ijning % DAYS might be spent In
md quiet.
colden Wedding OH Sahara.
.,..a missed. and a half century
.i ~ s,Ietant RislCra Algerian Africa,
1 ~ creat Sahara desert. they colo
ar fiiticth anniversary OF The
u N,bc golden milestone pf their
.s,et. together. With all The pomp
'-r,. oC the customs OF that tar-oif
'3sv ycere c-marrlcd, and on their
T: honevnioou "Trip they. toured nc
Line and out-of-way places OF the
III aud returned In their Utah
'olip, ,nv and as CcntenLe6. as loyal
,r,e 10 each other as they were
- first sweetheart days.
and N-s. Lammersdorf had In
csie bratIng their golden wedding
-1erv In Coblenz. their birthplace,
n,ace of the marriage. March
~ 6ut ilIey found that after
IA ,ivine I'm Utah they could not
os,od health In the damp German
aud they went on To Blsllra,
q Africa. on the Sahara desert,
;bs celcbra lIon was held. 3. regu-
-~riavo ceremony conducted in a
a. n,euuer being the main feature
, cvant In honor OF The occasion.
-,e on rds bearing the following IN
'r, 'o, nrIuted in gold ink in three
French and English
.rrscutcd to their friends:
Remembrance OF the golden wed
a Mr.. Charles Bammersdorf and
<vajbursa Iammersdorf, celebrated
srch 10Th, 1910, In B'skra' Al
Africa
Of the Beaten Path.
4, auendlng the winter on the Sa
~ and Mrs. Isammcrsdorf toured
n paying particular attention TO
-1,ces off the beaten roads OF the
y, tourjsts. and 10 see the sights
[-.f-fhe- way corners OF the world.
ana Mrs I.ammcrsdcrf left Amer
i, fhe steamer Rotterdam OF the
al american line in May, 1903: and
mort at Rotterdam. Holland.
\ fhey went on TO the big cities
|sf section. Travelled the beautiful
4 jn Germany, on TO Wiesbaden, into
Is. Hungary, France. SWltzerland
|{rica. They stayed in BiSkra untll
'ffer part OF March, when that sec
4 deserted by all white people, ana
b the Arabs. on account of the heat;
rent to Teingaad, a great buried
ThIch Is being excavated and re-
nv The French government Inc
afed portion at the present time,
'Srnmersdort says, would cover an
about as large as that covered by
lake.
4 city ilourished about $50 3. C.
ras deserted as a result Of conquest
= Arabs. IL was covered up, not
"a, as was Pompeil. but by the
from the surrounding mountains.
1xcnyated portion shows a remark
1late OF preservation. and gives an
ID what beautiful city OF marble
4 st one time The water system Is
|nfact. the streets are all Gagged
how plainly in tho great arena the
Eorn by the wheels Of the racing
1ls- The French have already spent
francs In the restoration.
On Historic Ground.
a great city which is
1I fortress. made famous by the in
b Of the French In early history,
hey lost thousands and thousands
g n displacing the Arabs. was next
= The city Is built on solid rock.
, Buuounded by a natural gorge
<Gt deep and just about as wide.
1atural fertilization makes the city
& impregnabl BILE.
n Constantine they went TO Tunis.
Fere Interested In the customs Of
1puntry, where the pasha in COM
y the city has bodyguard Of 600
md holds the lives OF his subjects
hands. II Is customary, Mr.. Lam