The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-12-31
IOWAN WOOS
BRIDE BY MAIL:
WEEDS in CAPE
Matrimony Bureau Furnished
IntrOductiOns; Twas Love
At First Letter.
SIX WEEKS WRITING
BROUGHT ENGAGEMENT
Mayor Rage Officiates For ]. A.
Becker and Recie
Christian.

After they had been introduced
through matrimonial bureau, swap
ped photographs and corresponded for
five months without having met each
other, J. A. Becker, Iowa Drainage
and irrigation contractor, and Recie
Christian, of Allenville, milliner, yes
terday came to the Cape and were
married by Mayor Rage.
the happy couple stopped over in
the Cape at the St. Charles Hotel and
will depart for Allenville to spend the
week. Their marriage marks the cul-
| minatiOn Of romantic correspondence
| with many difficulties thrown in the
| way of the lovers.
Becker is well-to-do and for three
years has been a big contractor in the
vicinity of Storm Lake, Ia, where he
has been engaged in laying drain thing
for the drainage and irrigation of
| farms there.
The work resembles the drainage
work being done in Southeast Missouri
to a certain extent, Becker said. He
went to Iowa from his home in Nc
Pherson County, North Dakota.
He was unmarried and wanted q
wife to make his home for him. He
"met" Miss Christian through the mat
rimonial agency.
Miss Christian is q daughter of Mrs.
Lucy Christian and she has two broth
ers living at Allenville. Her father
has been dead for about years and
the family has left the farm.
Miss Christian has been working as
milliner and for some time was en-
gagged in that work in St. Louis.
On July 26, last, their correspond
ence started and by the middle of Sep
TENDER, they had exchanged portraits
and We're engaged by the "long-dis-
stance route" to be married.
Their letters, after the engagement,
bNNS'iiit llAOit lCIhCit anu frequent.
They set their wedding date by mail,
for Christmas. Becker 4 week ago,
iourneyed south from, Iowa and went
over to Allenville in quest of his bride
She was in Los Angeles, Cal, when he
arrived
He waited at her home for several
days, anxious for her return. She did
not come and he had about decided to
pack his belongings and go back to
Iowa, when an urgent call sent to Los
Angeles, brought the bride hustling
to Allenville.
There the two met face to face and
fell in love more than ever What
they had written to each other was
augmented by what they looked and
said.
Becker was anxious to have the |
marriage ceremony performed as soon
as possible. Christmas day was set
for the day. but the brides relatives |
objected strenuously, citing that Sat
urday as a wedding day was the day |
of bad luck.
Becker at length consented to delay |
the event till Monday-Monday, the
relatives declared, stood for health |
when employed as a wedding date.
They consequently iourneyed to
Jackson where they obtained a mar
riage license, thence to the Cape. The
bride CARRIED herself in the brides
white veil and together the couple
went to Mayor kage's office about 6
o'clock last night.
At the end of a weeks visit in AL
lenville, Becker expects to return to
his work and his bride will leave for
Iowa subsequently with her mother
who is to reside with the couple.
"My letter writing won for me a
happy home," the bride smiled last
n ght as she told of her mail order
courtship, and her husband grinned as
she explained.
pretty soft for me-" said the bride
groom as he planted kiss on the ruby
lips of his blushing bride.
J. Edwards of Benton, came up to
the Cane on business Yesterday.