An Autumn Wedding
A beautiful home wedding occurred at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Greo, Ross, on East
North Street Thursday afternoon, November
twenty-two, 2:30, when their daughter Miss
Edna, was united in marriage with Mr. O.
E. Medeker, of Madhattan, Montana.
The ceremony was preformed by Rev. M. Teague,
who had officiated at the marriage of the
bride's parents, twenty-five years before.
The happy date also marked the 67th anniversary
of the wedding of Miss Philena Ross and the
late Mr. Geo. M. Binckley, the former being
the eldest aunt of the winsome bride of Tuesday.
The rooms of the residence were decorated
with a wealth of frost-tinted leaves which
come at this season, when Autumn in his leafless
bowers is waiting for the winter's snow.
And feathery large Chrysanthemums, which
bloom at this beauteous time while the morn
is cloudy with the whimsy wreaths of cloud
and feathery vapor which marked the Red Man's
summer. These gorgeous blooms crown with
splendor the royal beauty of the dying year.
The candelabra and darkened rooms added a
touch of beauty to the scene. Southern smilax
trailed in graceful festoons, and lent an
added charm.
The decorations were the loving handwork
of the bride's most intimate girlhood friends,
Misses Fernie Fallon and Jennie Offill. Miss
Rose Mann , the fourth of this galaxy of
special friends, is sojourning in Los Angeles
this winter. Her place was filled by Miss
Anna Kennedy Martin, the beautiful young
daughter of Hon. and Mrs. James H. Martin
of Murphysboro, and a favorite cousin of
the bride.
These young ladies, with Mr. Carlie Rogers,
were the only guests other than the immediate
relatives witnessed the nuptials.
The beautiful ring ceremony was used and
the significant little circlet of gold rendered
more impressive the sacred words spoken in
plighting the troth of this manly lover and
his lass.
After congratulations, a wedding supper was
served.
The bride's cake, a beautiful creation, was
made and presented by Mrs. R. E. Brown, a
close friend and admirer of Miss Edna.
The tall fair bride was attired in a lovely
and becoming white costume, the soft, exquisite
material bring out the loveliness of the
fail winsome face and stately form, she carried
bride roses.
"The bride come forth! Her tears no
more are falling to leave the chamber of
her infant years. Kind voices from distant
home are calling. She comes like day-spring---she
hath done with tears. Now must her bright
eye shine on other flowers; her soft smile
gladden other hearts than ours."
The traveling costume was a stylish suit
of blue cloth, made in the prevailing mode,
with picturesque hat and gloves to match.
The young people were driven to the depot,
taking the 5 o'clock train via St. Louis
for their distant home in the northwest.
A merry gathering of young friends were at
the station to bid the popular young couple
au revoir, amid showers of rice, laughter
and congratulations; and the trunks in the
baggage room were suitably inscribed for
the wedding journey.
A number of the young people went to Pickneyville,
accompanying the bridal couple on the first
tem miles of their journey.
contributed by Nancy
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