100 years ago
june 21, 1906
Bryan-Richardson
The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Bryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Bryan, and Mr. Albert Richardson, son of Rev. and Mrs. Richardson, was solemnized at 8 o'clock last night at the home of the bride's parents. The ceremony was performed by the father of the groom, and was a simple, but very beautiful one. Rev. H.C. Wharton led in prayer at the conclusion of the ceremony.
The house was beautifully decorated with flowers, the bride and groom standing, during the ceremony, beneath a canopy of daisies and evergreen. Roses were used principally in the dining room decorations. The relatives of the bride and groom and a few intimate friends were present — about 35 in all. Elegant refreshments were served.
Nothing too flattering could well be said of these two young people. Both have the highest esteem of the community, and are prominent in all the best life of the town. The bride has lived all of her life in Marion and her charming personality and beautiful life have made all acquaintances her friends. The groom is one of Marion's most enterprising and popular young business men, and is worthy of all success.
Abundant good wishes for a happy and prosperous life!
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A crowd of young people gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richardson yesterday evening and presented them with a handsome chair. It was a fine departure from the old-time charivari. No one who was there and observed the cordiality of the crowd, could question the great popularity of the recipient of the gift.
Dr. Ralph Forney, of Windom, Kansas, was here this week. He is a dentist and was investigating the prospects for opening a dental parlor there.
On June 9th, two packages were taken, supposedly through mistake, from the grocery department of W.W. Loveless & Sons' store, which they would like to have returned. One of the packages contained a wrapper, lawn for two waists, 8 yds. of gray calico, 5 yards green netting, 1 dozen pearl buttons and a package of needles. The other package contained a pair of blue overalls.
Orrin Weimer lost his driving horse last Tuesday. It broke loose and ate a lot of wheat which had been wet and was not entirely dry, with fatal result.
A big celebration was held in Philadelphia this week commemorative of the nomination of Fremont fifty years ago. Marion has a man who made the first speech at a big ratification meeting in New York State over that nomination. He was then less than thirty years old and was a radical anti-slavery partisan. And his father, who was a Democrat and conducted a store but a block or so from where the meeting was held, refused to go to hear his son speak — so the son recalled to us, with a chuckle. His initials are W.W. Runyan.
Rev. F.W. Socolofsky, the new German Baptist preacher at Tampa, was in Marion this week.
Two gentlemen, representing the Elmira, N.Y. Company which owns the Marion water-works system, were in Marion several days this week consulting with the City Council. Negotiations are in progress looking toward a possible purchase of the plant by the city, or to some agreement as to rental — concerning which there is at present, disagreement. No definite agreement has been reached.
Have you noticed the way the Street Commissioner has had the trees near the stone-arch bridge trimmed? And have you noticed how it helps to show the beauties of the park, from the west? Good.
The Georgia Minstrels have for half a century been the recognized exponents of colored minstrelsy and have been justly called the King of the Minstrel World. The management, with comfort of its patrons in view, introduced an innovation in the shape of a summer season under canvas. This serves two purposes, inasmuch as it keeps the company intact throughout the year, thereby maintaining the high standard of excellence always seen with the Georgia Minstrel and giving our patrons a cool and comfortable place to enjoy the performance during the hot months. adv
Frank Smith was quite sick the first of the week with malarial fever, but is now able to be out.
Mr. L.F. French showed us a copy of a Lowell, Mass., paper containing a write-up of a great Jersey sale recently held at the celebrated Hood farm near that place. The sale was attended by Jersey cattle breeders from all over the U.S. One bull calf — American bred — brought $1075. The high priced cow of the sale was an imported cow and sold for $525.
Mr. M.T. Rankin, a brother of Geo. Rankin, who lived in Hodgeman County, was shot and killed one day the first of the week. The man who killed him fired five shots, four of which passed through the heart. We have not learned the motive of the crime, but understand it was the result of trouble engendered politically. The deceased leaves a wife and six children, Geo. Rankin received a summons by telegraph and left immediately. He has not yet returned.
