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Married In Ypsilanti

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
August
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

The Happy Allen-Foreman Wedding

A Box Was Sent Ahead

To Be Delivered to the Newly Married Couple at Dinner Today

The wedding of Elmer C. Allen, son of Mayor Alien, of this city, to Miss Gertrude Foreman, daughter of Mrs. Emily J. Foreman, of 810 Congress st. occurred yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of the bride's mother. Dr. C. T. Allen, uncle of the groom and pastor of the Methodist church, officiated. The wedding was quite exclusive, only the immediate friends of the contracting parties being present. The ceremony was held in the parlor which was beautifully decorated with flowers, sweet peas, roses and golden rod predominating.

At the appointed hour the groom entered in company with Arthur Smith groomsman. They were followed by Miss Laura Cruickshank as maid of honor and the bride. As the contracting parties took their stations the others in attendance entered and ranged themselves about the parlor. Among the friends present from out of town were Mrs. Chamberlain, of Dundee, and Mr. and Mrs. Cushman from Ann Arbor. Among those from Ypsilanti were Mr. and Mrs. Harding and daughter, Hon. E. P. Allen, wife and daughter, Mrs. Schaffer and Mr. and Mrs Sherwood. After the ceremony the happy couple were congratulated by their friends who wished them all kinds of happiness and prosperity. The presents were many, beautiful and useful. Later an elegant lunch was served.

The young people left on the evening train for Detroit where they remained over night, taking a steamer this morning for Mackinaw where they will spend two weeks. On their return they will occupy rooms at Mrs. Froeman's during the winter and in the spring they will commence house-keeping.

As usual on such occasions the friends of the happy young people planned a joke which, no doubt was successfully carried out today at dinner on the steamer. They made arrangements with the officials of the steamer to have a box delivered to Mr. and Mrs. Allen while at dinner today. On the box were varied and various legends, such as "We are just married, " 'We are on our honeymoon," and others. The box is also decorated with old shoes, new shoes, wee little shoes and probably a bootee. Just what the experience of these young people was when this box was delivered to them will have to be imagined.