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78 years of age, was born in Monroe, Mich., and was brought to Elkhart when a child by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. .James Downing, who were pioneer residents, and Mrs. Ward and her husband lived here over fifty yeafrs before they went to the home of their son, Walter, at Eau Claire. She. is survived by a brother, Walter Downing of Keota, Iowa, her son, Walter Ward; and Lincoln Proctor and Mrs. Ella Crowley of this city, who are children of her sister.Rev. J. B. Carter, a retired Baptist minister, died at Plymouth on Monday, aged nearly seventy-four. Interment at Portsmouth, O.John H. Niles * of Mishawaka died Sunday, aged sixty-nine. He had resided in Mishawaka sixty-five years.Mrs. Elvira Haxmer of Kendallville died Saturday, aged eighty.LdCAL SOCIAL EVENTS.Pvo§i.!oprt:Pilt;JbEvsonnhaCoCctiPIdcrstIEItC. In the presence of a group of about thirty-five relatives, the marriagevows of Miss Jessie M. Sweatland- ' 1 . *and Ralph Emerson Dodge were plighted at 4 o’clock this afternpon, at the home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. - Henry Lorman, No: lli£~ South Main street. Recentbereavements in the families of each• . .suggested only a simple quiet wedding, and the company of witnesses contained only a very few that were not kinsmen* The arriving guests were greeted by the principals, who withdrew to an adjoining room only3? few minutes before Mrs/ (Dr.) Baumgartner began the piano rendition *of the Wagner march. With steps marked by this hymenal classic they made their way to the bower of verdure in tt\e northeast corner ofthe main living room, and there the♦ * %ceremony was performed by Rev. A.U. Ogilvie of the Congregational church.. Congratulations were followed by the serving of viands, and Mr. and Mrs. Dodge will' leave this evening for a piont in the east. They will remain a short time, and then return to Elkhart, when Mr. Dodge will• sdetermine * upon one of several pro-positons he has been entertaining since he definitely decided not to return to the Isthmus, of Panama, where he was engaged in the civil engineering department from last October until called home in March by the fatal illness of his father, the late^ Henry i 0. Dodge. Among those who attend- t ed the wedding were E. Thompson of t Portland, Ore., P. E. Thompson of Detroit, Mrs. William Clark of Chica- 1 go, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hull of lt;Pittsburg and Mr. .and Mrs. Frank Bauer of South Bend. The congratulations of a wide, circle of friends are extended the bridal couple, both of whom are well known as young Elk hartans. Mrs. Dodge is a graduate of the bigh school; being a member Of the Class ofi'Bg 0r. Dodge-graduated with honors from -the same alma mater in 1900, and four years later from Purdue Hniversity as a Oivil- engineer.is not Mr, Dodge’s intention to remain in Elkhart, ascoine from other points/ I: v : ’I11III
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Elkhart Review
Elkhart, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 19, 1905
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