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A brilliast WEDDMUMarriage Betweea lemhiAlton Famlll®«•At six o’clock this evening occurred at the First Unitarian ohurch, the marriage of Mis* I la Elisabeth Yager, oldest daughter of Hon. John H. V a gar, to Edwin Weston Sparks, young eai son of Hon. David R- Sparks Toe union of the®® wail known young aociety p®opl« tai marked by all ths accessories that the thought of loving friends could devise, or ths customs of society ordain, and It was made a most brilliant afT»tr In all Its detail*. The families wh lt;w» raaraeers are thns to be united for life areirnong the oldest and most highly respected In Alton, and their aamae have been honsehold words for yea-w Ths church and the altar were mostmagnificently decorated by the ladlesof ths cburoh, of which the bride Is s member, with cut flowers and p tted plants, which lent a new and added beauty to the happy aoene. The bri dal party anrlved at the church at six o’clock. As ths grand strains of the Bridal Cborut from Lohengrin burstfrom the organ the brtdssmdd* entered from the vestry room on I ho left at ths front of the char ih and •lowly marched down the aisle to the main church entranoe to meet thebride. The bridesmaids were Mt**e*Winnie Needles, of N*lt;hvllle, III., Emma Watson, Je«sle Roper and Maude Oregg of tbls cl y. Tney wore exquisite gowna of pink m iswrliw dr m*e over pink satin, the bodices decollete with large puff sieves; pink slipAaLachap of tt the . reotlt; Orbergter iyearkinsTtwithQlnfcNellgaviworatteAHIMthegv*nfltteeffowilltracsntlreoiaddmeillsiII*cl«hltakHitthecacweitriglr«
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Alton Daily Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Tue, Oct 02, 1894
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