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ESCAPED BEING TORM ENTEDI Bridal Couple Comes to LaPorte and I Boards Train.. I Miss Gertrude Ward de Wolfe of Michigan City and Edward Potter 11 Marsh of Oak Park, III., were married ’ I Wednesday evening at the bride’s r I home in Michigan Gity. They came . 1 to LaPorte in a carriage to escape be*, I ing given a royal send-off by thet II guests. The story of the escape is I told by The News:-s I11 While the guests and the bridal par* ?|ty were in full possession of the De* 11 Wolfe home Mr. Marsh and bride very a I cautiously left tbe merry scene and,*+ Ij seeking quarters in the home of Miss .[Geneva DeWolfe in the same yard, I remained under cover until an early r]hour this morning, when they were B I driven to LaPorte where they boardedII a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern .. I train and left for Hot Springs, S.I Dak. A telegram received this morn* c ling by Mrs. DeWolfe conveyed the in*I1. formation that the couple had reach* g|ed LaPorte after traveling the dis* ^ I tance in a carriage. During the [hours that Mr. Marsh and bride were [in hiding, the anxious crowd had sep* Marated, young ladies as special guards e | weer stationed in various parts of the I neighborhood, while several of the T | stronger sex journeyed to LaPorte in r 1 hopes of overtaking the couple who [had so unceremoniously left the house [that was the scene of much gaiety.1 Their efforts were fruitless and the [laugh is now upon those who had peril I petrated much fun at the expense of I the newly married couple.
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La Porte Weekly Herald
La Porte, Indiana, US
Thu, Oct 20, 1904
Page 13
Full Page
Clipped by
Marlene P.
NA, 10 Jun 2023
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