Mirrors of 1890s life reveal wedding scenes and ads
An essay notes how old newspapers preserve life beyond the events they report. It recounts a fashionable 1890s wedding with hour-long kneeling ceremony, lavish breakfast, and generous gifts, alongside terse ads for chest protectors, coke fuel, and a Gettysburg reproduction at the Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania Exposition Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pevcus
Classified
Boats & Motors
Oil Land & Leases
Terrazas Furniture
Elliott Printing CO
South Cedar Street
Armstrong
Brownlee Hardware
J. Ashing
Hazel
Barmore
S. Eddy
Pecos
Singer Sales & Service
S. Eddy — Ph
T.V
Patrick H, Schmid
Melvin L
Sparkman
Treanor Equip
University of Texas of the
Vernon
AEC
Morris
Matador
Antique & Trading Post
Hackberry Ph
First United Methodist Church
Wyoming
L. G. Sweatt
Daggett & Eddy
Teague St
Daggett
Ladies & Childrens
Kenneth Stroud
Wacker
AVON
Carlsbad
American Music Co
Odessa
Toyah Cafe
Lumber Company
Country Club
Southwestern Livestock Auction Barn
Midland
Kid Horse
Joe Williams
Orla
Texas
Living Bible
Christian Family
Jonathan Livingston
Barton Cleaning
H.C
Homeline-Rt
Tohoka
Tex
Jackson Blvd
Adams
Electrolux
Home Decorating Center
Cedar Pecos, Tex
Rowland Stables
Ave
Hereford
Benita
Roger
D&n
HIA
Nsurane Agency
Hackberry
Equal Housing Opportunity
Pecos Insurance Agency
2Nd St. Pecos
Dorothy Dear
W. 8Th ST
W. 13Th ST
West
Ed Robinson
Helen M. Pagel
Copley News Service
Texaco
Mike Burkholder
Thaves
R. Porter and Co
Bowen & Schwarz
Micles
NEA, Inc
Frank and
Ernest
Manda Panda
Max
By Bob Thaves
Marcie
Pecos Shell Service
Income Tax Service
J.F. Gassett 1400 S
Oak
Pecos, Tex
Brownlee Howe
South Oak St
Pecos Motors, Inc
S. Cedar St