Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1914 — A ROMANCE OF THE GOLDEN WEST [ARTICLE]

A ROMANCE OF THE GOLDEN WEST

Ensign Janies E. Brenner and Miss Florence Marshall Married at Santa Crus, Cal. •; ■ ■ ■ ■ » Schoolmates, in youth in Rensselaer and separated by the width of a continent for several years Ensign James E. Brenner and Miss Florence Marshall have furnished opportunity for a delightful romance by their marriage last Saturday in the Marshall cottage at Santa Cruz, Cal. Miss Marshall was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Marshall, for many years residents of this city. They moved to the west some ten or twelve yearsago, when Florence was still a little girl. James E. Brenner is the son of Mrs. Carrie Brenner and resided in this city until he received an appointment to the U. S. naval academy from which he graduated* in 1913. After a leave of abserfee spent tn. Rensselaer he left for the Pacific eoast in July, 1913, to begin his duties as an ensign in the navy having been assigned to the battleship Pittsburg. After cruising along the west Mexican coast for several months the Pittsburg went out of commission and Ensign Brenner was sent to Mare Island, the naval training station near San Francisco, and attached to the U. S. S. St. Louis. Just when Ensign Brenner began his siege of the Marshall cottage at Santa Cruz neither his friends nor the friends of his bride here are informed, but for some time brief messages of the romance have been reaching Rensselaer and it was known for several weeks that there was to be a capitulation* of the Snnta Cruz cottage and that the navy was to succeed in the land engagement. The final surrender came Saturday, September 12, when in the cottage at Santa Cruz there were assembled the mother of Ensign Brenner, Mrs. Carrie Brenner; one sister of the Miss Marshall, formerly Miss Frances Marshall and her husband, and a number of friends of Miss Marshall. A ring was used in place of a sabre and the conquerer bestowed it upon the conquered, pledging that henceforth the navy will be the champion and the defender of the former mistress of the rose-covered cottage at Santa Cruz. Ensign Brenner is taking a leave of absence, which himself and bride will spend visiting several places in California. After the leave is up they will take up their residence in a flat at Valejo, Cal., where Mrs. Brenner, Sr., will remain during the winter, a companion for her new daughter. The many friends of Ensign and Mrs. Brenner will join the Republican in wishing long lives of happiness and that no war entanglements shall occur to blight the bliss made possible by this romance of former Rensselaer young people. Ready wth the new ones. See ours before you buy. Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block.