Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1916 — WEDDED IN WAR BY WIRE [ARTICLE]

WEDDED IN WAR BY WIRE

Private in Washington National Guard on Border Is Married by Telegraph. - Calexico, Cal.—l. P. Cryster, a private of the Washington National Guard, on duty here, and Miss Florence Sweeney of Duquesne, Pa., were united in marriage by telegraph a few days ago, it was stated here. Ministers and witnesses, it was said, participated in the ceremony here and at Duquesne. Chaplain S. C. Sulliger of Vancouver, Wash., officiated at Calexico. The entire wedding ceremony was repeated by the telegraph between the soldier and his bride in Pennsylvania. The couple, it was stated, had been friends for years. Cryster’s sister was njarrled recently to Miss Sweeney’s .brother and Miss Sweeney then renewed her acquaintance with her brother-in-law. A proposal by mail, followed by a reply of acceptance, was said to have led to the telegraphic marriage.