Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1920 — ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED AT DINNER PARTY LAST EVENING [ARTICLE]

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED AT DINNER PARTY LAST EVENING

The engagement of Miss Nellie Meyers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Meyers of S. McKinley avenue, to Mr. Elpio Blakemore, of Kennet, Mo., was announced. at a dinner party held at her home Friday evening which was attended by about twenty of her young lady friends. The wedding will occur on Tuesday, October twelfth. The announcement was made in a unique manner and came as a genuine surprise to the guests. When the coffee was served each guest was presented with a small piece of paper which bore typewritten words instructing them: to touch their place cards to the flames and read as they did so. The flames revealed the following words which had been written with lemon juice: “If on the flame you will hold your card, - You will find a puzzle hard; Work it out then you will see What the future holds for me.— Nell and Elmo, October Twelfth.” Job work at the Republican office.