Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1903 — HALLAGAN-HEALEY NUPTIALS. [ARTICLE]

HALLAGAN-HEALEY NUPTIALS.

The marriage of Mr. Joseph Hallagan and Miss Margaret Healey was solemnized by Rev. Father Meyer, at St. Augustine’s Catholic church Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock in the presence of a large concourse of friends of the contracting parties, the nuptial high mass ceremony of the church being used. The singing was a feature of the ceremony, Miss Lamb of Delphi, leading the choir and also singing a solo. The bride was handsomely attired in a dress of light blue, trimmed with lace, while the groom wore the conventional black, and a very nice looking couple they made indeed. Mr. James Hallagan, a brother of of the groom, was best man, and Miss Mary Meyer, bridesmaid. A reception was tendered the newly wedded couple Wednesday evening from 8 to 10 at the home of the bride’s brother, Mr. John Healey, on Front street, and they were the recipients of a large number of handsome and useful presents. They departed on the 11:30 p. m. train for Ocalla, Fla., where they will visit for a month or more with the groom’s sister, Mrs. A. E. Delehous. A number of the friends of the young couple escorted them to the train and started them on their journey with showers of rice, old shoes, etc. Among the guests from out of town were: Mr. Fitzgerald, sergeant of police at Chicago; Mrs. Fitzgerald, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Hallagan of Kouts; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gray of Monon; Miss Mary Wagner of Remington; Miss Anna Wagner and Mr. Wagner of Wolcott; Misses Anna and Katie Lamb, and Miss Smythers, of Delphi. Mr. and Mrs. Hallagan on their return to Rensselaer will reside in the Healey homestead on Front street.