Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1903 — Two Weddings Friday. [ARTICLE]

Two Weddings Friday.

But Bride No. One Publicly Protests Against the Marriage Of Bride No. Two. Mr. Emmet Flora 'and Miss Navina Austin, a young couple from Wheatfield township, were married at 1:30 o'clock last Friday afternoon, Sept. 25th, in the olerk’s office, at the court house. Judge G. W. Hanley performed the ceremony. The groom is the son of Jacob Flora and the bride the daughter of Frank Austin. He is 22 years old his next birthday and the bride 20. He is a farmer by occupation, At three p. m. that same Friday, Sept. 25th, 1903, took ploee the marriage of Mr. William Raska and Miss Lydia Miller. The oeremony was performed by Squire 8. 0. Irwin, and took plaoe in the matrimonial parlor, at the Parkef photograph gallery. They live in the vioinity of Blackford. The groom will be 23 his next birthday and the bride 18. He is a son of Julius Raska, and is a farmer by occupation. Tae bride is the daughter of Isaac Miller, a well known Dunkard resident of near Blaokford.

While the young couple were waiting in the gallery for the Squire to be oalled, the other newly married couple, mentioned above, oame in to have their pictures taken. And when Mr. Raska and Miss Miller stood up before the Squire, and the latter asked the usual question, “does anyone know of any reason why this couple should not be joined in matrimony? the newly made Mrs. Flora, said the bride about-to-bo was not 18 years old yet, and her father objected to the wedding. The Squire decided the objection _was not sufficient to authorize him to refuse to perform the ceremony, which he completed, and pronounced them husband and wife. The bride who objeoted to the other girl becoming a bride, is a Dunkard and wore the plain white bridal dress of that denomination. The other girl whose marriage she objeoted to is her cousin, and hrs always been a Dunkard, but has lately forsaken that faith, presumably on aooount of her desire to marry young Raska. It is understood that these objections were because of these religious matters