Sanford Tiel Wedding Announcement

SANFORD, TIEL, FERRIS, LEWIS, CHICK, YOUNG, NYE, MOORE, BURROUGHS, SULLIVAN, FOSTER, CLEAVES, WARD, ZANDER, HALE, RANKIN, ALLISON, BUCHANAN, SCHUSTER, BECHMAN, MCCULLA, BUTLER, HENRICK, BRONSLOW

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 10/24/2004 at 13:38:52

From the Weekly Cherokean Democrat September 11, 1889

WEDDING BELLS

Marriage of Mr. W.A. Sanford and Miss Maud Tiel Last Evening

An event looked forward to with pleasure and most pleasingly consummated took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Tiel last evening, being the marriage of their only daughter, Maud, to Mr. W.A. Sanford. The ceremony took place at 6:30, in the presence of about twenty-five invited friends of the contracting parties, Rev. Mr. Ferris officiating. The house was handsomely decorated with flowers, and the bay window, where the couple stood, was a perfect bowery, with smilax, cut roses and geraniums in profusion. The bride’s wedding gown was a rich and bewitching costume of white morie silk, made en train and trimmed in Duchess lace. As the couple marched to their place unattended, the wedding march was played by Miss Florence Lewis. After the ceremony most hearty congratulations were offered and a bountiful wedding repast was served. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford departed for the east on the 8:40 train, and the bridal tour will include a trip to New York and other prominent cities.

The groom is the well-known vice president of the First National Bank of this city, with which concerns he has been connected for many years. He is possessed of social and business qualities which make him worthy the heart and hand of one so charming and accomplished as his new-made bride, who has here grown up from childhood, and is esteemed and admired by a host of friends. May the life so auspiciously entered upon be one of unalloyed happiness and prosperity.

The invited guests were: Messrs. And Mesdames W.B. Chick, G.W. Young, H.D. Nye, C.E. Moore, N.T. Burroughs, Con Sullivan, G.T. Foster, R.L. Cleaves, M. Ward, ____ Zander, Rev. Mr. Ferris; Judge and Mrs. C.H Lewis, Miss Florence Lewis, Miss Ada Hale, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Rankin, Sioux City; Miss Sena Allison, Miss Vinnie Buchanan of Sioux Falls; Messrs. Schuster, Bechman, McCulla.

The bride was the recipient of many valuable presents, of which the following is a list:

Check for $50 - N.T. Burroughs.
Oxidized silver lamp - Thos. McCulla, H.H. Schuster.
Set after dinner coffees, pure white china - Miss Vinnie Buchanan.
Cut glass water pitcher, with mirror stand - Misses Sena Allison, Myrtle Butler.
Oxidized silver candle stick - Mr. and Mrs. Zander.
Silver Water service – Messrs. And Mesdames Chick, Sullivan and Moore.
Beautiful picture in antique oak frame – Miss Florence Lewis
Clock with frame of Rocky Mountain specimens – Dr. and Mrs. Cleaves.
Mirror with oxidized silver frame – Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Rankins.
Silver salt and pepper boxes – Mr. and Mrs. G.W Young.
Silver and decorated china fruit dish – Mr. and Mrs. Nye, Mr. and Mrs. Young.
Silver decorated china toilet set – Miss Ada Hale, Sioux City.
Complete set of Haviland china, solid oxidized silver one dozen forks, one dozen tea spoons, half dozen table spoons, butter knife, sugar shell, mustard spoon – father and mother of the bride.
Solid silver napkin ring – Brother Lou
Cut flowers – Mesdames A.H. Henrick, Bronslow, R. hall, G.W. Young.