Curtin – Marsh Marriage 1897

CURTIN, MARSH

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Date: 12/22/2020 at 09:55:54

Source: Decorah Republican Nov. 25, 1897 P 4 C 4

Married To-day.
To-day, at noon, at the home of the bride’s mother in West Decorah, occurs the marriage of Miss Mellie Marsh, elder daughter of Mrs. N. S. Marsh, and Mr. Edward J. Curtin, Rev. Father Hawe, officiating. After the wedding dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Curtin will leave for the east on their wedding journey. The bride is one of Decorah’s fairest daughters, and a host of friends admire her for her many, many graces and personal worth. The groom is one of Decorah's most prosperous and popular young business men, having held the position of Cashier of the Citizen’s Savings Bank ever since it was organized, growing in esteem with each succeding year of his connection therewith.
The REPUBLICAN joins the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Curtin in congratulations and good wishes.

Source: Decorah Republican Dec. 2, 1897 P 1 C 6

Married and Parted the Same Day.
The Courier of last Friday describes an occurrence at Calmar on Thursday which created unbounded hilarity in the breasts of the Decorah and the Walnut Creek Coon Clubs. The members anxiously await the return of their “Pop.” There are different versions to the story but this is the way the Courier tells it
At noon yesterday, Ed. J. Curtin, the popular cashier of the Citizens Savings Bank of Decorah, and Miss Mellie Marsh, one of Decorah’s fair damsels, were united in marriage and in {illegible} came to Calmar, en route, ostensibly for Chicago. When the train arrived here Mr. Curtin obligingly helped his young bride into a train, deposited their luggage and then went outside to converse with some friends, who together stepped into Pierce's restaurant. On Mr. Curtin’s return from the restaurant, the train with his wife and luggage aboard was gone on its way to—Davenport. When the true situation began to dawn on the amazed bridegroom, there was some lively skirmishing, and rushing to the telegraph office he finally collected himself sufficiently to make the operator understand that his wife was leaving him as fast as steam could carry her and that he wanted the operator to head her off with electricity. A message was sent over the wires, the bride stopped at Fort Atkinson and transferred to the I. and D. eastbound train, which fortunately for the parted couple, met the Davenport train at that point. There was a general distribution of 10-cent cigars. We shall always rather think that Ed. intended to send his bride away and that he repented at the last moment.