Benjamin – Bear Marriage 1907

BENJAMIN, BEAR

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 2/28/2022 at 12:02:51

Source: Decorah Republican Feb. 28, 1907, P2 C4

In Society.
The engagement of Miss Gertrude Bear of this city and Mr. David Benjamin of Springfield, Ill., was formally announced by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bear to their home friends last Sunday evening. We are, of course, unacquainted with the gentlemen Miss Bear and her parents have thus honored, but for Miss Bear we have only words of highest praise and the most cordial consideration. Born in Decorah, reared here, and receiving here the ground work of liberal education, and blossoming into a young lady of most charming type, we are assured she fully deserves a life associate one who is well equipped in all that marks the true man. May the relation already entered into prove the stepping stone to a life full of joy and a continuous success.

Source: Decorah Republican July 25, 1907, P2 C3

A LOVELY WEDDING.
Wedding bells rang merrily Tuesday afternoon at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bear of this city. It was a happy wedding. There were tears, of course--just a few—but the atmosphere was one of joy and rejoicing, as was befitting to a union of hearts and hands that judgment as well as affection agreed in approving. The bride, Decorah born, has grown up here from infancy to womanhood, beloved by a wide circle of acquaintances, under conditions that endeared her to all who know her. It could not be otherwise than a union that promises the making of another home such as that from which she goes, to repeat the story of life as it has been to her loving parents. The groom is a young man with an established occupation at Springfield, Ill., as a dealer in real estate and insurance—one who is in every way worthy of the bride he has won.
The ceremony was solemnized by the presence and sanctity of Rabbi A. J. Messing of Springfield, Illinois. To many it was novel and delightful. It had a dignity and impressiveness befitting so important an event in the lives of these young people. It was witnessed by a company as large as the commodious parlors of the Bear home could contain, including as it did, besides the home friends of the bride and her parents, a score of guests from abroad.
At its close, and after all the guests had enjoyed the privilege of congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin (and Mr. and Mrs. Bear as well) carriages appeared and the company was rapidly conveyed to the Winneshiek House where at six o’clock guests sat down to a bounteous and beautifully served wedding dinner.
At intervals during dinner the service was interrupted by Dr. F. W. Conover, Arthur F. Anundsen, of Detroit Minn., and A. K. Bailey, who gave expression to thought and suggestions that were heartily applauded by all. Later in the evening Dr. Messing, the officiating Rabbi, responded to a “call of the house” in a short talk that was witty, wise and thoroughly suited to an occasion where “joy was unconfined” and all “went merry as a marriage-bell.”
The hour for departure on the 8:45 p. m. train of the visiting guests and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin was a signal for the ending of the feast, and of as beautiful a wedding as could be desired by the most blessed mortals. May so delightful a feast prove to be the beginning of a life as full of enjoyment and as free from trial as can befall the most favored of mankind.