Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
Thursday, December 2l, l899

At high noon Wednesday, Dec. l3, l899, at the home of the bride's parents, MR. and MRS. A.C. DALE, occurred the marriage of MISS CLORA DALE and MR. MELVIN HAMILTON, Rev. Hamilton, brother of the groom, officiating. As the strains of a wedding march made known to the eager faces that the appointed hour had reached its climax, the bride entered, escorted by her father, where she was received by the groom. The bride was becomingly attired in a gray costume and indeed she had the appearance of a prize worth winning. After the ceremony, relatives and friends extended heartiest congratulations and best wishes to MR. and MRS. HAMILTON. A delightful wedding dinner was served after which the guests departed for their various homes, leaving their best wishes, trusting the blessings of life may ever rest upon this worthy couple. MISS CLO is the third daughter of MR. and MRS. A.C. DALE and is possessed of many talents that go to make a loving and dutiful wife. We are not personally acquainted with the groom but he has the appearance of a gentleman. MR. and MRS. HAMILTON will go to housekeeping on a farm north of Pleasanton.

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