Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
Thursday, December 6, l900

At the home of the bride's parents, CAPT. and MRS. JOHN LANDES, at Westerville, at high noon Thursday, November 29, l900, occurred the wedding of MR. ELMER S. HARRIS and MISS MARY LANDES, the ceremony being performed by Elder R.W. Castor, Pastor of the Christian Church of Leon.

The wedding was a quiet home affair, being witnessed only by the relatives and immediate friends of the contracting parties, after which an elaborate wedding repast was served.

The groom is one of our most competent and trustworthy young business men, a member of the firm of J.A. Harris & Bros., of the Leon Marble Works. The bride is a noble and cultured lady, well worthy of his devotion. Their (*can't read) a bright and prosperous future.

MR. and MRS. LANDES have gone to housekeeping in the groom's cozy residence on East 4th Street which he had all furnished for his bride.

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