It is always the unexpected that happens. Something of this nature had been expected for several weeks but it is only today that the wedding occurred and hundreds of announcements bearing the following words have been mailed to friends of the interested persons.

Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Vale announce the marriage of their daughter Regina to Mr. Henry Howard Tedford on Wednesday, June the fourth One thousand nine hundred and two Bonaparte, Iowa.

Rev. Duty said the words that made them husband and wife before only a very few of the immediate relatives and the happy pair left at 9:15 for Chicago and a wedding tour of indefinite proportions.

They will be at home to friends at Mr. Ayr, Iowa, after July 12. Mr. Tedford is the only son of J. H. Tedford of Mt. Ayr and a partner with his father in the Ringgold Record.

He is also state binder. Mrs. Tedford is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Vale of Bonaparte. Both are too well known here to need further description and are too nearly related to the RECORD editor to allow any high flown language.

Source: Entler Scrapbooks, vol. 4, Iowa Historical Library, Iowa City, IA

Submission by volunteer Rich Lowe, March of 2013