Blanche A. Nichols Keuper
(Mrs. Charles Francis Keuper)
- The following unidentified newspaper article (ca. 1903/4) was found in a scrapbook owned by Betty Burton of Lowell:
Keuper - Nichols Nuptuals.
Mr. Chas. Francis Keuper, of St. Louis, and Miss Blanche Nichols, of Lowell, were united in marriage at high noon Wednesday, June 22, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Nichols. It was a quiet affair, only the immediate relatives and a few intimate friends being present. The parlor was elaborately decorated with ferns and flowers.Miss Edith Phillips played the wedding march, to the strains of which the bridal party descended the stairway, the ballusters of which were a sold mass of ferns and orange blossoms. Mr. Edward Keuper, brother of the groom-elect, who acted as best man, came first, followed by the groom-elect. Miss Mayme Goslee, the bride's maid, came next, attired in a rich cream mull costume. She carried a large bunch of pink roses. Next came the bride-elect, leaning on her father's arm. She was elegantly attired in white silk mull and carried a large bunch of bride's roses. Miss Nichols and Miss Goslee presented a very pretty appearance. The contracting couple took a position beneath an arch of ferns and orange blossoms and were united in marriage by Elder John Bruce.
Immediately after the ceremony an elegant wedding dinner was served. The dining room was nicely decorated with maiden hair ferns and roses. The decorations of the sitting room were made up of ferns and cut flowers, the decorations throughout being very picturesque.
The newly married couple were the recipients of many handsome presents.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Francis Keuper left of the 4:15 train for Chicago. They entered the coach amid a furious storm of rice and wheat. From Chicago they went to Peoria, where they took the steamer down the Mississippi river to St. Louis, where they will make their future home.
Miss Nichols is a well known young lady of Lowell and highly esteemed for her quiet, friendly ways and has a host of friends, who were at the depot to wish her good speed.
Mr. Keuper is a well connected young man and holds a responsible position with the Mound City Paint and Varnish Co., St. Louis, and is pleasing and agreeable.
The guest present were:
Mr. Seitz, wife and daughter Elsie, John Keuper and wife, George Keuper and wife, Hattie and Clara Keuper, Edward Keuper, Miss Edith Phillips, Mrs. Max F.W. Runge, of Chicago; G.W. Taylor and wife, C.N. Barber and wife and Edna Taylor, of Creston; M.A. Palmer and wife, Mrs. Jasper Palmer, Mrs. Richard Scritchfield, Robt. Scritchfield and wife, Mrs. B. Martin, Mayme Goslee, Gilbert A. McNay, Edson Witter, Hattie E. Nichols, Master Virgil R. Scritchfield, and the parents of the bride, of Lowell.
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