The following unidentified newspaper article, hand-dated 1899, was in a collection owned by Lowell Town Historian Richard Schmal:
BELSHAW - HOSHAW
Married at the home of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Hoshaw, Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. in the presence of sixty invited guests, Miss Maud Hoshaw to Mr. J.W. Belshaw. Rev. A.A. Randall performed the ceremony that made them one. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoshaw and is one of out most accomplished young ladies, and greatly respected by all. The groom is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Belshaw and is a highly respected young man with a bright future, being a rising young attorney of our city. The young couple received a large number of useful and costly presents. The newly married pair start out in life with very flattering prospects and their many friends including the TRIBUNE join in extending hearty congratulations and wishing them a long life of happiness and prosperity. They left this morning on the 5:30 train and will enjoy their honeymoon with Habart [Hobart?] and Wanatah, Indiana, friends. They will be at home to their friends after September 1st next.
