Peters-Rath Wedding, 1897

PETERS, RATH

Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 12/3/2005 at 12:16:11

I translated the following article from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa, between about 1874 and 1920. It was originally published on 24 December 1897. Any information in brackets or notes at the end are my own explanations. It reads as follows:

The wedding of Mr. Edward Peters and Miss Maria Rath took place on Wednesday last week. The solemn wedding ceremony was performed in the new Lutheran Church in Grant Township by the Pastor Aug. Mathias. The wedding celebration was at Mr. Christ. Rath’s place, the bride’s parental home, and proceeded in the most splendid fashion. About 100 persons were present, and all the guests had a good time and enjoyed themselves very much. And “Mutter Rath” did not neglect to offer everything that her cooking skills were capable of providing, and one can also imagine that some fine drink circulated on this occasion. And so the guests remained happily together until the late hours and then parted with the experience of having celebrated a genuine and cheerful German wedding. The young bridegroom is the son of Mr. Edward Peters and is a very industrious young man. The bride is a very estimable young lady, honored and respected by all. And so the young couple has the expectation of a happy and peaceful married life, which we heartily wish the young pair.