Marriage Announcement of Bridget Cunningham & Patrick Ferry.

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Document ID 9507140
Date 01-05-1905
Document Type Newspapers (Births, Deaths, Marriages)
Archive Ulster-American Folk Park.
Citation Marriage Announcement of Bridget Cunningham & Patrick Ferry.;The Fyfennan Letters. All Publishing Rights Reserved By SusanCunningham; CMSIED 9507140
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                                                            CUNNINGHAM-FERRY

      Miss Bridget Cunningham, the estimable daughter of Mrs. Bridget
Cunningham, of town, and Patrick Ferry, of Philadelphia, were united
in marriage in the Immaculate Conception church by Rev. Thomas
J. Larkin with nuptial High Mass at 9 o'clock this morning in
the resence [presence?] of a large number of relatives and friends.
      The altars were beautifully decorated with potted plants and
palms. The music for the occasion was furnished by the church
choir assisted by Mrs. Charles M. Corkill, of East Mauch Chunk.
      The bride was attired in a dress of white crepe de chene over
white silk, and carried a Bible. The groom wore the conventional
black. Miss Bridget Gillespie was the bridesmaid. She was attired
in a dress of white silk mull over light blue silk and carried a
bouquet of bridal roses. James Ferry, of Freeland, brother of the
groom, was the groomsman. Immediately after the marriage ceremony
a wedding breakfast was held at the bride's home on Packer Hill
The happy couple left on a wedding trip on the
Lehigh Valley at 4:53 o'clock for New York City and other points
 of interest. Upon their return the happy couple will go to
housekeeping in Philadelphia. The bride was the recipient of many
costly and beautiful presents. The groom is employed in an
electrical storage plant on the corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets.
      The TIMES joins with their many friends in congratulations
and bet [best?] wishes.
      Guests were present from Freeland, St. Clair, White Haven...
(The last line or two cannot be read because of a fold in the
clipping when it was Xeroxed.)
                                                                         from The Mauch Chunk Times
                                                            no date given, but obviously
May 1905

Note: Reference to the 4:53 train was typical of Mauch Chunk;
people in that town could tell the time on hearing a train Whistle!
"Why there's the 2:37." Then the speaker would take out
a pocket watch and say "Yup, right on time."