Marriages (July 18)

A pretty home wedding took place this Wednesday afternoon, July 14, 1899, at 5 o'clock at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Georgianna Weller, of Pearl st., Bainbridge [Chenango Co.,, NY], when the daughter, Miss Gertrude Emily, was united in marriage to Mr. Edward Chapple Hancock,  son of Mr. and Mrs. I.G. Hancock of this village.  The bride and groom attended by Miss Arlie E. Marsh, teacher in the Grammar department of the High School, as bridesmaid and Sebert J. Hollenbeck as best man, entered the parlor to the notes of the wedding march played by Miss Minnie Van Cott.  Rev. Arthur Spaulding performed the ceremony, the wedding party standing under an arch of evergreens and flowers arranged by the friends of the bride.  The entire house was profusely decorated with flowers forming a picture of beauty throughout.  The bride was attired in white silk and lace and carried flowers, and the bridesmaid in cream colored Lansdowne and chiffon with flowers.  There were sixty or more guests present, mostly relatives of the bride and groom, with the teachers of the High School with whom Miss Weller had been associated as one of their number for two or three years.  The dining room formed an attractive part of the home through the evening where amid the glitter of light and the varied hues of flowers the most delightful refreshments were served.  Many beautiful presents were seen as evidence of the esteem in which the young couple are held in Bainbridge and by many friends away.  Mr. and Mrs. Hancock have been reared in Bainbridge, were attendants at our village school and are popular and prized highly by both church and society.  Mr. Hancock has the record of a model business young man, honorable, reliable and industrious, with a future of prosperity before him.  He has been associated with his father, I.G. Hancock, for sometime in the grocery trade with a large boot and shoe department and will continue in his position.  This evening Mr. and Mrs. Hancock with leave Bainbridge on a wedding trip of two weeks going to Niagara Falls, the Thousand Islands and other summer resorts, returning to make a permanent home in our midst.  The Republican sends forth congratulations to the young voyagers upon life's matrimonial seas invoking success and happiness in all the coming years.  [Bainbridge Republican, June 14, 1899]

 

The following from the Binghamton Herald of Friday, June 16, is an account of a handsome wedding that occurred in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], Thursday evening of last week.  The bridegroom, Charles Ralph Corbin, is well-known in Bainbridge and vicinity, his father Charles A. Corbin, now of Binghamton, being a former resident of Middle Bridge, as was also his grandfather, Robert Corbin (deceased).  Mrs. C.M. Priest and Mrs. Jesse Whitman of Bainbridge were in attendance at the wedding:  "The wedding of Miss Lilla Hawkes and Charles Ralph Corbin was solemnized last evening at 8 o'clock at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Dexter Hawkes, No. 29 Clark street, by the Rev. A.W. Hayes of the Tabernacle church.  It was one of the most notable of the many June weddings and the appointments were perfect.  Not only the home of the bride, but the adjoining residence as well were given up to the large number of friends and relatives who assembled on the felicitous occasion.  About 125 invitations were issued and nearly that number of guests were present.  A large canopy extended from the street to the Hawkes residence and the interior, brilliantly illuminated and artistically decorated, presented a highly attractive scene.  Palms, roses and trailing vines graced the reception hall while the parlor contained a pretty bank of palms, exotics and flowers before which the ceremony was performed.  Greeneries and cut flowers were tastily arranged throughout the various rooms and contributed to the general pleasing effect.  Promptly at the hour named an orchestra screened from view by waving palms commenced the wedding march from Lohengrin and the bridal party descended into the parlor.  The ushers, Alfred Landers and Elliott Marean led, followed by the flower girl, Miss Elizabeth Gaylord attired entirely in white and strewing roses before the party.  Miss May Galloway, the maid of honor attired in white organdie over white taffeta silk came next and carried sweet peas.  The bride entered the parlor on the arm of her brother, Charles W. Hawkes, and was met by the bridegroom and his best man, Frank Brandt, before the bank of palms.  The ribbon girls, Miss Pearl Corbin, a sister of the bridegroom and Miss Marguerite Ehresman, came last gathering up two lines of white ribbon between which the rest had passed.  The bride wore a pretty and becoming costume of white silk over white satin en traine and trimmed with Valenciennes lace.  The bridal bouquet was white sweet peas and a magnificent pendant brooch with glistening diamonds, surrounded with opals and pearls, a gift of the bridegroom, was worn.  Cavaleria Rusticana was rendered by the orchestra during the ceremony.  Shortly after the ceremony the guests sat down to a dainty wedding dinner in the adjoining residence, the houses being connected by a canopy.  The rooms were trimmed with laurel and running pine, while the bridal table in the parlor was decorated with white and pink roses, smilax and laurel.  Many beautiful and costly presents were received by Mr. and Mrs. Corbin, among them being a gift from the bridegroom's grandmother of five $20 gold pieces.  At 11:45 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Corbin left for a wedding trip in the East and they were saluted at the departure with a goodly shower of rice.  They will be at home at No. 29 Clarke street after August 1.  Mr. Corbin is the son of C..A. Corbin with whom he is associated in business.  Both he and his bride have many friends in social circles of the city."  [Bainbridge Republican, June 21, 1899]