Approaching Nuptials
A flowery society announcement of an upcoming Austin wedding between a court clerk and a local young woman, typical of the era's warm, effusive engagement notices.
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The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · Page 5
1 min readOn the 14th inst. Mr. Robert Connerly, the courteous clerk of the court of civil appeals, will be united in marriage to Miss Jon Hale, also of this city. The union will be among the happiest of the winter. The groom is one of those young men in whom all honor, trust and confidence can be placed. As a friend he is worthy of the highest regard, and as a business man he is perfect.
The bride is a young lady with all those characteristics that make woman such a helpmate to man. She has, during her life, won large circles of friends by her many charming attributes, and all will join The Statesman in the best of wishes.
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