Wednesday October 18th 1905 A fine day cleared off about 8 AM fine & this is Nellies Wedding day Bell Messenger came to help & is good help I borrowed $500,00 from the bank on demand & got $100,00 in gold $20 gold pieces for our wedding present & we were all busy all day I paid Ed Smith $7 for red paint Topping bros [brothers] $2 for bananas Celery &c & I pd Maude 2,40 for Chickens &c Oldaker & Romine I pd 1,25 sak flour Mart Scrantons came from Washington Roys came & Nellie & Warren Palmer were Married by Rev Willard Deyoe at 7 in Eve assisted by Rev W. A. Schwimley Rev Clapp was here Many Palmers & others they brought many nice & useful presents had a grand wedding Supper & all went off fine my lights bothered some but I finally got them all right we had a good Social time & Singing & guests gone & got to bed near 12 am I hauled 3 loads of plaster 40 sax this morning & Hofer & 2 hands commenced to plaster my new house Nora & Allie came this AM with Leslie from Iowa City I pd Bell Messenger 1,50c
October 18, 1905
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