Friday Find

Among the many newspaper clippings saved by my grandmother, Pauline Mentzer Briles, was one announcing the marriage of her cousin, Cecil M. Mentzer, to Emile Beine. Unfortunately, only part of the clipping has survived.

However, I recently found this same article while searching digitized newspapers and was pleasantly surprised to find not just one version—but three separate newspaper accounts of their wedding!

From the Yates Center News

Beine—Mentzer

At the Christian church parsonage Sunday, April 8, 1923, Emile Beine and Miss Cecil M. Mentzer, both of Yates Center, Rev. Loyd L. Roach, officiating. These fine young people have the best wishes of all their friends. They will make their home on Mr. Hogueland’s farm northwest of Yates Center.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. August Beine, of Reynolds, N. D., formerly of this place, and is a highly respected young man. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Mentzer, of North township, and for several years a successful teacher in the schools of Woodson county. The best wishes of their friends for a long and happy life go with them to their new home seven miles northwest of Yates Center.

From the Woodson County Advocate

BEINE — MENTZER

Emil F. Beine and Cecile M. Mentzer, both of Yates Center, were married at the Christian parsonage Sunday, April 8, 1923, Rev. Lloyd L. Roach, pastor, officiating. These excellent young people are well known and have a host of friends in this vicinity where they have spent most of their lives.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. August Beine, of Reynolds, N. Dakota, formerly of this place, and is a highly respected young man.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mentzer, of North township, and for several years has been a successful teacher in the schools of Woodson county.

The best wishes of their friends, for a long and happy life, go with them to their new home, seven miles northwest of Yates Center.

From the Woodson County Journal

Emil F. Beine and Miss Cecil M. Mentzer, both of Yates Center, were married by Rev. L. L. Roach at the Christian church parsonage in Yates Center Sunday, April 8, 1923. The many friends offer congratulations.

This discovery allowed me to confirm details about the ceremony and learn even more about the young couple’s life after marriage. It’s always rewarding to see how these saved mementos from the past align with digitized historical records, especially when they shed light on family members like Cecil.

You can view Cecil M. Mentzer’s FamilySearch profile here: 9KD2-M7R