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Lena Stone
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THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth year - Number 55
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, November 30, 1907
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Miss Edith Root a Bride.
Washington, D.C.,--Nov. 27.--One of the most notable and brilliant weddings that
the national capital has seen in a long time took place this afternoon, when
Miss Edith Root, daughter of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Root, became the
bride of Lieut. Ulysses S. Grant, Third engineer corps, U. S. A., son of Major
Gen. Frederick D. Grant, U.S.A. and grandson of Gen. U. S. Grant. The
ceremony was performed at the Root family residence in Rhode Island avenue in
the presence of a distinguished company, which included the president and Mrs.
Roosevelt, members of the cabinet, justices of the supreme court, senators and
representatives, and members of foreign diplomatic corps. Among the family
guests were Gen. and Mrs. Frederick D. Grant, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and
Mrs. Potter Palmer.
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