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Show y Quakeress Nebraska War Bride Lincoln. Neb., sept. 20. 'XTTHEN Miss Julia Zluimermann, of VV Jeanette, Pa., found that her sweetheart, sweet-heart, Private Goorgo Wright, of a Nebraska Ne-braska field hospital company, would soon leave tor France, she jumped on the first train and came out here and I . J1KS. GEORGE WRIGIIT 1 L married him. Five hundred soldiers witnessed the ceremony and two military mili-tary bands, those of the Fifth Nebraska and Sixth Nebraska Regiments, played the wedding march. Mrs, "Wright is a Quakeress and does not believe in warfare, war-fare, but she Is raising no objections because her young husband is going to war. When young Wright discovered that his company would be ordered to France very shortly he telegraphed his sweetheart, sweet-heart, asking that she come to Lincoln and marry him. In an hour or tuo he ;tot an answer of three words--"Am leaving tonight" and on the second morning thereafter the young lady reached Lincoln. The regiment turned out to meet her. There were the two bands, a machine-?un machine-?un company, an ambulance corps and eight or ten companies. At the auditorium audi-torium there were 600 civilians gathered gath-ered to witness the ceremony, which was performed by Captain Cobbey, chaplain chap-lain of the Fifth Nebraska Regiment. After the ceremony the hrlde and groom were placed on a gun caisson and hauled through the business streets of the city, about 1000 soldiers accompanying accom-panying them. Finally the procession wound up at the office of the regimental paymaster, where Mrs. Wrlglu drew her husband's- ciocihl ngy f.y. - tb first time. " |