Wedding of Howard Craig and Blanche Trimble
From Clark County (IL) Herald
10 August 1904
Mr. Howard Craig, aged 26, and Miss Blanche Trimble, 21, of Ernst,
came down on the Big Four excursion Sunday night, and were married
this morning, returning home on the 10:30 train." Mr. Carmel
Register.
Prof. Howard Craig is one of the popular teachers in the Marshall
schools and his bride is a very pretty young lady, also a
teacher. They thought they would fool their friends by
slipping away and getting married and then keeping it a secret till
Sept.
They boarded the south bound evening train on the Big 4 intending to
go to Cairo but on arriving at Mt. Carmel found that the train
didn't go any further so they got married there, coming home the
next day. They will go to housekeeping here in a few
weeks. We extend congratulations to the happy couple and
promise them that we won't tell anybody that they are married--we
will just let people find it out as best they can.