Two Noras: August 24, 1914 and August 24, 201

Nora Bauer: Monday, August 24, 1914
Today was the great wedding of Mabel & Will. They certainly looked pretty all of them and they did not seem to be a bit embarrassed. It just poured down rain when they came. Mamie was to the wedding, she got lots of pretty things. They went away at 1 [?] o'clock. 

Nora Spitznogle: Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Another busy work day. Met with a friend who is a financial advisor for coffee. Drove Dan Wakefield to an Indiana Humanities event - Bookmark Indy: A Celebration of Mari Evans on Indiana Avenue. Aleta Hodge read from her book chronicling Mari Evans' life and jazz musicians performed classic Indiana Avenue music.  

Oh, Grandma Nora - so many questions! You may remember the shower that her sister Mamie had for Mabel a few weeks ago. 

What in the heck did they have to be embarrassed about? Weekday morning weddings were typical for that era. Was there an early baby? Was one of them engaged to someone else? I widened my search for their names and came up with something tragic....

He died in 1918 of what was then called the Spanish Influenza. The article at the top gives more detail, but I'm pretty sure that his body was brought to his wife's family home, not the Bowmans (and I'm guessing that should be Bauman anyway). 

It seems that they waited two years to have children - still not sure what the embarrassing part of the wedding was. 

It looks like Mabel moved back to Chicago at some point, but her name was mentioned the Logansport papers society pages often enough, listing her as living at her parents house on Cliff Drive. 

Mabel lived another 58 years after her husband died and apparently never remarried. She was living in North Carolina, near her son at the time of her death.  

I had a nice evening with Dan, learning about Indiana Ave and Mari Evans. This article tells a bit more about the book - click here. 

I'm still behind on finishing my State Fair wrap up - I'm perpetually behind....