Marriages licenses were issued at the county seat this week to Henry Barkmeier and Miss Mary Harre and Frank Ekeler and Miss Anna Barkmeier, all of Exeter.

Nebraska Signal
Geneva Nebraska
April 23, 1898

A double wedding was celebrated at the Catholic church in Exeter last Saturday morning, the contracting parties being Mr. Henry Barkmeier and Miss Mary Harre and Mr. Frank Ekeler and Miss Anna Barkmeier, all of near Exeter. After the ceremony the wedding party, headed by the German Band, drove through town on their way to the Barkmeier residence where a dinner and big reception was held.

Fairmont Tribune
Fairmont, Nebraska
May 6, 1898