Many Quirks in Marriage Laws
A study by Geoffrey May of the Russell Sage foundation outlines the wide variations in U S marriage laws across 48 states and the District of Columbia. It notes requirements for ceremonies, common law marriages still valid in several states, age limits including possible parental consent for girls as young as twelve, and the growing trend to raise minimum ages. It covers license timing, advance notices, cross state marriages, and enforcement challenges in preventing evasive marriages.
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New York
District of Columbia
Geoffrey May
Russell Sage Foundation
Pats
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Mississippi
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Virginia
New Hampshire
California
Kentucky
Minnesota
Afifssouri
New Mexico
New England
Delaware
Georgia
Michigan
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Turkish Women Lead in Learning New Latin ABC
Turkish women outpace men in the drive to learn Kemal's Latinized ABCs. Government figures show 48,453 women students versus 36,442 men in 2,197 new ABC schools opened since January 1, with ages 16 to 40 required to study before June.
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ABC
Constantinople
Kemal
Ery
Highest Waterfall Found on Nukuhiva Island in Marquesas
The world’s tallest waterfall is reported on Nukuhiva in the Marquesas Islands. It drops about 1,160 feet with a width around ten feet, expanding during the rainy season. The falls lie three miles inland from the sea.
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Marquesas Islands
Nukuhiva
Marquesas
Divorce Law Currents Across States
The piece notes cross currents in marriage and divorce provisions. It lists states and jurisdictions where rules prohibit remarriage soon after divorce or before final decrees, and where individuals guilty of adultery cannot remarry. Arkansas to Tennessee are cited as exceptions in the current landscape.
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Arkansas
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Llinois
Kentucky
Maine
Marylaft
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
Sea Skipper Sews for Baby Daughter
Tampa Florida report on Capt. W. A. Stone head of Scottsburg largest cargo ship for the United States Shipping Board who secretly sews sulky caps and baby clothes for his daughter living in Portland Maine. He recalls sewing as a childhood passion and notes his WWI command of an army transport between France and England. In 1927 he helped rescue fourteen men from the sinking French schooner Doree in the Bay of Biscay.
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Tampa
Fla
Scottsburg
United States Shipping Board
W. A. Stone
Portland
Maine
Stone
France
England
Bay of Biscay
Magyar Women Rally Against Gambling in Budapest
A benevolent protective society formed by Hungarian married women aims to end gambling as husbands risk ruin. Nightly bets move through guarded clubs in the capital where games flourish. A famed aristocrat reportedly lost 250000 dollars in a single poker game on a train to Vienna. Several prominent manufacturers have committed suicide after a night of bad luck.
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Budapest
Vienna
Quart of Water for Kidney Health Tip Turns to Salts
An article promotes drinking a quart of water daily and taking four ounces of Jad Salts to flush and stimulate kidneys. It claims this can prevent sluggish kidneys, reduce acids from rich foods, relieve bladder irritation, and aid blood purification, advising use before breakfast and as a regular measure.
New plant dye discovered by Prof Molisch
A new natural dye named cacto-rubin has been found in a cactus species by German chemist Prof H Molisch. The brick red carmine pigment appears when cactus cells die and is invisible in living tissue. Researchers suspect an enzyme related origin.
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H. Molisch
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