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Divorce-Marriasre Chain Mixes ThingsYA NSTON, ILL.—Divorces do mix things tip nowadays, for a fact. Addison Stillwell, president of the Stillwell Lumber company of Chicago, and Mrs. FramesK. Pearsong, divorced wife of MayorHarry 1'. Pearsons of Evanston, worequietly married at noon in the home ! of the bride's father, Uollin A. Keyes, at 1210 Forest avenue, Evanston. The ceremony, which was performed byKev. R. J. Richards. associate pastor of the First Baptist church ofEvanston, was witnessed only bymembers of the two families.The Wedding adds another link to a Chain of marriages and divorces whichbegan with the divorce of Mr. and Mrs. Glidden Osborne five years ago.1 lie first Mrs. Osborne has since Itifp remarried and Is living in Washing* ton, IX C. IMiring last August, ;lt;t Watch Hill, R. I., Mr. Osborne married Wvh. May Peabody Stillwell, a daughter of the lute Francis Stuyvesnnt iVnbody, who divorced Addison Still* tvell last winter on grounds of desertion.The Stillwell divorce preceded by *nlv a few weeks that of Mayor Pe.tr-Ions and his wife. Mrs. Pearsons, 'barging desertion, set forth that she tnd her husband had not been living together since 1914, a fact kept secret luring the war, when she took a lend-ipqgpB. ty ming part in Hed Cross welfare work and went to France with a group ofEvanston women.Fpon her return from abroad she did not return to her husband’s home, but went to reside with her father, embarking in various business venturesfor herself. One of her hobblesthe designing of fancy barks for play* ing cards. She and Mr. Stillwell were good friends before either of the divorces was granted, and since her separation from her husband the two* often had been seen together in public. Humors of the approaching marriage had been flitting about Evanston for several weeks.Mrs, Pearsons* marriage, followed by just a week that of her daughter Frances to (iwinn Rust in Washington, I. (\ The former Miss Pearsons was a student at Vassar, and it is said her parents were not notified of the mar-ringe until after the ceremonylieen performed in the cathedral at theI 1The quiet wedding of Mr. Stillwell «md Mrs. Pearsons was In contrast to that of Addison Stillwell and Miss* May Peabody, which was one of the important events of the social seasonof 10H. Following the ceremony, tin*couple left on a two weeks’ honeymoon In the East, their destination being kept a secret.
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Grapevine Sun
Grapevine, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 27, 1923
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