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MISS SIGMONWho Disappeared Prom Han over Friday Nightarried in Jeffersonville Suaday to Isaac Leo Steam, of VernonGroom Only 19, But H*d Conasnt of Hit Father—Bride Wai 17 Yeara Old,anddie-wasIsaac Leo Stearn, nineteen yeara of age, who bad the written consent of his father, of Vernon, Ind., and Miss Margaret Sigmon, who saidshe was eighteen, of Madison, itwas announced today, were married yesterday morning in Jeffersonville by Magistrate Benson R. Veasey. A paragraph was published in the Sunday morning papers that the girl, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sigmon, a farmer, said to bo only seventeen, had appeared from Madison and it the supposition she had eloped with “Elmer Stein,” of North Vernon. The paragraph said Sigmon and officers wore searching for the girl. Nothing was known of this in Jeffersonville, and when the license was applied for it was granted.The girl is large and did not have the appearance of being less than eighteen years of age. They were accompanied by an uncle of Steam and it was stated they came to Jeffersonville in ao automobile.Steam’sfather is at the head of a Vernon lumber company. The consent for a license to be issued was written on a letterhead of the lumber company. Stearn said he and his bride were going to locate in Vernon, but they did not intimate they had run away from home. The boy said he was born in Jennings county, Indiana, August 10, 1890. The girl made an affidavit she was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, November 18, 1897. which if true made her eighteen years old nearly two weeks since. It is the belief in Jeffersonville that nothing further regarding the elopement will be done.—Jsffersonville News.WHAT BO, LOCHINVAR!Here’s ■ Vernon Youth Who ClaimsYour Laurels.Vernon, Ind., Nov. 29— Gay Young Lochinvar would have blushed at the undeserved fame he gained by his method of obtaining a Dride had he witnessed the elopement of Leon Stearns, 18 years old, of thiscity, and Miss Margaret Sigmon, 17 years old, of Madison, which gained parental forgiveness today after thrills undreamed of m the classicdays of chivalry. After the Sigmon family removed from Vernon to Madison several months ago young Stearns made frequent trips to that city for secret meetings with his sweetheart. Friday evening she stole from her home to meet the youth and her absence was detected.Faciog parential wrath if she returned, the girl consented then and there to elope. That her garments consisted of little more than a night dress, a sweater, a cloak and overshoes did not deter her. The couple started for Vernon and tramped about twenty miles, through fields and woods, along byroads across streams, hiding at times to escape detection. At Dupont they obtained a horse and buggy and drove to this city.Fearing that the girl’s parents had sent a warning here, Stearns appealed to some girl friends, who equipped Miss Sigmon with more suitable clothing and the couple, by a dash in an automobile, caught a train to Louisville, Ky.# where they were married. They returned yesterday to the home .of *the bridegroom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B. Stearns, and the bride’s mother arrived here toda? to forgive them. They probably will eat Christmas dinner at the Sigmon home in Madison.Louis Norwood Hiatt, of North Madison, has had an unusually severe case of asthma for the past two weeks. The little boy, now 11 years of age, has suffered from time to time with this trouble from infancy. The family recently moved to the hill-top thinking it would be a benefit to his health, but so f ar there has been no change.Id a75 Ro|Charimen arc Kanawi near B collapse to have hundrecone o’cl rushed 75 have accountmen areThe res from th BureauInternvlseiDlNewinternal of Presi fairs, diTo bs HiThe a at the 1 Kent ro All £ sent to day, D awardsWhitplace.YeliosecondWhitplace.Yelloplace.AnyP'irstgiven 0 of appli plate.IrisleeconcIristond pi Swe place.BrioThebread, and fa Firs variet;FirspoundFirsany vi loaf.Firs Libit c The work 1 Pro! dairy 1 sity \p. m.A mlow.A b and ev bring 1the co cess.Anj work 'by FriUniteery stoi
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Madison Weekly Herald
Madison, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 02, 1915
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