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run red water when they was washed.”The children resumed their journey at 9:20 that night, three in a berth,Cupid and Cupidity at Indiana’s Marriage MillCROWN POINT, IND.—Forty-odd miles south by southeast, as Cupid flies, lies Crown Point, Ind., famous as a “lovers’ leap,” where marriage is made easy while you wait. Intrenched deeply in the affections of the townis an institution known as the “marriage mill” that grinds out the daily bread of a number of Crown Point’s influential citizens.And Crown Point is sore! And Crown Point is sore at Chicago. And Crown Point is sore at Chicago because the Chicago newspapers have published the statement that with the approval of Governor Goodrich of Indiana solons of that state were preparing to pass a law requiring a residence of one year in the state on the part of one of the applicants for a marriage license. The repeated declarations of Chicago divorce judges that “quick and easy” marriages cause most matrimonial mismating prompted the proposed action.There were 4,028 marriage licenses issued in Crown Point last year Practically ail of the applicants were wed in the town, and practically all by two justices of the peace. The standard fee is $5.Up to November 4, election day, Justice of the Peace Harry B. Nicholson had been performing the “Bless you, my children,” act at $5 and up per scene. He was defeated and he retired to- Florida for the winter with his family.He is declared to have performed 18,000 marriages in office. Village gossip%places the number much higher.Herbert Wheaton, clerk of Bake county, has declared war. “We’ll fight to the finish any attempt to pass, a law to stop marrying in Crown Point. I don’t see wffiy Chicago wants to butt in on our affairs. It’s none of Chicago’s business what goes on in Indiana.19J\1 ft 1L _ _ AM J D a a a M E7 ■ llt;5 I A |( Ollflll
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Kewanna Herald
Kewanna, Indiana, US
Fri, Jan 31, 1919
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