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PATH OF TRUE LOVE IS ROUGHThe troubles of married life be-gan bcfote the nuptial ceremony )n the case of Miss Ethel R. primes, now .Mrs. Warren W. Hawn, of Adel.Thursday afternoon Ha\vn, Mias Grimes, her brother and sister ami various other relative*! hurried into the clerk's office at the Courthouse, intent upon getting a marriage II-cense.Ethel is only 18.Have you the written consent of Miss Grime's parents?*1 the clerk asked.Ethel's sister tried to explain mat-ter3.Her father and mother don't live together. He’s never paid any attention to his daughter. I believe he's married again.But that wasn't enough.Mother said she could marry Warren w. b\ lUivn. Ethel's brother explained. We have four witnesses to prove ItBut even that wasn’t enough.Why don't you use the telephone? ’ the clerk suggested. .An hour was spent in waiting, and in trying to get the matter straightened out.Finally things were fixed up, and mamma officially gave her consent.The couple were made happy without delay by Judge. Hutchinson.
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Des Moines Daily News
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Fri, Jul 13, 1917
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