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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
3
A Cincinnati man 21 feigns romance to wed widow Mrs Hagenback. The bride dies not, a staged elopement ensues with a mock wedding at St Pauls, a chase around Tremont street, fooling crowds, then a secret escape and a midnight California honeymoon aboard a staged wedding. The groom eventually appears, and the couple plans a cross continental trip with the heiress and her husband.
The strangest wedding trip of the season featured Misa Pearl Carvace Cook and Edward Beck, both theatrical performers, circling Boston three times in a taxi after a four o clock ceremony. Delays forced them to shorten their honeymoon and abandon train plans.
Miss Montana Largey of Butte, daughter of a mining financier, loves Ray MacDonald a poor Canadian Scotchman. Though educated east and social queen in youth, she saved her inheritance to become a millionaire, yet money and status seem unable to win her lover’s marriage proposal.
A Boston social event turns to romance after Col. John H. Bartlett meets Susie J. Reese, the pie baker whose mince pie wins admiration. He declares a cook who can bake pies like that is his true affinity, after praising her culinary skill and charm.
A Philadelphia couple, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Weaver, mention their 1-year-old daughter Miss Sing ley, Alice Singley, who hid her wedding secret for many months fearing parental discipline after her marriage to George Weaver.
A Trinity Lutheran church basket social leads to a betrothal for Sing ley and wife. After years of postponed wedding talks and a strict family dynamic, a tearful confession in the parlor ends with a reluctant but hopeful family reunion and clinging to the memory of spankings fading.
The 16 year old Marjory Savin of Washington and Edwin Pilson aged 10, son of a millionaire railroad man, secretly married in Washington. The ceremony surprised Pilson's father who welcomed the couple and said they will live with him while they decide on a business for the boy. The union followed years of courtship and a plan to marry as soon as possible.
In Mecca Imam Abdullah teaches a scandalous revelation that wives may take four husbands. Hanifa, his daughter, sees the ruse and the crowd of women, eager for guidance, accept the mock decree as the sect swells. Abdullah’s elaborate milk ritual ends with a controversial verdict on paternity.
The piece argues Ireland and Australia are prime horse breeding centers with England a strong rival, noting lighter lines from Britain and heavier, faster stock from Irish soil aided by favorable climate. It touches on English imports and urges cautious comparison to American racing stock.
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