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Poplar Bluff, February 10.—Eunice Epley, 14 years old, must wait until she is past 15 to wed, even with par ental consent. Judge D. B. Deem has ruled in Probate Court. George Epley, Puxico farmer ap plied personally to Deem to get a permit for his daughter to wed. The law states that the reason must be one of great weight for a Circuit or Probate Judge to permit marriage under 15 years, and since the father could not name a reason, his request was rejected. “Just in love and want to hitch up”, was the only reason that the father could give.
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Sikeston Standard
Sikeston, Missouri, US
Fri, Feb 12, 1926
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