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Leap year proposals flood local pages in witty notices
A long cheerful jumble of leap year marriage pleas fills the Register letters. Women from Jefferson County to Ontario seek suitors like Snyder, pledging love and home service while teasing rope and photographs.
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The
Register
Nerewith
Mr. Snyder
Harry
Jefferson County
Martinsburg
W. Va
Sunnyside
Charles Town
Tam
Chaffey
Lock
Ontario
Canada
States
United States
America
Mary Estella Prechestellheart
Grand Rapids
Mick
Shepherdstown
New York
Snyder
Frederik Wa
Shepherdstown Regi
Soyeder
Pearl Dawn