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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1915
Page
18
Mrs H Mck Brown describes how thousands of foreign women arrive seeking husbands and how the US safeguards and enforces rules. Cases include a match backed by relatives, a deportation if the planned marriage proves false, and bonds often set at $500 to prevent public charges.
A discussion of how immigrant men in the United States often marry women from their homeland or arranged partners abroad. It covers Japanese brides via the immigration service, the role of parents in selecting wives, and the process of forwarding brides by mail steamer to Pacific ports. It notes scrutiny, risk of crime, and health concerns like favus and trachoma.
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