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Turnpikes and divorces in a New Jersey trial
Odd tale from New Jersey recounts Jones and Smith seeking divorces in Trenton to marry pretty widows. Champagne suppers and breakfasts sway the lawmakers, but a clerical error swaps names, turning Jones into a turnpike director from Burlington to Bristol instead of a divorced fiancé. The saga ends in comic misery as the couple learns the law has bound them to infrastructure rather than freedom.
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New Jersey
Jones
Trenton
EU Sugel
Ten Childean
Genith
Pig’e Mull
Terrapla
Jersey Lightning
Newark
Smith
Builth
Bowe
Mr. Smith
Smyth
Jonet
Ellen
Jacob Jones
Ana Caroline Jones
New ‘Jersey
Burlington
Cristol
Bristol
Delaware River
Jonoa
Pig's Run
Terrapin Hollow
Burtington
Elisa
Nol
Legiolajens
Clerke
Bumith
Jane S