Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1910 — Experimental Unions Not New. [ARTICLE]

Experimental Unions Not New.

Marriage contracts written on ostraca or potsherds have been unearthed at Luxor, Egypt, which convict the experimental union man of unoriginality. They are two thousand years old. Thus, one of them: "I take thee, Taminis, daughter of Pamonthis, into my house to be my law* ful wife for the term of five months. Accordingly I deposit for you in the Temple of Hathpr the sum of four silver stater, which will be forfeited to you if I dismiss you before the conclusion of the five months, and be* sides shall do—something for you;"but if you leave me on your own account before the end of the five months the above sum which I have deposited shall be refunded to me.” 7 ~ ■ ■'' ~