Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1911 — YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED AT ST. JOE MONDAY. [ARTICLE]

YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED AT ST. JOE MONDAY.

Ross Reed, Sixteen, and Bessie Paulus, Eighteen, Eloped to Gretna Green Of Michigan for Union. The latest St. Joe elopement of Jasper county people occurred last Saturday. March 4th, when Ross Reed, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reed, who reside west of Rensselaer, and Miss Bessie Paulus, the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Paulus, of Newton township, slipped off the St. Joe, Mich. Miss Paulus had been staying with her sister, Mrs. James Reed, northwest of Rensselaer, and Saturday accompanied her to town. She was expected to go home with her sister again, but when she did hot make her appearance it was presumed she had gone to her home in Newton township. Investigation showed that this was not the case and that young Reed, with whom she had been keeping company for some time, was also absent from his home. It was surmised, of course, that, they had gone away to get married but no steps were taken to prevent them and the suspicions of the parents were confirmed when they returned home Monday evening and related the story of their elopement. They arrived in St. Joe too late to get a license until Monday and were married that morning. Parents’ blessings awaited the youthful groom and the young bride and plans are making for their home on a farm.