Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1912 — GIVES MAN TO FIRST WIFE [ARTICLE]

GIVES MAN TO FIRST WIFE

Frau No. 2 Willing to Resign for Predecessor Who After Long Absence Returns. Boston. —With the advice and consent of his second wife, Gustav E. Larsen has petitioned the court here for the annulment of his second marriage in order that he may remarry his first helpmate. Larsen was married to. his first wife fifteen years ago, and four years later she disappeared. For eight jtears he searched for her without success and then, believing her dead, he remarried- A few days ago the first wife hunted up her husband and asked forgiveness. To clear the situation wife No. 2 offered to renounce the man she loved and give up her home that Larsen might re-wed his first love.