Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1913 — MARRIED BEFORE SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD [ARTICLE]

MARRIED BEFORE SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD

Relatives Here Learn of Secret Wedding Last December of Daughter of Christy Vick. Those in Rensselaer who remember little Clara Vick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christy Vick, now of Spokane, Wash., will be .surprised to learn that she was secretly married the first of last December, when she lacked a month of being 15 years of age. She had continued to live at the home of her parents since her marriage and was able to keep it a secret because both her father and mother were working and did not know that she was not attending school until the superintendent wrote to *them to ascertain the cause of her absence. She then admitted that she was married some five months before to Arthur Farwell, a clerk in a store in Spokane. Clara was a very pretty and attractive girl and bright in her school work while the family resided here. It is hoped that her youthful marriage results happily. The groom is about 19 years of age.'