Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1913 — Speedy Courtship. [ARTICLE]

Speedy Courtship.

A man recently in New York laid a wager that he would woo, win and marry within an hour a young ladr whom, with his companions, he had Just seen arrive at t the hotel where he was living. There is nothing in the American marriage law to prevent this dispatch, He introduced himself to the damsel, she smiled upon his suit, a minister was called in. and they were married within an hour. The wager, of no inconsiderable amount, was handed to the-bride-groom, who left with his bride the following day. It'was shortly afterwards discovered that the couple had been man and wife, and that they had been traveling about playing the same trick at various hotels.