Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1915 — ANOTHER ELOPEMENT PROBABLY TO MICHIGAN [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER ELOPEMENT PROBABLY TO MICHIGAN

Miss Floss Smith Loaves Note Tell- —- . ing of Her Plans to Get Married. * f * ,i{T '*

Mrs. Frye: X am running away and when you shall have road this I will bo Mrs. Willard Millspaugh. Gone to Michigan.

The above message written on a card was found by Mrs. William Frye, wife of the busman, when she went downstairs about midnight Monday night to answer a phone call.

The note was written by her domestic, Miss Floss Smyth, daughter of J. W. Smith, of Union township. Miss Smith had been employed by Mrs. Frye for some time. Willard Millspaugh,' nephew of J. R. Millspaugh, of Union township, worked for his uncle last summer, but this winter he has been making his home with his grandparents near Matthews. He appeared here the day after Christmas and has been paying devoted attention to Miss Smith, visiting her nearly every evening. Monday evening he appeared at the Frye residence at an early hour and he and Miss Smith (went down town, returning some time later. About 11 o’clock Mts. Frye heard them leave the house again, and when she went downstairs a little later to answer the phone she found the note.

They were noticed at the depot by the bus driver a little later, and left On the second sounthbound train at 12:13, so they may have changed their minds a-id not gone to Michigan. Miss Smythe is 19 years of age and Mr. Millspaugh is 18, it is understood.