Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1915 — WIFE QUITS THE PARSONAGE [ARTICLE]
WIFE QUITS THE PARSONAGE
Pastor-Husband Forgets Art of Kissing and Young Bride Returns to Her Mother. St. Louis —Mrs. Eugenia Anderson, nineteen years old, seven-months bride of Rev. Arthur R. Anderson, pastor of the Central Christian church in Granite City, has returned to the home of her mother, Mrs. Minnie Koch of this city, because, she says, her husband would not kiss her. She told a reporter that, in the last two months, her husband had kissed her but once, and that this lone salute was bestowed, not upon her lips, true lover fashion, but in a half hearted way on her cheek. ghe said she did not wish to be divorced, and would be glad to resume her place as mistress of the manse, if her husband would only give her a little affection.
