Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1916 — GETS DICTAGRAPH PROPOSAL [ARTICLE]

GETS DICTAGRAPH PROPOSAL

Girl Adds “Yes” and Returns Machine’s Record Parkersburg, W. Va. —Because he could not muster sufficient courage to propose to his sweetheart, Alfred B. Manning, a prosperous business man o* this city, recited his proposal to a dictagraph. Several records were destioyed before he finally had one couched in endearing terms and yet which could not be mistaken by the recipient When the proposal was finally completed he sent the record to bis sweetheart ' - r The next day he received a package and found a record. Thinking it might have been his own returned he put it on the machine and heard but one word, ,? Yes!’’ Then he called around at the young woman’s hqme and arranged for the wedding/ which will be held this week.