Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1917 — MAN MARRIES TO WIN $500 [ARTICLE]

MAN MARRIES TO WIN $500

But Al Didn't Know That Otto Had Been Engaged for Some Time. St Louis.—Otto Richter Is proprietor .of the Old Homestead saloon at 504, Market -street Around the corner Al Guerdan has a hat store at 13 South Broadway. Richter buys his hats at Guerdflh’s and Guerdan eats his pretzels at Richter’s. Even then they are friends. Guerdan was nibbling at Richter’s one night recently. “Otto,” he says, “why don’t you get married?” “Ho,” scoffed Otto. “What for?” “That’s you,” said Al. “You ain’t got any sense. What for! Any man ud talk like that-ean’t get a-girl.” “Ho,” said Otto. “Bet yuh.” “Bet me,” snorted Al. “I’ll bet yuh S6OO to SIOO you can’t get married before twelve o’clock tonight.” “Ho,” says Otto, and he peeled ofT a SIOO bill. Al covered. Richter was married at 11:30 the same, night at the residence. of Marriage License Clerk C. H. Ruedi, 3733 Laclede avenue, to Miss Hilma Anderson, 3247 Missouri avenue. Justice of the Peace Joseph L. Schuler performed the ceremony. . —— It was this way: Otto didn’t tell about his heart affairs in a hat store. For three years he had been spending his Sundays off In a siege to Miss Anderson’s heart, and Al didn't know It. It was all fixed up that Otto was to leap next month. When that SSOO furniture money rolled under his gaze Otto just hunted a telephone. Miss Anderson said It would hurry her. That was eight o’clock. —— At midnight they hauled Guerdan out of bed. “Mrs. Richter,” introduced Otto. “We’re going to New York in the morning.” “Going to spend that five hundred dollars?’’ stuttered Al. “Ho,” said Otto. “More.”