Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1908 — USED THE PARTY LINE. [ARTICLE]

USED THE PARTY LINE.

Young Fortville Man Made Public His ‘‘Surprise Marriage” When He Talked Over Telephone. Greenfield, Ind., Dqc. s.—Thomas Ward Alford and Miss Sallie Murrer, of Fortville, had expected to surprise their friends by marrying tomorrow evening, but had all their plans frustrated when the wouldbe bridegroom applied for a license in this city yesterday. The blanks had been filled out and the signature acknowledged, but the clerk observed the bridegroom was under the age that permits marriages without the parents’ consent. This consent had not been obtained and the license was not issued until two hours had been spent telephoning to Fortville for the required permission. The telephones are party lines and the entire neighborhood, the young man said, would know the whole transaction.