Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1902 — Won a Wife on a Train. [ARTICLE]

Won a Wife on a Train.

What appears to be the record foi matchmaking occurred recently in Kansas. It culminated in the marriage of Mrs. Alice Anderson of Trenton. Mo., and William Arnold of Smith county, Kan., who met upon a Rock Island train several days ago, fell in love with each other and became engaged before the train had covered 40 miles of the distance between Trenton, Mo., and Kansas City. Arnold is a substantial farmer. He had been a widower for 14 years, and last October decided to marry again. He visited relatives in lowa, Indiana and Ohio, but failed to find a woman who struck his fancy. He was on his Way to visit his cousins in Kansas City when he met Mrs. Anderson on the train. She was pretty and interesting and Arnold’s search for a wife ended.