Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1909 — Lucky Minister Gets $1,000 Fee Forty Years After Marriage. [ARTICLE]

Lucky Minister Gets $1,000 Fee Forty Years After Marriage.

John W. dates, the millionaire, was in Seattle Monday, and as he was stepping into his private car he was addressed by the aged minister who had married him forty years ago to Della Baker. He recognized the minister and remarked: “When you married me I only gave you a $5 fee, but I’ll make up for it now.” He pulled a check book from his pocket and wrote a check for SI,OOO, much to the surprise of the minister.