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Was Refused A Marriage License

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
March
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

WAS REFUSED A MARRIAGE LICENSE

BECAUSE HIS WIFE HAD NOT SECURED THE DIVORCE SHE HAD APPLIED FOR

He brought his intended with him and tried to argue the county clerk into granting the license in spite of his previous incumberance.

Not every man who wants a marriage license gets one. There are sometimes several obstacles in the way. One great obstacle is a previous incumbrance in the shape of a wife. Henry Schumacher, of this city, so found out a week ago today when he applied at the county clerk's office for a license to marry. He called in the morning to find out if his wife, who on Oct. 15, 1894, had commenced proceedings for a divorce, had obtained it. He was informed that she had not. He called again in the afternoon in company with the woman he wanted to marry and made application for a license. This was refused him. He stated that he did not live with his wife who long ago left him and had been keeping company with other men and he saw no reason why he might not marry. He hung around for a while but finally went away without the license. No steps had been taken by the wife beyond filing a bill for divorce, and it is evident that if he wants to marry he must get a divorce for himself.