The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-01
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How Young couples Contemplating
Marriage May Get their Wedding
Clothes. Household Furniture ana
u Little Money Free.
New York Sun.
HAMBURG, Ia, September 1.-THE fol-
lowing marriage notice appeared in one oil
the neighboring weekly newspapers to day
On september IA. by Rev. Y. II. Leinbaeh,
MIR. Enos l.. Bower, OF Maiden Creek 70 Miss
Lizzie Ua'aarlne Holman, OF Lebanon coun'S'
No ca.ds. Il
Nj Boyer is an honest young ore miner oil
good character. His bride is farmers
daughter, educated in the kitchen
and graduated hrss'cisss' ih'eih
gent housekeeper. He is 30 and she
lust 90 Their parents are only 10
very moderate circumstances: OK ho r1
ago the young people were quiIe poor lhey
had intended to board With poor fanny
after their marriage. Instead however VI
do;nc this they were enabled to go to house,
keeniog in flrst-clsss style and all by novel
60 rcIuck No secret 10 made Of tho fict
that thew were first insured by spectators for
S05 O01 in A d, aen or more marriage insur-
AfICo Uu,..,--i--. NJ DOJ0I, tho groom,
was asked ii he had any objection TO giving
his experience in this entirely now method of
starting in lifc and he promptly replied with
smile:
One dayGeorgeMerritt,a neighbor Of mine,
called TO 500 mo- He taught school at Dry
Rock during tho winter sealon. He said he
heard that was going 70 be- married soon,
and told him of my bad luck. He said
thtIfI would lot him take out marriage
insurance policy on me and then marry, he
would buy mo an $50 walnut bedroom set of
furniture, with marble. top washstand, bu-
reau and table He said he was the agent
of one Of the companies, and that he would
take out n policy for So, 900 and haveit trans
ferrei TO himself said | was willing.
The very next evening another agent came
and offered to buy mo a lowered carpet for
front room, lowered carpet for sitting
room and rag carpet for the kitchen. l
was delighted with the business, aud told
him he might take out the policy. Along
came another sgent, and no agreed to furnish
two bed rooms Tor the privilege of insuring
us. accepted this offer, and looked for the
next agent. To make long story short,
fifteen agents agreed to take policies for
$4,000 and thus | became nsures for
1915 900 in about dozen companies.
Each agent either gave me an order on
store or the cash money aS soon as l had
signed tho papers. Atterwar loaned that
the orders were on stores owned by The OIL
GERS of the insurance companies. Well,
with this money and the order 10 hand we
got married, and then furnished our house az
you soc il hero. invite you TO examine it
from top to bottom. The agent explained TO
mo that one wear after our marriage each
ono of these So 900 policies would DO worth
about 81. $50 each. This is why they were
80 ANXIOUS to furnish my house.
have heard that AT "A number Of weddings
the bride and the bridesmaids we're lifted out
with money given by the insurance agents
for the privilege OF taking out policies. You
SEQ that as soon as party becomes insured
he can marry, but his policy won't be paya>
able until year elppses. have figured out
the profits, say on a policy Of $4,000. The
agent makes present to the man who is to
marry say Of $50, the policy will cost him
$40 and the transfer or assignment 81
total $9G. The man ihon marries and In a
years time the company promises to pay
cash from $3.50 TO 800 per thousand, SAY
$500 for $500 policy. The company
raises this money by assessing other mem.
bers OF tho clasa who are not married. II
the companies hoep their word the
Agents will make handsome profits
on their Investments. If thoy don't
keep their word il won't hurt us
OF course, tho agents dent keep all the
policies they get hold of, They sell them III
high advance aud invest the profits in
other policies. know these things, because
l have gone through the hands of fifteen oil
them. Nearly every couple that is married
nowadays is insured. Tho business has
spread into nearly every circle of society,
from the highest to the lowest. Tho poorest
people now can afford TO have the grahdest
weddings know of wedding tina, is to
come of just before Christmas that will
open the eyes OF the people. The bride and
groom are insured Tor over 5000 600, and rs
they arc very poor they don't hold single
policy. believe they got about $1,000
cash in advance from the policy holders, who
are mostly rich farmers and agents. The
young couple are going TO have very grand
wedding In church, tho grandost that ever
look place in the church, and u city minister
will perform the ceremony. Tho bride Is a
cigar factory girl and tho husband works for
n huckster. Both of them ARE odd characters
and they gay they are going to give the peo-
pie something 10 talk about. Over 1000 in
vitalions are to be sent out and the idea is TO
have number Of newspaper reporters pres
emit at the wedding and banquet. Our wed
ding was TO have boen this way, but ",
concluded to have our house furnished, 81
that was the most sensible thing. This sor
of wedding promises 10 be very common il
a few years. The graveyard business is slow
" playing out, aud this now marriage bust
ness Is looming up ~ tho latest sensation.