The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-25
AFTER KENOSHA MEN
Young Woman From Chicago Wants
to Found a Matrimonial AssO-
citation in Kenosha.
MEMBERS CAME IN EASILY
Several Young Men Are Already Reported
to Have Joined the Association and
More Are to Follow.

The hearts of the unmarried men in
Kenosha are in a f1utter today on &C
count of an angel of mercy that de-
| seconded upon them this morning and
threatens to find them all a wife in
less time than it takes to make an or
binary love at first sight courtship
She was the dearest kind of little
creature and she drifted in on an early
train from Chicago. With a madonna
like face and hair of Titan gold she
attracted quite little attention on the
streets and when she interviewed the
young men she attracted quite a little
more than attention. But f1utterine
hearts were stilled when the maiden
fair Informed the young men that she
came to Kenosha not to get married,
but to provide for giving others in
marriage. She came prepared for bus
mess and the first point she stopped
was at the Meyers block, and she left
behind a score of hearts strained to the
breaking point.
She visited the offices of the various
unmarried men, and in a gentle, con-
she had come to Kenosha, to organize
an association for the promotion of
matrimony among the young men of
Kenosha. She said that for a long
time her eye had been on Kenosha and
that she had noticed that there was not
the number of happy homes there
should be and for this reason she came
with business proposition to add to
the number Of homes. In few words
She told him that she was organizing
an association which would make it
certain that every manageable man
in the city would be safely anchored
within short time. Her proposition
was given in strict confidence, but
some of the mean men have been so
unkind as to break the confidence and
tell the story of the plan of the angel
of mercy. According to the plan each
member who entered the association
was to pay to the agent 500, which
was to pay for the love and affection
which he was to receive from the bride
to be. But the benefits did not stop
with the first payment, for the man
was to have the privilege of paying to
the association afterward the sum of
$40 month until he was married. and
when the wedding bells had rung and
the matrimonial ceremony was over he
was to receive a handsome return in
the way of house and lot free from
debt and mortgage. The young lady
backed up her proposition by stating
that she represented company backed
by some of the best known business
men in Chicago, and with an ample
capital to, carry out all the promises
made. She further stated that the APP
p1icatiOn of the cure for bache1orhood
would not interfere with business, as
the company looked to the interest of
its members, and practically found the
women and made the engagements, so
that the marriages we're concluded in
as speedy a manner as possible.
From reports it seems that the airy,
b1ushing fairy visited nearly all the
young men of the city and it is limited
that not less than ten of the young
men are thinking seriously of accept
ing the proposition. In the walk
about the city the young lady made
one grievous mistake, and fell in on an
old married man whose life had not
been one of perpetual bliss and after he.
had heard the story he made the prop
osition that the lady secure a divorce
for him and he would present her with
a house and lot and a membership
fee besides. The young lady retired
completely conquered and as she went
down the stairs the men in the office
heard something that sounded WON
derfully like words which couldn't be
repeated in Sunday school. The
young lady failed to give her name to
the gentlemen, but she is said to have
been a Miss Merrill of CHICAGO