The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-31
HIS LICENSE WAS N. G.
Des Moines Trayelingman Gets His
License Here to Marry Girl
at DeS MOines.


Geo. P. Winrick, we'll known travel
ing man, who frequently visits Leon,
while here last week thought to get
ahead of his friends in Des Moines by
getting his marriage license in Leon, so
in company with o. G. Clark, who ident-
flied him, Mr.. Winrick applied to Clerk
Keller for marriage license, but did
not say anything about getting married
here, SO the license was issued without
further questioning. The Capital of
Thursday tells of the trouble the Deca-
tur county license caused Mr.. Winrick
as follows:
George p. Winrick, who travels for
the Wilson Tea and Coffee house of Ohio,
who last evening in this city took unto
himself Miss Sadie II. Sweet as bride,
came very near to spelling his own
plans for happy Christmas holiday by
a clever scheme which he concocted to
outwit his Des Moines friends. The
groom, it seems, had been foremost in
putting up number of jokes on newly
married friends in this city recently, so
he decided that it would be necessary
in his own case to think up some very
clever scheme to avoid the embarrass-
ment of the pranks which were likely to
be played upon him.
Mr.. Winrick travels through Iowa and
is we'll known in different parts of the
state. Last week he happened to be in
Decatur county and decided, while
there, to procure his marriage license.
1t was easy to find witness and Mr..
sary paper to make him happy groom.
He carried the license about in his
pocket, occasionally taking it out to
look upon his name coupled with that of
his winsome bride-to-be. But he was
careful to exhibit it to no one until he
reached Des Moines, and then he only
allowed his promised bride very hasty
glance at the precious document.
The license itself told no tales until it
was exhibited to the minister who was
to perform the ceremony. Mr.. Winrick
and Miss Sweet were to have been mar
ried at o'clock last evening and leave
the city at 7:45 O'clock for Ohio on a
honeymoon trip. A few moments before
Rev. L. T. Guild was to perform the cere-
mony, he asked the groom for the license
that he might fill out the necessary
records.
The groom, chuckling to himself, pro-
duced the document he had obtained in
Decatur county and handed it to the
and, when the groom began to look
anxious, explained that it would impos-
sible to be married in Polk county upon
a marriage license obtained in another
county in the state. 1t was only few
moments then before the time for the
ceremony to be pronounced. A hurried
consultation was held and somebody
was dispatched across the street to the
home of w. H. Arnold, friend Of the
contracting parties, to see what could
be done.
For about fifteen minutes the tele-
phone wires were kept hot. AT the end
Of that time carriage was procured
and the frantic groom, accompanied by
Mr.. Arnold, was speeding his way to
the county court house. On the way
there, Calvin Hicks, deputy clerk, was
picked up by appointment and when the
court house was reached issued the
tardy license. The groom and Mr..
Arnold were back to the house by a
quarter of seven o'clock and in short
order the ceremony was performed, as
though nothing had almost transpired
to interfere.
The bride looked very rosy and charm
ing in gown of white, and her friends
said she appeared all the more winsome
for the embarrassment of the threaten
ed interruption. The ceremony was
performed, supper was served and the
bride and groom had just twenty min.
utes in which to catch their train fo1
the east.
They will be at home to friends after
February at 1920 Twentieth street, the
home of the brides mother, Mrs. Fl. II
Sweet, where the wedding took place
last night. Only few relatives anc
friends were present to witness the
ceremony.
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