U.S. WEDDING TRICKS
Clergymen in the neighbourhood of Camp Mills, Long Island, are manifesting on increasing reluctance tn. perform the marriage eeremony r for khaki boys and their fiancees. They declare that numerous instances have come to their knowledge in which the= scheming young women have married several soldiers and secured the compulsory allotment of one-half their monthly pay from several husbands. Most of these "wives" are* also alleged to have had themsleves x named as beneficiaries on their soldier-hus-band's policies. Clergymen announce that in future they will perform nomarriage ceremonies until they are convinced that the prospective bride and bridegroom have been acquainted for a reasonable time.
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Taihape Daily Times, 19 March 1918, Page 4
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108U.S. WEDDING TRICKS Taihape Daily Times, 19 March 1918, Page 4
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