Miscellany, Oct. 12, 1953

To Whom It May Concern ... In Hailey, Idaho, the weekly Times carried this classified advertisement: "PERSONAL NOTICE: If the man who stole my wife at the celebration Monday will agree to pay her expenses, he is welcome to keep her as long as he can. But don't bring her back. E.K.S."

Age of Consent. In Columbus, Ohio, when James A. Mapes and Pearl C. Lapham applied for a marriage license, the clerk promptly waived the five-day waiting period, explained: "When a man is 83 and his girl friend is 73, they've waited long...

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