Word: brides
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...onetime high-school athlete named J. Edward Wright. When this news was announced by Mrs. Spencer, the Hearstian Evening American gave it an eight-column, front-page streamer headline. Col. William Franklin Knox's Daily News front-paged the story with a two-column picture of the bride. The tabloid Times devoted its entire front page to Mary Belle, followed up inside with strips of pictures, additional copy...
...kind-hearted and sympathetic." Gist of Mrs. Spencer's complaint soon proved to be that she did not have a high regard for the social standing of young Wright's parents. Mrs. Spencer also doubted the young man's ability to furnish his bride with 365 new dresses a year, since Mary Belle reputedly "won't wear the same dress twice...
Vexed at such snubs, Mr. & Mrs. Wright Sr. vowed that their son should remain married. Daughter Mary Belle, called in the Press "The Do-As-You-Please Bride," described her marriage as "simply scrumptious." "I don't care if Mamma is a darn good lawyer," declared Mary Belle, "Edward and I will hire a lawyer...
Three days later at Olympia, Zioncheck's bride, a onetime PWA stenographer named Rubye Louise Nix, sat down at a typewriter in the office of Washington's Secretary of State, filled out her husband's declaration of candidacy, which he signed. Reason: His mother wished him to. He announced he would run not as "a personality" but as a man "who stands for certain principles." Two days later 17 local railway union groups endorsed him on this platform and Representative Zioncheck rousingly declared: "I still feel that even if all those things they say about...
...into the boat, the Six Little Brothers, set off to lend her efficient aid. It was late that night before the weary fishermen returned, to watch Mme Toussaint and Jean jump over the broomstick together. And as the overworked engine of the Six Little Brothers had broken down, the bride and groom never...