Posted by PBM on July 10, 19103 at 23:24:20:
Oct. 11, 1871, Vol. XXXIV, No. 8 (1791)
Elopement
Quite an excitement has been created at Junction on account of the elopement of George Woody, aged 35 years old with Mrs. Kate Bowlby, aged about 17... He has since written to his wife, stating that he is in Kansas with a friend...
Nov. 1, 1871, Vol. XXXIV, No. 11 (1794)
Turned up Mrs. Kate Bowlby, an account of whose elopement from Junction with one Woody was given a few weeks since, has turned up. She reported one day last week at her mother's house in Junction. Her "fellar" has gone West, they say.