Wife-Seeking Man Came East Only a Day’s Ride From Susanville
February 1st, 1911
Reno may have something of a name for separating, quickly and painlessly, many a couple who have found too late that marriage is a lottery with many blanks, but Reno, from recent developments, promises to win equal fame as the neutral ground upon which candidates for matrimony may meet and continue the ancient institution.
A dispatch from Moline, Illinois, dated Monday, states that Mrs. Fannie Kelley , of Moline, was married on February 6 to Edward Froebel, a merchant of Susanville, Cal., at that town after coming all the way from Illinois to answer an ad on approval asking for a suitable bride.
Froebel advertised in the Illinois papers and Mrs. Kelley answered the d and the correspondence finally reached the Missouri stage.
An element in the romance is the hitherto undisclosed fact that Mrs. Kelley was one of the passengers on the Overland Limited which was held up outside of Ogden last month, and she was one of the passengers compelled to give up valuables to the robbers.
The meeting place of Froebel and his “on approval” bride was agreed upon at Reno and the meeting took place on the morning after the holdup.
