"Myron E. Williams" <myronwms(a)charter.net> wrote:Barbara:
Why would I suppose you are kidding? The Grim Reaper is a very old
figure. Hymen was the greek god of marriage. Both headings fit.
Myron E. Williams
Barbara Kuykendall wrote:
Today I was in the library of the Edgar County Historical Society in
Paris,
Illinois. Another patron was looking through old newspapers.
In the Newton Press, Jasper County, Indiana, early 1900s, deaths were
listed under the heading "The Grim Reaper."
Marriages were listed under "Hymen's Victims."
I'm not kidding. This is real.
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