Article: She didn't run, but one bride got cold feet a century ago.(Neighbor)(Way back when)

Byline: Jerry Turnquist

The news these days can sometimes seem a little bit outlandish, you say?

Area headlines a century ago could be just as much so. A rather unexpected end to a wedding, a child born in a most unusual spot, and some rather peculiar requests to telephone operators were just some of the newsmakers of July 1905.

Here's a look at those and other stories from the Elgin newspapers of the time.

- Brides who get "cold feet" made the news a century ago, too. With her attendants by her side, a 26-year-old bride standing next to her 40-year-old fiance was asked whether she accepted her husband-to-be "for life, for better or ...

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