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Daily Evening Bulletin
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
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After divorcing ex-Governor William Sprague and gaining custody of their three youngest daughters, Kate Chase Sprague leaves their son Willie with his father. Willie, who grew up with little attention, marries Miss Avis Weed, sister of his father's second wife from West Virginia, and they announce it in Narragansett Pier, RI, on July 27. The governor and his wife approve.
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Grows Up Like a Weed—Marries His Step-Mother's Sister.
NARRAGANSETT, PIER, R. I., July 27.—When Miss Kate Chase Sprague, daughter of the late Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase secured a divorce from her husband, ex-Governor Wm. Sprague, she also secured the custody of her three youngest children, Ethel, Kate and Portia. Willie the oldest child and only son, elected to remain with his father.
Within a year or sixteen months after the divorce Governor Sprague married a young woman from West Virginia. Willie Sprague has been allowed to grow up almost without attention. The announcement was made that he was married on Thursday to Miss Avis Weed, the sister of his father's wife.
The young couple returned here and announced themselves as man and wife. The governor and Mrs. Sprague are reported as content over the match.
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Narragansett, Pier, R. I.
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July 27
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Following his parents' divorce, Willie Sprague stays with his father, ex-Governor William Sprague, while his mother Kate Chase Sprague takes the daughters. The governor remarries a woman from West Virginia, and Willie weds her sister, Miss Avis Weed, announcing the marriage in Narragansett Pier; the family approves.