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December 20, 1933
The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
Mrs. Willis Knight, 32, involved in a 1929 husband swap with neighbor Mrs. Lawrence Rikansrud, died of heart trouble in a Minot, N.D., hospital on Dec. 20 after months of illness. Her body was returned to Lansford for funeral services.
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Marital Quadrangle
Is Ended by Death
Minot, N. D., Dec. 20—(A)—Mrs. Willis Knight, 32, of the Lansford vicinity, whose name flashed over news telegraph wires early in 1929 after she and a neighbor woman had exchanged husbands, died in a Minot hospital Tuesday evening. Death was due to heart trouble.
Ill for several months Mrs. Knight had been a hospital patient since October 30 and she also had received hospital treatment prior to that time.
Mrs. Knight and her neighbor, Mrs. Lawrence Rikansrud, came to Minot on January 28, 1929 and, while their husbands waited outside the court chambers, each obtained a divorce, each testifying for the other.
On the next day the separated couples went together to Melita, Man., and there were married again in an exchange of mates, Mrs. Rikansrud becoming Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Knight becoming Mrs. Rikansrud.
Mrs. Knight's body has been taken to Lansford, where funeral services are to be held in the Methodist church Friday. Burial also will take place there.
Is Ended by Death
Minot, N. D., Dec. 20—(A)—Mrs. Willis Knight, 32, of the Lansford vicinity, whose name flashed over news telegraph wires early in 1929 after she and a neighbor woman had exchanged husbands, died in a Minot hospital Tuesday evening. Death was due to heart trouble.
Ill for several months Mrs. Knight had been a hospital patient since October 30 and she also had received hospital treatment prior to that time.
Mrs. Knight and her neighbor, Mrs. Lawrence Rikansrud, came to Minot on January 28, 1929 and, while their husbands waited outside the court chambers, each obtained a divorce, each testifying for the other.
On the next day the separated couples went together to Melita, Man., and there were married again in an exchange of mates, Mrs. Rikansrud becoming Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Knight becoming Mrs. Rikansrud.
Mrs. Knight's body has been taken to Lansford, where funeral services are to be held in the Methodist church Friday. Burial also will take place there.
What sub-type of article is it?
Family Drama
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Family
Misfortune
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Husband Exchange
Divorce Swap
Marital Quadrangle
Heart Trouble Death
Lansford Funeral
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Willis Knight
Mrs. Lawrence Rikansrud
Where did it happen?
Minot, N. D.; Lansford; Melita, Man.
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. Willis Knight
Mrs. Lawrence Rikansrud
Location
Minot, N. D.; Lansford; Melita, Man.
Event Date
January 28, 1929; Dec. 20
Story Details
Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Rikansrud exchanged husbands via divorce in Minot and remarriage in Melita in 1929; Mrs. Knight died of heart trouble in Minot hospital after prolonged illness.