Francis/Birk elopement, Geneva, Ill., 1906
St. Charles (Illinois) Chronicle, 23 March 1906:
In order to prevent his sweetheart, Miss Clara Francis, daughter of he C.B. & Q. general passenger agent, from taking a trip with her family to California, Walter Birk, a brewer's son of Chicago, persuaded her to elope with him to Geneva and be married. They did so two weeks ago and have announced the wedding and are forgiven.
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