Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Heart to Heart

Weddings on the decline, but don’t count love out yet

From the Western Nebraska Observer archives:

January 9, 1947

159 marriage licenses by county court

Marriage licenses issued in Kimball county showed an increase of almost 75 percent in 1946, according to the records of County Judge Orville C. Wisdom. 159 were issued by the office in 1946 as against 92 the previous year. The office also issued 163 certified copies of licenses.

Jan. 6, 1927

There were over three times as many marriage licenses issued in Kimball county in 1926 as in 1924 according to the Judge’s records. In 1924 there were but twelve licenses recorded while in 1925 there were jus...