It Had Its Ups and Downs

Back in March, I concluded that Otis Guernsey's hastily contracted fourth marriage to Minnie Jones was happy, based on pretty slender evidence: they were still married when he died, and his will was generous to her.

Now I have to amend that conclusion. The marriage may have been happy for much of the time, but there was a time in October 1916 when it teetered on the brink of dissolution:


From the Hobart Gazette of Oct. 27, 1916.