The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on May 19, 1911:
After the first of next July first cousins cannot be united in marriage in the state of Minnesota, according to a law passed at the last session of the legislature, and for this reason there will be a considerable decrease in the number of marriage licenses issued in Rock county.
All the neighboring states have had such a law in force for years, and for this reason Luverne has been one of the favored places for people from those states who wished to evade the law, to come to Luverne to have the nuptial knot tied. Clerk of Court O. E. Ferguson estimates that this will result in decreasing the number of licenses issued by about one-eighth.
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