As the newspapers reported itMrs. Emma Catherine Jenkins's honeymoon advice from jail

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Thursday, September 16, 1926

Indianapolis · honeymoon advice from a cell

As printed: Gives Advice to Girls as She and Hubby Face Trial.

ContextEmma Catherine Jenkins, 21, of Louisville and her husband Nelson, 22, married two weeks, were found asleep at 2 a.m. in a parked automobile on East Washington Street that police say was stolen at New Albany. Both are held in the city jail as fugitives, and the bride has counsel for other young women.

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