1897: Love, Euclid Style

Here's a cute little love story plucked from a summer 1897 edition of the Wichita Beacon.

As this tale of love goes, a lonely gal by the name of Maggie Fritchkorn worked in a vineyard owned by her brother-in-law [John Marshal] near Euclid. She had a wild idea to write a note and stick it in with a basket of grapes, and she asked whoever received the note to write her back, regardless of gender.

The grapes and subsequent note ended up being purchased by Mary Wolf in St. Louis and her brother-in-law, J.H. Wolf, went ahead and answered Maggie's letter.

After a few exchanges back and forth of letters and photos, J.H. Wolf came to Euclid to meet Maggie Fritchkorn. Evidently things went well as after one week of courtship, the couple were married.

Like I said, a happy little tale written in a paper from Kansas about events that took place in Ohio and Missouri. Probably just a tale, right?


I did a little digging and came across this record of marriage between John H. Wolf and Maggie Frischkorn on February 9, 1897.

In Cuyahoga county!

But did they go on to live in St. Louis? It seems that way.

Maggie died March 22, 1947, John on October 18, 1930. This would have made John 37 (per the article) and Maggie 23 when they were wed in 1897.

Today they lie side by side in a cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. Still together.