Council Bluffs Nonpareil
November 8, 1948
Henry DeLong, Once Cupid's Aid, Dies
Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif. for Henry DeLong, Jr., about 70, who died at his home there on Saturday.
Widely known in Council Bluffs as Cupid's right-hand man, Mr. DeLong for many years operated a marriage parlor in the old Merriam block, present site of the city hall.
Until the Iowa five-day-marriage law came into effect, Mr. DeLong, with his father, " Uncle Henry" DeLong, pioneer and "marrying parson" of Council Bluffs, sent many a love stricken couple on their way to connubial bliss.
At the death of his father, Mr. DeLong hired a pastor to perform the ceremonies in his flourishing establishment.
After the Iowa law went into effect, Mr. DeLong opened a marriage parlor in Omaha in 1931, across the street from the Douglas courthouse.
This venture lasted only three weeks when Herbert H. "Cupid" Stubbendorf issuer of Douglas county marriage licenses refused to recognize an old established institution and declined to "steer" couples to the establishment.
The license clerk said Omaha ministers objected to business being steered to a Council Bluffs man.
Mr. DeLong retired in poor health and moved to Los Angeles shortly after he closed the Omaha parlors.
November 8, 1948
Henry DeLong, Once Cupid's Aid, Dies
Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif. for Henry DeLong, Jr., about 70, who died at his home there on Saturday.
Widely known in Council Bluffs as Cupid's right-hand man, Mr. DeLong for many years operated a marriage parlor in the old Merriam block, present site of the city hall.
Until the Iowa five-day-marriage law came into effect, Mr. DeLong, with his father, " Uncle Henry" DeLong, pioneer and "marrying parson" of Council Bluffs, sent many a love stricken couple on their way to connubial bliss.
At the death of his father, Mr. DeLong hired a pastor to perform the ceremonies in his flourishing establishment.
After the Iowa law went into effect, Mr. DeLong opened a marriage parlor in Omaha in 1931, across the street from the Douglas courthouse.
This venture lasted only three weeks when Herbert H. "Cupid" Stubbendorf issuer of Douglas county marriage licenses refused to recognize an old established institution and declined to "steer" couples to the establishment.
The license clerk said Omaha ministers objected to business being steered to a Council Bluffs man.
Mr. DeLong retired in poor health and moved to Los Angeles shortly after he closed the Omaha parlors.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
November 8, 1948
Henry DeLong, Once Cupid's Aid, Dies
Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif. for Henry DeLong, Jr., about 70, who died at his home there on Saturday.
Widely known in Council Bluffs as Cupid's right-hand man, Mr. DeLong for many years operated a marriage parlor in the old Merriam block, present site of the city hall.
Until the Iowa five-day-marriage law came into effect, Mr. DeLong, with his father, " Uncle Henry" DeLong, pioneer and "marrying parson" of Council Bluffs, sent many a love stricken couple on their way to connubial bliss.
At the death of his father, Mr. DeLong hired a pastor to perform the ceremonies in his flourishing establishment.
After the Iowa law went into effect, Mr. DeLong opened a marriage parlor in Omaha in 1931, across the street from the Douglas courthouse.
This venture lasted only three weeks when Herbert H. "Cupid" Stubbendorf issuer of Douglas county marriage licenses refused to recognize an old established institution and declined to "steer" couples to the establishment.
The license clerk said Omaha ministers objected to business being steered to a Council Bluffs man.
Mr. DeLong retired in poor health and moved to Los Angeles shortly after he closed the Omaha parlors.
November 8, 1948
Henry DeLong, Once Cupid's Aid, Dies
Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif. for Henry DeLong, Jr., about 70, who died at his home there on Saturday.
Widely known in Council Bluffs as Cupid's right-hand man, Mr. DeLong for many years operated a marriage parlor in the old Merriam block, present site of the city hall.
Until the Iowa five-day-marriage law came into effect, Mr. DeLong, with his father, " Uncle Henry" DeLong, pioneer and "marrying parson" of Council Bluffs, sent many a love stricken couple on their way to connubial bliss.
At the death of his father, Mr. DeLong hired a pastor to perform the ceremonies in his flourishing establishment.
After the Iowa law went into effect, Mr. DeLong opened a marriage parlor in Omaha in 1931, across the street from the Douglas courthouse.
This venture lasted only three weeks when Herbert H. "Cupid" Stubbendorf issuer of Douglas county marriage licenses refused to recognize an old established institution and declined to "steer" couples to the establishment.
The license clerk said Omaha ministers objected to business being steered to a Council Bluffs man.
Mr. DeLong retired in poor health and moved to Los Angeles shortly after he closed the Omaha parlors.
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