A Wife, a 25-Cent Bed, and a Husband's Public Complaint
Mandy Heinegabubler left her husband for the Missouri Chop House in Old Town Newport—and Alec's notice disavows her debts before admitting he hates sleeping alone.
Special Notice.
Mandy Heinegabubler, my wife, has left my bed and board and is stopping at the Missouri Chop House located in Old Town, Newport, where she says she gets a good bed for 25c and a good square meal for the same amount. She says emphatically that she will not leave the Missouri Chop House for no man's bed and board; consequently I will not be responsible for any debts she may incur.
SPECIAL AGAIN—I do not care so much about Mandy leaving my board, but I do hate like h—l to sleep alone these cool nights.
Alec Heinegabubler. Near Blueside, Wash., Nov. 28.
“I do not care so much about Mandy leaving my board, but I do hate like h—l to sleep alone these cool nights.”
Marital separations were once announced in the paper as public liability notices, with a dose of frontier humor. Today the same impulse plays out on social media, but the underlying question—who pays the debts when a household splits—remains a legal and economic fault line.
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