This week in history: A Valentine’s Day reconciliation

A Chicago couple came to a courthouse to file for a divorce on Valentine’s Day in 1934 — here’s what happened.

Heart on a stick — Love was in the air on Feb. 14, 1934.

As reported by the Chicago Daily News, sister paper of the Chicago Sun-Times:

Cupid worked overtime on Valentine’s Day 1934 in Chicago.

A sweet report entitled “Valentine Day rekindles love, ends court suit” in the Feb. 14, 1934 edition of the Chicago Daily News follows the reconciliation of Pearl and William Gebhardt, a couple who came to before Superior Judge Rudolph P. Desort to file for a divorce on the most romantic day of the year.

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“The judge espied a lingering spark of romance between the two and suggested a reconciliation,” the report reads. “William was willing and so was Pearl, [who] mentioned that she’s received his engagement ring on last St. Valentine’s day.”

The two “were married last March and separated in December — and reconciled today,” according to the report.

An original article as published on Feb. 14, 1934 in the Chicago Daily News. — The original article as published on Feb. 14, 1934 in the Chicago Daily News.

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