February 1938 (Des Moines Register)
"Eighty-three-year-old William (Concord Bill) Mathues was a bit perturbed Saturday after becoming a father for the seventeenth time - twice within the last two years."
"'I hope it's the last,' said Mathues proudly, with a sly glance at the latest arrival - an eight and a half pound girl. 'We've pretty near run out of girls' names.' However, he decided to name her Ida Mae."
"It was the fourteenth child by his second wife, Elsie, 40, in their 20 years of married life. Seven children are living."
"'I hope it's the last,' said Mathues proudly, with a sly glance at the latest arrival - an eight and a half pound girl. 'We've pretty near run out of girls' names.' However, he decided to name her Ida Mae."
"It was the fourteenth child by his second wife, Elsie, 40, in their 20 years of married life. Seven children are living."
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