Divorce Once Major News
By Rose H. McIlveen Sept 24 1983 Treatment of Divorce – 1920s style – in the Bloomington Evening World was a far cry from the tactful avoidance of that particular legal matter today. Only a casual glance at the front page of the Evening World indicates the difference in page make-up style and editorial policy. It was, admittedly,
Scoby’s Divorce and Battle for Child Custody
Although there were significantly fewer divorces in the early nineteenth century than there are today, they nevertheless did exist. One of the earliest divorces on record in Monroe County is that of James and Ruth Scoby. On August 24, 1824, the Monroe County sheriff was commanded to bring several witnesses to court to testify on
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