Iowa
Old Press
Sioux City Journal
Wednesday, September 2, 1936
DIVORCE SUITS FLOOD COURT
Nine Petitions Filed—Two Decrees Granted to Women.
Two divorces have been granted in district court and petitions in nine other cases have been filed.
The decrees were awarded to Mrs. Edythe Cleveland, 27, from Harry G. Cleveland, 36, on a charge of cruelty and to Mrs. Bertha A. Ross, 42, from James Ross, 44, on a similar charge. The Clevelands were married December 15, 1930, and the Rosses December 31, 1914.
Cruelty is charged by seven women seeking divorces. The cases follow:
Mrs. Alice Hinz against C. Sherman Hinz, married June 6, 1926;
Mrs. Mae Maloy against Frank J. Maloy, married December 21, 1931;
Mrs. Esther Reinbold against Frank J. Reinbold, married October 26, 1920;
Mrs. Fern Olson against Argo Olson, married July 3, 1919;
Mrs. Iola Morrow, waitress, against Archie Morrow, farmer, married September 12, 1935;
Mrs. Rose Workcuff against Jenkins Workcuff, married May 8, 1924;
Mrs. Verna Asplund against Fred Asplund, married March 24, 1932.
Mrs. Myrtle Maxfield is seeking a divorce from LeRoy Maxfield, who she married September 17, 1927, on a charge of desertion and also that since deserting her he has committed a felony and is serving a sentence in the penitentiary at Fort Madison.
A divorce suit based on desertion also has been brought in court by Edward J. Feeny against Mrs. Ethel Feeny. They were married June 23, 1923.
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Sioux City Journal
Saturday, September 19, 1936
Dakota County Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses issued at Dakota City [Nebraska] by Sherman W. McKinley, county judge, during August follows:
Glen W. Littrell, 23 –South Sioux City
Amber T. Crane, 23 –South Sioux City
Russell Holder, 23 –Sioux City
Hazel McDonough, 22 –Sioux City
Leonard Rice, 24 –Sioux City
Maxine Snodgrass, 21 –Sioux City
Alva V. Gatzmeyer, 24 –Hubbard
Hazel L. Stark, 23 –Emerson
Edwin A. Stephas, 21 –Ruthven
Thea E. Hildebrand, 21 –Marathon
Matthew M. Fagan, 53 –Sioux City
Tillie J. Benson, 44 –Sioux City
Thomas S. Vernon, 25 –Sioux City
Hazel J. Davis, 25 –Kansas City
Frederick H. Bruder, 26 –Dakota City
Erma J. Johnson, 19 –Dakota City
Raymond C. Pierce, 23 –Sioux Rapids
Sarah Burkholder, 21 –Laurens
Everett Whitney, 28 –Sioux City
Pansy Cooper, 27 –Sioux City
Gerald Baker, 26 –Clearwater
Thelma Thomas, 21 –Clearwater
Ole C. Oleson, legal –Jackson
Florence E. Olsen, legal –Sioux City
William B. Bennett, 22 –Sioux City
Marietta Oslin, 21 –Sioux City
Merton C. Johnson, 30 –Sioux City
Bernice D. Stickels, 21 –Sioux City
Joseph Carda, 23 –Sioux City
Violet Orr, 22 –Sioux City
Herman E. Hansen, legal –Wakefield
Ruby Rubeck, legal –Wakefield
Harold Simonsmeier, 26 –Mapleton
Helen Taft, 21 –Mankato
Roy Maurer, 21 –Sioux City
Byrne Maurer, 24 –Sioux City
Richard S. Sawyer, 25 –Sioux City
Madelon P. Burns, 21 –Sioux City
Fermin Saldivar, 34 –Frost
Rose Appleton, 34 –Frost
Maurice Ward, 24 –Blair
Laverne Nylander, 23 –Blair
John A. Hoffman, 30 –South Sioux City
Harriet M. Schumacher, 24 –South Sioux City
Raymond F. Force, 21 –Sioux City
Mary D. Riddle, 23 –Sioux City
John W. Huber, 40 –Storm Lake
Lillian M. Helmseth, 23 –Storm Lake
Charles G. Carr, 51 –Sioux City
Edna Williams, 37 –Sioux City
Levi H. Fuller, 28 –O’Neill
Cleta J. VanEvery, 21 –O’Neill
Robin A. Spence, legal –Crab Orchard
Marie C. Snyder, legal –South Sioux City
Walter E. Goodier, 21 –Sioux City
Margaret C. Taylor, 21 –Sioux City
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