Mar 26, 2012

Dirty Laundry

Aren’t you glad you don’t live in the early 20th Century?
When every misdeed was published in the local newspaper
for everyone in the county to read?

My uncle, the family history master, unearthed these newspaper treasures from 1901.
The young lady in the article was a cousin of my
great-great grandfather.

We got quite a chuckle out of the first one:

Lulu Bowers and boyfriend arrested
Not to worry….

All’s well that ends well!
(sort of)

Lulu Bowers Married

So, there you go!
Virtue restored!

For a couple years….
(look in the second paragraph)
Lulu Bowers Divorced

Poor Lulu!
Divorcing Royal for failure to pay spousal support.
Maybe the fact that he couldn’t afford $2.50 for a marriage license
should have tipped her off.
Hmmm…..

1 comment:

Yvonne said...

It is amazing, isn't it.

Sometimes we learn a lot more doing family research than we EVER WANTED TO KNOW ; )