Wives
Put husband under bed, 1907
This sounds like it was straight-up spousal abuse, and the wife got away with it.
The Washington Post - May 24, 1907
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 22, 2015 -
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Category: Husbands, Wives, Marriage, 1900s
Wife plugged in to alarm clock
Sounds to me like Anna Hindman had good cause for wanting to divorce her husband, namely a) his belief that 4 hours sleep is all anyone needs, and b) wiring her bed to shock her every 4 hours to prevent her from sleeping longer than that.But according to the news reports, she eventually forgave him and withdrew her divorce petition — after he got rid of the "shocking machine." And it sounds like they remained married for the rest of their lives... if the Anna Hindman in this obituary is the same person (which it must be, because all the names/dates match up).
Sources: Kansas City Times: Feb 27, 1960; Mar 10, 1960.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 10, 2015 -
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Category: Husbands, Wives, Divorce, Marriage, 1960s
Games couples play
"Johnson's wife, Iris Ann, 36, told [police] her husband was shot while they played a game in which he ran around the yard while she shot at him with a .22 caliber rifle."I guess Iris Ann won the game.
Source: The Hazleton Plain Speaker - Oct 10, 1958; Also here.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 24, 2015 -
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Category: Husbands, Wives, Marriage, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #249
Hey, buddy: those pallets aren't gonna stack themselves! And, lady, those clothes aren't gonna pin themselves to the line!
Seriously, does hubby even have a job after dashing out of work in the middle of the day?
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 23, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Work and Vocational Training, Husbands, Wives, 1960s, Cars
Montreal Madness of 1892
People acted weird in familiar NOTW fashion even over a century ago, as this Montreal newspaper reveals.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 01, 2015 -
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Category: Emotions, Newspapers, Husbands, Wives, Nineteenth Century, Mental Health and Insanity
Deformed nipples as grounds for divorce
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 13, 2015 -
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Category: Husbands, Wives, Divorce, Marriage
Woodrow Wilson on the Make
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No escape from the media, even in 1915, as President Wilson courts Edith Galt.
Original photo here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 25, 2015 -
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Category: Government, Politics, Husbands, Wives, 1910s, Cars
Nagging as divorce cause
The 1947 case of DeWaal vs. DeWaal established nagging as legitimate grounds for divorce (in Nebraska). I assume this was before the availability of no-fault divorce. (A quick google search reveals that Nebraska only adopted a no-fault divorce law in 1972.)Note that Mrs. DeWaal argued that her husband was at fault (and not herself) because he went to motion picture theaters and read "sensational magazines."
(left) The Harrisburg Evening News - Oct 28, 1947; (right) The Lincoln Star - Oct 24, 1947
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 22, 2015 -
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Category: Law, Lawsuits, Husbands, Wives, 1940s
The Pussy Cat Club
A 1970 report by the British news program Nationwide on a group of housewives who didn't believe in gender equality and thought their proper role was to pamper and serve their husbands.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 15, 2015 -
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Category: Wives, 1970s
Mt. Rainier Practical Joke
A most excellent prank.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 29, 2015 -
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Category: Husbands, Wives, 1980s, Pranks
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