Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-29
HEADS DIVORCE LIST
Rock Island Has Most Cases
Pending of Any County in
This Part of State.
TWIN-0ITY RIVALRY A CAUSE
But There Arc Other Communities
hat Have Matrimonial Trou-
bIes, Too.

An investigation by the Chicago
Tribune shows that Rock Island
county leads all counties in this sec
ton of the state IN the number of di-
vorce proceedings pending IN the cir
cult court.
At Rock Island. it is learned. a
great deal of the trouble is laid at
the door of rivalry between the cities
of Rock Island and Moline. The
young people of these cities are able
TO stifie their feelings of animosity
long enough to get married. Then.
in the course of time. the old discus
sion comes up, chickering's follow ar
gument and there is fight ending in
an appeal for divorce.
These are reasons set forth in the
Tribune's story, and while there may
be some foundation for them. those
who nave made study OF the situa-
ton declare that that old feeling of
rivalry referred TO is Il thing of the
past, and that more young men from
Rock Island are burning gas and
electricity on papa in Moline. and
vice versa. than has ever been the
ease in former years. What is more
a number of weddings are i'm pros
pect this winter. with more to follow
in the spring. The information that
the Tribune has in regard to the
cause for the large number of di-
vorces here doubtless came from the
Moline end of the line. as. so il is re-
ported down this way. there has al
ways existed feeling among the
young men of that town against the
boys from Rock Island who have
sweetheartS in Moline Where the
shoe pinches. ii seems, the Rock Is
land fellows invariably get first
choice among the Moline maidens.
So il behooves the Moline boys to
brush up bit if they expect to CON
troll the home matrimonial market.
Here and Elsewhere.
In Rock Island county there are
about a. eases of divorce pending on
the docket. The Judges are impor-
tupet to take up certain cases, and
the pressure on this line of business
is so great that the other business of
the sessions is seriously hindered.
I'm DE KaIb county there are Is
cases pending. OF this number the
wife brings the action i'm II eases.
At Waukegan, the county seat of
Lake county. there are Is miserable
couples asking for divorce. In this
case, as in all of the other counties.
the men seem to be at fault, for in a
ma jority of the cases the suit is com
menced by the wife.
At Woodstock, the capital of Me
Henry county, there are Il cases,
,two-thirds of which were brought to
court by the wives.
There are rs cases awaiting decis-
ion of the Kane county circuit court,
and the city courts of Aurora and FL
gin have 16 cases, making Ga cases in
the county. I'm Geneva the court
people say that their mill has not as
much business as some of the others.
Here - wives are either misused or
for they are the
plaintiffs in that many cases. There
are seven husbands who have set up
the plea that they can no longer live
with their wives.
There are only six cases in the Du-
page county court. OF the half doz-
en- divorces asked for five of them are |
by the women.
Six wives and three husbands are |
asking for divorce i'm the Boone coun- |
" court at Belvidere.