The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-04
DIVORCE MILL
GRINDS ON TODAY
Many Have Divorce Hear
ings Before Judge and
Tell Grievances.
THREE WIVES HEARD
Former District Attorney w. c.
label of Milwaukee Here
for Defendants.

There were a number of dlssat1Sned
and unhappy wives in the munlclpai
court this morning, petitioning Judge
Slater for divorce, and they left be-
fore noon little more satisfied, with
DEGREES of divorce in each instance
granted.
1t was the old story; some of them
were hasty marriages, contracted at
Waukegan; in other cases, money was
the root of the evil, as the wife testl-
fed that she received too little to i've
on and any discussion of the subject
with her husband led to a row; and
in some of the cases there was an
other woman or women"
Hubby Beat and Kicked Her.
Lois Williamson Honkavaara was
granted a decree of divorce from
Paul Honkavaara and the right to re-
sumo her maiden name of Lois Wll-
hanson. She is living in Milwaukee
where she and her husband conducted
rooming house.
The couple were married at Wau-
kegan November 10, 1928, and have
no children. Mrs. Honkavaara claim
ed that her husband beat and choked
her. She named several occasions
when these alleged drubbings took
place, last Christmas, March l, 1924
again in July and last August Z, 1924
The property of the couple was divid-
ed by stipulation.
Another Wife Gets Decree.
Clara Erato of Milwaukee was
granted a divorce this morning from
Samuel Erato. They were married
July 6, 1918 and have two children
Dolres and Pearl. Mrs. Erato said
her husband is a taxi driver in Mil
waukee earning about $50 week. vi
this sum he was accustomed to give
her about SIS week she said. Mrs
Erato said it was customary for her
husband to receive letters and post
cards continually from other women
On February %, 1923, he left her and
did not return.
"He left me with exactly seven pen
MES in the house." said the wife tell
ing her story from the witness stand
"You are sure it was not nickel
and two pennies" suggested her
lawyer.
mo, just seven pennies exactly
she said smiling scornfully.
Mrs. Erato said that thereafter
with a little help from her husbands
parents, she supported the two chill
dren.
! She said Erato had started in the
trucking business with his father, but
that he "found it too slow for him and
wanted a high life"
Third Wife is Heard.
| May C. Meussa Pettibone was grant
ed a divorce from Frank Pettibone
general agent for the Chicago Great
Western. The couple were MARI; ed
December 81, 1921, at Milwaukee. Mrs
Pettibone said that she and her hus-
band lived in two housekeeping rooms
and that he never took her out with
him.
"He said was not educated enough
to meet his friends" she said.
"Was he then such a highly edu-
Gated gentleman ?" asked Judge Slater
with some irony.
"No," she said.
"But he wanted his wife to be 8
woman of superior education?'
Il suppose So" she admitted.
| By stipulation between the parties
it was agreed that Mrs. Pettibone re-
ceive $1,000 in lieu of alimony. The
action was not contested but Pettibone
was represented in court by counsel
Winfred c. label, former district at
torney of Milwaukee, represented the
wife in the div jrce action.
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