Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1909 — INCREASE IN DIVORCES. [ARTICLE]

INCREASE IN DIVORCES.

Fewer Marriages and More Divorces Reported for the Year 1908 Something’s wrong In Indiana. The large number of sermons that probably will result from the publication of the following figures, may tell what. During the year 1908, so figures collected by the State Bureau of Statistics show, 2,814 lewer couples—or 5,628 fewer persons—obtained licenses to marry than did in the year 1907. Almost 3,000 more marriage ceremonies performed in the year 1907 than during last year. Not only that—there were 120 more divorces in 1908 than in 1907. Eighteen more wives got divorces and 102 more husbands did the same, the total number being 4,253, less than onesixth of the total number of marriages—26,99o. As In other years, almost three times as many wives got divorces as did husbands.