Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1903 — Decrease In Divorces. [ARTICLE]

Decrease In Divorces.

The marriage and divorce statistics of the six months ending Deaember 31, 1902, compiled by deputy Machan, of the State Bureau of show that the proportion of divorcee as oom pared with the number of marriages is less than in 1901. For the fast six mouths of 1902 therd vtos one divorce to every 8.43 marriages, while in the twelve months of 1901 there was on 3 divorce to every 7.55 marriage.

The total number of marriages in the last six months of 1902 was 14,748. Doring that time there were 1,749 divorces.' In the whole of 1901 there were 26,914 marriages and 3,562 divorces. In 1900 divorces and marriage were more frequent than any year in the state's history. The records that year show 27,671 marriages and 4,699 divorces. r