Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1906 — Seven Causes for Divorce. [ARTICLE]

Seven Causes for Divorce.

The national divorce congress, which began its sessions nt Philadelphia the other day with the object of initiating a uniform national divorce law. had a membership pf 120 delegates from nearly every State. Seven causes of divorce to be incorporated in the law were agreed upon —adultery, bigamy, conviction and sentence for crime followed by a continuous imprisonment for at least two years, extreme cruelty such ar to endanger life or health, habitual drunkenness for two years and willful desertion for the same length of time. Ou tne question of age there was much discussion. Several men advocated the ages of 21 and 18, respectively, for men and women, but this was opposed by two women delegates, who thought the age of matrimonial consent should be fixed at 18 and 16.