Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1909 — Divorce Granted Mrs. James Baker Friday Afternoon. [ARTICLE]

Divorce Granted Mrs. James Baker Friday Afternoon.

Mrs. Susie Baker was granted a divorce from James Baker Friday afternoon, and also the restoration of her widowed name, Mrs. Susie Grimes. She testified that she was married to James Baker at Roselawn in 1905 and has been unhappy ever since. Baker failed to provides was abusive and insulting and finally deserted'her. Her first husband was drowned some years ago in an oil tank at the Asphaltum oil fields.