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Wages & Hours. In Waukesha, Wis., John Szibel sued for divorce, said his wife demanded 75? an hour for housework...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 12, 1948 | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...American Home. In Waukesha, Wis., a judge awarded Mrs. Dolores Garvey a divorce after she testified that her husband let his dog track mud through her kitchen. In Cincinnati, Elmo Skinner's petition for a divorce complained that his wife was in Loglick, Ky., where "she has acquired a hog and 40 chickens. The world food situation being what it is, she prefers to remain ... in preference to returning to ... the potluck which city life offers." In Los Angeles, John Wilson, who said his wife walked out on him two hours after the wedding, finally got around to suing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 22, 1947 | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

Recount. In Waukesha, Wis., indignant Audrey Shefloe sued for divorce; she had discovered, said she, that her husband had two fingers missing on each hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 1, 1947 | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

Cradle Snatcher. In Waukesha, Wis., a deadpanned jury pronounced a Holstein bull guilty of contributing to the delinquency of minors (two heifers), fined his owner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 27, 1946 | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

...Bird. In Waukesha, Wis., three-year-old Geraldine McClurg asked her aunt how to catch a bird, was told to sprinkle salt on its tail, set out with a fistful, returned with a bird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 29, 1946 | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

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