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Gets Divorce From ' Mexican Husband In County Court HereAfter giving Judge R W Smith in the Jefferson county district court an interesting ;ccoum of her life in Old Mexico os thewife of a native of that cou*i-j try, Mrs. Reyes Fraustus lt;Ray Pro;t) was granted a divorce. !The court ordered restoration of tiie plaintiffs maiden name.I Mary Louise McNeese.In the court hearing, the plaintiff told Judge Smith th t lastsummer she *ent with her husband to Mexico, and lived lornearly three months with his la-raily Many difficulties developed that brought about the divorce. Pinto beans were eaten three times u day, she reportedMrs. Fraustus told the Court interesting details about life in Mexico, and about the marriage | customs and ol the way wiv\s ' are treated. Upon one occasion, she said, she saw a wife go out doors against the will of her hiLsbund and while outdoors speaic ! to another man. The wife's head I was cut off immediately by the ' infuriated husband iMr. and Mrs. Fraustus were) tr iriied on October 3. 1930. and lived together until July 1C. 1934. i at which t.nie she left Old M« xi-j co and returned to Jefferson , county.
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Fairfield Daily Ledger

Fairfield, Iowa, US

Thu, May 09, 1935

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