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Year of divorces looms large as Cupid weeps
A reflective chronicle notes 1906's surge in divorces across major cities led by Chicago New York and San Francisco. It catalogs breakups among aristocrats magnates and celebrities including the Castellanes Goulds Marlboroughs and Platts and recounts sensational cases like the Hartje and Coreys. It laments aging unions dissolving amid sharp class and wealth gaps and calls for reform through national divorce law.
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Chicago
Cupid
San Francisco
Sahara
New York
Star of Empire
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Count Boni
Platts
Hartje
Charles T. Yerkes
Wilson Mizner
Yerkes
Clarence Eddy
Eddys
Paris
Eddy
South Dakota