from The Republican (Danville, Indiana)—issue of Thursday, September 12, 1918—page 1, column 2:
WIVES ARE DEFENDANTS IN THESE DIVORCE SUITS
One Wife Moved Away and Other Would Not
[…] Removal from a farm in Boone county to a farm in Hendricks county seems to have been the immediate cause of trouble between Jess C. Brown, living northwest of Brownsburg and Roxie Brown who still lives in Boone county. They were married Jan. 1, 1916 and separated March 4, 1918. He alleges that in the fall of 1917, he informed his wife that he had rented the Curtis Brookshire farm in Hendricks county; that on Sunday, March 3, 1918, he informed his wife that he desired to move to said farm on the following Friday and that he desired her to make her arrangements accordingly; that at the time of this conversation, his wife's mother was present; that his wife became angry and said she would not move; that he informed her they would have to move; that she became very angry and struck him in the face and that his wife and her mother began a tirade of abuse; that on March 4, defendant again refused to move and plaintiff moved and has since been doing his own work and cooking for hands part of the time; that his wife refuses to move and is living with her parents in Boone county. Wherefore plaintiff wants a divorce.