Harry R. Whitmyer, 24, born Harrisburg, Pa., son of Charles & Nettie (Mutzebaugh), and Minnie Ellen Dill, 21, born Millersburg, Pa., daughter of William F. & Barbara E. (McClure), were married December 23, 1914 at Harrisburg, Pa. Both state no previous marriages. (Source: Dauphin County, PA Marriage Records)
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The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), Monday, January 7, 1929; pg. 13
In the divorce action of Minnie D. Whitmyer against Harry R. Whitmyer, of Peques, the wife alleges she was treated cruelly three months after her marriage on December 23, 1914. They separated November 1, 1917.
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The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), Wednesday, May 22, 1929; pg. 1
Woman Musician, Slapped in Face for Discordant Note, Ends Scale With Divorce
A discordant note in a family duet was blamed in a divorce proceeding here today for wrecking the marital harmony of Mrs. Minnie D. Whitmyer, 1802 1/2 North Fifth street (sic), and Harry R. Whitmyer, of Pequea.
The Whitmyers were married on December 23, 1914, and lived in harmony together until March 21, 1915, their domestic harmony extending even to little family duets on the piano, the wife playing "by note" and the husband "by air."
On that eventful March day they were indulging , in one of their piano duets when Mrs. Whitmyer, according to her testimony in her suit for divorce, struck a discordant note and ceased playing.
In answer to her husband's query as to why she stopped playing, Mrs. Whitmyer testified . that she told him she "could not play a whole piece through without making a mistake" and that he thereupon slapped her face and used abusive language toward her.
The wife alleged that with that incident there began a course of cruel treatment at the hands of her husband until their separation on November 1, 1917.
The court today granted Mrs. Whitmyer a divorce on the grounds of cruelty.
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A. Daniel Arter, 36, born Sunbury, Pa., son of Flemon (sic) & Susan (Daniel) Arter, and Minnie Dill, 35, born Millersburg, Pa., daughter of William F. & Barbara Elizabeth (McClean) Dill, were married May 30, 1929 at Millersburg, Pa. Daniel had one previous marriage which ended in his wife's death on Feb. 1922; Minnie had one previous marriage which ended in divorce in Dauphin County, Sept. Term 1928. (Source: Dauphin County, PA Marriage Records)
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The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), Monday, January 7, 1929; pg. 13
In the divorce action of Minnie D. Whitmyer against Harry R. Whitmyer, of Peques, the wife alleges she was treated cruelly three months after her marriage on December 23, 1914. They separated November 1, 1917.
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The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), Wednesday, May 22, 1929; pg. 1
Woman Musician, Slapped in Face for Discordant Note, Ends Scale With Divorce
A discordant note in a family duet was blamed in a divorce proceeding here today for wrecking the marital harmony of Mrs. Minnie D. Whitmyer, 1802 1/2 North Fifth street (sic), and Harry R. Whitmyer, of Pequea.
The Whitmyers were married on December 23, 1914, and lived in harmony together until March 21, 1915, their domestic harmony extending even to little family duets on the piano, the wife playing "by note" and the husband "by air."
On that eventful March day they were indulging , in one of their piano duets when Mrs. Whitmyer, according to her testimony in her suit for divorce, struck a discordant note and ceased playing.
In answer to her husband's query as to why she stopped playing, Mrs. Whitmyer testified . that she told him she "could not play a whole piece through without making a mistake" and that he thereupon slapped her face and used abusive language toward her.
The wife alleged that with that incident there began a course of cruel treatment at the hands of her husband until their separation on November 1, 1917.
The court today granted Mrs. Whitmyer a divorce on the grounds of cruelty.
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A. Daniel Arter, 36, born Sunbury, Pa., son of Flemon (sic) & Susan (Daniel) Arter, and Minnie Dill, 35, born Millersburg, Pa., daughter of William F. & Barbara Elizabeth (McClean) Dill, were married May 30, 1929 at Millersburg, Pa. Daniel had one previous marriage which ended in his wife's death on Feb. 1922; Minnie had one previous marriage which ended in divorce in Dauphin County, Sept. Term 1928. (Source: Dauphin County, PA Marriage Records)
Harry R. Whitmyer, 24, born Harrisburg, Pa., son of Charles & Nettie (Mutzebaugh), and Minnie Ellen Dill, 21, born Millersburg, Pa., daughter of William F. & Barbara E. (McClure), were married December 23, 1914 at Harrisburg, Pa. Both state no previous marriages. (Source: Dauphin County, PA Marriage Records)
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The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), Monday, January 7, 1929; pg. 13
In the divorce action of Minnie D. Whitmyer against Harry R. Whitmyer, of Peques, the wife alleges she was treated cruelly three months after her marriage on December 23, 1914. They separated November 1, 1917.
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The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), Wednesday, May 22, 1929; pg. 1
Woman Musician, Slapped in Face for Discordant Note, Ends Scale With Divorce
A discordant note in a family duet was blamed in a divorce proceeding here today for wrecking the marital harmony of Mrs. Minnie D. Whitmyer, 1802 1/2 North Fifth street (sic), and Harry R. Whitmyer, of Pequea.
The Whitmyers were married on December 23, 1914, and lived in harmony together until March 21, 1915, their domestic harmony extending even to little family duets on the piano, the wife playing "by note" and the husband "by air."
On that eventful March day they were indulging , in one of their piano duets when Mrs. Whitmyer, according to her testimony in her suit for divorce, struck a discordant note and ceased playing.
In answer to her husband's query as to why she stopped playing, Mrs. Whitmyer testified . that she told him she "could not play a whole piece through without making a mistake" and that he thereupon slapped her face and used abusive language toward her.
The wife alleged that with that incident there began a course of cruel treatment at the hands of her husband until their separation on November 1, 1917.
The court today granted Mrs. Whitmyer a divorce on the grounds of cruelty.
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A. Daniel Arter, 36, born Sunbury, Pa., son of Flemon (sic) & Susan (Daniel) Arter, and Minnie Dill, 35, born Millersburg, Pa., daughter of William F. & Barbara Elizabeth (McClean) Dill, were married May 30, 1929 at Millersburg, Pa. Daniel had one previous marriage which ended in his wife's death on Feb. 1922; Minnie had one previous marriage which ended in divorce in Dauphin County, Sept. Term 1928. (Source: Dauphin County, PA Marriage Records)
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The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), Monday, January 7, 1929; pg. 13
In the divorce action of Minnie D. Whitmyer against Harry R. Whitmyer, of Peques, the wife alleges she was treated cruelly three months after her marriage on December 23, 1914. They separated November 1, 1917.
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The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), Wednesday, May 22, 1929; pg. 1
Woman Musician, Slapped in Face for Discordant Note, Ends Scale With Divorce
A discordant note in a family duet was blamed in a divorce proceeding here today for wrecking the marital harmony of Mrs. Minnie D. Whitmyer, 1802 1/2 North Fifth street (sic), and Harry R. Whitmyer, of Pequea.
The Whitmyers were married on December 23, 1914, and lived in harmony together until March 21, 1915, their domestic harmony extending even to little family duets on the piano, the wife playing "by note" and the husband "by air."
On that eventful March day they were indulging , in one of their piano duets when Mrs. Whitmyer, according to her testimony in her suit for divorce, struck a discordant note and ceased playing.
In answer to her husband's query as to why she stopped playing, Mrs. Whitmyer testified . that she told him she "could not play a whole piece through without making a mistake" and that he thereupon slapped her face and used abusive language toward her.
The wife alleged that with that incident there began a course of cruel treatment at the hands of her husband until their separation on November 1, 1917.
The court today granted Mrs. Whitmyer a divorce on the grounds of cruelty.
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A. Daniel Arter, 36, born Sunbury, Pa., son of Flemon (sic) & Susan (Daniel) Arter, and Minnie Dill, 35, born Millersburg, Pa., daughter of William F. & Barbara Elizabeth (McClean) Dill, were married May 30, 1929 at Millersburg, Pa. Daniel had one previous marriage which ended in his wife's death on Feb. 1922; Minnie had one previous marriage which ended in divorce in Dauphin County, Sept. Term 1928. (Source: Dauphin County, PA Marriage Records)
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