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Title: 1885-08-09 +DETROIT MICH---BLACK ILLUSTRATED COVER OF GLOBE WITH BANNER FOR DETROIT FREE PRESS----WITH CIRCULAR IN FORM OF A MINIATURE NEWSPAPER DATED 1885-08-09, WHICH ON THE INSIDE GIVES THE SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR THE FREE PRESS WANT AD COLUMNS---MENTIONS GENERAL GRANTS DEATH AND FUNERAL---TALKS OF DIVORCE--Crawford was firstly married to Virginia Mary Smith (1862–1948), although the marriage was brief and unhappy. In 1886 Crawford achieved much social and public notoriety when he sued her for divorce, and named Charles Dilke member of Gladstones cabinet as the co-respondent. After a much publicized trial Crawford obtained a decree nisi and the marriage was dissolved in 1886. As for Dilke, the scandal wrecked a promising political career. Virginia Crawford would later convert to Roman Catholicism and join the Catholic Women's League.-----MENTIONS JAMES YOUNG, EMORY WENDELL, REV GEORGE BAKER, WILLIAM LIVINGSTON JR, REV MOSES SMITH, C D WHITCOMB, REV JOHN MATHEWS, J H KAPPLE, I F NEWMAN,--PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ARRIVES IN ALBANY----GENEALOGY 14----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 1125   Item ID: E0-35456    View Map