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1 story matching deviorc
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:devious, devic, devie, devil, devin, devis
- The Simple Logic of a Territorial Divorce
A jilted husband pens a candid letter to a Justice of the Peace, asking how to dissolve his marriage and if the court might offer a replacement wife.