AnneTheWriter<p>🧵 1/5<br>RT-in for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BicycleDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BicycleDay</span></a>...</p><p>"She Had an Affair with Her Bicycle Instructor Because Her Husband Snored" </p><p>The divorce of Samuel Freligh (b.1852 NY) and his wife Mary Miller was salacious enough to warrant several newspaper articles in 1900 NY City. </p><p>It seems that Mary was accused of having an affair with a "Bicycle Instructor," and was tired of her husband's loud snoring. When the Judge gave his ruling on the case, daughter Ida (who had sided with her mother during the proceedings) began to yell in protest and had to be removed from the courtroom.</p><p>Daughter Ida later became a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Burlesque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burlesque</span></a> actress in the theatre.</p><p>Samuel Freligh (b. 5 Sept 1852 NY, d. 29 Nov. 1929 NY)<br>Mary Miller/Muller (b. abt.1858 NY, d. 28 June 1934 NYC)<br> m. 28 Sept 1873 King's County, NY<br> <br>Children:<br>Ida (1885-1972, m. Leroy Smith)<br>Charles Penamen (1879-1935, m. Mildred Barrett)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Freligh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freligh</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspaperArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewspaperArchives</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspaperArticles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewspaperArticles</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Divorces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Divorces</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Scandals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scandals</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycles</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BicycleHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BicycleHistory</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Geneadons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geneadons</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geneadons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geneadons</span></a></span></p>