Evan Esar? Jacob M. Braude? Anonymous?

Question for Quote Investigator: You have already explored a quip about success and work that cleverly referred to their alphabetical order. I’ve seen a similar joke about divorce and marriage:
The dictionary is the only place where divorce comes before marriage.
Which of these two jests emerged first? Would you please explore this topic?
Reply from Quote Investigator: The earliest instance of the divorce quip known to QI appeared in “The Yonkers Statesman” in April 1902. Boldface added to excerpts by QI:1
Patience: “Polly has found something wrong with the dictionary.”
Patrice: “Indeed! What is it?”
“She’s discovered that divorce comes before marriage.”
This joke was reprinted in several other newspapers in May 1902 such as “The Daily Morning Journal and Courier” of New Haven, Connecticut2 and “The Times-Democrat” of New Orleans, Louisiana.3 Both of these papers acknowledged “The Yonkers Statesman”.
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