A few free evenings in Leadville, and a wish to marry.
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WANTED—By gentleman who has few leisure hours in the evening to form the acquaintance of lady. Object matrimony. Address, "Frank," care Herald Democrat.
| Newspaper | Herald Democrat, Leadville, Colorado |
|---|---|
| Date | November 16, 1899, page 7 |
| Written by | A man, signed Frank |
| Addressed to | Women open to marriage |
| Where | Replies to Frank, care of the Herald Democrat |
November 16, 1899, was a Thursday, and the ad ran again the next day. It appeared about two weeks after an Aspen lady’s ad in the same paper, asking for a husband of about forty, a miner preferred. Leadville was founded in 1877, at the start of Colorado’s silver boom, and by 1880 it had more than 15,000 people. He offers only his free evenings, and asks to form the acquaintance, the polite formula of the column. For where people in Colorado post personal ads now, see our guide to personal ads in Denver and Colorado Springs.
Public domain in the United States: published before 1931.
Transcribed from the page image and checked against the original; spelling and punctuation are as printed, and words broken across lines are rejoined. Capital letters are also as printed: papers set the first line of each ad in capitals, so the capitals stop wherever that line ended, sometimes in the middle of a word.
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