From the East, middle-aged, and looking to marry.
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MIDDLE-AGED professional gentleman from the East; desires the acquaintance of a lady; object matrimony. Box 555, Call office.
| Newspaper | San Francisco Call, San Francisco, California |
|---|---|
| Date | December 2, 1900, page 29 |
| Written by | A middle-aged professional man |
| Addressed to | Women open to marriage |
| Where | Replies to Box 555, the Call office |
In San Francisco in 1900, the East meant the eastern states. He gives no name, no age beyond middle-aged, and no line of work beyond professional, and leaves the rest for letters to settle. It ran on the same page as Olga K.’s note to Nick B., and eleven years earlier, in San Diego, a middle-aged gentleman with a fine home in the country had advertised with the same goal. For where people in the Bay Area post personal ads now, see our guide to personal ads in San Francisco.
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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