A streetcar missed connection from Omaha: a dress, a route, a time, and an admirer.
Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.
YOUNG lady who wore lavender dress, got on Farnam street car going west Saturday, little after noon, can meet refined gentleman, who is an admirer, by addressing A-39, Bee.
| Newspaper | Omaha Daily Bee, Omaha, Nebraska |
|---|---|
| Date | September 13, 1904, page 8 |
| Written by | A man |
| Addressed to | One woman, seen on a streetcar |
| Where | Replies to the Bee office |
Streetcars gave city dwellers a daily glimpse of the same strangers, and the missed connection became one of the personal column's most familiar forms. The details are the point: the color of a dress, the direction of travel, the hour.
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. The trailing printer's code at the end of the ad is omitted. 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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