A full name, a first name, and nothing else.
Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.
PERSONAL—Harry Horgan; write to Pat as soon as possible.
| Newspaper | El Paso Herald, El Paso, Texas |
|---|---|
| Date | August 22, 1912, page 10 |
| Written by | Pat |
| Addressed to | One man, Harry Horgan |
The notice never says who Pat is, or why the letter is urgent, which is part of what makes the personal column so compelling to read a century later.
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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