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El Tucsonense, Tucson · June 14, 1919

Desea matrimonio: a working man of 37

A working man of 37 with no capital but his work.

Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.


Desea matrimonio1919

Caballero, de 37 años trabajador, desea matrimoniarse con soltera o viuda no mayor de 40 años. El pretendiente no cuenta con más capital que su trabajo. Para informes escríbase a Calle Pennington No. 192, a A. M. V. 3t.

El Tucsonense, June 14, 1919, p. 3. View the original page at the Library of Congress

In plain English

A hardworking man of 37 wishes to marry a single woman or a widow no older than 40. He has no capital but his work. For details, write to A. M. V. at 192 Pennington Street.

Who wrote it, and to whom

NewspaperEl Tucsonense, Tucson, Arizona
DateJune 14, 1919, page 3
Written byA working man, 37, signed A. M. V.
Addressed toSingle women and widows up to 40
WhereLetters to A. M. V., 192 Pennington Street, Tucson

Context

June 14, 1919, was a Saturday. El Tucsonense was a Spanish-language paper in Tucson, and the ad ran in Spanish under its own heading, Desea matrimonio, wishes to marry. Pretendiente means suitor, and he says he has no more capital than his work. The closing 3t is the printer’s insertion code: three times. For where people in Tucson post personal ads now, see our guide to personal ads in Phoenix and Tucson.

In the Personals Dictionary

Insertion codes (1t, 3t)

Tagged

matrimonywritten by men

How to cite this ad

“Desea matrimonio: a working man of 37.” Personal advertisement, El Tucsonense (Tucson, Arizona), June 14, 1919, p. 3. Transcribed in The Personals Archive, AseeksB, https://www.aseeksb.com/archive/1919-el-tucsonense-caballero-37-desea-matrimonio.html.

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.

← 1917: Mr. Rollins of the Adams Hotel1919: A widower of 45 wishes the acquaintance of a lady →

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