She would like to hear from a working man, with friendship and matrimony in view.
Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.
WIDOW, 43, would like to hear from genuine working gent, view friendship mat.; Box B91, “Telegraph.”
| Newspaper | The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland |
|---|---|
| Date | July 8, 1938, page 20 |
| Section | Missing Friends, Inquiries |
| Written by | A widow, 43 |
| Addressed to | Working men |
| Where | Replies to Box B91, the Telegraph |
The Telegraph was a Brisbane newspaper, published from 1872 to 1947. On July 8, 1938, page 20 carried a column headed Missing Friends, Inquiries, and most of it was about marriage. Holt’s Matrimonial Bureau, in the basement of the O.K. Buildings at 117 Queen Street, ran several ads in it, promising “absolute privacy” and offering its own Lonely Persons’ Club, and two correspondence clubs asked for a club fee and a stamped envelope. The column runs roughly in alphabetical order, by first word.
“View friendship mat.” is the column’s shorthand for with a view to friendship and matrimony. She asks for a working man. The same column carried, through Holt’s, an ad for “A Bright, elderly Lady, own home, car, private means, and good social standing,” who wished to meet a refined elderly gentleman, and one from a farmer of 34 looking for a young lady to take on a dairy farm.
Public domain in Australia, where it was published in 1938 without the writer’s name.
Transcribed from the page image on Trove and checked against the original; spelling, abbreviations, and punctuation are as printed, and words broken across lines are rejoined.
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