Good looking, of average moral character, and short of money.
Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.
PERSONAL—A good looking, intelligent young man of about 25 years of age, and of average moral character, who is unfortunately in a crippled financial condition, wishes to correspond with a lady (age no object) possessed of $10,000 in hard cash. Object, matrimony. Address "S. J.," Clifton, Arizona.
| Newspaper | Clifton Clarion, Clifton, Arizona |
|---|---|
| Date | July 11, 1888, page 3 |
| Written by | A young man, signed S. J. |
| Addressed to | A woman of any age with $10,000 |
| Where | Replies to S. J., Clifton, Arizona |
July 11, 1888, was a Wednesday. The ad ran inside the paper’s local news column, with no heading of its own, and its frankness may be a joke: few writers called their finances crippled, or their morals average. Clifton was a copper camp in eastern Arizona, founded in 1873. Arizona was still a territory; it became a state in 1912. For where people in Phoenix and Tucson post personal ads now, see our guide to personal ads in Phoenix and Tucson.
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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