Respectable and widowed, she would like to write to a gentleman of about 48, with a view to matrimony.
Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.
RESPECTABLE WIDOW LADY wishes to correspond with GENTLEMAN, age about 48, with view to MATRIMONY. Strictly confidential. Address “Nellie,” P.O., Port Adelaide.
| Newspaper | The Express and Telegraph, Adelaide, South Australia |
|---|---|
| Date | December 7, 1889, page 1 |
| Section | Matrimonial |
| Written by | A widow, signing Nellie |
| Addressed to | Men of about 48 |
| Where | Replies to “Nellie,” Post Office, Port Adelaide |
The Express and Telegraph was an Adelaide newspaper, published from 1867 to 1922. Its front page carried advertisements, and among them, in 1888 and 1889, a short column headed Matrimonial. Writers signed with a pen name and had replies sent to a post office, to be collected there.
Port Adelaide is the city’s seaport, about 14 kilometres from the centre, and she had replies sent to its post office rather than to the General Post Office in town, where the Adelaide ads of March 1888 had theirs sent. She gives the age she would like, about 48, but not her own.
Public domain: published in 1889.
Transcribed from the page image on Trove and checked against the original; spelling and punctuation are as printed, and words broken across lines are rejoined.
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