Her first requisite: at least six feet six inches. No foolishness.
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William P. Bane, Nineveh, Pa., wants to correspond with some young lady, whose first requisite must be that she stands at least six feet six inches in hight. The writer himself is seven feet tall. References and photographs must be exchanged. No foolishness.
| Newspaper | National Tribune, Washington, District of Columbia |
|---|---|
| Date | November 9, 1893, page 3 |
| Written by | William P. Bane, of Nineveh, Pennsylvania |
| Addressed to | Young women at least six feet six inches tall |
| Where | Nineveh, Pennsylvania |
Bane was a Union veteran of the 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, and the Library of Congress has asked whether he was the tallest soldier of the Civil War: accounts gave his height as anything from 6 feet 5 inches to more than 8 feet, and his pension surgeons most consistently wrote 6 feet 9. He had first advertised in the paper that January, and the Library found no evidence that he ever married. The same column carried two soldiers’ widows from Aurora, Illinois. For where people in DC, Baltimore, and Delaware post personal ads now, see our guide to personal ads in DC, Baltimore, and Delaware.
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 words of each ad in capitals.
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