A smile on a Sunday afternoon, on the way home from the Chutes.
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PERSONAL—Will gentleman who smiled at lady Sunday afternoon going home from Chutes park, address O-225, News.
| Newspaper | Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado |
|---|---|
| Date | June 7, 1898, page 9 |
| Written by | A woman, unsigned |
| Addressed to | The man who smiled |
| Where | Replies to O-225, the News |
Chutes Park stood on Cherry Creek at Corona Street and Fourth Avenue. It had been Arlington Park, and it was an early venture of Robert Speer, later mayor of Denver. June 7, 1898, was a Tuesday, so the Sunday was June 5. San Francisco had a Chutes of its own, and that same month a note to May there promised a trip to it. The same Denver column carried a coded note to Rome. For where people in Denver post missed connections now, see our guide to personal ads in Denver.
Public domain in the United States: published before 1931.
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