A train from Portland, and a missed meeting at the ferry.
Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.
IF gentleman who made the acquaintance of lady on Southern Pacific train that arrived here from Portland Tuesday morning, June 13, and was to have met her same evening 5 o'clock at ferry depot, and missed her, wishes to continue the acquaintance, call at 923½ Mission st., room 4.
| Newspaper | San Francisco Call, San Francisco, California |
|---|---|
| Date | June 25, 1899, page 12 |
| Written by | A woman, unsigned |
| Addressed to | The man she met on the train |
| Where | Call in person at 923½ Mission Street, room 4 |
San Francisco’s Ferry Building, at the foot of Market Street, had opened in July 1898, less than a year earlier. Southern Pacific’s trains ended across the bay in Oakland, and passengers crossed to the city by ferry, so travelers from the north reached San Francisco at the ferry depot. June 13, 1899, was a Tuesday, as the ad says. Unlike most ads in this archive, it gives no reply box: he was to call in person, at a room on Mission Street. Four years later the Call carried a woman’s search for the man who borrowed her opera glasses. For where people in the Bay Area post missed connections now, see our guide to personal ads in San Francisco.
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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