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Rocky Mountain News · July 6, 1902

A gentleman of middle age and some means, at X-123

Middle-aged, some means, and asking for a full description.

Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.


Personals1902

GENTLEMAN of middle age, good appearance, some means, wishes correspondence with lady matrimonially inclined; give full description. Address X-123. News.

In plain English

A middle-aged man of good appearance, with some money, would like to write to a woman who is open to marriage, and asks her to describe herself fully. Replies go to X-123 at the News.

Who wrote it, and to whom

NewspaperRocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado
DateJuly 6, 1902, page 32
Written byA middle-aged man
Addressed toWomen open to marriage
WhereReplies to X-123, the News

Context

July 6, 1902, was a Sunday. His ad ran directly above a refined lady’s, at E-124, and the two are close to mirror images: good appearance, some means or a nice home, matrimonially inclined, give full description. The period after X-123 is as printed. For where people in Denver post personal ads now, see our guide to personal ads in Denver.

In the Personals Dictionary

Matrimonially inclinedOf meansWrite fullyBox, care of the office

Tagged

correspondencematrimonywritten by men

How to cite this ad

“A gentleman of middle age and some means, at X-123.” Personal advertisement, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado), July 6, 1902, p. 32. Transcribed in The Personals Archive, AseeksB, https://www.aseeksb.com/archive/1902-rocky-mountain-news-gentleman-x-123-full-description.html.

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.

← 1902: I am a business man, aged 40; would marry1902: A refined lady with a nice home, at E-124 →

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