A 32-year-old with modest claims about himself and firm ones about her.
Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.
A GENTLEMAN, 32, fairly good looking, good dresser and fond of good time, desires to form the acquaintance of an attractive brunette, not over 25. Must be stylish. Address A-41, Bee.
| Newspaper | Omaha Daily Bee, Omaha, Nebraska |
|---|---|
| Date | September 11, 1904, page 22 |
| Written by | A man, 32 |
| Addressed to | Brunette women up to 25 |
| Where | Replies to the Bee office |
Fairly good looking is a pleasingly modest claim, and it sits alongside the 1862 writer in this archive who called himself good looking but not handsome.
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. The age limit is taken from the page image; the newspaper's machine-read text has it wrong. The trailing printer's code is omitted. 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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