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Arizona Republican · February 25, 1921

An elderly lady with property

A woman with property seeks a gentleman of good habits.

Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.


Personals1921

ELDERLY LADY with property, wishes acquaintance of gentleman of suitable age and good habits, resources. Box 100T Republican.

Arizona Republican, February 25, 1921, Section Two, p. 7. View the original page at the Library of Congress

In plain English

An older woman who owns property would like to meet a man of a suitable age, with good habits and money of his own. Replies go to Box 100T at the Republican.

Who wrote it, and to whom

NewspaperArizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona
DateFebruary 25, 1921, page 7 of Section Two
Written byAn older woman
Addressed toMen of a suitable age, with good habits and means
WhereReplies to Box 100T, the Republican

Context

February 25, 1921, was a Friday. She leads with her own property and asks for a man with resources, and she doesn’t mention marriage, only acquaintance. It ran on the same page as two men’s ads, from a healthy widower and a refined bachelor of 45. For where people in Phoenix and Tucson post personal ads now, see our guide to personal ads in Phoenix and Tucson.

In the Personals Dictionary

Wishes to form the acquaintance ofOf meansBox, care of the office

Tagged

written by women

How to cite this ad

“An elderly lady with property.” Personal advertisement, Arizona Republican (Phoenix, Arizona), February 25, 1921, Section Two, p. 7. Transcribed in The Personals Archive, AseeksB, https://www.aseeksb.com/archive/1921-arizona-republican-elderly-lady-with-property.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.

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