A refined, healthy bachelor of 45 (1921)

Personals1921

REFINED, healthy bachelor, 45, best of references, wish to correspond with healthy lady, 30 to 40. Catholic preferred. Box 38-T Republican. dl

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

In plain English

A well-mannered, healthy single man of 45, with the best references, would like to write to a healthy woman of 30 to 40, preferably Catholic. Replies go to Box 38-T at the Republican.

Who wrote it, and to whom

Newspaper	Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona
Date	February 25, 1921, page 7 of Section Two
Written by	A bachelor, 45
Addressed to	Healthy women of 30 to 40
Where	Replies to Box 38-T, the Republican

Context

February 25, 1921, was a Friday. The ad says wish, as printed. Like the widower on the same page, he asks for a healthy lady, and he offers the best of references. The closing dl is the paper’s insertion code. 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

Refined Correspondent Box, care of the office Insertion codes (1t, 3t)References exchanged

Tagged

correspondence written by men

How to cite this ad

“A refined, healthy bachelor of 45.” 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-refined-bachelor-45.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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