BARRED PROM THE WANT COLUMNS.
" I want to advertise for a man," said the lady, approaching the want advortisement counter in the daily newspaper office. " I want to get a man to carry coal in the winter, keep up the fires, shovel snow, mow the lawn in summer, also sprinkle it, tend the flowers, mind the children, wash diahes, sweep the front porch, run errands, and all that kind— in short, I want a man who will always be round the place and can be called upon for any kind of hard work. He imust be sober and reliable, of good appearance, not over 80 ■" " Pardon me, madam," said the clerk; "we cannot accept matrimonial advertisements."
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Southland Times, Issue 19471, 26 November 1904, Page 3 (Supplement)
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116BARRED PROM THE WANT COLUMNS. Southland Times, Issue 19471, 26 November 1904, Page 3 (Supplement)
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