Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-13
WIFE MUST COME
FROM BROOKLYN
Moline Bachelor Will Not Be
Satisfied With One From
Any Other City.
WRITES MAYOR A LETTER
Says He Owns Farm and City Prop
erty, Is Christian and Carries
Insurance Policy.

Woe is Moline when the day comes
that her bachelor boys go to Brook
Ign, y. Y, for bride. Or father, woe
to Moline's unmarris ! male gentry in
the day wien no comedy spin sters this
side of Brooklyn, York state, will have
them.
That it has been necessary for at
least one Moline man to apply in
Brooklyn for a helpmeet is the story
related by the Brooklyn Eagle. in a re-
cent edition of which appeared this
heading:
Wants wife from Brooklyn-Here's
a chance for women who are about
AZ Lonely man in Moline. ILL.,. asks
Borough President Steers to help him
get helpmeet."
The man referred to is Mr. c. H. j.
Of the Pillow City. 1t IS far cry from
Moline, a middle western manufacture
/ ing city. to Brooklyn, the down east
suburb of a world metropolis, but the
following verbatim clipping from the
Brooklyn Eagle shows that c. H. j.
| (by the way, there are several C. H.
US in the Moline city dicertory) sue
ceeded in making cry loud enough to
create a disturbance the other side OF
the Great White Way:
SOMEONE you KNowf
"The fame of Brooklyn's women ex-
tends far out into the west. The sweet
disposition, congeniaI temperament,
reputation for good cooking and gen
eral record for housewifery second to
none, has made such an impression in
the city Of Moline, ILL.,, that one Of its
citizens has written to Borough Presf-
dent Steers to see IL he cannot help
the writer get a wife from this COM
munity.
THE man will have no other help
mate but a Brooklyn woman, prefer
ably of the age of discretion, about ~
years And he has money, too, SO he
says; and he is a member of but three
secret organizations, he indicates that
he may be thus able to stay home
some of the evenings and enjoy the
companionship. and the cooking tc be
sure, of the Brooklyn woman who Is
willing to change her residence to Mo
line and her name to Mrs. C. II. j.
WORTHY OF HER LOVE.
THE interesting missive which was
received this morning, reads as fol-
lows: On Time Club.
December 80, 1910.
/" Dear Ladies':
" Pardon me. I would be very
much pleased to have correspondence
with some middle-aged lady about age
AZ. My object is matrimony. l am
looking for a good cook and house
keeper and companion or helpmate
through life. I am As years old. Ger
man descent. Blue eyes. Dark hair,
Honest in all my dealings. Am a
Christian and church member. 1 be-
long to three secret orders, Odd Eel
lows, Red Men and Modern Woodmen
Of America. own so acres of land and
two properties. Carry large life in
surance policy and am worthy of the
love of any lady All want is a true
and good companion. l will be pleased
to hear from some. Very sincerely,
address g Mr.. c. NJ. j.,
:" Moline, H.
HAS MOLINE REFERENCES.
A young woman of Brooklyn has for
warded the above clipping to a friend
in Moline and enclosed with it let
ter containing this comment:
ct cut the enclosed out of the
Brooklyn Eagle. 1t was too good TO
keep. Am beginning to think l made
some kind of an impression while in
Illinois. when a Moline man will have
no one but Brooklyn girl. Do you
think I'll fill tho bill? I know I'm
under age but then could powder
my hair and make myself look az
and then, could give him nearby ref |
erences-that should be a strong |
point"