The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-12-29
NEBRASKA MATES
IN big DEMAND
Omaha Sheriff VINO Accommo-
dated One Applicant Is DEL
uged With Letters.
SHOW TEPSEaESS AND SPEED
tonsly Ones Of Both Sexes Eager for
Spouses From the PIains-Letters
Come From Almost Every
State.

Omaha.-All the widows In New
York and lot in other states as
well seem to be hunting for Nebraska
husbands. And half the widowers In
New York and lot in other states as
well seem to be on the lookout for
Nebraska wives.
Sheriff Mike Clark of Omaha has
about bushel of letters on his desk.
And the letters are rolling in on Sheriff
Clark ut the rate Of about fifty every
day. Two months ago Sheriff Clark
found a husband for Widow Dunham
OF Newark, n. j., who had evolved the
theory that all she had to do to get q
husband was to write to some Western
Sheriff. She picked out Omaha. And
sure enough, in about three weeks she
was married to Albert Henry Thomas,
railroad man of Omaha.
Her story got into the Newspapers
and Sheriff Clark thereby got his foot
In It, For every widow around the
country who read that story immedI-
ntely wrote Sheriff Clark for q hus.
hand And every widower and every
old bachelor under whose notice the
article came wrote the sheriff to find
them wives among the hundreds of
women who had written him for hus-
bands.
Show Terseness and Speed.
Mrs. S. Brickley, East Broadway,
New York, wrote one of the shortest
right-to-the-pOint letters of them. 81
nm looking for husband; can you do
anything for me?" she asks the sheriff
James George, box $40, Mount Yer.
non, n. Y, is also very laconc in his
demands: 81 want a wife; put Inc in
touch with one, quick ~ he writes
Sheriff Clark.
Charles Olsen, "a Woodruff street
Brooklyn, is moi quite - telse. Ills
letter to the sheriff says: al am Il
machiniSt, a former chief engineer on
a Danish ship. ] want home again
but uOnt know woman whom i caI
ask? Please send the names of several
who want husbands" Sheriff Clark
sent him the names Of half dozen oI
so.
Avery G.. Wooden. 1923 Lage avenue
Rochester, n. Y, writes the sheriff ht
is twenty-seven years old and that he
wants young widow.
Charles Ryan, Clifton Springs, n
Y. told the sheriff he is farmer, but
that he has taken two years in q medl
cal college and expects to complete hi!
course. He wants wife.
Peter Gruh. box 276, Erie Railroad
Y. Nj. G. A, Hoboken. n. j., says ir
his letter: ~ see where you have lot.
of wives to give away. Give me one"
Thaddeus Stargeslli, 300 Waverly ave
nue., Newark, n. j., IS delighted will
the prospects. "Just read the joyfu
news of an unlimited supply of let
ters frem females wanting husbands.
he writes Sheriff Clark. 81 am gradu
ate electrician. Send me some letters
Wants a Sensible Widow.
"Your name sounds good to me,
Frank Ryan, 695 Lcnox avenue, New
York, wrote to Sheriff Clark. 'I wan
sensible widow"
Charles F. Mcdonald, 2S3 West 147tl
| street, New York, is searching for al
uncle who disappeared thirty-fiv
. SIslI = 81. Il iC uhSlS was bl -
| ConnOr. An estate in ireland canno
be settled until he is found. "Hrlp m
| find my uncle and I'll marry any won
an you want me to marry" he tell
Sheriff Clark.
Miss S. Morand, 3S2 st. Mark
place, Tompkinsville, Staten IslanC
| New York, is just 10 years old, an
"has hopes" she writes the sheriff. "
have the very highest ideals Of West
erners,' she says m her letter.
Miss Rita G. Waleker, 205 Yves
101st street, Manhattan, New York
says: Il hear you nave n supply O
married men on hand. want to settl
down to home life. | am u traine
nurse, 40 years DID, brown hair, gra
eyes"
George Muir, 351 West Thirty mint
| street, New York, has a real reaso
for wanting to get married: 81 hav
nose bleed and the doctor says if ca
get married it will cure the trouble,
, he wrote Sheriff Clark.
New Jersey bids" nu. NOR
than 100. Letters from p.ciicall
every state in the Union are include
in that bushel of letters which stand
on the sheriff's desk.