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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1917
Page
9
An 89 acre parcel with good land and buildings near Ewing Missouri is offered at 75 dollars per acre. A house on East Hampshire features eight rooms and modern conveniences priced at 4200 dollars for potential buyers.
Real estate agent advertises multiple farm properties in Adams County Illinois. Highlights a 95 acre parcel near Plainville with 30 acres in corn and timber, timber and spring, good house, basement barn, water system, pasture, and 600 barrel orchard. Emphasizes high potential yield on corn and fast sale for a small profit.
Legal notices list openings for a Watchman earning 50 to 80 dollars a month and a Painter earning 60 to 106 dollars a month. Both require men over 21 and 18 respectively, with training, experience, and good physical condition. Duties cover oversight of buildings and grounds for the Watchman and painting tinting calcinining and supervising others for the Painter.
Painters and electricians required with physical fitness for electric light power and telephone work. Machinists 60 to 90 dollars monthly, open to those over 23. Attendant domestic and laborer exams Saturdays at State Charitable Institution hours 9 to 4. Local physicians available in 32 towns. Request application blanks from State Civil Service Commission Springfield Illinois.
A compact proverb notes that someone who advertises for a wife may obtain the meant object but seldom what he himself desires. The saying underscores mismatch between advertised aims and actual outcomes, highlighting ironic expectations.
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