No fewer than. 17 offers of.marriaga have beeu received by 19 year-old Aileen Belle, of Windsor, Ontario, who sought a husband with 1000 dollars (£200). She oft'ered to marry any man between 20 and 45 who "would give her the money to pay oif the mortgage on the family: homestead. She said she was a good . cook, . spaghetti being hei speciality, and also* a "blues" singer. Replies to her olfer have now been received from as far apart as Glasgow* Scotland, and Cadillac, Saskatchewan. The most substantial ofl'er is from a 25-year-old machine operator in . the province of Quebee who states that ho has 3000 dollars (£600). Aileen, hovever, is still undec'ided.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 62, 6 December 1937, Page 5
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