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Roaming around the British Newspaper Archive today, I came across some adverts from the London Standard which do feel a little bizarre by today's standards! Personals: B*****. De W – You have been traced. Write and give E.P. an explanation, also W., or immediate proceedings will be taken. – F.D. Green Bushes. – Dangerously ill. Mind unhinged. Shop closed: not take sufficient pay rent. Pray  help before Tuesday or will lose all. Ruined. Mother cannot help. What will become our darling. I.V.O.R – I know there is an impassable gulf between us now. Don’t throw across a relic of happier time when you loved and trusted me. It was given on certain conditions and I can only take it from your hand. If you will not see me call for letter. Perhaps your turn has come. Be generous and spare me. Slater's Detective Agency:   Before commencing Divorce proceedings consult Henry Slater, who will obtain all available reliable evidence. Consultations free. Successful in ever