Found at Live Catholic:
In March of 1920, a bachelor police officer, decided it was time to seriously look for a wife, so - there being no computers or internet then - he used the current technology and put an advertisement in the newspaper."Middle ranking civil servant, single, Catholic, 43-years-old, immaculate past, from the countryside, is seeking a good Catholic pure girl, who can cook well, and who can do all housework, who is also capable of sewing and a good homemaker in order to marry at the soonest opportunity. Personal fortune would be desirable but is not however a precondition."
The ad did not work. He received a promotion at work, and decided to try again. He placed the ad again in July. This time a woman named Maria Peintner, 36 years old and a cook, answered the ad. There was no personal fortune. They met at a coffee shop and were engaged a few days later. The wedding was in November. The last of their three children was born in 1927 and they decided to name him after his father...
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