Saw Matrimonial "Ad"

January 9, 1904 from the Urbana Courier-Herald

Fair Urbana Girl May Wed Suitor From Chicago

With an advertisement in a matrimonial paper for a foundation, Cupid is building a dainty little romance here in Urbana, with Miss Norma Johnson a pretty, petite waitress in a local restaurant, and a wealthy resident of Chicago by the name of Clark as the principals.

Patrons of the restaurant who have ordered innumerable ham sandwiches and as many cups of coffee just to be waited on by the young woman fear that their favorite waitress will soon be missing unless some local swain enters the field and bests Clark in a contest for her affections. For Miss Johnson, it is stated by her friends in the restaurant, recently answered an advertisement in a "matrimonial" paper. Sunday an answer came in the person of Olark, who came from Chicago and met his fair correspondent. A carriage ride and other attentions made It appear that Cupid had worked rapidly although the Chicago suitor has streaks of gray in his beard and is many years older than his prospective fiancee.