For lonely bachelors in early 1900s America, a matrimonial ad from a prosperous Indiana widow seemed like the chance of a lifetime. “Comely widow who owns a large farm in one of the finest districts ...
Long before online dating, proto-Craigslist killer Belle Gunness used newspaper ads to find men — and leave them dismembered in shallow graves Widow Belle Gunness used personal ads in the early 1900s ...