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9 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Number 6 is, erm, something...

129 Ways To Get a Husband (part one). McCall's magazine, January 1958.
129 Ways To Get a Husband (part two)...
129 Ways To Get a Husband (part three).

Congratulations if you had "demonstrating fishing tackle" on your marriage to-do list...
129 Ways To Get a Husband (part four).

It gets a bit repetitive after this: pigeons, obituaries, hat boxes, etc..

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