Dream No More.

Life in the Ozarks could prove to be hard. Yet, with a cherished partner, the day’s struggle seems to lighten when the solace of a helpmate is there at one’s side. The desire of companionship beckoned from this region, and the call of romance was sent to far away territories in many forms. Some pleas were placed in classified columns looking not only for love, but looking for help in raising children of a mother that past quickly from this life…or maybe, looking for someone to freshen the gene pool. The concept of “Mail Order Brides” may seem comical, but it was practiced in remote regions like the Ozarks. One piece of evidence can be seen in the Personal Column below from The Anaconda Standard in Anaconda, Montana, in 1914. Notice the plea for correspondence was posted in the month of February for the club of marriageable people in Ozark, Missouri.

Dream no more…
                a balmy fire to revive...
                            welcoming arms to embrace…
                                                        all can be yours…
                                                                    for the price of a stamp.

  

Works Cited:

“Marry: Join the Ozark Correspondence Club.” Anaconda Standard 25.151 (1 Feb. 1914): 10. Access Newspaper Archive Access. Baxter County Library, Mountain Home, AR. 11 Nov. 2009 http://access.newspaperarchive.com/.

 
“George Washington 2¢, 1914.” World Stamp Catalogue/United States. Scan by Stan Shebs. 15 Nov. 2009. www.wikibooks.org.