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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Personal_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Personal (disambiguation)">Personal (disambiguation)</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Personals_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="The Personals (disambiguation)">The Personals (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Seattle_star.,_January_13,_1914_-_personals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_Seattle_star.%2C_January_13%2C_1914_-_personals.jpg/170px-The_Seattle_star.%2C_January_13%2C_1914_-_personals.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_Seattle_star.%2C_January_13%2C_1914_-_personals.jpg/255px-The_Seattle_star.%2C_January_13%2C_1914_-_personals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_Seattle_star.%2C_January_13%2C_1914_-_personals.jpg/340px-The_Seattle_star.%2C_January_13%2C_1914_-_personals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="1305" /></a><figcaption>The personals section in the January 13, 1914, issue of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Star" title="The Seattle Star">The Seattle Star</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>personal advertisement</b>, sometimes called a <b>contact ad</b>, is a form of <a href="/wiki/Classified_advertising" title="Classified advertising">classified advertising</a> in which a person seeks to find another person for friendship, romance, marriage, or sexual activity. In British English, it is commonly known as an advert in a <b>lonely hearts column</b>. In India, it is a <b>dating ad</b> or <b>matrimonial ad</b>. </p><p>The earliest personal ads were placed in newspapers among other classified ads, and typically had matrimony as the objective. As interest in personal ads grew, newspapers provided personals sections specifically for those ads. Later, newspapers and magazines for the sole purpose of personal ads were published. Lonely hearts clubs were organized in the 20th century to provide listings of ads to their fee-paying members. With the advent of the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>, personal ads began to appear on online sites as well, eventually turning into profiles on dating sites and apps. </p><p>Personal ads have been described by a researcher as "a valuable way of finding potential mates for those whose social world has been artificially constrained by contemporary urban life and the demands of modern employment practices".<sup id="cite_ref-waynforth_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-waynforth-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, personals have also been used by criminals—<a href="/wiki/Con_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Con artist">con artists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud">fraudsters</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lonely_hearts_killer" title="Lonely hearts killer">killers</a>—to find and lure victims. </p><p>Public opinion toward personal ads varies over time, from disapproval and suspicion in the 17th and 18th centuries to a patriotic service in the United States during the Civil War and to general public acceptance in modern day. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Personal_advertisement&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest personal ads in England and the United States were <a href="/wiki/Satire" title="Satire">satirical</a>. A London magazine published a satirical marriage ad in 1660, supposedly from a widow urgently in need of "any man that is Able to labour in her Corporation". By 1691, entire catalogs of satirical ads for husbands and wives were published for entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 10–11">: 10–11 </span></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New-England_Courant" title="The New-England Courant">The New-England Courant</a></i>, by brothers <a href="/wiki/James_Franklin_(printer)" title="James Franklin (printer)">James</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>, printed a satirical marriage ad on its front page on April 13, 1722, ridiculing those who married for money.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 3–12">: 3–12 </span></sup> </p><p>The first genuine personal ad in England was published on July 19, 1695, in a weekly pamphlet published by <a href="/wiki/John_Houghton_(apothecary)" title="John Houghton (apothecary)">John Houghton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 3–12">: 3–12 </span></sup> London's 53 major newspapers all published matrimonial ads by 1710.<sup id="cite_ref-zug_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zug-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 109">: 109 </span></sup> In 1761, the first personal ad in England written by a woman was published in the <i>Aris Gazette</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-zug_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zug-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 117">: 117 </span></sup> In addition to the offices of the newspapers themselves, various local businesses, such as haberdashers, booksellers, and especially coffee houses, accepted replies to personal ads on behalf of the advertisers.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 43">: 43 </span></sup> As more women began to place ads, more discreet shops and libraries became the preferred intermediaries, as only men frequented coffee houses.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 65">: 65 </span></sup> </p><p>Possibly the earliest genuine personal ad in the United States was published on February 23, 1759, on page 3 of the <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Evening-Post" title="Boston Evening-Post">Boston Evening-Post</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 3–12">: 3–12 </span></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Public_Ledger_(Philadelphia)" title="Public Ledger (Philadelphia)">Public Ledger</a></i> in Philadelphia, founded in 1836, was the first newspaper in the United States to feature personal ads regularly. Marriage ads in the <i>Ledger</i> cost twenty-five cents. In 1840, an editorial in the paper claimed that most ads received 25–500 replies on average.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 33">: 33 </span></sup> From 1866 until the 20th century, the most widely read newspaper in the United States, the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Herald" title="New York Herald">New York Herald</a></i>, printed personal ads on the front page.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 97">: 97 </span></sup> </p><p>In France, the magazine <i>Le Chasseur français</i> (<i>The French Hunter</i>) first published matrimonial ads in the 1880s.<sup id="cite_ref-bergstrom_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bergstrom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:18281018_Wife_Wanted_-_Royal_Cornwall_Gazette,_Falmouth_Packet_and_Plymouth_Journal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/18281018_Wife_Wanted_-_Royal_Cornwall_Gazette%2C_Falmouth_Packet_and_Plymouth_Journal.jpg/330px-18281018_Wife_Wanted_-_Royal_Cornwall_Gazette%2C_Falmouth_Packet_and_Plymouth_Journal.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/18281018_Wife_Wanted_-_Royal_Cornwall_Gazette%2C_Falmouth_Packet_and_Plymouth_Journal.jpg/495px-18281018_Wife_Wanted_-_Royal_Cornwall_Gazette%2C_Falmouth_Packet_and_Plymouth_Journal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/18281018_Wife_Wanted_-_Royal_Cornwall_Gazette%2C_Falmouth_Packet_and_Plymouth_Journal.jpg/660px-18281018_Wife_Wanted_-_Royal_Cornwall_Gazette%2C_Falmouth_Packet_and_Plymouth_Journal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1695" /></a><figcaption> In an 1828 "Wife Wanted" advertisement, an Englishman claiming a "great taste for building" pledges to apply a prospective wife's <a href="/wiki/Dowry" title="Dowry">dowry</a>-like £1000+ to build property that will be "settled on her for life".<sup id="cite_ref-CornwallGazette_18281018_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CornwallGazette_18281018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Many 18th century newspaper readers considered the personal ads to be jokes, hoaxes, or scams.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 72">: 72 </span></sup> <a href="/wiki/Georgian_era" title="Georgian era">Georgian society</a> enjoyed mocking personal ads in plays such as <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Bickerstaffe" title="Isaac Bickerstaffe">Isaac Bickerstaffe</a>'s <i>Love in the City</i>, <a href="/wiki/William_Thomas_Moncrieff" title="William Thomas Moncrieff">W.T. Moncrieff</a>'s <i>Wanted: a wife</i>, <a href="/wiki/Mrs_Gardner" title="Mrs Gardner">Sarah Gardner</a>'s <i>The Advertisement</i>, <a href="/wiki/George_Macfarren" title="George Macfarren">George Macfarren</a>'s <i>Winning a Husband</i>, and Maria Hunter's <i>Fitzroy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 78–80">: 78–80 </span></sup> A popular anonymous novel in 1799 was <i>Belinda; or, An Advertisement for a Husband</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 23">: 23 </span></sup> Newspapers in England reported on successful marriages resulting from personal ads, and printed cautionary tales when an advertiser was made to look foolish or found himself trapped in an unfortunate pairing.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 122-125">: 122-125 </span></sup> American newspapers printed stories ridiculing matrimonial ads and editorials accusing the ads of soliciting nonmarital sex.<sup id="cite_ref-zug_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zug-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 147">: 147 </span></sup> </p><p>In the United States, women placing or answering personal ads were met with public disapproval and suspicion.<sup id="cite_ref-zug_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zug-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 131–132">: 131–132 </span></sup> This changed during the <a href="/wiki/Civil_War_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil War (United States)">Civil War</a>: soldiers and sailors placed personal ads to find correspondents, and for a woman to reply to these ads was considered a patriotic act.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 61–63">: 61–63 </span></sup> Many military men and their correspondents formed romantic relationships.<sup id="cite_ref-zug_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zug-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 137">: 137 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1870, entrepreneur Leslie Fraser Duncan established the <i>Matrimonial News</i> in England, offering 40-word ads for six pence.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 128">: 128 </span></sup> The following year, Duncan opened offices in San Francisco and Kansas City, Missouri. Publishing thousands of personal ads, <i>Matrimonial News</i> served for three decades to "promote marriage and conjugal felicity". Many ads included photographs. The cost to men for a forty-word ad was twenty-five cents; women's ads (also limited to forty words) were free; additional words cost one cent per word for both men and women. Replies to ads were routed through the <i>Matrimonial News</i> offices.<sup id="cite_ref-enss_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enss-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 7–13">: 7–13 </span></sup> By the 1890s, <i>Matrimonial News</i> was printing a large number of fake ads.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 140">: 140 </span></sup> Between 1870 and 1900, at least twenty periodicals dedicated to personal ads had been launched in England.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 128">: 128 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1885, a group of married Black women in <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Territory" title="Arizona Territory">Arizona Territory</a> formed the Busy Bee Club to advertise for wives for Arizona miners, hoping to reduce violence in the mining camps and encourage Black women to move to the area.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 144">: 144 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-enss_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enss-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 31–34">: 31–34 </span></sup> </p><p>A unique magazine was established in England in 1898, <i>Round-About</i>. It was dedicated to "companionship" ads for people wishing to enter in correspondence with those of the opposite sex.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 161">: 161 </span></sup> Ads seeking companionship or correspondence, rather than strictly marriage, became more frequent in the early 20th century. The publisher of a popular magazine, <i>The Link</i>, was charged in 1921 for conspiring to corrupt public morals by "introducing men to men for unnatural and grossly indecent practices" as gay men were placing discreetly worded ads in <i>The Link</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 174–175">: 174–175 </span></sup> </p><p>In the United States, the number of personal ads decreased drastically during the 1930s through the 1950s, as <a href="/wiki/Dating" title="Dating">dating</a> became more common and acceptable, more men and women were attending college, and couples had greater mobility as cars were more available.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 176">: 176 </span></sup> In the 1960s, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i> began publishing personal ads, and ads from <a href="/wiki/Swinging_(sexual_practice)" title="Swinging (sexual practice)">swingers</a> appeared in the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 177–178">: 177–178 </span></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Hobby_Directory_5_no456.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/The_Hobby_Directory_5_no456.jpg/440px-The_Hobby_Directory_5_no456.jpg" decoding="async" width="440" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/The_Hobby_Directory_5_no456.jpg/660px-The_Hobby_Directory_5_no456.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/The_Hobby_Directory_5_no456.jpg/880px-The_Hobby_Directory_5_no456.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1750" data-file-height="232" /></a><figcaption>An advertisement from a 1948 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hobby_Directory" title="The Hobby Directory">The Hobby Directory</a></i>. Unable to advertise their orientation openly, gay men used coded references to interests such as theatre, interior decorating, and "photos of physical activities" to seek one another out.</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest periodical used for gay personals was <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hobby_Directory" title="The Hobby Directory">The Hobby Directory</a></i>, established in 1946 by the National Association of Hobbyists for Men and Boys. The magazine consisted solely of personal ads, purportedly for members to "find hobby friends". <i>The Hobby Directory</i> was openly sold in craft stores.<sup id="cite_ref-harris_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harris-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Matrimonial or "lonely hearts" clubs began forming in the 20th century, primarily in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-enss_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enss-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 67–69">: 67–69 </span></sup> These clubs accepted ads from their members for an enrollment fee.<sup id="cite_ref-vedder_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vedder-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some clubs published papers and magazines dedicated to members' ads<sup id="cite_ref-business_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-business-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or compiled the ads into lists and catalogs that were mailed to the club members.<sup id="cite_ref-ann_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ann-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Post-World War II, lonely hearts clubs and marriage advisory bureaus became a huge business in West Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-terry_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-terry-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "lonely hearts" designation reflected the <a href="/wiki/Social_stigma" title="Social stigma">social stigma</a> associated with personal ads.<sup id="cite_ref-paap_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paap-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were at least 500 lonely hearts clubs by 1961, with membership estimates between 100,000 and 4 million. Club operators referred to themselves as "marriage brokers". As computer dating and single clubs became available, lonely hearts clubs diminished.<sup id="cite_ref-denis_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denis-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Magazines and newspapers for matrimonial ads had mostly disappeared in 1961 in England,<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 182">: 182 </span></sup> while newspapers and magazines devoted to personal ads—traditional, explicit, and aberrant—proliferated in the United States during the late 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-cameron_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cameron-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The underground paper, <i><a href="/wiki/International_Times" title="International Times">International Times</a></i>, founded in 1966, was the first to publish openly gay personal ads. After homosexuality was <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">legalized</a> in England in 1967, new publications featuring personal ads for homosexuals were established, such as <i>Jeffrey</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Gay_Times" title="Gay Times">Gay Times</a></i>, and gay ads began to appear in mainstream publications by the end of the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 186">: 186 </span></sup> </p><p>By the late 1980s, publications as disparate as the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Law_Journal" title="New York Law Journal">New York Law Journal</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Review_of_Books" title="The New York Review of Books">The New York Review of Books</a></i> added personal ads to their content.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Placing an ad to find a romantic partner had become an acceptable alternative to conventional methods of meeting people.<sup id="cite_ref-steinfirst_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steinfirst-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A unique form of personal ad began to appear in the 1990s: ads to find reproductive partners. Typically placed by lesbians or gay men, the ads seek someone to donate <a href="/wiki/Egg_donation" title="Egg donation">eggs</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sperm_donation" title="Sperm donation">sperm</a> to enable the advertisers to have children.<sup id="cite_ref-hogben_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hogben-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first online dating service was founded by <a href="/wiki/Joan_Ball" title="Joan Ball">Joan Ball</a> in 1964. <a href="/wiki/Operation_Match" title="Operation Match">Operation Match</a>, begun in 1965, was the first online dating service in the United States. These services involved questionnaires and computer matching. <a href="/wiki/Match.com" title="Match.com">Match.com</a> in 1995 was one of the first sites to host personal ads online. At the time, few people had computer access. As Internet access increased, so did interest in online personal ads and computer dating, with the first free dating sites appearing between 2005 and 2010. With <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphones</a>, dating apps such as <a href="/wiki/Tinder_(app)" title="Tinder (app)">Tinder</a> became popular.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 184–190">: 184–190 </span></sup> While personal ads in publications never gained social acceptance in France, the use of online dating sites are more popular.<sup id="cite_ref-bergstrom_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bergstrom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Online personal ads are freed from the space limitations of print ads. Additionally, websites and apps that host personals typically provide automated menus or sortable categories for common information, freeing the advertiser to tailor the narrative portion of the ad to their specific objectives.<sup id="cite_ref-paap_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paap-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_motivations">Historical motivations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Personal_advertisement&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical motivations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Multiple aspects of 19th century society in England combined to make personal ads a viable alternative: the general confinement of women to "<a href="/wiki/Separate_spheres" title="Separate spheres">private life</a>"; professions such as trade or the military, limiting both the time and social network to meet potential partners; remote locations with small populations; urban expansion that brought many people to the cities, where they were apart from the social and familial networks they had been accustomed to. For some, there were no potential partners nearby; for others, there were potential partners but no means of meeting them in a socially acceptable manner.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 111-115">: 111-115 </span></sup> In the United States, between 1820 and 1860, populations in cites had increased by 797%, many of the new urbanites lacking social or family networks through which they might meet potential partners.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 41">: 41 </span></sup> </p><p>Women in particular found personal ads to be a means for exercising some control over their circumstances. An 1890 study of female respondents to personal ads in the United States found that they sought independence from societal expectations and a degree of equality in the matter of marriage. (The criminologist who performed the study was scandalized by the responses, believing "they bordered on moral depravity".)<sup id="cite_ref-zug_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zug-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 146–147">: 146–147 </span></sup> </p><p>The years following the Civil War in the United States brought a huge mismatch in the number of available men in the east (more than 600,000 killed in the war) and in the number of available women on the western frontier, where mostly men had migrated to pursue mining, fur trading, farming, logging, and exploring. Rural areas of Illinois in the 1850s, for example, averaged one woman for every twenty-five men.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 76">: 76 </span></sup> In England, the 1861 census revealed a significant numerical surplus of women, due to emigration and earlier deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 131">: 131 </span></sup> States in the western United States which suffered from the imbalance between men and women passed numerous laws intended to encourage women to immigrate, such as property protection for women (as opposed to <a href="/wiki/Coverture" title="Coverture">coverture</a> laws common in eastern states) and female suffrage. The welcoming political climate was an incentive for women to respond to marriage ads and <a href="/wiki/Mail-order_bride" title="Mail-order bride">marriage recruiting</a> efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-zug_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zug-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 138–141">: 138–141 </span></sup> </p><p>In the early 20th century, answering matrimonial ads was a route to entering the United States after immigration limits became more restrictive. It was also a means of escaping war-torn regions. In 1922, two ships docked in New York with 900 mail-order brides from Turkey, Romania, Armenia, and Greece, fleeing the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%931922)" title="Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)">Greco-Turkish War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-zug_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zug-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 174–181">: 174–181 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Observations">Observations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Personal_advertisement&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Observations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most ads in the 1700s were placed by men; of those placed by women, the majority were by widows.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 52–53">: 52–53 </span></sup> The earliest ads placed an emphasis on economic factors, but by the end of the 18th century, ads revealed an interest in romantic love.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 26">: 26 </span></sup> Despite the shifting interest toward compatibility and personality, money continued to be mentioned in ads through the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 119">: 119 </span></sup> </p><p>From about 1820 to 1870, ads from women rarely appeared. By 1884, working-class men and women joined the middle class in the personal ad pages.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 130–134">: 130–134 </span></sup> </p><p>Ads in the 19th century were mostly placed by men in their twenties, frequently claiming to be "of good character" and "respectable". The ads indicated that the top priority for respondents was age, with 18–25 being most desirable. The men sought personality traits such as "amiable", "agreeable", or "of good disposition". They also used terms reflecting a degree of class consciousness, such as "a young lady of refinement", "respectably connected", and a "good English education".<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 34–35">: 34–35 </span></sup> With the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Kodak#Kodak_Camera_(1888)" title="Kodak">Kodak camera</a> in 1888, personal ads became more likely to include a photograph or to state "photos exchanged".<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 139">: 139 </span></sup> </p><p>Personal ads placed in the 1920s no longer focused on an object of matrimony, but might instead seek companionship, a partner for activities, or sexual dalliances. Ads for same-sex partners used discreet phrasing to avoid legal difficulties.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 176">: 176 </span></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, there was a "surplus" of 1.7 million women in England, and the number of personal ads placed by women began to exceed the number placed by men.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 169">: 169 </span></sup> </p><p>While early ads frequently specified marriage as the objective, in later years, ads revealed a greater range of expectations, such as the ambiguous "to meet", companionship, long-term relationship, platonic friendships, and casual sexual encounters.<sup id="cite_ref-steinfirst_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steinfirst-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modern ads generally include information about the advertiser (such as sex, age, physical appearance, ethnic group, religion, interests, professional and personal characteristics), and information about the type of person the advertiser is seeking. </p><p>Men placing ads seeking women mostly specify younger ages, while women placing ads seeking men look for partners their age or older.<sup id="cite_ref-steinfirst_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steinfirst-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-arua_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arua-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cameron_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cameron-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some analyses identify ads by favored groups (older men and younger women) as stating more requirements for the desired partner, while ads by less valuable groups (younger men and older women) being less restrictive.<sup id="cite_ref-waynforth_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-waynforth-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rusu_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rusu-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In general, the older the advertiser, the more likely that their ad includes language to mitigate their age, such as "youthful 44", "young at heart", or "young outlook".<sup id="cite_ref-jagger_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jagger-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Multiple studies of personal ads in the 20th century found that ads from men seeking women are more likely to place importance on physical attractiveness and ads from women seeking men are more likely to focus on financial security and psychological characteristics.<sup id="cite_ref-davis_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bolig_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bolig-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-waynforth_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-waynforth-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Research in 1998 found increased mentions of professional and personality characteristics by both men and women, as well as more mentions of attractiveness of potential partners in ads placed by women. It also noted an emphasis on nonsmoking by both men and women.<sup id="cite_ref-lance_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lance-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1989 study found an emphasis on health in gay ads, likely related to the <a href="/wiki/AIDS_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS crisis">AIDS crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-steinfirst_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steinfirst-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ads placed by <a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian">lesbians</a> value personal characteristics, such as humor and intelligence, and also mates who describe themselves as "feminine". They are generally less likely than heterosexual women to include descriptions of their own physical characteristics in their ads.<sup id="cite_ref-dillon_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dillon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ads placed by <a href="/wiki/Gay_men" title="Gay men">gay men</a> place an importance on physical attractiveness similar to heterosexual men. Gay men seeking sexual activities indicate a greater age range acceptable than those seeking long-term relationships.<sup id="cite_ref-dillon_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dillon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In India, matrimonial ads are published in the Sunday editions of major national and regional newspapers. Ads are generally placed by families when it is not feasible to find prospective spouses within their familial or social networks. Matrimonials generally include <a href="/wiki/Caste" title="Caste">caste</a> markers, personal attributes, and educational and professional qualifications. The matrimonial listings are grouped first by groom or bride wanted; next, by native language; third, by religion; and fourth, by caste.<sup id="cite_ref-rama_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rama-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Personal ad magazines in Russia organize ads in categories such as "He seeks her. Matrimony", "She seeks him. Flirt", "He seeks him", "She seeks her", and "For couples".<sup id="cite_ref-lemon_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lemon-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abbreviations">Abbreviations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Personal_advertisement&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Abbreviations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to space limitations in print ads, abbreviations for the vocabulary of personal ads became conventional in the 20th century. Some of the earliest abbreviations appeared in personal ads in <i>Gay Times</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 186">: 186 </span></sup> </p><p>Some abbreviations describe the advertiser and target of the ad by marital status, ethnic group, and sex, such as MWM (married white male) and DBF (divorced black female).<sup id="cite_ref-steinfirst_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steinfirst-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some indicated a common characteristic, such as GSOH (good sense of humor) and NS (non-smoking).<sup id="cite_ref-beauankle_2-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauankle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 190">: 190 </span></sup> </p><p>In India, matrimonial ads use a unique shorthand so ads can fit within the restraint of 50 words or less. For example, BHP stands for biodata (résumé), horoscope, and photograph; "veg" means vegetarian; and VF is the abbreviation for very fair (light-skinned).<sup id="cite_ref-rama_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rama-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crimes">Crimes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Personal_advertisement&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Crimes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Theft, fraud, and <a href="/wiki/Seduction_(tort)" title="Seduction (tort)">seduction</a> were the crimes most common with matrimonial ads. By 1900, most jurisdictions in the United States had criminalized seduction, allowed punitive and exemplary damages for breach of promise actions, and increased recognition of common-law marriages, all of which helped reduce some crimes associated with matrimonial ads.<sup id="cite_ref-zug_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zug-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 149–163">: 149–163 </span></sup> </p><p>In Sweden, the colloquial saying "sun and spring" (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sol-och-v%C3%A5rande&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sol-och-vårande (page does not exist)">Sol-och-vårande</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol-och-v%C3%A5rande" class="extiw" title="sv:Sol-och-vårande">sv</a>]</span>) to mean "love fraud" refers to fraudster Karl Vesterberg, who placed personal ads in the early 1900s, signing each with <i>sol-och-vårande</i>. The most famous "sun and spring" was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gustaf_Raskenstam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gustaf Raskenstam (page does not exist)">Gustaf Raskenstam</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaf_Raskenstam" class="extiw" title="sv:Gustaf Raskenstam">sv</a>]</span>, who used personal ads to defraud over a hundred women of money in the 1940s.<sup id="cite_ref-johansson_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-johansson-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. Postal Service warned consumers of fraudulent activity associated with "lonely hearts clubs" in its 1967 <i>Mail Fraud</i> booklet. Some people use personal ads to ask for money, supposedly to travel to meet the other person. The booklet describes one individual who claimed to have a potential fortune in oil claims, needing "only another few thousand dollars" for development. Earning an estimated $50,000 a year through personal ads, he was eventually convicted of mail fraud and sentenced to prison.<sup id="cite_ref-mail_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mail-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one instance, a man placed personal ads in publications throughout the United States, claiming to be a single Asian female, and eventually bilking over 400 men of approximately $280,000. He later pled guilty to mail fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-wing_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wing-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2011 to 2016, crimes related to online dating increased by almost 400 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-beauman_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beauman-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 191">: 191 </span></sup> </p><p>Although murder was more rare than theft and fraud, a number of murderers used personal ads to find potential victims. Notable examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Gunness" title="Belle Gunness">Belle Gunness</a> was a serial killer with at least 14 victims, active 1884–1908.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Otto_Hoch" title="Johann Otto Hoch">Johann Otto Hoch</a>, also known as the Bluebeard Murderer and the Chicago Bluebeard, was a bigamist and murderer, believed to have killed up to 50 victims, active 1890–1905.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Kiss" title="Béla Kiss">Béla Kiss</a> was a serial killer in Hungary with at least 24 victims, active between 1900 and 1914.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmuth_Schmidt" title="Helmuth Schmidt">Helmuth Schmidt</a> was a suspected serial killer of 1–4+ victims, active 1913–1917.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henri_D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Landru" title="Henri Désiré Landru">Henri Désiré Landru</a>, nicknamed the Bluebeard of Gambais, was a serial killer in France with at least 11 victims, active from 1915 to 1919.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eva_Brandon_Rablen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eva Brandon Rablen (page does not exist)">Eva Brandon Rablen</a> answered a personal ad in 1928 and then poisoned her new husband three days after the wedding, a murder that the <i><a href="/wiki/Ogden_Standard_Examiner" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogden Standard Examiner">Ogden Standard Examiner</a></i> called "the most notorious case of its type".<sup id="cite_ref-enss_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enss-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 63–66">: 63–66 </span></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Powers" title="Harry Powers">Harry Powers</a> was a serial killer of five victims, active 1927–1931.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nannie_Doss" title="Nannie Doss">Nannie Doss</a>, was a serial killer of 11 victims, active 1927–1954.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Fernandez_and_Martha_Beck" title="Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck">Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck</a>, dubbed the Lonely Hearts Killers, were a serial killer couple suspected of up to 20 victims, active 1947–1949.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Glatman" title="Harvey Glatman">Harvey Glatman</a>, known as the Lonely Hearts Killer and the Glamour Girl Slayer, was an American serial killer with 3-4 victims, active from 1957 to 1958.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Personal_advertisement&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Missed_connection" title="Missed connection">Missed connection</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Personal_advertisement&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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