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Lee Dalgetty

Edinburgh women advised how to choose a husband in print that brands them 'unobservant'

As we well know today, not all women 'think they must marry' - and very few could be considered 'unobservant'.

However, an article from Leith Burghs Pilot - a long since discontinued newspaper - said exactly that as they told readers of how to 'choose a husband' in a story which would never be found in print today. Found in a copy of the paper from August 18, 1888, the article looks to advice women of what to avoid when husband hunting.

Shockingly, as a piece of writing from over 130 years ago, it hasn't quite stood the test of time. Check it out for yourself below.

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