Eureka Reporter | 1904-03-18 | Page 2 | Women Sold by Auction |

Type	issue
Date	1904-03-18
Paper	Eureka Reporter
Language	eng
City	Eureka
County	Juab
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Women Sold by Auction
Type	article
Date	1904-03-18
Paper	Eureka Reporter
Language	eng
City	Eureka
County	Juab
Page	2
OCR Text	WOMEN COLD BY AUCTION how damsels of babylon were once disposed of an auction of unmarried ladles used to take place annually in babylon in every district they assembled on a certain day of every year all the vir gins of marriageable age the most remarkable was first put up and the man who bid the largest sum ot money gained possession of her the second in personal appearance lol lowed and the bidders gratified them selves with handsome wives accord ing to the depth ot their purges but alas it seems that there were in babylon some ladles for whom no money was ely to be offered yet these also were disposed ot so proal dent were the babylonians when all the beautiful virgins were sold the crier ordered the most deformed who would marry her with a small sum she was at length adjudged to the man who would be satisfied with the least and in this manner the money arising from the sale of the handsome served as a portion to those who were either of disagreeable looks or that bad any other imperfection this cus torn prevailed about years betor christ
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