![]() ![]() Hopefully potential brides wouldn’t be afraid to travel to a place called Nowhere. The Mail Order Bride agency in Beckham, Massachusetts, aimed to solve both problems by brokering agreements between men and women to marry without meeting first. Women living back east wanted fresh starts or new adventures. He knew it was a silly name for a town, but it was the only o. Brides of Beckham In the late 1800s men out west needed wives, but women were few and far between. It was the only post office in Nowhere, Texas. He walked it back into the mercantile for the owner, George, to post. How to word the letter? He sat down on a bench in front of the mercantile and quickly wrote out his family’s situation, explaining what he wanted in a sister-in-law but said wife and signed his brother’s name. He went into the mercantile and asked for a pencil and paper, deciding to do it while he had his confidence up. They needed someone to cook and clean for them. Matilda would pick berries, and they’d have those for dessert. ![]() ![]() Francis knew something needed to change immediately. They were living off of beef jerky and whatever bread they could buy from the mercantile. Read 'Mail Order Meddler Brides of Beckham, 10' by Kirsten Osbourne available from Rakuten Kobo. “Francis read through the advertisement once more, wondering what Andrew would do if he sent off a letter to this woman for him. ![]()
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