GW, thanks for digging up the juicy details on W.H. Pittman and his "missing" wife.
June_1910/Times
I had never heard the term "soiled doves"......
(yep, it meant what I thought)
and "inmate of the tenderloin"
June_1910/Times
so Mrs. Pittman was also a prostitute. The plot thickens thanks to your sleuthing
GW.
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