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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
11
Classified text outlines free words for specific Want classifications and general 1 cent per word Elsewhere ads require minimum 15 words and phone orders charged to bill A note on billing and discontinuation procedures is included with instructions for stopping ads in writing and reminders about phone use for Want Ads
Classified ad fragmenting the period paper shows numerous employments from cooks and clerks to carpenters and solicitors. It lists addresses in Atlanta and surrounding cities, with references to grocery and drug stores, hotels, and manufacturing jobs, plus room and board notices. The page mixes job appeals with housing and personal notices, reflecting a bustling classifieds section.
A collage of old classified lines seeks workers and salesmen from carpenters without experience to agents selling accident and stock insurance. Posts include me nial staff like stenographer, cook, press feeder, brodery girl, and various sales roles. Some entries invite inquiries at local offices and hotels.
Classified ads show multiple wants for work including a young man seeking office work with two years’ experience, an experienced male bookkeeper, a chauffeur open to other work with three years’ experience, and a corporation accountant with twenty years’ experience seeking a position. Addresses include L. C. care Constitution Addison Ga and F. Hardman Box 104 Newborn Ga.
Arrival and departure times for passenger trains are listed for Atlanta and connections. The data cover daily and Sunday-only services, with trains to and from West Point Savannah Macon Columbus Jacksonville and other hubs, noting times in Central Time and that schedules are for information only. Additional classified want ads follow, including job seeks for collectors cashiers linotype operators salesmen and office help.
The page lists Union Passenger Station in Atlanta with routes to Brunswick Waycross Thomasville Fitzgerald Cordele and Pullman sleeping cars on night trains between Atlanta and Thomasville and Atlanta and Waycross. It also shows Georgia Railroad and Cincinnati Louisville Chicago routes with departures and arrivals. NumerousWant ads seek positions from a 19 year old to stenographers printers bookkeepers and a college man in education plus hotel staff and salesmen, with addresses in Atlanta Macon Rome and nearby cities.
Central Auction Co advertises auctioning a large lot of furniture and household goods from storage at 12 E Mitchell St including mahogany and oak furniture, beds, dressers, dining table and chairs, rugs, draperies, bric a brac, and more. Sale starts Friday at 10 a.m. with items from a Spring Street home.
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