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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1912
Page
8
A garbled classifieds page lists numerous help wanted and job opportunities. Entries include experienced butlers, stenographers, young men for business, college courses, hotel rooms, and newspaper delivery routes, with scattered addresses and incomplete details. The fragmentary text reflects a busy classified section with varied employers and post offices.
A historical notice explains Want Ads classifications and rates. It covers hand delivery, word counts, line limits, and the requirement to place orders in writing to stop ads. Emphasizes prompt service, phone use restricted to Want Ads, and next day publication.
Classified list of help wanted across many roles in Atlanta including pressers accountants bookkeepers stenographers and sales staff. Numerous notices specify hours contact addresses such as Eiseman Well 1 Whitehall Edgewood Ave Gar nett St Marletts Candler building and various wage offers and requirements.
The furnishings of 38 West Peachtree are offered at public auction at 905 Pryor Street starting 10 30 this Saturday. Items include complete bedroom suites parlor and reception hall furniture a gas stove refrigerator iron beds and mattresses dressers rockers chairs tables and other household goods as the owner must leave the city. Rain or shine sale proceeds.
Auctioneer B Bernard advertises an auction sale of furs, fare, household goods, and pianos at 00 & Pryor. Also promotes job services for teachers and boarder listings of rooms and meals in Atlanta area. Includes contact lines and various listings for housing and employment.
Railroad schedules list arrival and departure times for Atlanta trains with lines from Columbus Savannah Macon Jacksonville and New York. The notice states figures are for information only and not guaranteed and includes daily and Sunday patterns with Central time and City Ticket Office No 1 Peachtree St.
A busy classified section offers real estate wanted and for sale ads, including a buyer seeking a 7 or 8 room two story house in Inman Park, cash offers, and owner deals. It also promotes quick results for listings, vehicle care, and various cash-for-items services across several Atlanta addresses and businesses.
A fragmented timetable for Union Passenger Station lists arriving and departing routes including Atlanta, Waycross, Augusta, Covington, Buckhead, New York, Cincinnati Louisville, Knoxville, Cartersville, Nashville, Chicago and Rome with multiple times. It shows Pullman sleeping cars on night trains and various service connections across cities, but details are garbled.
Small classified snippets show job seekers and requests including a chauffeur, first class steam fitter, carpenter helper, a 18 year old seeking light stenographic work, a 23 year old bookkeeper and stenographer, a dentist seeking location or assistant, and a licensed druggist ready for long hours, plus general notes on commissions and address details.
Wanted a male for cashier or clerk work in a hotel or store. Many entries include address Box 118 M Constitution and various job lines such as driver, stenographer, bookkeeper, and general labor. The clipped ad lists positions from office work to trades with contact avenues.
Fragmented ad text lists lost items and found notices including a pocketbook with two Hills and a locket engraved A R J. Finder kept money. return locket to Wolsheimer at 114 Whitehall Street. Also mentions public stenographer services and multiple public stenographers with addresses and partial qualifications.
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