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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
5
Auction notice lists numerous want ads for help and positions including female and male help, housekeeper, cook, stenographer, bookkeeper, nurse trainees, and various employment requests. Includes instructions about word counts, charging, and mailing addresses. ends with an auction sale notice for furniture.
A dense patch of old style classified ads offers auctions and salvage buyers, plus numerous help wanted notices. Items include housekeeper seeks work, stenographers and clerks recruiting, sewing and nursing tasks, and a general ad space offering one cent per word with contact details in Decatur and Atlanta areas.
Rail schedule lists arrivals and departures for Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co and other lines with times to New Orleans Montgomery Columbus Savannah Macon Albany and Jacksonville. The notice warns schedule figures are published and not guaranteed and includes agent ads for sales and distribution opportunities.
A promotional notice lists three Titanic related titles with editors Marshall Hveratt Logan Marunsk and Jay Henry Mowbray, prices cloth 1 and 1.60, half morocco 1.60, descriptions include pages and illustrations. The ad seeks agents, offers 50 percent commission, and promises prompt shipping and optional credit. Also mentions freight on orders $15+ and a free copy on postage prepaid.
Real estate firm seeks two capable salesmen for city property with salary and commissions. Confidential conferences to be held. Contact Charles A. Horne, president, for details.
An auction of assorted household goods and furnishings to be held today at 10 A.M. at 258 Pryor Street sales room. Items include mahogany davenport oak dining suite mission library table bookcases brass bed gas stove rugs china and a variety of bedroom and living room pieces. Rain or shine, come prepared.
A garbled class of boarding advertisements from Springer’s Auction House lists numerous rooms for rent with board in central Atlanta areas, including Peachtree and Whitehall streets. Various entries offer en suite or shared rooms, table board, different prices, and contact details, with frequent references to proximity to town centers and amenities like baths and electricity.
Classified notices offer various jobs: cook and servant, office porter, lunchstand handler, piano player for moving picture show, hotel room staff, mail clerk, government youth positions, newspaper route carriers, auditor, barber training, advertising solicitors, and skilled labor. Includes locations and pay details.
Auctioneers announce a sale of numerous consignments including oak bookcase, writing desk, oak hall rack, leather chairs, Hoosier cabinet, pedestal table, refrigerator, dressing table and two barrels of candy. Sale starts 10 a m today Thursday at 1438 prompt. Also ads list lost and found notices and business opportunities.
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