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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1959
Page
17
A dense puzzle page blends crossword clues with several old style ads for painting, decor, and radio TV service. It lists across and down entries with many proper nouns, scattered numbers, and references to shops like Frank's TV Shop and Radio Service, with contact numbers and street addresses in a vintage ad layout.
A dense OCR page lists numerous businesses offering TV and radio service, antenna installation, repairs, and parts. It includes contact details, store names, addresses, phone numbers, and hours. The page also repeats employment ads for clerks, secretaries, and technicians with salary ranges and job requirements.
Classified notices offer sales jobs, car routes, and home care positions. Listings include a married man with car wanted for local route work, a Pittsfield trainee opening with weekly guaranteed earnings, day care and babysitting services, and various real estate and business opportunities with prospects of training and commissions.
An eclectic mix of livestock and goods appears in the page, including horses and cattle for sale, Jersey heifers and a six year old mare, farm equipment such as power mowers, rototillers, fencing and lumber, plus optics and household items. Listings include contact numbers and locations in Massachusetts towns like West Stockbridge, Sheffield, Pittsfield, and Dalton.
Readable fragments show items for sale including house paint at 195 dollars and whisky barrels priced 46 and 87. Also listed are a radiant fire gas heater and a 76 inch Bundy nickel plated flute in excellent condition. Contact details appear as a dialing line and a street address in Housatontc.
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