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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1920
Page
3
Short form notices reveal post want ads with a 3 cent cash a word rate and a 30 cent minimum for a single insertion. Cancellations require receipt payments and refunds rules. Next day ads not accepted after 10 pm. Personal ad claims a clairvoyant and palm reader service offering advice on love health and family with contact in an address on East 12th Street.
A garbled classified page details numerous automobiles for sale from dealers and private sellers. It lists Buick, Cadillac, Ford, Chevrolet, Hudson, Chalmers, Overland, and Auburn models with prices, conditions, contact names, and locations around Main Street NW and nearby garages. Some entries note demonstrations, immediate delivery, or rebuilt engines, with several 1910s and 1920s models and terms.
The Molwa Co advertises truck reconstructions and sale of service bodies while dealers offer Dodge touring Saxon Willys-Kaft Stearn and Winton Six models. Listings include 1919 Hudson and 1918 Oakland sedans, 1915 Paige Roydater, Maxwell, Chandler, Oldsmobile and more with prices, terms, and contact details for cross-town buyers.
Numerous job ads seek cooks houseworkers shorthand typists radio school operators clerks and drivers. Listings include positions at Fidelity Employment Agency Phillips Building Washington and other local employers with wages and requirements noted.
Classified help wanted notices include a waiter and counter man at Reed wages 400 14th street aw imped waned BOG Tait stew. first-man bustielman call Monday morning Milton 81 Kroveheim 1845 Paave 43. two European waiters at once for Heal Walter Colonial Hotel York Pa. carpenter and painter immediately apply Mr KH A Dye Room 1139 Jeerior Department Blog WANTED ten experienced clothing and furnishing goods salesmen also burdie wrapper Milton Krankelm 1345 Pa. Dge 2.
A collage of help wanted notices lists positions for female waitresses cooks maids houseworkers and sales staff. Ads promise high earnings with minimal experience and mention locations such as 1417 New York Ave 1521 0th St NW and 365 Bond Plaz along with firms like Phillips Exch Gordon Co and Spence & Co. Entries include cashier hotel operator nurse and real estate class opportunities with varying pay scales and interview requirements.
A dense misc ad shows Miszner Salvage Go promoting reclaimed army shoes at 1.50 and surplus government goods near District Building. It notes forthcoming Washington distributors and cheap groceries, with home furs and remodeling services offered by Equitable Purchasing, urging price comparisons and deposits to hold furs.
A jumble of classified style ads lists painting and papering services with prices and contact lines. It mentions remodeling, room papering, painting at 4 to 5 dollars, paperhanger J M Buckley, mirror repairs, and a furnished boarding house near Capitol and Library with box contact. Local merchants advertise quick action and specialty trades.
Advertises rooms for rent at 1B Kost in NE area. One suite includes a kitchen, described as beautifully furnished. Details about layout and contact information are limited in the readable text.
Advert reads available rooms for 1 or 2 persons at 35 dollars with meals optional. North 5088 and 2nd Street NW list rooms on two floors with running water and board options. Includes two desirable rooms at 1421 1st Street with table board.
Unfurnished six or eight room house wanted by a naval officer for year or longer. Location options include Kalorama Heights Pretty Prospect Wordley or Clever Park. Phone N. 69a.
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