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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
9
A dense classifieds page lists numerous help wanted and apprenticeships across urban trades. Jobs include barbers, cooks, janitors, drivers, bookkeepers, dressmakers, and shop assistants with varying wages and hours. Local addresses and employers span several streets and establishments, reflecting a bustling labor market.
Classified style notice cluster listing living arrangements jobs and autos. Includes women for housework and stenography positions, boarding house girl, and various wanted ads for occupations, cars for sale, garages, and real estate notices with addresses and rates.
A jumble of early 20th century found items lost notices personal ads and miscellaneous listings. Items include a wallet with name G M Foote, a missing car and reward offer, clothing and jewelry buys, relics and furniture for sale, telegraph company found items, and various services advertised from palmistry to typewriters and repair services. Names addresses and phone numbers appear alongside item descriptions and rewards.
Numerous vintage ad snippets including piano repair by seasoned experts, furniture and household goods, boats, engines, clothing, and animals. Listings mention prices, locations such as 1217 F Street, 1820 N Cap Street, and 441 8th Street, with items from radios to baby carriages and tools, reflecting a busy omnibus of marketplace notices.
Readable bits show classified style items including used records cash for items at Box 877, contact numbers, a furniture listing for walnut chiffonier and desk, a white enameled cabinet, a concrete mixer, a dump cart, and miscellaneous repair and sale offers. Names and partial addresses appear amid dense text.
A dense OCR classified page lists male and female help wanted items with numerous vague roles. It includes positions like watchman, cook, janitor, housekeeper, porter, and nursing assistant, plus private family and office work references and contact hints.
A dense collage of classified notices and room rental ads. It lists situations and domestic service positions including colored girls for work, washing, and various household tasks, plus extensive rooms for rent entries across streets near downtown and government buildings. The notices mix employment bids with room rentals and housekeeping work.
Numerous listings describe large airy rooms for rent in private homes and apartments around Northwest areas. Advertised amenities include private baths, gas or electric service, telephone, running water, and common kitchens. Rates range broadly, with several rooms offered at weekly or monthly terms and various neighborly requirements.
A flood of listings describes Mount Pleasant inns and rooms for rent near Dupont Circle and other NW streets. Advertisements highlight board, running water, private baths, transients, and reasonable rates, with emphasis on proximity to churches, theaters, and parks.
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