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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
24
Auction-like classified notes describe a sale of pianos including a Koabe Baty Grand and various uprights, plus chairs, tables, carpets, beds, dressers, and general household items. Also listed are small animals, bicycles, a shotgun, and a steam ice cream freezer. buyer contact via apartment numbers and street addresses.
A long column of household goods and personal items offers board solid mahogany furniture, mirrors, dining room sets, beds, carpets, trunks, and a Winton automobile. Also listed are jewelry, cameras, typewriters, pianos, lace, rugs, and various appliances with box numbers and contact notes.
The page lists varied job notices and notices for rooms and services. Positions include a manager for an optical store, a master painter and decorator, a press feeder, railroad clerks, a plumber helper, a photographer, a journeyman foil worker, and more. The ads request applicants with or without experience, specify locations in Washington DC and surrounding areas, and offer salaries and hours.
SEEKING capable and energetic individuals for light housework and outside tasks. Female and male applicants, steady and willing to train, join Stenograph work via short courses of 40 to 90 days at Pitman, Graham, and Stenour Phil Academy located at 19 Colorado BI.
A dense string of job ads and requests appears, listing positions such as apprentice paperhanger, barber, porter, waiter, stenographer, clerk in drug stores, real estate boy, driver, cook, and many colored workers. Shows employer names, box numbers, and locations across Washington area.
Classified help wanted notes seeking stenographers bookkeeper cashier waitress chambermaid maid servant cook and general housework workers. multiple locations in Washington area seek competent reliable colored or white women with references for family and private work, varying hours and wages. box numbers and addresses provided for responses.
Classified help wanted ads list numerous positions for a general houseworker or maid. Entries specify reliability, cooking, ironing, reference needs, stay nights, or full-time live-in duties, with locations around supported addresses and boxes for responses.
A dense personal notices page lists dermatological parlors, electrolysis for facial blemishes, manicuring and scalp treatments, private investigations, loan offers, cash paid for used shoes and hats, and fortune telling services. It includes names like NAJEED G DRAVID and MISS MAT THEWS, addresses around 1012 F St NW and 1110 F St NW, and multiple classifieds for money loans, clothing resale, and clairvoyant readings.
A long jumble of lost items and rewards listed for various personal belongings in Washington, from watches and rings to a gold belt, dog breeds, a pocketbook, and a stole of jewelry. Names and addresses appear with reward offers and return instructions, including contacts at 102 10th St NW and other local references.
An OCR fragment advertises investments in office and factory systems by Interstate Commercial Institute Inc and mentions audits and investigations. It references a photography offer for ladies at 20 percent off, with stray lines about a studio and spiritualism topics.
A dense jumble of used goods and listings from a newspaper ads page. Items include furniture like beds, dressers, marble top tables, chairs, and a piano. household items such as stoves, carpets, radiators, lamps, and a refrigerator. consumer goods like bicycles, baby carriages, sewing machines, and dining tables. pets including a Boston terrier and Plymouth Rock roosters. and various for sale notices with prices and contact hints. Also several trade requests and exchanges for instruments, tools, and personal items.
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