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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
6
A jumble of job listings seeks female workers including housework, cleaning, waitstaff, and companionship. Notices mention ages, reliability, and willingness to board, with references to addresses, wages around 108 monthly, and various city postings in Lockport and surrounding areas.
Classified line items listing female help wanted positions. Includes entries for saleswomen in dry goods, waitresses, clerks, general helpers, a seamstress, a housemaid, and a photographer assistant. Features multiple names, addresses, and brief job details across several firms and households.
A jumble of personal ads lists electrolysis for blemishes and hair removal, clothing buyback, psychic readings, fortune telling, and cash offers for discarded garments. Ads promote home visits, low rates, and 24 hour phone calls, naming multiple streets and contact numbers in a disorderly section.
An advertised massage service lists Anna B Johnsen at 1644 15th Street offering rheumatism relief and general therapy. It mentions a scientific massage for face and scalp, a trial treatment priced at 599, and references Lydia Jobson MG with a Swedish training claim and a contact phone.
Local appeals promote fixed investment opportunities from Frank Libbey & Co Lumber Dealers and others. Advertisements tout plans for seven room permanent homes, with cash offers, partnerships, and rents, plus multiple sales of goods and services from groceries to real estate, urging rapid action and favorable terms.
Multiple classified requests for a home for a young cat a horse care adoption of a girl for Tittle and other items including furniture rugs phonographs and tickets. Contacts include Box numbers and addresses such as 2114 Kearny st Sherwood DC 10 and 609 stow g Gil s ne post office. Some entries mention mileage B and O RAL and pawn tickets.
A dense classified list seeks male and female workers including drivers, stewards, bookkeepers, janitors, carpenters, cooks, housemaids, seamstresses, dressmakers, cleaners, and clerks. It features varied employers, locations, and pay references with multiple applicants offering steady, reliable service and work in private homes, hotels, theaters, or offices.
A long list of furnished rooms for rent across multiple addresses in NW and nearby areas. Advertises single and double rooms with amenities such as heat and telephone, with various rents and terms. Includes mentions of near Capitol and Library, suites with private family options, and calls for one or two occupants.
Found items include a black velvet purse, gloves, a necklace, a chain, a wallet, and a railroad office book. Also noted are a terrier item, a badge, and several keys with a description of locations and owners sought by station officials for identification and return.
A jumble of 19th or early 20th century classified lines seeking helpers and house staff. Wages, hours and duties vary from laundress, cook, nursery or maid tasks. Several ads request “colored” applicants for after school, day work, or live-in positions.
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