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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1911
Page
8
An assortment of recruitment notices offers sales, entertainment, and temp positions across multiple states. Companies seek experienced sales agents, demonstrators, and vaudeville performers with commissions, salaries, and opportunities for training. Listings promise long term or permanent roles with travel, commissions, and possible bonuses.
Classified notices seek female domestic workers, cooks, maids, housekeepers, babysitters, and waitresses. Positions include live-in and shift work with various ages, racial notes stated, many require references, night work, and room and board. Multiple ads offer meals, wages, and steady work in homes around the city.
A garbled OCR segment presents scattered words and fragments likely referencing places and people. Key names and terms are unclear. the text reads as a jumble of letters, partial phrases, and misordered syllables with no cohesive event or context to summarize.
Classified notice endorses Draughon s Practical Business College at 1317 New York avenue and Florida location. Ad lists job seekers and expectations for applicants and practical business training offerings.
A long list of lost and found articles including pocketbooks, pins, watches, bracelets, a dog, a pearl crown pin, and various valuables. Rewards offered for returns to police headquarters or respective owners. Also numerous items for sale including coats, furs, furniture, bicycles, instruments, and general merchandise with locations and contact hints.
Miscellaneous wanted items include a cheap underwood typewriter in good order, a bicycle, a 1805 Fost ow notation, a State lowest price 12 fonting suit, a coat and trousers size 36, a white enamel child’s crib in good condition, and a note about Hammond on contracts by J.S. Friedman.
B Lee Anderson's Piano Shop on NY Ave advertises low prices for pianos and accessories. The page lists items including pony coat flack dress, opera cape, imported slides, a Kranich Bach grand, and a miniature railway system with prices and contact details for Teranova and Trish Wail.
A fragmented classified page lists numerous help wanted notices and personal ads seeking workers and helpers. Entries include inquire for typing at home, truck drivers, waiters, watchmen, general labor, and skilled trades. Some ads note race, age, and availability with contact details and locations in Washington area.
Classified listing of furnished rooms for rent in multiple NW and surrounding streets. Advertises hot water, private baths, housekeeping, central location, near bus routes, suitable for gentlemen and families, with weekly or monthly rates and pet or front room options. Includes numerous addresses and room descriptions with terms and utilities.
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