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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
9
The Washington Post explains free personal want ad columns ending after 9 pm and no free ads on Saturdays after noon. It lists several area pharmacies and locations serving want ad placements across Northwest Northeast Southeast Southwest and Anacostia districts with directions to post offices and care of applicants.
A sprawling available help ad lists multiple positions including housework, bookkeeping, switchboard, nanny, maid, cook, waitress, and general domestic service. It names many applicants and locations, promising fair salaries, references, and steady hours in a busy early 1900s classifieds context.
Fragmented Missives show rewards and inquiries for lost watches keys rings and personal items. Individuals seek return to addresses in Washington DC area with rewards offered in exchange for items including a gold watch a diamond pin and a bantam rooster.
Classified ad list of used pianos, uprights, and household items with prices. Includes Hugo Worh, Kimball, and other brands, plus furniture, stoves, rugs, sewing machines, and jewelry. Items advertised at discount with Easy terms, contact WM. ENABE & CO, 1218-1220 F St NW.
A jumble of classified notices requests for piano players and orchestras, coaching and private instruction, rental offers, second hand goods, clothing wants, and various arcane items. Individuals seek employment or purchases with box addresses and brief terms. scattered names and items include instruments, garments, a canoe, a gas range, a safe, a shield of gear, and a request for pawn tickets.
A frenzied cry of curios and services threads through scattered personals. Odd items include astrology, scalp care, wigs, and mysterious prophecies. Many lines echo rental, sale, and secretive inquiries. The page shows a mix of psychic readings, curios, and dubious offers.
A long list of job requests appears, including positions for a bookkeeper, collector or watchman, private servant, cook, janitor, porter, and other household or manual labor roles. The ads call for colored or white applicants of various ages, with references to experience, languages, and willingness to work indoors or around the home.
Classified ad offers partnership or investment opportunities in a new, unique business. Requests a capable patent attorney contact and a gentleman with capital to back a venture. Includes mailing address BOX G2 and BLK 7 as contact points. Also mentions a guide on mixing cocktails and desserts from a wine merchant's advertisement.
A jumble of classified requests and offers from a historical issue. Items include a one way flight ticket to New York, a young lady seeking a congenial position, a hotel ad, office furniture like desks and dining room sets, a motor and a single phase motor, a dining room buffet, a bicycle, a wig, and adoption notice. Numerous boxes contain contact references and box numbers for replies.
Classified style brief requesting private family kitchen help with cooking skills and tabular dinner knowledge. Mentions Rhode Island address and names a few coded references for job application in household kitchen tasks. Includes unclear placeholders and multiple fragments. readable facts note a kitchen helper inquiry and location Rhode Island.
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