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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1907
Page
11
A dense page of classified ads seeking work and workers. Listings include bartenders, bookkeepers, clerks, chauffeurs, cooks, maids, nurses, stenographers, salespeople, and laborers. Many entries specify age, race, experience, and box-number contact in the office.
A garbled advertisement warns that free classified space is available but only for ads placed on the same day. It notes issues with repeat advertisers and urges clear wording to avoid penalties while encouraging fair use of the free slots.
A mid 20th century newspaper ad section lists numerous pharmacies by neighborhood for classified notices. The item names stores and cross streets in Northwest and surrounding areas, including Albany Pharmacy King’s Pharmacy Astoria Pharmacy Mendota Pharmacy and O’Donnell Pharmacy, plus Anacostia entries.
Help wanted notice seeks young persons for summer work at the MERA MARVARD LAUNDRY. Applicants should be orderly, tidy, and able to perform tasks including washing, ironing, and general shop duties. Wage offered around $12 weekly with duties at 402 WPdass Special and Chal-Academ.
A collage of brief job notices seeks canvassers solicitors for jewelry sales cash or credit with commission. Also listings for office clerk, dairy and kitchen help, a handyman, a remington typewriter operator, a helper for a blind person, a horse for summer country work, and a youth to feed Gordon Trees. The ads specify locations and box numbers, with varied experience and hours.
A jumble of lost and found notices lists items including glasses keys pocketbooks a gold watch a money bag and a Boston terrier along with various seeking helpers like maids cooks and a nurse. The notices request return to addresses or box numbers and offer rewards.
Miscellaneous for sale reads like a bustling used goods column with pianos upright and baby grands, sewing machines, phonographs, fans, furniture, a canoe, damper clocks, and various odds and ends. Includes contact details and box numbers for responses, plus prices and discounts, all presented in a frenzied early 20th century ad style.
A fragmented classifieds page offers misc items for sale and requests including misgellanegus motor parts, a hunting cabin, horse and carriage, a music instrument, a typewriter, an upright piano, a violin, a small hot water heating plant, and a request for a boy for country work. Multiple addresses, box numbers, and contact methods appear, with varying prices and conditions.
In our bargain room a piano described as nearly new with fine tone and mahogany finish is offered. Priced at 125 dollars, previously 90, with terms and valuations from W F Frederick Music Co at 108 Street. Also listed are secondhand boards and a small white male puppy sale.
A jumble of classified ads and personal notices offering services from palmistry and massage to electrical cures and fashion buys. Several entries promise evaluations and profits, while others seek clothing, notes, or cash offers. The page includes solicitations for professional detective work and odd jobs.
A garbled page of classifieds lists opportunities for sale and hire including electric prevention services, din ing room furniture, government department positions, a hardware store purchase, a coal yard rental, a first class grocery space, and general sales inquiries. It also mentions patent and trademark information and a request for a cigar and periodical item purchase, with boxes for replies. The text reflects a busy 1920s style classifieds page with multiple items and contact boxes.
A clipped entry notes typewriters available for rent in Wellington. The brief line mentions months and a person named Stan, suggesting a local rental offer or notice. Details are fragmented, but the core fact is a rental option for typewriters in Wellington with a reference to Stan.
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