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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1916
Page
4
A dense string of classified lines lists ads for salesmen, barbers, housekeepers, cooks, porters, and laborers across Washington area locales. The readable segments reveal job pitches by agencies and private firms, with locations and pay hints sprinkled among numerous ad clippings.
A dense OCR of classified and personal notices lists help wanted posts for a woman and various domestic jobs, plus many small ads and services. Items mention laundry, cooking, nanny duties, corset repairs, clairvoyant readings, and minor auto sales and services. The fragmentary text preserves names, addresses, and contact cues, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century urban classifieds page.
A garbled swap of lost found and wanted ads lists rewards for return of valuables including jewelry wristwatches cuff links and a dog while requests for auto storage garages and miscellaneous sales appear among clipped notices. Names places and addresses are scattered through the section with prize offers for recovery and sale inquiries throughout the area.
A dense classified rundown lists numerous items for sale and services. Items include corsets, clothing, furniture, sewing machines, a refrigerator, marbles, lamps, a bicycle motor, a canoe, and a Grafonola. Prices range from a few dollars to under $100. Also advertised are house-wrecking services, window shades, roofing, and various secondhand odds and ends. Multiple addresses and contact methods appear, indicating a bustling neighborhood marketplace.
A cluttered page of misc ads offers furniture and home items for sale or trade, pets, and a broad array of help wanted positions. See entries for piano tuning, carpentry, clerical and janitorial roles, chauffeurs, cooking, and more with numerous street and contact references.
Classified column lists numerous help wanted ads offering domestic services by colored and white women. Posts seek chambermaids, cooks, nannies, companions, clerical and office assistance, and general housework with various locations such as 8 Champlain Street and 819 T Street NW. Many entries require references and note race as a factor in eligibility.
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