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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1908
Page
10
Notices of lost items and rewards collected from The Washington Post including a pocketbook with billfold, a gold watch, shawls, pins, glasses, a purse, a badge, initials, and other valuables. The ads urge owners to return items to specific addresses or the newspaper office for rewards, with several mentions of July dates and local streets.
A garbled OCR item mentions post office procedures and calls for owners or recipients to call and verify identity at city ticket offices. It references Washington and Virginia locations, including a date near July 1, with scattered street names and packet or box related terms.
A lengthy classified mixed ad listing musical instruments like Knabe and Kashe pianos, uprights, squares, and hardware. Also features Animals Guinea pigs, a variety of household items, a Panama manuscript, and multiple items for sale with prices, locations, and contact boxes. Includes furniture, clothing, machinery, and crafts with scattered prices and condition notes.
A dense list of sale items from a historic newspaper page shows many secondhand goods and prices. Items include furniture, rugs, dining sets, beds, clothing, trunks, sewing machines, a phonograph, bicycles, carriages, wheels, a piano, instruments, sporting gear, and a camera. Several entries mention addresses such as 14th, 7th, and 10th streets and offices, with prices ranging from a few dollars to hundreds. The notices present multiple vendors and sale conditions, reflecting a bustling marketplace.
The ad seeks to buy or exchange many items including bicycles with coaster brakes, Underwood typewriters, 10 horsepower marine engines, a 2 gallon ice cream freezer, an upright piano, a canoe, a 4 foot or 5 foot lens, and old clothing. It promises high prices and mentions box numbers for responses at the office, with specific contact details and prices as listed. Listings include tickets, clothing, tools, and records, all to be bought or exchanged cheaply for cash.
A flood of 1920s style personals and service ads tout permanent removal of facial blemishes by electrolysis, palm readings, magnetic massages, and dermatological treatments. Names, addresses, and contact boxes appear for studios in downtown Washington DC areas with low rate loans and paid large cash offers for worn items.
A flood of classified help wanted ads lists diverse prospects from cooks, maids, janitors, bartenders, secretaries, and drivers to carpenters, painters, and machine operators. Many entries seek youth or experienced individuals, with notes on race, location, and salary or room for negotiation, highlighting a bustling job market.
Classified notices show a range of jobs including printer, patent writer, store porter, driver, stenographer, real estate and insurance office positions, pharmacist, shoe shop, and watchman. Advertisements specify experience, schooling, and language skills, with many requiring box-based responses and references.
Fragmented classified notice lists job desires for chambermaid hostess cook waitress and office assistant by a refined, capable colored woman seeking housing, benefit and steady hours. References strong. mentions hotel dining room and private family work. salary notes vary by position and hours.
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