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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
10
A dense OCR filled page lists numerous help wanted notices seeking educated governesses houseworkers and domestic staff. Ads describe wages weeks work and duties from washing ironing sewing to child care, with many color coded and location hints across Washington areas. Numerous personal ads offer clairvoyant services loan offers and miscellaneous services in a period newspaper style.
A collage of short notices offers exchange proposals for businesses and petty services, including lunch deals, room clearouts, candy ads, art supply and wallpaper mentions, painting services, design shops, and a stand advertising. Also appears are psychic readings and spiritualist notices, shoe shine parlors and a postal show parlor offering quick services. Multiple names and addresses are partially legible, with bits about prices and contact hints.
A long, chaotic list of lost items from Washington DC includes a small fawn colored Jersey cow, gold locket with diamonds, brownie black camera, leather card case, shawl, silk coat, amethyst beads, money envelopes, and a host of other valuables. Rewards and contact hints appear beside items, with various streets and institutions referenced for returns.
Storage stables listing offers horses including prize winning Alabion Glee Ko 167 and a variety of carriages and wagons from Brewster and other makers. Items include pony runabout, four horse tally ho, light and heavy harness, and 2 wheel gigs. See at UWillard Storage Mice Speedway Stables 14th St near Pa Ave Washington.
A long list of miscellaneous items for sale and sale offers. Items include a Knabe baby grand piano, an organ, a Remington typewriter, various beds and dressers, dining room furniture, a gasoline runabout boat, and household articles. Numerous ads request quick sales with cash offers and provide locations in Washington DC areas. Many items are described as in good or fair condition with prices and contact directions.
A long OCR list of items for sale including a sailing auxiliary sloop, a 301 8hop engine lathe drill press cord brap t, a pine walnut fold bench wirror mattress and other furniture, a Remington typewriter, a 1907 steel bicycle, a cornet violin and other instruments, a patent underwood typewriter, a Brunswick pool table and shop goods. The ad includes boxes for different items with contact notes and price prompts, offering household effects, furniture, appliances, clothing, and various tools at bargain prices. It mentions locations around Washington and nearby streets, with readers urged to call or apply to BOX numbers for details.
A chaotic listing of cheap used items including guitars, rockers, clothing, a baby carriage, a Underwood typewriter, furniture, a photographic outfit, a bicycle, a vacuum, a motor runabout, a boiler, a lamp, and a canoe with prices and contact hints. Also mentions a horse, a farm tool, and a public notice style address listing with dates and locations.
Classified notes offer high prices for old clothes, bicycles, furniture, tools, and more. Buyers seek pianos, typewriters, revolvers, safes, carpets, and plumbing items, with contact details and locations across Washington area.
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