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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
16
Fragment from a historic classifieds page advertises massage services offered by Mme Ana I Johnson at a location on Sth street northwest near Pike Ne. The readable text is partial and lacks clear contact details or service descriptions.
Classified clippings show men of various ages, skills, and backgrounds seeking work. Listings promise flexible hours, evening duties, and wages, with references to experience in offices, clerical work, and general labor. Some entries note schooling, residency, and contact details through box numbers and addresses.
Fragmentary notice appears to promote a straw hat cleaning service by TRE LYMPia HAT CLEANING CO at 208 First Street Northwest. Text is garbled with numerous misspellings and unclear details.
Reliable colored man and wife seek summer city leave. Woman cook, references. Address box at this paper. Also cooks for summer with good references. Other listings include a troth and sister hotel experience seeking hotel or boarding work in Colonial Beach or Chesapeake Beach. Rooms for rent and a family seeking furnished accommodation. Box numbers and partial addresses provided.
A collage of male seekers seeks work from collector, solicitor, or manager roles to labor in city firms. Listings include a 18 year old colored boy for automobile work, a young colored man seeks private family work, and multiple cooks, drivers, porters, clerks, and salesmen seeking placement with brief self descriptions and contact BOX entries.
A long column of job listings offering various positions and employment opportunities. Advertisements include salesmen outside, cooks, janitors, stewards, clerks, waiters, drivers, and other roles with references to boxes for responses, relocation, and wages. Names and addresses mentioned for response.
Situations Wanted listing by several colored women offering chambermaid, waitress, nurse, and cleaning services in Washington area. Includes addresses and willingness to travel or leave city, with references and varied work hours.
A crowded classified listing offers numerous general housework positions across Washington area addresses. Positions include neats, laundry, cooking, chambermaids, governesses, companions, and maids by the day or for small families. Applicants sought with references, various locations, and color preferences noted.
A dense column of job ads and solicitations listing stenographers and typists with varying experience, office and home based work, waitresses, nurses, and domestic staff. Several entries request references, box numbers, or compensation details, reflecting a busy early 20th century classifieds page.
A crowded classified style notice offering numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in Northwest Washington. Descriptions mention private or shared baths, hot water, board options, and proximity to White House Treasury and Capitol area. Rates range widely from modest to higher, with references to private houses, gas, and daily or monthly terms.
Classifieds show multiple help wanted and situation notice lines for female workers seeking roles such as switchboard operator charwoman chambermaid and general housework. Entries include ages from 17 to 75 and locations in Washington area with references and contact addresses for responses.
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