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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
10
A jumble of classified notices offers business opportunities and job ads seeking partners and workers. Items mention manufacturing interests, immediate demand propositions, building and carpentry services, shoe shop listings, and chiropractic services with promotional language and contact prompts.
Classified want ads show multiple jobs for cook and wash and iron duties in private homes and boarding houses. Listings request reliable women with experience, reasonable wages, and stay arrangements, with various locations and contact details.
The Washington Post advertises a free lost and found service listing numerous items such as bags, watches, jewelry, parasols, fans, and other belongings. It invites readers to register, with reward offers and contact details for returns, referencing various descriptions and locations across Washington area streets.
Fragmented OCR note lists wines liquors camping gear tents cots and camping supplies. Mentions Low Prices Bays Locations Bensinger 11th and B Streets. Includes garbled names and scattered product terms without coherent event or narrative.
A long OCR style ad sheet offers various items for sale and underpriced deals. Items include a cart delivery wagon harness, typewriters, a runabout buggy, furniture, a bicycle, clothes, a piano, a boat, tools, a sewing machine, a violin and a mandolin, a riding horse, and assorted hardware. Contacts and addresses are given for pickup and inquiry.
Numerous classified items listed including Knabe uprights with prices from 480 dollars, a Steinway square, various pianos and square beauties, a spinning wheel, a Pennsylvaina Railroad ticket, bicycles, harnesses, Remington typewriter, baby items, furniture, rugs, and hardware. Advertises WM. Enabe & Co at 1218-20 F St NW and a large selection of secondhand items for sale or trade.
Classified notices request a milk cow, a covered wagon, glass knobs, adults to care for two cats, a 17 room furnished house, a second hand hot water plant, an office desk, a dining room set, a pair platform scales, a two story stable, a typewriter, a camera, a garden hose, and numerous other secondhand items. Names and boxes reference local office addresses for responses and price quotes.
A collection of classified notices seeks domestic and service positions for a colored couple and others. Entries include cooks, maids, chambermaids, waitress work, housework, laundress, butler, coachman, and boarding-house management. Several announce willingness to relocate or work on farms or private homes.
A chaotic mix of classifieds advertises electrolysis for blemishes and beauty services, plus a sprawling jobs section with positions from carpenter to janitor. Numerous firms and individuals seek workers, buyers, and sellers, with much emphasis on cash payments and quick results.
A long OCR fragment lists job ads for porters, clerks, and service roles. Entries mention colored workers, youths, and women seeking positions in stores, drug stores, offices, and homes. Notable roles include porters, janitors, dishwashers, a stenographer, a private nurse, chambermaids, and a secretary. Locations referenced include 12th Street, Fourth Street, and several city addresses. some ads name employers or boxes for responses. The tone reflects classified help-wanted notices typical of early 20th century urban newspapers.
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