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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
16
An OCR read shows a Washington page fragment listing want ads and multiple pharmacies with street addresses and basic help wanted notes. The text mentions stations for want advertisements, pharmacy locations on Vermont Avenue, Florida Avenue, Kalorama, and other streets, plus a line indicating salesmen or male help wanted. The fragment is incomplete but preserves entity names and addresses.
Classified ad roundup lists household helpers, painters, horse care, farm and shop work. Positions seek men and boys with experience, tools, and steady wages near Grant Place NW and Stratford area.
The Washington Post issue lists numerous lost articles and rewards including a plain gold bracelet with initials EBC and various jewelry, a black fountain pen, a pocketbook with keys, a scarab ring, a parasol, and other items. Readers are urged to report finds to the newspaper at Main 4205, with rewards offered for returns to the indicated addresses.
Police report a found small pin with diamond-on-hack design and a gold watch in northwest streets. Items linked to a 1908 identification, with potential owner contact at several nearby addresses including 1141 ith st nw and 1139 NH ave. Call 27 FIRBON SASH or 28 BICYCLR for details and return.
Aluminum work and the tin shop offer metal work of all descriptions. Contact the shop at Way 28 Sot for past projects and new orders.
Readable items include Knabe pianos from grand to upright with various finishes and prices, typewriters, cylinder press machinery, carriages lamps, writing machines, furniture sets, and assorted household goods. Ads seek buyers, exchanges, and wholesale offers. many entries specify box numbers and office delivery.
A long column of classified entries shows white and colored couples seeking positions in hotels, private homes, or offices. Listings include cook, housekeeper, janitor, butler, coachman, and live-in roles with locations in Washington area addresses and BOX numbers.
Numerous used goods listed including a Walnut bed set mattress springs a large buffet antique furniture and a bicycle. Also items for sale include an automobile parts 2 cylinder Winton car seat and a Runabout with starting chain and carburetor described as in perfect running order. Address provided box numbers and street details scattered through the listing.
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