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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
28
A fragmented notice explains free personal want ads and warns advertisers their content is limited by time and office rules. It lists stations for want advertisements across Washington DC areas including Northwest and Anacostia with multiple pharmacies and local offices named.
A jumble of help wanted notices lists numerous positions for women including cooks, maids, waitresses, housework, laundresses, and general assistants. Advertisements mention varied employers, hours, wages, and conditions across downtown areas, with many references to colored women and domestic service.
A dense collage of classified notices seeking general housework, cooks, nannies, and domestic helpers. Listings specify women and girls of various ages, with hours, wages, and references, across numerous streets and neighborhoods, urging applications, often with contact details and boxes for responses.
A long list of lost and found notices from The Washington Post dated 1907 includes rewards for returning a variety of items. Items mentioned comprise jewelry like topaz pendants, brooches, watches, rings, a chain, a scarf pin, a pearl betting item, a diamond pin, and a gold watch. Also listed are purses, a bicycle, a leather bag, a truss, and other personal effects. Several entries specify rewards and locations, with owners requesting return to addresses or contact boxes such as 171 Adamast on 1 Rour or 410 Cap, and references to venues, streets, and buildings in Washington. The notices show frequent appeals for return and rewards across many individual items.
Miscellaneous notices include found dog a bull terrier and a red collar. lost cat with reward for return. pawn tickets and items for sale or pickup. Personal ads feature clairvoyants, massage, and services, with contact details and hours. Also several odd job and pawn shop notices.
A reader lists many barter proposals including firearms parts, tools, stock shares, horses, farm animals, automobile parts, and household items. The note invites exchanges or sales noting box numbers and contact cues, with varied items like a vintage bicycle, mandolin, lathe, and old motor parts.
A wary young entrepreneur seeks several thousand dollars to invest in a venture with a service agreement. BOX 24 this oma invites responses from serious parties for a half share in a business offering 20 percent profit with potential rapid doubling. TOR SALE-GROCERY AND dairy business in Clarendon offers an established six year operation with owner ready to retire due to illness. Address BOX 78 this office for inquiry.
Bet or 4 Gold Crowns offered with focus on painless service by Drs Edmonds and Wilson. Listings mention fatigue and natural teeth, with references to a typewriter ad and a location at Fatow. Claims of dental procedures and operatives are scattered through the OCR text.
A lengthy 19th century classified page mix of miscellaneous sale notices. Listings include pianos uprights and grand, furniture, clothing, blankets, sewing machines, typewriters, cameras, farm and household goods, jewelry, glassware, kitchen ranges, beds, and various odds and ends. Some entries note contact by box numbers and office locations. prices and conditions vary widely.
A dated notice promotes graduate scientific masseuse services at The Waterbury and Mrs Heley F Massry, detailing Swedish movements, electro vibro facial, scalp treatments, and appointments after 5 pm with phone contacts, listing practitioners Austa B Johnson and others, including addresses on 1301 Get NW and 1st St SW.
Classified notes solicit a wide range of used items for cheap cash or barter. Listings include beds, razors, violins, Underwood typewriters, pianos, clothes, bicycles, pet birds, and more with boxes or addresses for delivery. Numerous contact boxes and vague prices show a bustling secondhand market.
Fragmentary classifieds list positions including chambermaid and manager roles. OCR garble hides full names and locales, but indicates job seekers seeking domestic staff and private household positions with references to servants and executives.
A garbled historical personals section lists male applicants by roles such as bookkeeper, clerk, driver, janitor, and general labor with notes on experience, age ranges, and availability. Entries reference various urban offices and private families, including colored men, and suggest willingness to relocate or travel for work.
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