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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
36
Community notice for free local help wanted and want ads in Washington area newspapers. Lists stations and pharmacies offering free ad space under personal notices and general ads. Mentions deadlines and office hours with scattered OCR errors and place names including Northwest and Southeast regions and Anacostia DC.
A flood of late 19th or early 20th century job listings appears, seeking women for domestic roles, cooks, waitresses, maids, and general housework. Ads specify colored applicants, varying wages, hours, and locations including Washington DC areas, with contact details and box numbers.
Newspaper classified ads seek general housework and domestic help from primarily White and colored women. Positions include cooks, maids, nurses, caregivers, reception tasks, and light errands with references required. Several entries specify hours after six, evenings, or daytime, with locations across Northwest and surrounding areas.
A garbled but dense lost and found page lists numerous items including a TOPAZ HEART pendant a BROOCH a GOLD WATCH and jewelry including a GOLD KNOT SCARF PIN and DIAMOND items. It notes rewards for returns with contact details such as 171 Adamast on and 133 Gth st NW and BOX numbers. The collection includes purses keys bracelets rings and a watchdog dog with various locations in Washington DC.
A jumble of classified style notices lists a missing bull terrier with a red collar and a reward for return, plus numerous items offered for sale or wanted. Other entries include pawn tickets, a bulldog note, and several psychic and beauty service ads.
A cluttered notices page lists exchanges and wanted items including stock shares, farm horses, barn tools, a 64 share Untitled Rentty stock offer, a 19th century boxing of goods, used vehicles, a Cleveland bicycle, a piano bench, an old Oldsmobile top lamps set, and other barter requests. Names like Barwyn Heights and Bloomingdale appear among scattered boxes and addresses.
A series of notices seek partners and investors for ventures in timber and land, dairy and grocery, and wholesale hardware. Applicants promise high profits, secure small sums, or seek a 60 percent stake in a company, with addresses and box numbers for responses. Victuals include sale of grocery and dairy businesses and urges for discreet inquiries.
Advertisement fragment describes dental work including four gold crowns and bet on pain, mentioning Edmonds and Wilson and a Fatow location. Mentions typewriters and a dental operation with natural teeth and drugged sedation. Limited legible details but indicates a local service offer and associated names.
A long mixed classifieds page offers pianos upright mahogany, parlor sets, dining tables, and various furniture pieces. also clothing, rugs, dishes, musical instruments, and tools. Includes prices, contact pointers, and box office references for pickup or delivery in the city.
An advertisement promotes massage and facial services by graduate masseuse Augusta B Johnson from New York. The services include Swedish movements, electro vibro facial, scalp treatments, and vapor therapy for nervousness and circulation issues. Open Sundays on the second floor and by appointment at multiple locations with hours listed.
A chaotic classified-like note lists items for sale or exchange including a double folding bed with mattresses, a few ladies roller skates, a Lillette razor, a Underwood typewriter, a three quarter size violin, pigeon cage, a flute glass show case, bicycles, a piano, a canary, and many other assorted second hand items. Prices and addresses appear in boxes throughout.
A garbled classified page fragment lists various occupations and roles such as chambermaid, butcher, grocery Staff, manager, and others. The OCR yields scattered phrases including private in-home listings and employment cues, with many misspellings and incomplete names.
Classifieds show multiple male candidates seeking work from clerical to driver roles. Notable entries include bookkeeper, clerk or collector in New York area, experienced Waiter for private families, and a colored man seeking varied positions.
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