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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
29
Fragmented personal ads describe various services and offerings including massage, adult entertainment, clothing and accessories, and contact details. The text lists names, locations, and vague references to wares, hours, and payments, with numerous garbled phrases and stray numbers.
A brief ad from Max and his wife seeking a private family or boarding house position as cook and houseman. They request contact at 436 1st NW and 496 1st NY. The notice indicates interest in private family work and domestic service.
A cluttered page offers male situations wanted ads for positions including refrigerating engineer for small plant, experienced clerk, bookkeeper, porter, janitor, plate smith, waiter, and elevator or bellman roles. Many entries request box numbers for responses. several call for reliable, multilingual, or trustworthy individuals, with emphasis on character and references.
Fragmentary OCR reports a local issue at Pike involving typewriters and voltage concerns. Names unreadable due to damage. Further readable details are unavailable in the surviving text.
Fragmentary advertisement listing mattresses, springs, metal beds, and wholesale quantities. Includes a reference to insurance for dwellings and a location line. Text is incomplete but implies sale of bedding and furniture with delivery and pricing details.
A dense clippings page shows numerous classified ads from a Wilmington area office offering employment and living arrangements. Entries include a fireman engineer janitor errand boy gardener landscape worker and other trades, with addresses and PO box references for responses.
Classifieds demand various workers from cooks and chambermaids to typists and general help. Entries list ages, races, and addresses seeking positions in private households and offices in Washington DC area, with employers offering modest pay and references.
A dense classified page offers many positions for colored women and other workers. Listings include laundress first class, washing at home or by day, house cleaning, cook, chambermaid, waitressing, and stenography roles with references and varying wages. Most ads request callers to write Box numbers or visit specific addresses in Washington area.
Classified requests from women seeking washing ironing or cleaning work at home or by the day or at clients' premises. Listings include multiple addresses and contact hints reflecting race and work options.
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