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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
37
A jumble of personal notices and service offers including worn clothing buyback, scalp hygiene treatment, massage, toys, ladies services, and various contact references. The fragmentary text mentions send cash, will call, hours, and multiple names with unclear outcomes or appointments.
A private family seeks a cook and houseman team with Max and his wife offering services. Calls advertised for 436 1st Ave NW and 496 1st Ave NY to arrange positions in a private family or boarding house.
Situations wanted male ads list multiple workers seeking jobs in refrigeration engineering elevator operator bellman driver electrician grocer clerk and more. Includes names partial addresses and contact boxes for W TADS BOX numbers and street corners seeking work in offices factories and hotels with references and trial periods.
Fragmentary notes describe a typist incident at Pike involving injuries to Wells and Vata with unclear details. Named individuals Pike and Wells are referenced alongside an event at a location called Owage. Further specifics are obscured in the OCR.
Unclear OCR fragment lists wholesale mattresses springs and related bedding goods. Mentions factory items and an insurance note. No clear events, persons, or organizations discernible.
A crowded column of help wanted notices seeks male applicants for varied positions. Listings include engineer fireman janitor clerk gardener mechanic gardener porter waiter and other labor or skilled trades. Several entries note colored workers and mixed references to locations and box numbers for applications.
A dense page of classified help wanted notes lists various positions including farm, office, and domestic work. Listings feature age, race, and skills claims, with names and boxed contact addresses such as 1279 Kirby St NW and Box boxes across DC. The tone reflects era job-seeking ads, many seeking young or experienced women and men for wages and domestic roles.
A dense collage of classified ads seeks domestic workers in Washington DC, listing laundresses and housekeepers by home or day work. Many entries note first class washing, color, references, location blocks, and pay expectations, with numerous street-and-avenue addresses and box numbers.
A garbled display of 18th and early 20th century wanted ads for washing ironing cleaning and housework. Entries specify locations such as 46 Washington St 14 Hat St NW 2514 7th St NW 16th St and 3rd Street areas with notes of color status colored women preferred and varying terms by the day or to take home or work in apartment settings. Many lines list phone-like references and addresses with frequent mentions of first class and reliable service.
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