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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1919
Page
6
A garbled OCR of classified ads for jobs appears, listing positions such as keeper, office work, bus boy, checker, and various pay offers. Some lines specify hours, pay per week, and locations like Ohio and Washington. Names, addresses, and scattered details are fragmented and partially unreadable.
Fragmented OCR lists numerous job ads from a historical newspaper. Entries mention positions like cooks, clerks, washer, dishwashers, and stewards at several inns and hotels including Stoneleigh Court and Brigiton Hotel. Pay and conditions vary. some lines note weeks of work and wages.
Fragmented classified notices seek furniture salesmen with ad writing experience, porters for drugstore, wardrobe helpers, yardmen, and young colored men for store work. Multiple postings request age, marital status, salary, and contact details with stiff confidentiality and local ties.
A garbled classified page lists various positions and contact notes including sewing and dress work, serges, sewer, stenographer, telephone operator, laundress, waitresses, and a hotel or restaurant setting. Names and firms appear with unclear dates and locations, suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century employment ad sheet.
A chaotic, OCR extracted page lists numerous job ads for women and clerks. It mentions positions for office staff, engraving, housework, and other roles, with varied wages and tentative locations around downtown areas.
Fragmentary listing shows a situations wanted or help ad mentioning home and farm work with a cutter machine and grinders. Includes a contact at 128 Coat ome, phone Maia Roe, and reference Rox SRF with a date like 17.
Highly trained office executive with years of corporate law experience recently discharged from the Army seeks immediate employment at a standard salary. Georgetown Law School graduate, DC Bar member, skilled in stenography and typing, with strong references and experience in federal matters.
A garbled classified listing shows numerous job requests from private households and small businesses. It includes positions like stenographer, secretary, palmist, watchman, carpet and linoleum salesman, driver, and chauffeur. Names, addresses, and contact boxes appear amid fragmented phrases and scattered references to pay, hours, and qualifications.
Readable ads show a miscellaneous sale listing dictionaries, atlases, and furniture items. Notes mention Webster’s dictionaries and a Jenifer Building display with prices and contact detail, plus various furniture pieces like mahogany tables, beds, and chests for sale.
Vintage ad listing multiple instruments and prices. Mentions electric path side car and player piano selections priced around 198 dollars. References Arthur Jordan Piano Co at 18th and G Streets and a Tecme arrangement at Heidt Co Plane Annex. Other items include cello and bows with various prices.
A dense OCR of a 1900s style classifieds page lists pets including dogs and puppies, Vance and other names, plus general merchandise. It mentions household goods like Underwood typewriters, tractors, tires, larders, furniture, garden tools, and clothing. Scattered entries reference buyers, sellers, and auctions across multiple locations. The jumble includes jewelry, maps, musical instruments, violins, bows, and various odd lot items.
A fragmented classified page lists requests for old pictures pamphlets and views related to Alexander Hamilton and 18th century New York. The ad section mentions pianos talking machines and vintage goods buyers with addresses like 1293 Main and 2814 Rew Tith pyr mw Main, reflecting a bustling secondhand market and eclectic items sought by readers.
In the city’s safest used car market, Harper Overland Co announces Thoroughly inspected 1918 Willys Knight and Overland models. Located at 1405 HSt NW, Frank 4307, selling only cars that pass shop checks.
Classified listings show numerous used vehicles for sale including a 1919 Oakland roadster a 1924 Cadillac and various touring cars from DETROIT area garages. Many entries include brief conditions and contact hints with prices and locations like Main 4171 and 14th Street, suggesting a busy local auto market.
Autos for hire and taxicabs announce service from a new company. Phone West 84 for West 84 route details. Offers city travel within limits, hourly touring rates, and private residence or business use with a Hudson Six touring car and several seats. Garages sought near 9th and North Gerolum Avenue for parking.
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