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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
17
A dense catalog of items offered for sale or trade including tents, wagons, rugs, sewing machines, furniture, pianos, bicycles, and various household goods. The notices list contact details and post office boxes, with scattered prices and rough item conditions, reflecting a bustling classified page. Numerous entries reference boxes and office addresses, signaling a central public notices column.
Factory outlet advertises mattresses at four dollars with new ticking and stuffing options. Delivery available. Call for wholesale and retail inquiries. Located at 811 7th Street.
Classified line reads as a poor quality job and lodging request. Includes entries for a chef and pastry cook, a first class waitress and pantry girl, hotel or department house work, cafe work for five hours, and a colored man and wife seeking place to stay or leave in city. Also includes a housekeeper during summer and box numbers.
Classified style listing shows multiple job seekers and helpers, mostly by colored or white males, detailing janitors, printers, clerks, cooks, watchmen, porters, and general labor. Includes contact boxes and addresses in Washington area, with references to previous employers and experience, ranging from 1 to many years.
Classified notices seek female help for household work and caregiving roles with many listings. Advertisements offer positions as chambermaids cooks companions attendants janitors housekeepers and caretakers by women of color and white women in various neighborhoods and homes with contact box numbers for replies.
Classifieds show multiple listings for wash and laundry work by day or at home, plus numerous rooms for rent in Washington DC. Entries name workers and areas such as 12th st, G st ne, 4th st nw, and several others, with color phrases and references to references and BOX numbers. Many ads target women, including laundresses and maids seeking day work, households needing housekeepers, and rooms for rent in private homes.
An old newspaper fragment advertises massage services promising relief for rheumatism and circulation, plus a moving and packing section for pianos and furniture. It lists contact lines and a warehouse location, reflecting mixed service ads of the era.
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