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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1908
Page
5
A fragmented OCR shows various pharmacy names and addresses across Washington, mentioning Vermont Avenue, 7th Street, Florida Avenue, and other streets. Includes multiple store names like Astora Pharmacy and Mendaty Pharmacy, with scattered cross streets and blocks.
Classified ads list numerous job vacancies and help wanted positions including machine operators, janitors, delivery drivers, photographers, salesmen, waitresses, housekeepers, cooks, and general helpers. Employers request experience, references, and age suitability, with wages, hours, and locations across several downtown addresses and offices.
An old personals ad touts Mme Laing as the world’s greatest clairvoyant and palm reader. It promises business and love guidance with mental magic and occult readings priced at 35 cents, 1 dollar, and 50 cents, advertising a month at a street location.
A jumble of adverts and palm reading pitches fills a Washington DC page. Promoters claim fortune telling and personal guidance with names like Mr Daoud and Miss Rita offering readings and consultations, alongside sales of jewelry, clothes, pianos, and household goods.
ENABE & CO advertise a wide range of used pianos including Knabe uprights and grands with remodeling and finishes. prices listed from low hundreds with many items in mahogany. The page also features assorted near-duplicate classified ads for furniture, hardware, musical instruments, cameras, trophies, and miscellaneous household goods offered at discounted prices, with box numbers and office contact details.
A long OCR listing showcases varied items for sale and services including a typewriter, dress suit, piano, lawn furniture, and many household articles. Names, addresses, prices, and brief conditions appear across a dense, fragmentary page reflecting a midcentury classifieds section.
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