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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1908
Page
36
Job ads list varied positions including clerk, typist, barber shop helper, furniture repair, dressy sales, and farm work. Many listings seek young or middle aged men with honest appearance, sobriety, and basic skills. Addresses use boxed office references.
A garbled but dense classified page offers numerous help wanted notices for general housework, mostly seeking women of varied ages and backgrounds. Listings specify stay nights, live-in duties, and steady wages, with many ads mentioning reliable, polite, or German-speaking individuals and family settings. Several entries request references, light cooking, cleaning, ironing, or childcare, and some include contact addresses or box numbers for responses.
Old classified style listing seeks return of lost items including a brooch with five pansy designs, a gold watch, a Scotch collie named Laddie, a slim chance of rewards, and various jewelry pieces. Entries give approximate locations and contact hints for returns.
A cluttered classified snippet lists numerous lost and found items with rewards. Items include a white dog named Jack, a gold watch, gold chain, gold rimmed eyeglasses, a terrier, a long crochet neckpiece, and a bicycle, each expected to be returned to specified addresses or institutions in exchange for rewards.
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A dense, fragmented OCR page shows a mix of cosmetic electrolysis offerings, clairvoyant readings, loan and business ads, and various miscellaneous notices. The jumble names, addresses, and prices suggest a late 19th or early 20th century urban classifieds style, including health, fortune telling, and merchandise prompts.
A fragmented listing appears to note Mme Adina B Johnnon tied to 1614 16th St NW with weak references to medical massage and electro therapy terms. The text is garbled, listing addresses and vague professional notes in a late period directory style.
Miscellaneous sale ad with numerous items including used pianos by Knabe and others, upright mahogany models, room furnishings, sewing machine and typewriters, furniture, doors, windows, kitchen appliances, dog pups, jewelry, and general hardware. Also lists barber fixtures, jelly, violins, and dogs with prices and contact notes across multiple addresses.
Numerous classified listings include a folding pocket Kodak and various sewing and piano certificates, antique furniture, bicycles, runabout horses, baby carriages, lawnmowers, clothing, and a range of domestic goods. Several entries note prices, contact boxes, and local addresses across Washington area streets and offices.
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