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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
28
A dense substring of classified ads seeks workers for many roles including cleaner and pressman, collector, carpenter, cylinder pressman, demonstrator, waiter, housework, dressmaker, nanny, and more. Listings name employers and locations such as Pacific Coast hotels, offices, and various city streets. pay ranges from modest weekly wages to commissions.
A jumble of help wanted notices lists positions like competent seamstress and repairer, housekeeper, box tie maker, and general office work. Several ads seek young ladies for duties such as typing, cashier and office assistance, with weekly pay and varying hours, including morning and afternoon shifts, in locations around Pensacola or nearby streets.
A cluttered page advertises clairvoyants and palmists including Daoud the renowned Oriental palmist offering readings at 1652 Q St NW with hours 2 to 8 pm, alongside numerous cosmetic, hair, and financial service pitches. Prominent mentions include Mme De Laine, RitA astrologer, and several merchants offering loans, used goods, and salons.
A long list of lost items and found notices from Washington DC including purses wallets keys watches rings brooches bracelets and notebooks with corresponding rewards. Owners request return to various addresses such as Brightwood Petworth Dupont Circle Georgetown and the Treasury Building with contact details and reward offers. Entrees include a brown pocketbook a gold watch and chain a locket a ring and a canary bird with eyes marked rewards.
Miscellaneous ads list Knabe pianos at 4218 1220 F St NW and many items for sale or rent. Items include launches, canoes, typewriters, furniture, animals, carriages, sewing machines, and a boat house listing with prices and contact references across Washington DC addresses.
A lengthy classified list offers items for sale including a phonograph with 3 dozen disks, a Remington typewriter, a moving bicycle, a motorized range, a feather pillow set, an antique mahogany desk, a recliner chair, several wool coats, a baby carriage, and a piano. Prices range from a few dollars to around $80 with many items described as in excellent condition or near new. Contacts include C W Porter 1541 13th Street and J Flynn 5 Merton Street among others.
An urchin of miscellaneous items including a drop head Singer sewing machine with six drawers, two Thoroughbred white French Poodles for sale at $10 each, a very small Sky Terrier stock, a Boston bull terrier, electric motor fans for $5 the pair, a good order kitchen gang McCafferrg rigerator, bicycles in edition priced as listed, a brown tabby Persian female kitten about months old, a grocery item under 2 47H St A&E 18 FD 316, and other odds and sods offering varied prices.
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