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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
37
A jumble of ads lists items for sale and services including a canoe boat, a 10th Street SE address, motorcycles, folding go carts, phonographs, and housework help. Several notices offer secondhand goods from dealers in Atlantic City and Washington, with requests for responses via BOX numbers and local offices.
A chaotic ad page outlines investment opportunities in wholesale goods, store stock and manufacturing services. It promotes high class business men and brokers, listing addresses, a Boston office box, and terms like six thousand dollars upfront, five percent deposits, and refunds on sale. The notice hints at stock purchases, factory improvements, and a whiskey promotion, inviting readers to contact main offices for details.
A dense OCR style list shows varied classified ads: caretakers, cooks, housekeepers, and general laborers. Entries name applicants and preferences for summer care, boarding houses, private families, and small businesses, with boxes and contact hints for responses. Many refer to single workers, couples, or small crews seeking housing care, cooking, cleaning, and general duties.
A dense page of 20th century help wanted ads lists positions for farmers, cooks, chambermaids, stenographers, teachers, and drivers. Numerous entries show BOX mail responses, city addresses, and varied wages, with many colored applicants seeking indoor work, private families, or seasonal posts.
A dense classified page offers storage services and numerous furnished room rentals in Washington DC. Firms like West End Storage Co advertise storage, while Little Field Alvord & Co promote excursion wagons. Multiple listings detail furnished rooms for rent with varying rates, locations near mass avenues, and private baths or kitchen access for singles or couples.
Fragmented display advertises massage services by Mme Iana B formerly of N and Glorita Vivo. Mentions near Circu lum a apevially, therapies including treatments at ropods and shampoos. Includes address 181h 15th St and North 4895.
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