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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
4
The readable text references paperhangers and painters in New York. Mentions addresses and trades, with scattered terms like Park, 1701, and various company or establishment fragments. The incomplete OCR prevents a clear incident or event.
Shortage of help as ads list vacancies for cleaners and dyers, barber shop staff, waiters, drugstore positions, an architect assistant, bakers, store errands, elevator conductors, carpenters, presser, ice cream wagon driver, district manager, office helpers, engraver and jeweler assistants, and general labor roles. Includes youths and colored workers with varied requirements, locations, and pay offers.
Classified ads list numerous job opportunities and help wanted notices including apprentices in millinery and dressmaking at New York Millinery Academy, bookkeeper positions, chambermaid and waitress roles, cooks and houseworkers, dressmakers fluent in German and English, and other domestic service postings across Washington DC areas.
A dense, repetitive string of job and domestic service ads in a 1912 Washington area classified section. Listings include housework, cooking, nanny, laundress, seamstress, waitress, stenographer, and other domestic or clerical roles. Many entries specify race or color and reference wages, hours, and locations such as Harvard Street, 18th Street, and Northwest avenues. The fragmentary OCR shows numerous employment notices, some with requirements and contact details, interwoven with personal ads and miscellaneous notices.
The page lists thousands of brief lost items including dogs collars rings pins bracelets purses and watches with rewards and contact hints. Specifics name streets avenues and landmarks such as 347 Ga. Ave 1213 Kost nw 924 5th St and Union Station with rewards varying by item. Numerous personal items from glasses to keys to canaries are requested to be returned to owners or addresses.
A fragmented classified list offers items for sale and rental details including a typewriter rental at North 1128 M, various cash prices for used rifles, jewelry, pianos, washing stands, gas ranges, blankets, and numerous household wares. Also notes prints and letterheads, a steamer Bartholdi charter offer, and multiple personal ads with contact box references.
A scanned page offers numerous second hand items for sale including diamonds, watches, jewelry, furniture, sewing machines, bicycles, clothing, appliances, and household goods. Multiple entries list contact details and locations around Riggs Street, North Capitol, and surrounding Washington DC addresses with prices and item conditions.
Fragmentary OCR indicates a line item regarding light delivery by a tricycle and mentions names such as War Lept and Be ye Jngana along with references to Dalley Commerce and Savings. The text is muddled and lacks coherent details suitable for full event framing.
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