Local Storage and Hat Cleaning Listings
Readable fragments show a storage service under price offers and a hat cleaning business. Notices mention MESCHLER S and THE OLYMPIA HAT CLEANING CO with locations and contact hints, plus a drugstore listing.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
35
Readable fragments show a storage service under price offers and a hat cleaning business. Notices mention MESCHLER S and THE OLYMPIA HAT CLEANING CO with locations and contact hints, plus a drugstore listing.
A Washington DC area list details numerous lost items and rewards including spectacles in a leather case, a large gray striped cat with collar named Tim, a terrier named Pike, a gold hunting case watch, wallets, keys, jewelry, a gold hat pin, a pocketbook, and various parcels. Entries specify return locations such as 40 Laton, 7th Street NW, and 14th Street areas, with rewards ranging up to several dollars and instructions to contact officers or offices for retrieval.
A fog of lost wallets , glasses , pins , umbrellas , purses and books fill a Washington Post style classifieds column. Readers offered rewards for return of items including gold cuff links, a pocketbook with $120, and a dog puppy. Notices list addresses, names such as Georgetown, Annapolis, and Georgetown Can, while services advertise clairvoyants, detectives, electrolysis, and loan offers.
A jumble of exchange notices and ads invites readers to swap or trade items. Items include folding beds, mantles, shelves, skates, a camera, a folding stage, a stenographer, a piano teacher, a sewing machine, a dictionary, and a bed or couch for money. Several entries promise services or exchanges such as dictation, housework, and music lessons, with contact addresses to the paper office.
A chaotic ad page lists household goods and items for sale including skates, gas ranges, sewing machines, a violin, a piano, a typewriter, furniture, and various pets. Addresses and box numbers indicate a classifieds section with scattered details and pricing. The array includes a motor cycle, a cannonball of goods, and numerous contact hints for interested buyers.
Readers browse an assortment of household items and personal goods including furniture, clothing, books, tools, a range of pianos and sewing machines, boats, rods and reels, and antiques. Numerous listings note prices and contact boxes, with items from wardrobes to Underwood typewriters and a poetry of small-town sale allure.
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