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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
9
Free advertising space offered with no charge for wanted items and rooms for rent in small ad columns. The notice outlines limits, deadlines, and pickup locations, listing multiple stores and pharmacies as drop points and promising delivery of paid ads.
Classified notice seeks agents nationwide offering a purchasable prospect of commissions. Framed as a sales opportunity from Franklin Peer Corp listing address 200 Princeton Ave, Boston with unclear product description and payment terms.
Help wanted notice mixed with garbled text seeks amateurs and a woman for work in Thorning and breakfast duties. Poorly legible lines mention wages, location near The Lincoln Hotel and Desard for Stendora, with requests for crum 3p to 50 doe and bar school.
A dense classified listing seeks several workers including hardware clerks, salesmen, and general labor. Positions offer wages from moderate to competitive, with multiple stores and firms such as Swartzs, DuPont Pharmacy, and Hecht & Gel seeking reliable, experienced, or energetic applicants across retail, warehousing, and service roles. Local readers are urged to apply at indicated street addresses and box numbers.
A garbled employment page lists numerous positions including chambermaid, cook, housework, laundress, and general help. Many lines include broken phrases, misread names, and scattered addresses such as BOX numbers and street names. The messy OCR yields a mosaic of labor requests for women with vague requirements and uncertain locations.
A flood of want ads seeks female help for cook and general housework at multiple addresses in Washington area. Listings include domestic workers, chambermaids, waitresses, dressmakers, stenographers, and sales staff, with various qualifications and white or colored applicants preferred.
OCR noise shows numerous classified ads for household help, job seekers, and sales listings including cooks, waitresses, maids, and various goods. Entries mention locations like Washington area and Upperville, with items such as pianos, boats, engines, furniture, and pets offered for sale or trade.
A damaged notice reports a rug weaving factory bound in New York. It mentions home weaving or a related enterprise and informal details about the facility. The readable fragments describe a manufacturing operation tied to textiles and a relocation or oversight in the state.
A chaotic collection of wanted notices and lost items appears, listing sightings of a Lady Anodied Gown and various missing people, pets, watches, jewelry, and household goods. Names like WikeL cur and Southern Leather appear amid scattered addresses and broad appeals for returns.
Partial OCR reads exchanges, items for sale or auction in New York City listing child’s bed, a boxed theater item, bicycle, and a cash offer. Reads garbled with missing names and addresses, but indicates sale or transfer of multiple items.
For sale by exchange, several refrigeration parts and accessories. Includes three fake stamped items, various burners and stove parts with glass and related fittings. Prices listed in dollars. buyer to pay a small processing fee. Contact for details and availability.
Extensive private sale notices advertise used furniture and home goods. Items include beds with springs, wardrobes, dining tables, chairs, a gas range, trunks, a cheval glass, a piano, and complete room furnishings. Listings show prices, contact details, and locations such as Harvard street and Mass Mass Ave.
A noisy collage of job requests and contact lines. Listings include coach and cook or waitstaff positions, bar porter, bartender, porter, bookkeeper, clerical helper, stenographer, receptionist, and acting positions. Names, addresses, and boxes show multiple entrants seeking work.
Classified items show a jumble of old ads from Washington and surrounding areas. Entries include calls for a firm to manage a stone quarry, various commercial opportunities, and notices seeking investors, real estate, and partnerships. Names, locations, and contact boxes appear amid scattered dates and prices.
A dense set of classifieds seeks fast cash for worn garments hats and shoes from multiple listings. Names include BERNSTED, MRS LAWRENCE, TARSHNOS, BROWN VAN HES, and MORO FORD with addresses and phone hints. Entries promise highest prices and 24 hour calls, plus services like manicuring and shampooing.
A long list of want ads seeks work for various men including carpenters, clerks, cooks, drivers, and domestics. Names and contact details appear for Butler, Hastings, Lewis, and others in Washington area, with positions ranging from office work to skilled trades and domestic service.
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