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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
4
The Washington Post promotes free want ads for personal notices and neighborhood needs. It notes timing for free ads after 3 pm on Saturdays and mentions multiple pharmacies and local businesses listed as available advertising locations.
A jumble of advertisements seeking female workers for domestic service. Listings include cooks, housemaids, laundresses, governesses, chambermaids, and general housework positions with varying wages, hours, and locations. Some notices request apprentices, others note experienced or white staff, and several offer lodging or board.
Help wanted ads seeking experienced waitresses for immediate service with varying shifts between 3 and 4 pm. Also seeking private box attendant, cook, general housework, and trimmers. Apply at Mayer Bros or 1220 Th ml. wage around 25 to 70k.
A flood of trade and exchange requests appears in a historic newspaper classified section. Advertisers seek to swap a paper for a prominent New York portrait painter, a violin, gas range, horse and buggy, and typewriters. Other offers include furniture, linens, feathers, and home goods for board, alongside requests for shorthand dictation, a phonograph, or a boxing crate.
An irregular OCR notice advertises furniture for sale including a three piece set, gas range, iron bed, desks, and bedding. It also lists apartment and rental items, plus a dogs and cats section with pets and exhibit plans. Additional fragments mention bookcases, brass items, and other household goods for sale or rent in Decatur area.
A cluttered, old newspaper page lists numerous lost and found notices offering rewards for items such as watches, pocketbooks, jewelry, and tickets. Names, locations like Georgetown, Chevy Chase, and Dupont Circle appear with vague descriptions, dates, and contact cues, reflecting a bustling urban lost-and-found ad spread.
A dense cleaned summary of a long chaotic classified ad section listing used pianos, furniture, books, hardware, pets, vessels, light fixtures, and various odds and ends for sale. Includes references to brands like Smith and Barnes, various pianos, desks, tables, chairs, bird cages, cameras, and a portal to contact BOX addresses for pickup or delivery. Multiple names and items appear with prices and partial descriptions.
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