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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
29
An extended sale-like notice lists numerous items for sale including furniture such as beds, bedroom suites, tables, chairs, a parambulator, china, stoves, rugs, and a piano. It includes asking prices, pickup details, and contact box references, with many broken phrases and scattered product descriptions.
Fragmented OCR reads like a local notice or classifieds item listing a Swedish massage offer, a Went loan request, and names that resemble individuals or shops. The readable parts include a phone-like sequence and scattered phrases about money, loan, and a cabinet bath.
An assortment of items for sale including furniture, tools, appliances, and odds and ends. Advertisements list pianos, stoves, beds, dressers, trunks, rugs, clocks, ropes, and kitchenware. Cash offers invited. boxes show contact notes and office telephone numbers for buyer inquiries.
A long listing of employment ads seeks male and female help for numerous roles. Positions include barbers, bellboys, chauffeurs, waiters, housemen, porters, and clerks, with notes on race, experience, and desired shifts. Several entries call for color workers and retired or student applicants, plus references and location details.
A long readable section lists numerous help wanted notices from a historical newspaper. It features male and colored workers offering services as cashiers, bookkeepers, chambermaids, waitresses, janitors, porters, drivers, and general housework. It also includes elderly care, companion roles for invalids, and real estate related positions, with many boxed mail responses and local contacts.
A dense listing of domestic work opportunities and jobs for women. It catalogs colorfully phrased positions including seamstresses, dressmakers, milliners, secretaries, stenographers, house cleaners, laundries, nurses, and chambermaids. Numerous boxes list housing, pay, hours, and local addresses across multiple streets, urging ready applicants, with emphasis on colored women and young ladies seeking steady employment.
Classified ad listing mixed opportunities including cigar store, newsstand, rooming houses, boarding, hoted rooms, and a cafe. Mentions sale prices from 3700 with 500 cash, rent and terms to be arranged, investors sought, and various property types offered by local agents and brokers. Includes miscellaneous notices about vacancies, rooms, and business placements.
A crowded classified page lists multiple lenders offering real estate loans in Washington DC with varied terms. Firms include Harrison Realty Company, Moore & Hill Inc, National Loan & Investment Co, and H. W. Walker, among others, advertising low interest rates and loan options for salaried borrowers. Several entries emphasize quick approvals and sums ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars with terms tied to District property.
Historic classified ad lists horses wagons carriages and related gear for sale at Willard Storage on Lath Street and Pa Avenue. Items include buggies sulkies saddles harnesses and passenger touring cars with prices ranging from low hundreds to over a thousand dollars. Buyers urged to call for full list and price details.
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