Amusing Advertisements From 1904

To Let. — Furnished apartments suitable for gentleman with folding doors.

Bull-dog for sale. Will eat anything — very fond of children.

Wanted an organist and a boy to blow the same.

Lost in Kensington, an umbrella belonging to a gentleman with a bent rib.

Mr Smith, furrier, begs to announce that he will make capes, jackets, etc., for ladies out of their own skins.

Wanted, by respectable girl, passage to Cape Town. Willing to take charge of two children and a good sailor.

Annual sale now on. Don't go elsewhere to be cheated — come in here.

Respectable widow wants washing every Tuesday.

Wanted for the summer, a cottage for a small family with good drainage.