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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
21
Public notice outlines free want ads rules and participating drug stores for fixed local columns. Advertisers may submit by mail or in person and must follow timing limits.
Classified help wanted notices list numerous positions and applicants. The page includes roles such as stenographer, real estate agents, servants, office clerks, drivers, farm hands, and teachers. It shows payments, locations, and contact instructions, reflecting a bustling labor market and varied employment opportunities.
Classified notice listing multiple job opportunities and help-wanted ads. Positions include salesmen, alteration department workers, waiters, coat room staff, two white men and wife needing board, woolen and cotton dress goods dept staff, and a small acting role. Locations span Alexandria Virginia theater and Sunderland Place, with pay and travel aid implied.
Classified ads list numerous job openings including domestic workers cooks nurses clerks and saleswomen. Entries call for colored and white applicants with various hours wages and locations around Washington with boxes to apply and references requested.
Situations and help wanted notice promotes the Washington Domestic Guild at 804 17th Street NW offering access to registered servants. It claims the guild has a wide choice and many top servants, instructing potential applicants to visit two doors above H Street and call Main 1345.
Help wanted ads for hotel staff across multiple roles. Positions include cooks, waiters, kitchen workers, butlers, gardeners, and maids at rates up to $20 monthly in Washington and area boarding houses. Apply at 804 17th St NW and related addresses. requires experience and strong references.
An old style classified appeal promotes obtaining URLP for lodging houses at 804 17th St. The notice urges immediate payment and ordering of eating stamps and special rates for hotels and boarding houses.
A dense classified style ad lists multiple positions for chambermaids waitresses cooks and houseworkers. entries specify white or colored applicants, experience requirements, wages from 8 to 40 dollars per month, and apply by dates and street addresses around 17th and 7th streets northwest. mentions Ms Mrs and private households and hotels.
A helps wanted notice sheet lists numerous positions in hotel and private service roles for young American and colored men and women. Applications are taken at 17th Street addresses with various job titles including butler, cook, bellman, chauffeur, elevator operator, janitor, porter, driver, and more. Many postings request neat appearance and good references with specific apply-by locations and times.
Classified notice listing many job openings including experienced colored domestic worker, refined American companions, nurses, housekeepers, waitresses, clerks, stenographers, and manicurists. Applicants urged to call at 48 to terms and apply to 804 17th street NW for most positions. various addresses provided for specific roles.
Advertisement seeking experienced accountants to examine accounts and await further orders. Also offers paper hanging painting and interior decorating work with 25 percent discount on received orders. Address ROOM 2 tie Sth st nw apt-ead WALE PAPER. PAPER HANGING. PAINTING. AND INTERIOR decorating work. Contact F G XOLTE at 307 Lith aw.
A call urges members to register for positions, stressing intolerance of misrepresentation or indifference and inviting participation. The notice lists address 804 17th Street NW and telephone Main 1345 for contact.
A crowded classified snippet lists corsets and ladies patterns, carpets, furniture, rugs, second hand typewriters, bicycles, wardrobes, and assorted household goods for sale. It notes wants for a white poodle, a drug store location, and a variety of services.
A long list of lost items including a pocketbook with initials, a gold sound-gold bar pin, a white bull terrier, a Rosie Instar stray, a Manchester terrier, a gold watch, a diamond ring, a signet ring, a feather handbag, a small diamond brooch, a chased gold bracelet, a cat named Laddie, a gold chain bracelet, a brown dachshund, and miscellaneous keys. Many notices offer rewards and provide contact details for owners to reclaim items.
A dense OCR filled page lists numerous classified notices for employment and services. Items include sales and shop ads, portraits, barber and manicure services, clerical and domestic positions, and requests for butlers, maids, cooks, and caretakers. Names, addresses, and contact details appear amid scattered job offers and want ads.
Classified notices show numerous barter offers including canoes for a graphophone at 1335 Calon street and a large array of items for exchange or sale. Entries include chickens for exchange, coats for trunks, a lady seeking a woolen coat, a patent for a good house, a Edison mimeograph for chifconner, and lessons in school subjects in exchange for English or French lessons. Public addresses are scattered, with several items listed to trade or sell.
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