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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1906
Page
26
Numerous classified lines seek staff with various skills from caretakers and maids to clerks, drivers, and bartenders. It lists positions for wife and husband teams, cooks, janitors, stenographers, bookkeepers, and sales roles with brief contact cues and street addresses, reflecting era job exchange notes and domestic worker recruitment.
Classified ad listing various job wants and openings. male stenographer and typist, steward positions with references, superintendent or foreman, tenor with choir leadership, timekeeper or clerk, traveling salesman, daily typewriter work, out of work tinsmith, liquor store or grocery job, one legged window cleaner seeks work with good reference. includes addresses in Washington area.
A stream of 19th century classified notices seeks servants and companions. Listings include a refined French lady, attendants for invalids, a box keeper, keepers, chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, cleaners, a stenographer, and a nurse. Many entries request strong references, addresses in Washington DC areas, and willingness to travel or relocate, with various pay expectations.
Classified column shows a variety of openings including stenographer and typist positions, telephone operator, teacher, nurse, tutor and governess, plus numerous furnished room rentals in Washington area. Notable listings include a young stenographer with 3 years’ experience, a trained nurse for night work, and a private secretary/companion role for travel.
Large collection of rooms for rent across northwest and northeast DC areas including private baths, heat, and light. Listings specify floor, bay windows, southern exposure, board options, and proximity to streetcar lines, libraries, and colleges with varying weekly rates and private family arrangements.
Historic apartment classifieds describe numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms in Northwest DC with private baths, gas, heat, board options, and varying rents. Listings highlight bright south and front exposures, central locations near parks, car lines, and notable streets such as 12th St NW and Columbia Road, with multiple options for single or shared rooms and temporary or long term arrangements.
Classified notices show numerous single men and couples seeking furnished or unfurnished rooms and board in private families near government offices and transit hubs. Listings include proximity to libraries, depots, or office buildings, requests for reasonable rates, and some with child or pet considerations. Various ages, nationalities, and states are implied in the compact biographical snippets.
Auction notice for a two story frame dwelling at 4823 South Capitol Street Washington DC. Trustees Owen & Son offer sale April 10 2008 at 6 pm with terms: half cash, balance in two years at 5 percent interest. deposit $50. Sale may be rescheduled if terms unmet. Also includes 1906 state war and navy building sale of assorted goods at 10 am April 3 1906.
Sealed proposals issued for various government stationery supplies and services for the Department of Justice and United States courts. Bidders must submit samples and bid designs. proposals due by May 22, 1906, with separate items for fuel towels waste paper horses and ashes care. Rights to reject all bids reserved by the Attorney General.
Supreme Court probate notice announces letters of administration for Bridget Dehilx Mullen. Warns all claimants to present their authenticated claims by March 7 1906 or be barred from the estate. Signed by George Howard treasurer and William D Hoover attorney with clerical seal.
The notice lists 1908 rail schedules and services for Southern Railway, Florida East Coast, Seaboard Air Line, and Norfolk and Western lines. It details departures from Washington with trains to Harrisonburg, Warrenton, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Atlanta, and other points, plus parlor cars, dining service, and sleeper accommodations. It also notes branch trains to Bluemont and Leesburg, with connections via Washington schedules and ticket offices at 206 16th Street, and Pennsylvania Station.
Station corners at 5 Sixth and B streets lists daily services for Pennsylvanian trains. Parlor dining cars Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, St Louis. Pennsylvania Limited and St. Louis Express routes with sleeping and dining cars. Also Baltimore and Ohio Royal Blue Line with hourly Philadelphia and New York service and Atlantic City connections. Station agents and telephones noted for baggage and schedule inquiries.
Railroad notices detail schedules and connections for Atlantic Coast Line and Chesapeake and Ohio. Services include daily New York to Florida routes with limited dining car, and long distance connections to Chicago St Louis and Virginia Hot Springs. Officials list offices in Washington Wilmington and Cincinnati with reservation contacts.
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