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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
16
Northwest region classified item lists Roe Pharmacy at 7th and L streets Kings Pharmacy at Vermont Avenue and other outlets including The Astoria Pharmacy at 8th and 6th streets. Male help wanted advertisement appears amid the listings.
A fragmented early 20th century classifieds page shows numerous job notices seeking workers in hotels, restaurants, and other trades. It includes positions for cooks, clerks, drivers, and laborers, with many ads specifying race and gender, locations near 20th Street Washington DC, and box numbers for applications. The tone reflects era-specific employment practices and segregated hiring.
A flood of classified recruitment lines lists positions for waitresses cooks maids dressmakers and general housework. The jumble mentions Florence Court Bond Forelady Woodward & Lothrop and various addresses with race based notes and requirement details. The listing shows many individual names places and pay notes across Washington area venues.
A dense block of classified notices advertising general housework jobs. Listings seek white and colored women, cooks, ironing, babysitting, and housekeeping with various wages. Addresses include The Rochambeau, Whitney, The Daywood, and local apartment numbers. many offer steady hours, references required, and box numbers for responses.
Numerous help wanted notices across occupations in Washington DC. Wages offered for waitresses, body workers, cashiers, cooks, servants, seamstresses, manicurists, millinery, and real estate office assistants. Apply to specified employers and addresses including Schenck’s, Kana Sons & Co, Elite Laundry, and others. deadlines noted such as before 10 or 13 a.m. and box ads indicate location at 13th Street NW and surrounding avenues.
An array of personal ads and services fills local pages, featuring clairvoyants and palmists like Prof Carl W Kent offering readings, Madame Laine for fortune telling, and other specialists. Also advertised are detective services, fashion items, beauty and manicure services, and buying offers for discarded clothing, with many soliciting readers to contact postal boxes or phone numbers.
Classified items offered for exchange or sale include a FORD RUNABOUT or equal value, a piano, a cow, setting hens, a large imported tug damaged by fire, and a vocal instruction offer. Entries list brief descriptions, contact boxes, and office references, with varied locations and requests for trades or cash.
The Washington Post item lists numerous lost items and rewards across Washington DC areas. Items include papers, purses, a pocketbook, rings, a necklace, a dog, a cat, a belt buckle, a tooth, and a watch. rewards offered for return, with various addresses such as 308 10th st aw, 316 EB Cap st, 1418 M st mw, 911 th st aw, and others. Several notices specify owners by name or initials and request contact at post offices or local buildings.
A jumble of lost property notes requests owner claims. Mentions leather music roll music-in objects, tickets, chains keys umbrellas pocketbooks and various articles. notices invite owners to identify items at city ticket offices and police or post office desks with descriptions and dates given.
Numerous items offered for sale or trade including upright pianos in mahogany cases from Smith & Barnes and Kelay brands, a large Whitney upright, a blonde refrigerator, seven piece parlor suite near new, reading standard motorcycle, two great dane puppies, electric fan, stove, heater, and various small appliances. Also listed are a Boston Terrier and other misc items with contact box numbers and street addresses in DC and nearby areas.
A crowded classifieds page lists cheap bicycles, pianos, underwood typewriters, a range of furniture, clothing, baby gear, musical instruments, a pistol, a revolver in good condition, seeds, bees, and a variety of pets and odds and ends. Listings include contact details and prices, with several items marked as in first-class or nearly new condition.
This clipping lists assorted wanted items and notices from a Washington office, including certificates under 300, a Remington typewriter, mileage books, a secondhand enamel tub, cigar bands, office space in a bank building, a Japanese spaniel, a child running lights, a hand bicycle, setting hens, floor fans, chicken or dairy farm help, a 20 ft rope, tires, a phonograph consumable, a deaf aid horn, a lady riding habit, a trench bull, a house for board, and furniture trade offers. It shows names like Orr, Campdi, and We 160, with various box references and delivery deadlines.
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