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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1906
Page
6
Free advertising guidance for readers with rooms for rent, jobs, lost and found, and misc. ads. Listings include employment, servant hires, sales positions, and household help. Various local drugstores and agencies offer ad delivery for a small fee. no ads after 9 PM, no Saturday free ads after 5 PM.
A flood of old classified lines seeking janitors office workers printers porters waiters and many other positions. Listings show young men and women needed for various roles including clerical housekeeping sales drivers and waitstaff with pay and hours varying by job and employer.
A vintage job listing page seeks multiple positions including office workers seamstresses clerical staff and waitresses. Entries specify locations like Box 263 and 121, various shifts from noon to evening, and references to references and experience. includes a nurse trainee opportunity at a government hospital.
Classifieds offer items for sale and services from corsets and carpets to typewriters, pawn tickets, moving pictures, and real estate care. Numerous ads include furniture, bicycles, refrigerators, jewelry, and tools. Several notices request rentals, buyers, or workers, with short prices and contact details scattered amid city addresses.
A long list of cheap household goods and personal items is offered for sale including enamelware mattresses a bureau and washstand. There are watches wardrobes and a variety of small furniture items as well as a Remington typewriter in excellent condition. Also advertised are goats bicycles phonographs dining tables and a mahogany Davenport with chairs. Various boxes and crates contain further miscellaneous bargains at 4027 X St NW and nearby addresses.
Eyequeehanna Marine Works Co Havre 20 Grace ME advertises prescription of or 20-foot Italy and 26-foot launch with horsepower details and price. The firm claims to deliver 20-foot laumiah and 9 horsepower vessels and offers yachts up to 186 feet built to order for cruisers and eye boats anywhere.
Classified listings show Washington Domestic Guild advertising for numerous domestic positions. Roles include cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, housekeepers, footmen, waiters, and practical attendants, with many postings specifying race, experience, and wages in the 1920s style.
Classified notices seek domestic and service workers including white and colored maids nurses waitresses seamstresses and general help with wages ranging from 5 to 25 per month or week. Positions specify age race and duties and mention locations on 7th and 17th streets and nearby hotels and departments with varying pay and hours.
A vintage want ads page lists numerous positions in hotels and domestic service. Advertisements seek young American and colored men for bellman, waiter, cook, gardener, janitor, chauffeur, driver, porter, engineer, stenographer, clerks, watchmen, and elevator operator across multiple Washington, D C addresses, with emphasis on appearance and trustworthy references.
A long garbled classified listing mix offers jobs for a nurse, utility man, waiter, watchman, companion nurse, cleaner, maid, laundress, housekeeper, and other domestic or public service posts. Several entries specify American or colored applicants, neat appearance, references, and willingness to work in homes or hotels. Apply at various street addresses and rooms as noted, with emphasis on experience and refined appearance.
A jumble of lost and found notices from a city page lists items including eyeglasses near Boston Store, a small trinket near 2608, a silk umbrella, a dog and a purse, various watches and jewelry, handbags, a hat, brooches, bracelets, and a belt. Rewards offered range from modest amounts to liberal sums, with returns requested to specific addresses and stores.
A dense ad page offers fortune tellers, manicure services, and psychic readings, with prices and contact details. Also included are office and storage rental notices, used cars for sale, and mail order style solicitations, all littered with names and locations.
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