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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
21
The Washington Post invites free want ads up to fifteen words in the daily column with limits: one free ad per person per day, no business ads, and no replies guaranteed on first delivery. Ads may be mailed or dropped at agency drugstores. twelve listed locations including McNulty’s, Albin Axman Hats, Astoria Pharmacy, and others in Northeast and Southwest sections.
Help wanted notices show a couple seeking a man and wife for cook and utility work near Fort Myer with unspecified wages. A tutoring position advertises shorthand and typing courses at Stenographic Academy in Colorado Building. Names and addresses appear in the clipped text.
Multiple job ads from a Washington DC classified page recruit for cooks, carpenters, salesmen, clerks, and household staff. Listings note experience requirements, wages, locations such as Virginia and New York, and contact boxes or office addresses for applications.
Numerous job ads seek young men and colored workers for labor, painting, pluming, office work, and skilled trades. Positions include general labor on buildings, horse care, room waiter, pressman, printer, salesman, tailor, and drug store attendant with varying hours and pay. apply at designated rooms, offices, or addresses in Washington area.
A fragmented late 19th or early 20th century help wanted page lists numerous domestic positions in Washington DC area. Posts include chambermaids and waitresses, cooks and housekeepers, KCook and laundress roles, and general servant placements. Many entries specify race as colored or white and note credentials, hours, and pay. Locations center on NW streets such as 17th Street and 14th Street, with references to notables like Mrs. S or Mrs. M and buildings around 1808, 1308 New York Avenue, and 304 17th Street NW.
Classified notices solicit female help for numerous cook and general housework positions. Advertisements seek experienced colored and white women, with night shifts, varying monthly wages from 8 to 40 dollars, and many specify applying at 17th Street NW, 27th Street NW, or nearby addresses. Also listing maids, nurses, seamstresses, dressmakers, and other domestic staff with locations and wage terms.
A jumble of classified notices lists cash registers, dewalt odds and ends, furniture, bicycles, pets, and small appliances. Items include upright pianos, a Remington typewriter, a portable oven, a rolltop desk, a sideboard, a folding bed, and a gram of car parts. Several listings name addresses in Brookland, Washington DC and nearby Alexandria VA, with prices and contact hints.
Several classifieds seek waitresses and domestics for private homes and hotels. Listings specify white or colored applicants, experience requirements, and compensation from $8 weekly to higher wages, with locations around 17th Street NW, 27th Street NW, 414 Seventh Street, and B Street NW. Several ads note summer employment and living arrangements, with emphasis on competency and private family experience.
Classified notices offer corset orders at Designing Parlors 1320 G Street with pattern fitting, plus rugs by Washington Rug Co at 981 5th St. and a spot cash offer for used furniture and household goods from Baus’s Furniture Shop. Names Baldwin and contacts appear in fragmented listings.
Classified style notices list multiple wants including a driver teams, caretakers, a house sitter, pawn services, and various ads. Items reference Washington, Odenton, Baltimore area and 1908 era ad language. Includes requests for caretakers, a two room barn experience, and a carriage or automobile part exchange.
A cluttered page lists multiple sale notices and barter offers. Items include gold filled watches, a Remington typewriter, a Rambler automobile, diamond pin, a natural history set, a piano, an invalid chair, a pawn ticket, hats, tools, bunk beds, enamel beds, and more. Several box numbers and office addresses indicate where to respond.
A collage of classified ads includes opportunities to purchase a printing company, cafe and lunch operation at 507 9th NW Bristol modern equipment for sale, a saloon in West Baltimore near Mt. Clare, a cigar store stock sale at 2236 Pa Ave, drug store inventory at NW, SRR and owner relocation, and a new invention marketing notice. Also listed are patent and trademark information and a West Side rental at 98 feet from K and T streets.
A collage of missing items and found objects including a gold breast pin with initials, a solid gold hunting case watch, a blue enamel locket, a parrot, a dog and dog tags, a gold bracelet, and a velvet belt. Rewards offered for returns. several listings note locations near downtown Washington DC streets and landmarks.
A garbled listing of lost items including a black silk beaded purse in Rock Creek Park, a brown leather handbag from The Gladstone, a wallet with cash and cards at St Patrick's Church, a brooch and ring, a mink neck piece, and a ruby pendant with rewards offered for returns. Names and addresses appear inconsistently.
PUBLICATION OF PERSONAL ADS listing cash prices for discarded garments. Various advertisers in Washington offer to pay top dollar for ladies and gentlemen clothing, hats, and accessories by mail or call. Listings include names and contact points such as addresses and phone numbers for immediate engagement.
A long column of help wanted notices seeks male elevator men bellmen janitors watchmen porters and general workers. Applicants should be neat appearing good references and willing to work for respectable employers in Washington area addresses include 17th street nw and other nearby streets with offers ranging from hotel clerks to real estate and steno positions.
Classified help wanted notices show multiple female applicants and positions including attendant, cashier, chambermaid, nurse, cleaner, companion, and stenographer. Entries provide addresses in Washington area and indicate refined, educated, or experienced workers seeking domestic, clerical, or personal service roles with contact details for interviews.
A long row of classified style notices seeking living companions, nurses, maids, cooks, laundresses, and related domestic work. Many entries specify American or colored women, hospital or hotel experience, references, and local Washington area addresses on 17th and surrounding streets. Includes varied positions from companion to invalids, nurse aids, dressmakers, and housekeepers with hourly or weekly terms.
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