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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
6
Free advertising space described with rules and eligible items. Lists agency locations and limits, urging readers to submit brief notices by 9 PM on weekdays and before 5 PM on Saturdays, with payment only for business ads and mail delivery details.
Help wanted notice seeking a man and wife as cook and utility man willing to relocate to Fort Myer with monthly wages unspecified. Also advertises tutoring in shorthand and typewriting at a school offering 20 to 50 lessons, with contact details for Alfred MacDaniel and Stenographic Academy at 313 Colorado Building.
Classifieds list for Washington Domestic Guild offers positions including cooks, maids, carpenters, real estate assistants, and general staff. Advertises openings for experienced domestics, sales, craftsmen, and drivers with references, hours, and pay. office located near 17th Street NW.
A crowded help wanted column offers jobs from warehouse to restaurant work, painter, plumber, barber, and office positions. It seeks young men and elderly white workers as well as colored applicants for roles such as hotel staff, laborers, janitors, drivers, sales, and skilled trades in Washington area shops, offices, and theaters.
A compact, dated class of domestic labor ads lists multiple positions in Washington DC NW. White and colored women sought for chambermaid, cook, and general housework across locations including 1308 NY Ave, 1808 Notaye, 2330 14th St, and 804 17th St NW. Salaries from 2 per week to 18 monthly. many require references and specific duties.
Numerous classified openings for cooks and general housework. Ads specify experienced colored or white women, wages ranging from $8 to $40 per month, nights required, and locations around 17th and 27th streets NW, with many positions in private families and the Washington Domestic Guild listings.
A cluttered classified page details cash registers from National and Hallwood, Heathwood repairs, upright pianos, a Remington typewriter, household furniture, bicycles, poultry stock, antique furniture, a Columbia bicycle, and various odds and ends for sale. Listings include prices and contact hints across Washington DC addresses and nearby locales.
A scan of a early 20th century classified page shows numerous help wanted ads for waitresses and domestic workers. Listings seek white and colored women, experienced heads or general housework, private families or hotels, with varying wages and locations around Northwest and downtown Washington. Some ads specify private family experience, immediate applications, and wage ranges from monthly sums to weekly rates.
Misc items listed include corsets tailored to order with pattern cuts at Desining Parlors 1320 G St and Washington Rug Co offering old carpets woven into art. Also spot cash paid for furniture and household goods at Baus's Furniture Shop, with phone contacts and dated, fragmented notices.
Classified ad segments listing various needs for workers drivers caretakers and services. Includes requests for car drivers in Washington area, apartment caretaker postings in Georgetown and Dupont Circle, pawn ticket purchases, loans on valuables, a medical pneumatic cabinet inquiry, a clerk transfer option, engine requests, and a carriage or car parts request. Also notes an elite Washington directory for 1908 and requests for house care during summer.
Classified ad fragment offers gold filled watch, 16 inch imperial wheel, typewriter, Rambler automobile, diamond pin, natural history books, piano, chairs, pawn ticket, hats, burglar proof safe, loan office, jewelry and tools. Numerous BOX mail entries indicate prices, addresses and hours.
A collage of old style notices includes business changes, sale offers, and patent information. Items mention a publishing venture seeking investment, a saloon sale near Mt. Clara shops in Baltimore, stock and furniture for a cigar store, a drug store for sale with owner leaving city, inventions and patent services, and various real estate and equipment ads. Names include M. Lasky and J. El Ingham, with addresses in Baltimore and Washington.
A jumble of lost and found notices lists items lost or found in downtown Washington DC areas. Items include a gold breast pin, a hunting watch, a gold nugget scarf pin, a black handbag, a parrot, a white bulldog, a fox, and a yellow sky terrier. Contact details and locations include 410% Sth st nw, 818 Isth zt mw, and 2003 if t, with rewards offered.
Multiple lost items including a black silk beaded purse in Rock Creek Park, a brown leather handbag, a gold ring with a brass plate, a brown mink neck piece, and a ruby pendant with chain. Rewards offered for returns to named contacts at various addresses.
The column lists buyers for cast off garments and a range of personal services from manicures and palm readings to detective agency offerings. It includes numerous housework and employment requests, with many ads for waiters, cooks, chauffeurs, porters, and domestic staff seeking positions in Washington area homes and hotels.
A long classifieds page lists multiple positions including elevator man bellman engineer accountant florist gardener and janitor roles. Many are for colored men and young Americans with references requested. varied addresses appear, notably 604 17th st nw and 804 17th st nw, with notes on neat appearance and reliable refs.
Classified style list of female employment notices includes job seeks as cashiers, chambermaids, waitresses, attendants, and companions. Entries mention addresses in Washington DC area, varied services, and requests for good references, private families, or board positions. Several ads target domestic service roles with ages, colors, and femininity implied, reflecting era labor norms.
A long column lists multiple classified ads for female help. Readable items include positions as companions, nurses, laundresses, cooks, housekeepers, maids, and and other domestic service roles. Many emphasize American nationality, neat appearance, references, and ability to work in private families or hotels. Locations center around 17th Street NW, 37th Street, and nearby Washington, D.C. addresses with varied wage offers.
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