This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1906
Page
19
Free advertising space urges brief, acceptable wants and not to exceed fifteen words. Notices may be placed in columns, ads limited to one per day per person, and unpaid insertions allowed if responses are prompt. Agencies near readers deliver ads for five cents each to The Post, with stations listed across Northwest and other districts.
Help wanted notices show a senior business graphophone school seeking 16 pupils for bridge whist lessons and 8 typists or experts to learn transcription. Classes offered by a lady expert in her room, no charge while learning, in Wichita Falls area. School promises positions upon proficiency after 20 to 60 days of shorthand and typewriting training at 315 Colorado Building.
Job listings from Washington area classifieds show numerous postings for reliable laborers and service workers. Positions include salesmen, waiters, chauffeurs, carpenters, plumbers, gardeners, messengers, and domestic staff with emphasis on sober, experienced applicants and steady work.
A collage of job notices lists positions across many trades. Applications sought for male help wanted, furrier repair, general labor, kitchen work, machinist, plumber, bricklayer, elevator operator, waiter, sales roles, and more at various Washington addresses and employers. Strong entities include COYNE BROS Trade Schools, THE IRVINGTON, Woodward & Lothrop, and 804 17th Street NW.
A long scaled classified page lists female help wanted notices for cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, and other domestic roles. Advertisers seek white and colored workers, with varied wages and country of origin notes, calling attention to positions at Mrs McK, Mrs Boucher, Mrs Gche, and other households, plus a Washington Domestic Guild address at 601 17th St NW and multiple locations in the city.
Classifieds list numerous help wanted ads for general housework, including reliable women, experienced white and colored workers, cooks, laundresses, nannies, and waitresses. Several postings specify long nights, travel to Arizona or Hawaii, and varying wages. Many entries require applying at 504 17th St NW, 21th St NW, or local addresses, with references and age stipulations.
Ladies seek perfect fitting patterns cut to order at 1229 G Street NW. The ad promises grace, sass, and beauty to the form with shirt-water patterns from Dr Singing Par Sons.
A garbled page lists wants for furniture, bric a brac, stoves, and house goods from Baume Furniture Shop. Numerous notices seek drivers for seasonal work on a railroad electric trailway. Several loan and purchase offers appear, including private party ton loans on furniture and a refined couple seeking furnished home or apartment, plus a large fireproof safe and a film/gadget request.
Mixed classifieds list needs for goods and services including good range refrigerator garden yard care poultry yard care and repair services second hand stereo bicycle trunk piano and furniture purchases and sales. Several entries seek hires or caretaking during summer with references to rent or prices and contact through the office.
Classified page of miscellaneous for sale items including pianos cash registers furniture eggs poultry household goods and tools. Listings name Grimes Piano Stores stage equipment underwood typewriter and National cash registers. Also items for sale include livestock gear bicycles jewelry and antiques with prices and contact hints.
A bustling for sale column lists items from an angler outfit to a high class Boston terrier, a safe roll top desk, a revolver typewriter table, a century encyclopedia, Underwood typewriter, watches, a large refrigerator, Belgian rabbits, carpet and dining set, a rare white necklace, a Rambler wheel, a 4x6 camera, safes, and a grand piano. Prices range from a few dollars to dozens. multiple ads provide contact addresses and hours.
Classified notices show a jumble of barter offers from Harrisonburg and New York including an exchange of a shorthandon dictation setup, a suburban lot for groceries coal furniture or car, a 12 gauge hammerless shotgun for callibnt, and various services and items like a 5x7 camera, a canary birds, a vintage electric dish, and a fishing rod offer. Many entries request contact by mail or office box.
A flood of lost and found items appears from Washington areas, detailing purses, wallets, jewelry, hats, keys, and a scarf with rewards offered for returns. Items include a small sum of money, a Masonic emblem, a feather boa, a gold watch, a ring, a diary, and a Fox Terrier, with various contact points such as addresses on Sunderland Place and New York Avenue and offices like Central Union Mission and Webber.
Neatly scattered notices list a range of lost items from dogs and jewelry to purses and a necklace. Individuals offer rewards, with locations including Dupont Chels, 168 Corcoran, 2989 Wallach Place, 91 Pa Avenue NW, and Center at NW. Names like Pub, Joker, and Pearlobe appear amid descriptions, numbers and streets guiding return efforts.
Classified notices show numerous ads offering cash for worn clothes hats shoes and underwear with postal reply and door calls. Also listings for manicures palm readings seances and expert services with addresses and hours.
Situations Wanted ad listing multiple male applicants by trade incl writer and designer, machinist, chauffeur, bartender, butler, cook, valet, car driver, cleaner, gardener, and other service roles. Includes names, addresses, and brief qualifications across several employers, with emphasis on reliability, experience, and references in a 1940s urban classifieds section.
An extensive help wanted column lists varied positions from drivers clerks gardeners elevator operators and hotel staff to watchmen janitors and sales personnel. Entries specify race and experience with many notes urging references and applications at specific downtown addresses and time slots.
Classified notice urging families leaving Washington to dispose of horses ponies and carriages harnesses and related gear. Includes listings for a Dayton wagon a Victoria cart by Brewster and a light harness set as well as a fine home made wagon and harness by McReynolds and Sons. Ads show contact details and street addresses.
Classified notices list women seeking work as chambermaids, companions, nurses, housekeepers, laundresses, dressmakers, and clerks. Advertisements name American and colored workers, including positions in private homes and hotels across Washington, with references requested and weeks’ pay or days listed.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.