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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1906
Page
19
The Washington Post invites free want ads with no charge or space limits within city columns. Ads must avoid business notices, adhere to timing rules, and may be mailed or delivered to participating drug stores for a five cent per advertisement handling fee. Agencies listed cover Northwest Northeast Southeast and Anacostia locations.
Help wanted for a housemaid or boy with experience. Advertisement notes classes or individuals taught in whorinand and typewriting at the school. Location given as 26-019 Colorado Building Rozs de5. Open to all pupils taking a course, duration 30 to 60 days.
Classifieds listings show multiple employment opportunities and job ads for white and colored workers in Washington, including bartenders, barbers, maids, drivers, gardeners, clerks, and farm laborers. The Washington Domestic Guild promotes registered servants and positions with liberal pay, commissions, and furnished housing.
Classified ads seek labor and skilled trades for downtown Washington D C. openings include kitchen man, packer, pressers, painters, grinders, and confectioners. Listings offer training, apprenticeships, and yearlong work with steady pay. several emphasize white or colored workers and require reliability and experience.
A dense, era-tinged classified page lists numerous help wanted ads for chambermaids, cooks, housekeepers, waitresses, and domestic staff. Roles specify color, race, and location details, with various wages and employer names such as The Irvington and Mrs MeL. The page also includes address and box references for applications and a telephone contact.
A large volume of classified notices seeks women for general housework across diverse conditions. Many listings specify race, age, and willingness to relocate or stay nights, with varied wages and locations including northwest and downtown addresses.
Fidelity Storage Co at 1420 U St NW proclaims the largest fireproof warehouse in Washington with 1000 rooms and burglarproof vaults for silverware, heated suites, vehicle rooms, and expert packers and movers. guarantees to save you money.
An old advertisement offers baked beans and brown bread for 26 cents with door delivery Sunday morning. It also promotes Aladins pattern fitting services for shirt waist patterns at Designing Parlors, 1270 G at ov. The ad mentions orders by 9 am and highlights pattern cutting to order for a flattering fit.
Miscellaneous ads show cash bids for used furniture, pawn tickets, gold and jewelry, and various items. Employers seek drivers and labor at construction firms, with addresses in Baltimore and Washington area, plus offers for used pianos, cameras, safes, and gear. Several listings request contact by mail or phone, including Fidelity Construction Co and Louis Abrahame.
Classified list of for sale items including a Magnificent Hardman upright grand piano, National cash registers, Hallwood registers, bicycles, furniture, clothing, and various odds and ends. Includes prices, contact references, and locations across Washington area. items range from used furniture to hardware, with several ad phrases and vendor names.
An assorted classifieds page listing mirrors, eggs for hatching, a second hand wheel, a underwood typewriter, a revolving office chair, a gasoline launch, an upright piano, antique door knocker, a corntr upholstered window shade, a brown silk suit, and other household items. Prices and conditions vary. items include livestock, furniture, musical instruments, and hardware. Local contact details and partial addresses appear with several items.
A collection of classified style offers and requests. Items include a black water spaniel for a male or other small house pet. exchanges for groceries, furniture, coal, or autos. a bass bamboo craft and film prop item. a four act play with a Jewish comedy. dictation work evenings. a suburban lot exchange for groceries, furniture, or automobile. requests for New England town history in exchange for gifts. a hammerless shotgun for a sailboat. a lady offering services for a month’s travel expenses. English lessons in exchange for Spanish. and a pretty brown dress suitable for exchange for a black dress pattern. Addresses include 2401 N St NW and 1221 Columbia Rd NW with box notices.
A crowded list of lost and found items from Washington DC areas near the Capitol and government buildings. Wallets, purses, keys, jewelry, a dog, a fur scarf, a hat, a white bulldog, and various personal belongings are searched for with owners instructed to claim at specific addresses or offices. Rewards offered for returns and identification details vary by item.
A dense, fragmented list of lost items and rewards including a female Atta dog, a black patent leather handbag near Zoo Park, a small gold watch, an insignia with coat of arms, mink scarf, a gold brooch with onyx, a small gold stick pin, various purses and satchels, a cane, a silver buckle, a gold flower pin, a necklace of gold beads, a jewelry item near Dupont Circle, and multiple other items with reward offers and return addresses in Washington area venues and streets.
Multiple classified items offer for sale or investment including a first class retail business with dairy facilities, a for sale by owner corner grocery, a bid for a controlling interest in a publishing and printing company, and a patent and trademark protection service. Entries note profits, shares, and box contact prompts, with buyers urged to respond to the office ads.
Personal ads show high cash offers for worn clothing including ladies and gentlemen's wear, with phone contacts and calls promised. Also lists for manicures, palmistry, fortune telling services, and various ads for cleaners, detectives, and private parlors.
SITUATIONS WANTED showing various roles including caretaker or house man and wife positions, chef and housekeeper pair, janitor, stenographer, typist, and rooming or office locations. Readable details include addresses in Gramercy Flat and Washington Loan and Trust Building.
A dense, mixed class of help wanted notices lists helpers across many trades. Apprentices, bartenders, butlers, drivers, clerks, cooks, gardeners, janitors, and hotel staff seek positions with references. Many entries specify race and preferred qualifications, with multiple addresses in Washington area.
Fragmented classified listings show male job seekers offering services as private secretaries stenographers clerks valets travelers and watchmen. Ads request best references and contact by box numbers or street addresses with brief details.
A lengthy classified page lists numerous employment requests from women seeking work. entries include domestic positions like chambermaid, cook, housekeeper, nanny, companion, and cleaner, with references and street addresses across Washington areas. Several want live-in roles, some specify race, and others request clerical or office help.
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