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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
21
Public notice lists free classified ads for wants and finds in The Washington Post free columns with limits and submission details. It names participating pharmacies and locations in Northwest Northeast Southwest and Anacostia where ads can be left or mailed for processing.
A crowded help wanted listing offers positions for pupils in civil service and shorthand courses, sales and real estate, barber work, domestic guilds, and various labor roles. Ads seek white and colored workers, including boys, cleaners, drivers, clerks, gardeners, waiters, and hotel staff, with wages and hours hinted.
A dense page of job ads listing positions such as gardener and cleaner, general labor, grocery clerk, butcher help, stenographers, printer apprentices, houseman, driver, porter, loom handler, and more. Many ads specify color and race in hiring, wage figures, locations around Washington DC areas, and contact details. Notable roles include gardener, garment cleaner, store porter, warehouse worker, and various shop and restaurant help.
Classified page shows numerous domestic help ads with positions for cooks chambermaids waitresses and house workers. Listings request skilled and unskilled help including server roles in Washington area homes with details on wages and locations, dates and contact notes. The page includes many variations of applicants sought from colored and white workers and notes about travel and experience.
Advertises numerous domestic job openings including cooks, houseworkers, maids, and laundresses. Listings specify race and experience requirements, locations around Washington DC areas, and weekly or monthly wages. Many ads seek white or colored workers for private families, hotels, and institutions with varying duties from cooking and laundry to child care and cleaning.
A dense early 20th century help wanted page offers numerous positions: nurse for a three year old, office workers with math and writing skills, steno and typist roles, kitchen and domestic staff, waitresses for clubs and hotels, seamstresses, salesgirls for department stores, and a travel or stenography emphasis. Many ads request white women, moderate wages, and specific hours, with several locations in Washington area and mentions of Berkeley Springs West Virginia and Pittsburgh.
A noisy page of classifieds lists baked beans and brown bread delivery for 26 cents, furniture, hardware, and household goods bought and sold. Wanted items include teams with drivers, cash for pawn tickets, coins, and a piano. Also notices for patterns, tires, safes, and second hand gear.
Mixed classified ads list cash registers cars a sailing launch furniture and household items for sale. Entries mention National Cash Register Co and Hallwood registers repair, a 28 foot launch with buffalo engine, desks, refrigerators furniture sets, pianos and various secondhand goods with prices, locations and contact box references.
A flood of small ads lists lost items including purses wallets keys rings and jewelry. Locations span Washington Circle near the Zoological Park Capitol area and streets like 7th Street NW Virginia Owyer and Willard Hotel. Rewards offered for returns with contact details for Webber Kettler and others.
Classified exchanges seek to swap items like pens, cards, bicycles, furniture, or automo biles. Promises include fair value, monthly budgets, or nearby locations with contact at a local office.
Early ads list multiple lost items including a small gold open face watch near George Washington, a female Bernhard dog missing since Tuesday with a reward at 127 Park, and a black patent leather handbag with loop entrance to the Zoo Park returning for reward at 22147 Park Conch. Also listed: a soft small gun, a rare old fashioned seal with crest and initials J. D. and an insignia on a coat of arms between G and R streets with a reward for return.
A notices page lists a wanted partner to advance 775 start profitable office, seeking a lady or gentleman partner with ten thousand capital. Also offered are a 9 room hotel, stock and fixtures, a sale of a well established milk route, and various ads for Cigar store stock, real estate, and patents. Includes personal ads, services, and miscellaneous listings from a public notices section.
A cluster of classified style requests shows job seekers and household listings. Names and details include various aliases and addresses in AZ and 835 Gremerey Fiet, with notes on positions for a janitor, housekeeper, stenographer, and typesetter.
Employment ads seek carpenters, chauffeurs, cooks, clerks, janitors, drivers, watchmen, elevator operators, gardeners, sales agents, and general laborers. Multiple employers offer state wages, steady work, and references. positions target colored and white workers, with mail-in applications and box numbers for responses.
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