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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1906
Page
9
Public notice invites free ads with limits and timing. Readers are directed to submit listings to The Post, noting post office rules and drop dates. Agencies, pharmacies, and local stores are listed as ad delivery points across districts.
Classifieds list male help needed across stores, groceries, waiters, porters, and labor roles. Mentions ages, wages, and locations such as Lincoln Hotel Grant Pl and 37th St. Includes roles like wrapper, houseman, waiter, and general labor with notes on experience and steady work.
Fragmentary help wanted notice mentions pay and duties but unreadable text blocks obscure roles and employer. No clear date, location, or organization identifiable from readable portions.
Classified ad from Washington listing multiple positions for maids cooks and waitresses sought by white and colored applicants. Includes chambermaids cooks and domestic helpers with various age, experience, and locality notes, calling for immediate application at listed addresses and contact numbers.
A dense classified page offering numerous domestic care roles. Listings include houseworker positions for whites and colored women, cooks, laundresses, and child care helpers with varying experience requirements and wages. Also seeks stenographers, secretaries, and a few general labor roles across multiple streets and addresses.
An OCR fragment lists bakery orders with plain goods for delivery Sunday morning, including baked beans and brown bread. It mentions Blair's Bakery address and order deadlines, plus a separate note on woven patterns and a design firm offering perfect fitting patterns by mail.
A fragmented page offers various ad lines for used cameras and furniture from AAUN'S FURNITURE SHOP and COLLATERAL LOAN co, plus gear for sacks and feather beds. Also listed are construction and railway mentions, Plus requests for loaning money and old valuables. The text is garbled with many misspellings and incomplete details.
A cluttered page of late 19th or early 20th century ads lists rental wants and goods for sale. Items include a furnished house for summer by a mother and son, a good gas range refrigerator and lawn settee, second hand hot air pump, a small stable or shed, a tent, a counter show case, an automobile, medical cabinet, and a dog puppy inquiry. Several notices mention paying cash, shipping from Alexandria Virginia and Richmond area, with contact boxes and offices.
Miscellaneous for sale items include upright pianos with prices 459 425 and 300 dollars, rental and down payments offered. Also cash registers National Hallwood and related agency ads with service, repairs and discounted offers. Other listings cover guitars bicycles furniture appliances and various odds and ends with contact notes.
A garbled 20th century classifieds collage shows a mix of furniture, baby carriage, piano, revolver, bikes, gas range, printing press, safes, and various household goods. Several items note condition and price hints, with locations like The Portsmouth and 14th Street NW. Names and addresses are fragmentary.
A chaotic classified notice row lists numerous barter requests including a cash register, horse gear, a room for rent, a thoroughbred horse named Hernaud, financial aid, intelligent middle aged man seeking light service work, a lady desk, a bed lounge for a lady, a bag, baseballs, cards, a fountain pen, and various clerk exchanges. It shows boxed contact addresses and box numbers for exchanges at the office.
A dense, OCR heavy list of lost and found items from Washington districts, including purses, rings, a diamond ring on Harvard Street, a lady’s handbag, a gold watch, a terrier, and various money-containing items. Contacts at local addresses are given for reclaim, with rewards frequently offered.
A jumble of lost notices listing items including jewelry pins, chains, feather boas, books, papers, a dog, rings, and a Cuban figurine. Rewards offered for returns, with contact hints and partial addresses, dated across several days.
Scattered classified notices offer business opportunities, rental rooming and boarding with guaranteed dividends, national financing ads, patent and trade mark information, and various solicitation phrases. Names and addresses appear, including Soloniz Beach Virginia and 814 F Street NW Washington DC, with requests to send inquiries to box numbers.
Vast collection of early 20th century classified blurbs seek cash for corn garments, leather items, and footwear. Ads promise top prices for men’s wear, hats, shoes, and other apparel. several listings claim quick pickup and nationwide service.
A dense wartime style classifieds page listing job openings for clerks, bartenders, drivers, housekeepers, nannies, gardeners, and skilled trades in Washington area. Multiple entries specify race and gender, with addresses and short requirements, plus requests for experienced cooks, waitstaff, Carpenters, and domestic staff.
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