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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1906
Page
11
The notice outlines free want ads in columns with limits, payment rules for business ads, and repeated insertions. It lists locations and pharmacies in multiple city districts for delivering ads and notes initials mail policy and cutoff times.
An illustrated advertisement offers experiences of a California fire and volcanic event with promises of high profits and credit terms. The ad mentions location in Philadelphia and lists terms like commission and postage. It reads as a sensational prospect for agents seeking payment structures and incentives.
Help wanted entries show positions in optical department canvasing for staff with commission per sale. Wages expected and application to LH. Also requests for stenographic academy, dishwashers, and room for pupils from Whortland and Ceyewriting to enroll.
A river of classified notices from Washington and Philadelphia circulates seeking male applicants for domestic, clerical, sales, and labor positions. Advertisements promise steady pay, long hours, and opportunities in guilds, law firms, bottling companies, and hotels, with contact details and locations across the East.
A dense scramble of job ads and notices offers positions from painter and kitchen helper to machinist and janitor. Many colored and white applicants sought for varied duties at hotels, stores, farms, and offices with wages and hours noted.
Classified ads offer numerous general housework, cook, laundry, and child care roles for colored and white women in many Washington neighborhoods. Positions range from live-in and stay-at-night to day work with references required. Many listings specify wages, locations, and employer types across several streets and avenues.
Harness for sale offering spring harnesses saddles riding whips and harness related gear at tempting prices. Advertisement from Wal Daw & Co. calls customers to visit their shop for available stock and discounts.
A pot of baked beans and a brown loaf are offered for 25 venta with delivery Sunday morning. Orders must be in by 9 a m Saturday. Also advertised are woven carpets, a rug service, and pattern cutting for ladies at the Designing Parlors offering tailored sizing and fit.
Classified ads seek cash for furniture, cameras, jewelry, and household goods from BAUMS FURNITURE SHOP to Fidelity Construction and other listings. Additional notices offer loans, antique furniture, used items, rental and hire needs, and job opportunities with addresses, phone numbers, and specific items like launch hulls and roll-top desks.
Classified section itemizes upright pianos with varied styles and prices, cash register ads, a soda fountain counter, a baby buggy, a grand square piano, safes and office equipment, a blue broadcloth suit, bicycles, furniture, and other secondhand goods. Names and addresses scattered throughout.
A jumble of classified ads lists gas ranges, bicycles, furniture, trunks, clocks, pianos, ladies wear, canoes, cameras, and other household items for sale. Includes specific items like a gas range, a mahogany bookcase, a Richmond grand piano, a burglary safe, and a folding pocket Kodak, with various addresses and contact notes across Washington area listings.
A jumble of old classified notices offering bartering and services. Items include clothing for exchange, sewing duties for Jady, a gas range, a lost horse badge, a thoroughbred dog for sale, financial help for manufacturing gear, a merit service trade, shorthand dictation classes, an intelligent middle-aged person seeking exchange, and a lounge set for a lady.
A chaotic collection of lost items listed with dates and locations including dogs, purses, rings, eyeglasses, and jewelry. Numbers and street hints suggest a late 19th to early 20th century classifieds page with rewards offered for return. Names and addresses reflect neighborhood notices for property recovery and abandoned items.
Multiple lost items and items found notices across Washington area including watches, bags, keys, dog and a purse. Names include Mrs THOS D ADAMS and The New Willard. Rewards offered for returns to addresses on 174th Street NW and 3206 1th St NW.
Classifieds show multiple requests and offers. A salt and tobacco business for sale, a well-established operation earning about 13000 yearly with buyer options, ongoing opportunities in bakery and boarding houses, and requests for investment notes. Also listings for trade mark patent information and general business partnerships.
Male SITUATIONS WANTED listing from 804 27th St NY reads as a dense, ad filled page of job seekers offering services from bakers and barmaids to chauffeurs, cooks, clerks, and hotel staff. Names, addresses, and brief skills appear across entries with a heavy emphasis on colored and white workers seeking domestic, private, or small business roles in the Washington area.
A dense, era newspaper style classified page lists numerous help wanted and domestic service ads. entries include female situations wanted, assistants, chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, companions, nurses, housekeepers, and related roles with locations such as Northwest Washington DC streets and notable hotels. many ads specify race, experience, references, and pay expectations. names and addresses appear with contact options like phone or box numbers, reflecting mid century employment notices.
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