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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1906
Page
11
The notice explains free want ads in the Washington Post classified section, limits of up to fifteen words, one advert per person per day, and no fee if responses arrive. It lists locations for agencies where ads can be left or mailed with a five cent delivery fee.
The ad seeks agents in every county for a patented household article and a horror story collection. It promises exclusive territory, 30 percent commission, 100 percent profit, freight paid, and credit terms. Send sample requests to American Facility or Ashlvan Co Chicago.
Help wanted notices seek men and women to work flexible evenings after 6. positions include agents with commissions, optical department roles, stenographic academy trainees, room listings, and hotel staff. Apply at various local businesses and schools.
A dense jumble of a classified page with multiple help wanted notices. It lists positions from domestics and apprentices to carpenters and drivers, with contact details and brief requirements. Names of employers include Washington Domestic Guild and Monarch Book Company, among others, along with street addresses and telephone hints.
A dense listing of employment notices seeks a wide range of workers from clerks and grocery staff to machinists and housekeepers. It includes roles such as grocery clerk, meat cutter, kitchen helper, janitor, real estate office boy, route boy, stenographer, typewriter operator, machinist, porter, waiter, and laborers. Some ads request experience, good references, or specific hours, with several offering room and board or monthly wages. Newspaper styling reflects era diction and multiple white and colored worker classifications.
Classified ads seek chambermaids cooks waitresses and domestic staff of white and colored candidates in Washington area. postings list multiple positions with terms wages locations and contact details including 1408 M St NW 804 17th St NW and 84 11th St NW.
Classified notices offer numerous general housework positions and domestic helper roles. Listings specify tasks from cleaning and cooking to overnight stay and child care, with varied wages and locations across Washington area addresses and nearby towns. Many ads require references, specify race or color where noted, and request immediate applications or staying nights in some cases.
An odd classified item offers ladies a pattern service promising graceful, easy, beautiful garments. Contact details reference a pattern shop and shirt-waist patterns at 1239 Gat.
Mixed classified ads seek cash for used furniture like stoves bric a brac and household goods. Also buyers seek cash for old cameras cash registers and general items with inquiries in Baltimore and Washington area shops and storeshouse.
RISCELLANEGAS FOR SALE PIANOS AT GIVE AWAY PRICES. Variety of uprights from Steiner Stein Smithsonian and Chickering brands offered with monthly payments. Mahogany uprights advertised with styles priced at 125 and 400 dollars. Gold down payments available. Grimes Piano Stores, 912 F St.
Classified blizzard of second hand goods: cash registers from National Cash Register Co at 17th Street NW, antique mahogany furniture, a diamond ring for $225, a Rundown of sewing machines, carpets, mirrors, chandeliers, a dining table, mahogany office furniture, and various household items. Includes terms and contact notes for buyers and dealers.
Miscellaneous sale notices list items like a large gold framed talking machine coat faux leather and items including a chimney, bureau, washstand, piano, range and irons. Prices range from 4 to 1900 dollars with various owners and addresses noted in the ad block.
A jumble of exchange notices offering items for trade or sale including a cheap rubber tire runabout, a coated trap, a steel-tired leather-topped buggy, a Waltham watch, a bicycle, and other goods. Also mentions clothing for sewing work, a Shakespeare subscription edition, a blue flame oil stove, a cash register, and a thoroughbred dog with price. Includes various names and addresses in terse classifieds style.
A collage of lost and found items including a brown pocketbook, a black female dog, a lead purse, a Cuban poodle named Neb, a bow knot brooch, a breastpin, a gold watch, an engraved gold medal from Columbian University, and a tan terrier, with rewards and contact details for owners. Listings mention addresses in Washington, DC and surrounding areas, including Willard Hotel vicinity, Mount Vernon, and 160 H Street Northeast.
Multiple lost item notices from a Washington DC area paper listing purses wallets rings watches and other valuables with descriptions and contact returns. Items include a gold ring turquoise netting pearl necklace and a white poodle plus various cards money orders and keys. Rewards offered for returns to owners at specified addresses or offices.
A scanned classified page shows multiple small ads: Hustler with £2000 to start three ventures in Wash arto. saloon in West Baltimore near Mt Clara shops. cigar store for sale. women to canvass. cash for capital for mining. sale of hard hardwood pieces. established business for sale at $12,000 yearly. half-interest in business for sale. bakery for rent Colonial Beach Virginia. cigar and news stand for rent at Regent Hotel. state rights on an article for sale. patents and trade marks information.
A long page of personals and small ads features offerings for discarded clothing purchases, manicuring and scalp massage services, employment notices, a famed palmist and clairvoyant, and buyback calls for men’s and women’s apparel. Names like Lotta L. Hubbell, Burnsteen, and Philip Fudelevit appear alongside addresses and hours, with claims of high cash payments and psychic readings.
Classified listing from Washington offering household help including cooks, maids, chauffeurs, and caretakers with varying experience. Includes numerous positions for colored workers and white applicants, references requested, locations around 14th to 17th streets NW and nearby areas.
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