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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1906
Page
13
Public notice outlines free classified ad policy and limits, urging readers to submit want ads via nearest agency. It lists multiple pharmacies and stores as ad drop points across districts, with deadlines and guidance on directed mail.
Classified ad bundle offering commissions and credit terms for books on horror, San Francisco disaster, and earthquakes. Promises high profit to agents, $2.50 to $6.00 pricing, multiple publishers, free samples, and credit options. Includes Cooper, Kuhlman, Percival, Arpler ads with low-clarity OCR.
A dense mix of job ads and notices from a Washington listing. Domestic guilds seek help from clerks and porters, carpenters, cleaners, drivers, and laborers while various firms advertise apprenticeships and sales positions.
A long column of job ads and clerical notices seeks delivery youths and men for various trades. Positions include grocery clerks, errand boys, machinists, grooms, waiters, stenographers, general house workers, cooks, and gardeners. Many ads request white or colored applicants, references, and immediate work with wages shown or implied.
Female help wanted notices show titles for private families boarding houses and hotels. Many listings seek white or colored women for general housework, cooking, laundry, or nurse and nanny roles with varied wages and locations in Washington DC and Maryland suburbs.
Help wanted ads offer oddities and varied roles. Listings include a French language interest seeking a cultivated native of France to feed a French gentleman daily, and other postings for solicitors, stenographers, optical department assistants, and hotel staff.
A Washington rug company advertises fine woven rugs and a tailoring service. An ad for pattern cuts to order promises perfect fitting designs for ladies, with details about locations and contact numbers.
Classified notices seek spot cash for furniture and household goods, cameras, coin-operated machines, horses, driving services, and assorted items. Listings include loan firms, steam shovel equipment, and real estate care offers. Individuals seek summer care, skilled labor, and small-stand purchases across Baltimore area.
A chaotic mix of for sale listings including furniture, mirrors, sewing tools, a sailing sloop, a silver soda fountain, stoves, a tone of household goods, and various odds and ends. Items feature multiple people and locations such as 808 N. Bremer, 1491 7th Street, and 523 1th street with prices like 4.75, 12s, and 40 dollars. Complex OCR fragment with many broken phrases and unclear details.
A dense classified page offers used pianos from Smith Piano Co and Grimes Piano Stores, plus cash registers, antique furniture, wheelchairs, and various sale tickets. Items include mahogany uprights, National cash registers, Hallwood registers, a Boston terrier pup, bedroom suites, a Singer sewing machine, and numerous small personal sales with price listings and exchange offers.
A dense batch of lost items list including watches rings pins purses and wallets. Numerous rewards offered for the return of property and contact details point to addresses on Purcell’s Kann Sena & Co 925 N St and 123 Md Ave NE among others with various dates and locations in Washington area.
The page lists numerous opportunities from a meat company, a hustler with $2,000 to join, a plumber starting a Washington venture, a 27 gold mine sale in West Baltimore, a cigar store for sale, canvassing jobs for ladies, mining stock purchases, and hardwood sales. It also advertises a rare chance to buy into a $15,000 yearly business and guidance on patents and trademarks.
Personal notices offer top prices for discarded clothing, shoes, hats, and accessories. Several ads promise prompt postal orders and calls, listing buyers such as Burnstein's, Burkets Verona, and Justh's Old Stand. Also includes palmistry and fortune telling services with contact details.
A long column lists numerous employment inquiries and requests from a Washington DC area office. Positions include chauffeurs, butlers, clerks, bookkeepers, gardeners, drivers, elevator operators, hotel staff, salesmen, watchmen, cooks, and general laborers. Many ads specify race and neighborhood hints, with references to colored applicants and single men seeking steady pressure-free work.
Classified worker notices list numerous roles for colored women including chambermaids, cooks, cleaners, nurses, companions, and maids in DC area. Positions specify home duties, experience, and addresses such as 1762 Est. Ave, 1190 Dist. Ave, 213% 7th St NW, and 404 17th St NW with pay and schedule hints.
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