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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
13
The Post outlines free small ads for wants and needs with limits on frequency and timing. It lists stations and pharmacies delivering ads and notes that no free ads run on Saturdays after 2 pm, with addresses and outlets in various city areas.
Help wanted ads invite young men and women with little experience to apply for positions at 7A and 8B & Kann Sons. Wages promised, strict requirements, and applications via superintendent or in person by a stated date. Also an ad for stenographic academy offering courses in shorthand and typewriting with home study and favorable conditions.
Numerous classified notices seek male helpers, clerks, cooks, and laborers for hotels, bakeries, warehouses, and households. Positions require reliability, experience, and references. wages range from daily to monthly, with some offers for board and lodging. Several ads target young men with basic skills in accounting, bookkeeping, and shop work, and note locations in Washington and nearby areas.
A scanned employment page lists numerous help wanted notices across multiple trades including lunchroom workers, bar porters, office assistants, typists, paper hangers, painters, plumbers, confectioners, elevator operators, waiters, and sales roles. Some ads request experience, references, or specific demographics, with addresses and box numbers for applications.
A flood of help wanted notices seeks women for rooming, waitressing, cooking, and general housework across Washington. Ads describe positions in private families and boarding houses, with wages from about 12 to 24 dollars monthly, and many specify white or colored applicants, neat appearance, experience, and references.
The page lists many help wanted notices for female domestic workers including general housework, laundresses, cooks, and nannies. Entries specify color of applicants, residency, and requirements, with postings from Washington Domestic Guild and other agencies offering positions in or near the city.
A cluttered list of ads and notices including requests to buy old carpets feathers beds and fur coats and to sell or trade items. Entries mention addresses and phone numbers, including Washington locations, listings for saddles, bicycles, pianos, cameras, phonographs and a row of miscellaneous sales and services.
A chaotic classified page lists numerous items for sale including pianos ornate furniture and a revolver with prices. It mentions a square grand piano a walnut desk a wicker baby carriage a Columbia phonograph and a French bulldog puppy along with cameras and a gas register. Addresses in Washington DC area appear, and several items are marked cheap or for sacrifice.
Advertisement lists Magnificent Chickering Grand recently overhauled with new strings, priced around 1960 but offered special at 3659 Botley Lpmebt. Also notes Huntington Platters with oak and rosewood cases, One Square Plat, and a 925 Pa. Ave. N. W. address. Includes catering to “SITUATIONS WANTED” with housekeeping and gardening skills.
A long S W ad page lists male applicants offering services as caretaker machinist gardener architect draftsman bookkeeper bartender waiter porter driver chauffeur and more. Includes brief self descriptions, ages, references, addresses and preferred employment types across multiple cities and venues.
A flood of notices lists lost wallets, rings, watches, keys, purses, and pets across Washington DC including addresses on 11th Street NW, F Street, and near Capitol area. Recipients offer rewards. several items mention recovery from hotels, buildings, and public squares with contact details and dates in early August.
Classified listing offering used furniture and room contents for sale as city leaves. Items include dining tables chairs bureaus beds dressers parlor suites couches rugs and a variety of other pieces with prices and contact details scattered amid damaged OCR text. Located addresses include 429 th st 108 Seaton 912 Fost ne 1535 T st nw 2112 11th a and 2112 11th a. The ad notes a 15 room house contents to be sold before August 10 and lists multiple items such as a folding bed and a gas stove.
Widespread classified listing seeks to buy home goods for cash. Requests good second hand furniture, gas ranges, parlor stoves, hall carpets, picture frames, china closets, stair carpets, and bric a brac with price and condition details. Firms like Baum's, Shikatee, and others advertise immediate purchase offers and contact details.
A crowded classified page lists storage capacity at Fidelity Storage Co and various exchange offers. Items include a 120 You Street building, indestructible silver tanks, packing and shipping services, a 1200-pound horse, pianos, a Hammond typewriter, a Universal Key Board, flutes, a violin, a camera, a gun, and other merchandise offered for rent, exchange, or board. Also advertised are housekeeping help, horse trades, and miscellaneous barter proposals with local offices in Washington and Anacostia.
Classified items offer top cash for worn clothing hats shoes and other items. Miscellaneous services advertised include detective agency, scalp and facial massage, and a warehouse office rental. Contacts list locations in Washington area with phone numbers and addresses.
A dense classified column lists colored men and women seeking work in Washington with varied roles including elevator conductor, porter, traveling salesman, clerk, stenographer, watchman, and general labor. Ads promise referrals, experience, or education, and address multiple readers to contact through office boxes and local addresses.
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