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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
2
Free advertising is allowed in The Post free columns for non business needs under 15 words per ad. No free ads on Saturdays after 2 PM. Ads may be left at the office or mailed to The Washington Post with delivery via agency partners listed, each ad costing 5 cents for paid submissions.
Help wanted notices offer lucrative positions in merchandising and sales for ambitious young men and women with some experience. Apply to the superintendent by deadline or in person. Also a stenographic academy advertises shorthand and typewriting courses for 39 to 60 days at Colorate Building, Whitehall and nearby, with home study and references.
A flood of help wanted notices lists young men and women for diverse jobs. Positions range from general labor and warehouse to clerical, waiter, cook, and acetylene cleaners with wages from several dollars per day to weekly sums. Many listings specify boarding, housing, or nearby locations, and several favor applicants with experience or particular skills.
Classified help wanted notices show numerous positions including porters office boys stenographers waiters elevator conductors and salesmen. Ads seek white and colored workers for varied trades with wages and contact details in the metropolitan area.
Numerous late 19th or early 20th century classified ads seek women for domestic work in homes and private families. Listings include cooks waitresses chambermaids caretakers laundresses and general housework with wages ranging up to about $35 monthly. Addresses and contact boxes provided for applicants.
A dense block of classified ads seeks female domestic workers in and around Washington, listing positions for general housework, laundry, cooking, ironing, and child care. Many entries specify color views, stay-at-home or live-in arrangements, and varied wages, locations, and hours, with several boxes directing applicants to Washington Domestic Guild and related offices.
Readable listings show a wide range of secondhand goods and services from furniture, carpets, and bicycles to phonographs, watches, and pianos. Buyers seek cheap items, specific conditions, and prompt replies, while sellers request price, description, and contact details.
A cluttered classified page lists motor ranges 20 to 9 volts, glass office partitions, furniture including pianos walnut suites and bedframes, a military revolver, a French bulldog, a Columbia Graphophone, a full dress suit, various cameras and musical instruments, and miscellaneous items with prices and locations in Washington area addresses and landmarks. Many entries read as offers or sales from a single office, with multiple items like a mahogany parlor desk, wicker baby carriage, an organ, a roll-top desk, a gas register, a typewriter, a couch, and a gilt selection of household goods.
Magnificent Chickering Grand piano described as dusted and overhauled by ex president, now in perfect condition with refined tone. Regular price 1960, special at 3659 Botley Loombert. Huntington Plagos with oak frame favorably priced. One Square Plaxo with rosewood case offered at 15. E. F. Droop & Sons Co. 925 Pa. Ave. N. W.
SITUATIONS WANTED, CARETAKER M1 by a young white man and wife seek summer care of house with gardening horses. Apply at 04 27th St NW. Also seek first class houseworker and waiter. References required. State class cite refs. 838 St NW.
Classified list of job seekers including caretakers, auto apprentices, draftsmen, architects, bartenders, chauffeurs, clerks, cooks, waiters, and maids. Entries show ages, colors, experience, and addresses or box numbers with references. Emphasis on reliability, steady work, and willingness to relocate or work evenings.
A flood of lost and found notices lists countless items including watches keys wallets letters rings and a dog from Georgetown Circle to Rhode Island Avenue areas. Rewards offered for return with several contacts including Treasury Department and various hotels and offices.
A jumble of ads lists furniture for sale including beds refrigerators parlor suites couches dressers tables and rugs. Items feature prices and contact notes across multiple addresses such as 429 th st 108 Seaton xt and 2112 11th a with mentions of folding beds dining tables wardrobes and a 15 room house contents offered if taken before August 10.
Local ads seek to buy used furniture and bric a brac for cash. Multiple items listed include parlor furnishings, beds, parlor stoves, hall carpets, picture frames, and rugs. People offer high prices for second hand items and request response with price and condition. Address details and contact lines included for immediate sale.
A collage of exchange notices from the Old Washington Evening Star lists storage and packing services, furniture and instruments for trade, including a 1,200 pound horse, uprights pianos, a Hammond typewriter, a Universal Key board, and various goods offered for rent or barter. Numerous names, addresses, and item requests appear, reflecting a bustling barter market from the era.
A dense, fragmented 1906 era page lists personal ads and services: high cash offers for worn garments, scalp and facial massages, notes of lost items or illness, and employment or detective agency references. It mentions willing buyers, dress items, and a warehouse rental by The Harrison Realty Company.
A compiled ad list shows numerous entries from colored men seeking positions in warehousing driving elevator work and general labor. Listings include driver porter warehouse foreman and watchman posts with references and local Brooklyn Washington notices.
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