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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
2
Free want ads urge readers to place short notices up to fifteen words in The Post with no charge on weekdays. Ads may request rooms or suitable arrangements, must be this day’s single free submission per person, and payments apply only to business ads.
Classifieds advertise positions including man and wife for suburban home duties with gardening and cooking, a stenographer and typewriter, and shorthand and typewriting training. Applicants aged 20 to 60 with varying experience are invited to ROOM 74 at specific addresses and institutions such as CHARIVES W. HOLMES and the STENOGRAPHIC ACADEMY.
A dense OCR of employment notices includes multiple roles: stable hand, ice house attendant, night clerk, light clerk, office boy, painter, plumber, pressers, press feeders, drug clerk, druggist, solicitor, pianist, waiter, guard, gymc. Includes ages, wages, room and board, and box numbers for responses. Indicates a broad range of entry to skilled positions with varied locations and employers.
A dense page of classified ads seeks male help for roles including apprentice barber, bar porter, bartender, street porter, clerk, cook, and shop assistant. Listings specify white and colored workers, temporary and permanent positions, weekly wages, and locations around NW and nearby streets. several show exact pay and shop names, while others request applications at specific offices or boxes.
A chaotic classified page shows numerous help wanted ads for domestic workers. Positions include cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, general housework, and colored or white applicants sought for private families, hotels, or suburban homes with various wages and requirements. Names of employers and street references appear, with contact directions to Washington Domestic Guild and other offices.
Classified notices show numerous help wanted ads for general housework, nurses, waitresses, seamstresses, clerical workers, and young maids. Listings specify white or colored applicants, various ages, and locations around Washington with weekly wages and contact details.
A jumble of classified ads hawks a corner grocery with living space, a high pay but low investment bookmaking chance, a patent and trademark info service, and a rent for a large floor space opposite the Municipal Building. Names include BURYSON, J. F. ROTTINGHAM, and T. S. HAGL with Washington DC and Brooklyn references.
A jumble of classifieds seeks exchanges and sales including a child's oak bed with rails and mattress for six dollars or trade for a single iron bed with springs. Other listings offer board and lodging in exchange for lawn or housekeeping duties, a small family goal and wife or mother and child, a double oak bed for a girl’s bicycle, a reliable white woman for light duties, a reliable colored man for lawn and furnace work, and various items for sale or trade such as a camera, a dynamo, or a 1200 pound horse. Contact names and addresses are given in several lines.
Horses and vehicles offered by dealers and individuals, including 1 and 3 horse extension-front carriages, 2 grand hightrans, pony carts, hackney and tandem carts, and imported carriages. All listed as in good condition, stored at WILLARD STORAGE, with prices around $200. Call to examine at 210 14th St NW and 313 19th St PW, details and bargains provided.
A collage of lost items and found notices listing dogs, wallets, watches, purses, pins, and other small belongings. Entries name owners and contact points, with rewards offered at addresses such as 996 Ba ave, 814 Bst. sw, 208, 225 18th st. nw, and organizations like WELLER'S DRUG STORE and HECHT CO. Details include dog breeds, colors, items like a fountain pen and pocketbooks, precise streets and neighborhoods, dates in July and August, and rewards for return.
An old classified page lists items for sale including carpets woven into art, a piano, a Hammond typewriter, a Universal keyboard, a Columbia graphophone with records, a moving picture device, a bicycle, dental office fixtures, a row boat, a wooden mantle, a camera outfit, an Edison phonograph, a Smyrna rug, a walnut wardrobe, a moquet rug, an oak chamber set, stoves, kitchen items, and an ice box. Prices and contact details are scattered, with several locations shown in Washington DC and surrounding area.
Four special pianos offered at once by E. F. Droop & Sons Co. at 925 Pa. Ave. N. W. Includes rem old Knabe grand rosewood case price 800, Kohler upright prices 450, 250, 285, and other used and near new uprights. Also miscellany like tandem piano and graphophone. Also items such as organ, furniture, and odd goods offered with bargain prices.
A scrambled page shows numerous classified pleas for employment from a variety of locals. Listings seek drivers porters clerks ushers waiters garden help janitors stenographers and more, mostly seeking young colored men with good refs, or white teens, across Washington area addresses and workplaces.
A dense list of classified help wanted notices appears featuring positions such as bookkeeper, restaurant and hotel staff, cleaners, nannies, companions, cooks, dressmakers, and general housework. Many entries specify colored women, day or evening work, and local Washington addresses, with offers of references and wages.
A long column of help wanted ads for female domestic workers. Entries seek housekeepers, laundresses, nurses, companions, and light workers with various experience, nationalities, and locations in Washington area. Multiple ads request references and send responses to box addresses or specific streets and offices.
A jumble of rental notices lists numerous furnished rooms for rent in Northwest and nearby streets. Descriptions mention large front rooms, two-story and basement options, private baths, housekeeping facilities, and reasonable board. Several locations include Dupont Circle, Lafayette Square, and Arlington hotels, with terms often moderate and rooms available by week or month.
Numerous entries list furnished rooms for rent across Northwest DC near War Department Treasury and U.S. Patent Office. Options include front rooms, single and double rooms, some with board, baths, telephone, and modern conveniences. prices range from about $3 to $12 per month with various terms and locations along St NW Mass Ave NW and nearby avenues.
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