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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1906
Page
2
The free ad column rules outline no charge for simple wants under fifteen words with limits on number per day per person. It explains where to place ads, mentions agency drugstores for drop off, delivery to the Post, and restrictions on times and initials handling.
Classified ad seeking salesmen to sell stock in a well established company. Encourages prompt action with clear opportunity to invest and earn commissions. Includes contact instruction for interested parties.
Government appointment notices list openings at a service institute including woman cook night cook two dishwashers and one cleaner. Also a school promises positions for pupils taking shorthand and typing courses, with a 30 to 69 day program, at Colorado Building.
An assortment of help wanted notices across trades and roles. Positions include architects engineers builders canvassers sales workers clerks drivers and domestic staff. Listings request experience for some roles while others offer training or flexible home work arrangements.
Multiple brief employment notices seeking stenographers typists watchmakers and general laborers. Posts include railroad office diary entry general contractor in Dallas area commissary building for 200 37 more workers and a bank for a young man with good address. Includes young man of good appearance and a white boy for printing office duties.
A dense classified page lists numerous domestic help positions including cooks maids and nannies sought in Washington DC area with varying hours and wages plus many help wanted and canvasser notices. It also catalogs a long sequence of lost items from rings to purses dogs and a lamp, with locations and contact hints.
Readers advertise for top cash offers on worn garments including mens wear and ladies items. W. Rice at 1832 ith si nw and J. Parshes at 1409 7th wt nw invite calls for postal replies. The National Detective Agency and Morgan Bradford advertise services with phone lines and hours.
The page lists multiple small ads including a man of education sought by Armato Motion Picture Co, a dining room interest opportunity, and a Nevada mining property deal by Dignowity Exploration. It also includes requests from George Kellogg and J Nottingham for patents, brokers offering stock services, and numerous used furniture and household goods for sale or rent with contact details.
Furniture wanted for cash. Spot cash paid for furnishings, pets, bric a brac, and household goods. Baum's Furniture Shop at Ninth Street and U ats offers quick pickup and North 1212 contact. Teather wads needed immediately with high prices offered by Anitzen Laport at 1131 That nw. Phone N. 1192.
FOR EXCHANGE. BOSTON BULL PUP THOROUGHBRED FOR A writing desk 2527 sth slaw 18 FIFLE 209 ASSORTED FISH HOOKS. DESIRED items include camera baby carriage stamp albums books electric train outfit new and complete xen shells curlos for offers. INDESTRUCTIBLE 1000 xeoma dilver vaults mothproof. money advanced at percent per annum on goods stored. PACKING DRAYING AND SHIPPING.
Classified ad bundle offering storage and loan services, pawn tickets, and purchases of old gold silver and diamonds. Small ads invite readers to sell, buy, or lease furniture, beds, desks, pianos, and other items. Includes requests for feathers and lessons and various secondhand goods and services.
For our new fall stock we offer many special values in new and slightly used pianos. Descriptions include Gabler, Chickering Grand, Huntington Upright, Matousek, Bailey, Manielmanhy, and Knabe pianos. Prices range from 25.00 to 36500 with tight sale terms at E. F. Droop & Sons Co. 925 Pa. Ave NW.
A jumble of dealer and private sale offers lists washstands baby carriages musical instruments a piano a canary bird a letter copying press and more. Items include a 38th street pent a cherry tables and a horse buggy with harness wagon bicycle a loud steam pump and a drainer and a range of used goods from Citiz ens Savings Bank stock to moving picture stock boxes and types of tools with contact box addresses in Washington area.
Miscellaneous listings include a patrol wagon in good order with CH 337 Met a7, a cheap bicycle after 5 pm at 14 Fie ave Go, a large rooming furniture and boarding house for sale in a first class location, and a 20 foot fast open launch at low price from Henry Bridel & Co 40 W German at Baltimore.
A dense, fragmentary classified page lists numerous early 20th century job seekers and helpers. Segments include general office work, caretaking, clerical and stenographic roles, drivers, janitors, cooks, housekeepers, nurses, teachers, and domestic staff. Many entries specify race and gender, with references and addresses in Washington area.
Numerous furnished rooms for rent across Washington DC areas including NW and NE sectors. Listings show second floor front rooms with porce lain baths, heat, gas, and board options. single or double rooms with or without meals. private families seeking tenants. proximity to Capitol, Dupont Circle, and Thomas Circle noted.
A long list of furnished rooms for rent in Washington DC near Capitol, Library, and government offices. Includes large front rooms, south-facing suites, private family houses, and rooms with heat, bath, and heat included. Prices range from several dollars per week to monthly rates, with nearby transit access and various amenities. Several entries note near the M Street NW, 17th Street NW, and East Capitol Street locations, with references to quiet, comfortable, or luxurious options.
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