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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
2
The Washington Post offers free advertising for Wanted Help, Wanted Situations, For Rent Rooms, and similar small notices up to fifteen words. One ad per person per day. unlimited insertions if first one succeeds. Listings are accepted at offices or by mail, with agency locations provided for convenience.
A dense glut of help wanted notices spans diverse roles from stenographers and clerks to bakers and drivers. Employers like Washington Bread, PRESS SYNDICATE, and COVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE request skilled applicants, offering wages and training amid varied requirements and ages.
Male help wanted for commissary near Andevill on Murphy branch of the BoR. Frank E. Gilbreth seeks a reliable man for ambitious building project and potential commissary operation. Also several terse ads for yard work, a flute player, drug industry trainee, fountain attendant, and a young man with good presence. Bright boys with wheels and other quick listings accompany this notice.
A dense string of help wanted notices seeks female domestic workers and related roles. Listings include rooming, clerical, cook, maid, waitress, chambermaid, housework, nanny, and aldermanic positions with various employers, locations, and contact references across Washington area.
A cluttered sheet lists numerous missing items including a gold belt with green buckle, a rolling of music, a lady's cameo pin, a gold hunting case watch, a diamond ring and bar pin, a dog, a black leather pocket, and various letters. Rewards offered. several returns requested to specific addresses and institutions. Also ads offering cash for clothing and footwear and a detective agency contact.
A jumble of classified ads seeking cash for furniture and household goods. Listings include a walnut sideboard, walnut double wardrobe, gas range with oven, spring cot, mahogany parlor suite, dining room chairs and table, feather pillows, and more. Buyers call at multiple northwest Washington addresses.
Fragmentary misc text from an old newspaper page includes stray phrases and a telephone-like fragment. Readable bits mention wearables or contern notes and a Washington area cue with a vague street reference. No clear event, person, or organization is fully identifiable.
Miscellaneous tiny ads offer storage of furniture, pawn-ticket cash offers, old feather beds wanted, asking for contact by mail. Several entries request rail tickets, desks, printing presses, furniture repair services, and used pianos. Also ads seek a fox terrier, croquet equipment, and a small house rental. Ends with postal box references and street addresses for responses.
A cluttered old classifieds page offers items for sale and wants, including remolded Knabe Grand piano in rosewood at 600, upright Knabe models, a complete American Encyclopedia set, a folding bed, a hair band, a roll-top desk, a Wellington typewriter, a gas range, a gas engine, a timber lot, a marble slab, a patrol wagon, bicycles, and numerous employment ads for clerks, drivers, janitors, and other positions.
A young woman seeks any kind of work with reliable city references. Respond with address 1078 Union Court, or call. Offers: cleaning or washing by the day, hotel chambermaid experience, cleaning offices by a competent colored girl. Call or address 210 N St MW.
A dense classified page offers numerous positions and requests for household staff and personal assistants. Listings include cooks, dressmakers, nurses, companions, housekeepers, maids, governesses, stenographers, and secretaries. Candidates emphasize experience, references, and refinement, with locations centered on Washington DC areas and suburbs, and pay varying by role and hours.
A long, crowded listing of furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent across Washington DC areas including NW and SW districts. Advertisements mention board options, private baths, radiators or steam heat, proximity to parks, transit, and notable streets such as Thomas Circle and Franklin Park. Prices range from a few dollars per week to monthly rates, with multiple listings highlighting single and en suite rooms, some with meals or table board.
Ancient style ad lists carriages and harnesses for sale including 2 horse tandem, 1 horse buggy and various browghams. Items described as new or lightly used with rubber tires, seats for seven, and matching harnesses. Also notes small day mart and delivery by drop-posts. location given as Willard Storage and Spelway Stables, 410 14th St Ave.
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