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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
9
A brief international service item notes a U S patent registration from 1968 related to the Bringing Up Father feature. The notice mentions the patent and the copyright registration by the International News Service.
Help wanted ads for male labor across several positions including fireman, mechanic, laborer, waiter, joiner, and teacher. Listings specify locations in Washington DC area, wages, and contact details such as Master Mechanical shops, 3222 M Street NW, and other venues. Some posts require references, salary expectations, and clean driving or age criteria.
Help wanted female experienced buyer and head of department for high grade stock of knit underwear. State experience and testing method in reply. Apply Sdarese Box 546. Office.
Classified job notices detail openings for clerical, housework, cooking, dishwashing, elevator work, and salesgirl positions. Listings include White's Outfitters to Women, Mayer & Co., Falls Church family hires, and Arlington hotel roles with wages from seven to fourteen dollars weekly, plus benefits and advancement potential.
A vintage classified page lists positions including mimeograph operator, a mother�s helper, a neat young white girl as waitress, a nurse for an infant, office clerks, stenographers and typists, and sales ladies. Locations referenced include Cleveland and Washington DC area ZIPs, with contact phone numbers and box addresses for Mayer Bros & Co. and several companies.
A flood of help wanted ads for waitresses and related staff fills listings at various DC venues. Opportunities include colored and white staff, high hourly rates, meals included, and short hours at clubs, cafes, and hotels. Apply to multiple addresses including University Club and Ontario Apartment House Cafe.
Classified ads seek government accountant with Spanish skills for Washington posting, draft-exempt bookkeeper, draft-dodger out of draft age seeking stable arm, automobile all round man, steel of pay roll executor, hotel cook, hotel steward, lawyer seeking trust position, manager in ladies wear, painting, stenographer for night work, whitewashing, practical nurse, colored chambermaids, educated lady for elderly care, stenographers for government, two colored elevator operators, Virginia teacher seeking private school post, colored cooks and house workers, and a young govt servant seeking hotel work in exchange for room and board, many with Box numbers for responses.
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