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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1906
Page
2
The Post announces free small ads under fifteen words for any acceptable service or want ad with one per day per person. If responses fail, additional insertions are encouraged. Ads can be mailed or left at offices and drugstores listed with locations across Northwest to Southeast DC.
A dense OCR of classified help wanted notices across multiple trades in Washington area, listing positions from stenographers and clerks to drivers, barbers, carpenters, and factory workers. Ads specify wages, experience, and locations around D street, 18th street, and Northwest zones with firms like Union, Regent, and various stores seeking staff.
Classified ads seek male workers and tradesmen for positions including scoured and passier first class, stenographer expert with railroad experience, bricklayers, foreman carpenter, brickc layer helpers, and general contractor. Other notices invite an unskilled man to assist around a house, a concert-band hopeful, and a young man with good address for banking work. Listings show locations Canton North Carolina and Washington Domestic Guild ads, with wages and contact details.
Classifieds from a historic Washington listing show many help wanted requests including chambermaids, waitresses, clerks, cooks, and general houseworkers. Roles span white and colored applicants, with references required, in multiple local addresses and BOX notices. positions promise day or night hours, varying wages, and living arrangements.
A flood of LOST notices fills local pages with items ranging from jewelry rings and rings to purses, watches, manuscripts, tickets, and dog names. Rewards offered reach up to substantial sums for returns to specific addresses and offices. Several entries request owners to contact addresses on 18th Street, Florida Avenue, or nearby corners, with names like H. B. Martin, O. Wyatt, and J. Grand named as contacts. Guardian authorities include the Municipal Building, Treasury Department, and the Pennsylvania Ticket Office among others.
A jumble of early 20th century classifieds offers Kingsport style want ads for highest cash prices paid for cast off clothing, shoes, and data. Various names and addresses list services from scalp massage to detective agency, with phone numbers and hours.
Classified brief offers a half interest in a manufacturing business secured by real estate and machinery. Also notices of stock for sale, a periodical and school supply store for sacrifice, and a water agency role. Various personal ads for furniture sales and rentals accompany the page.
WantaD-FURNITURE FOR CASH: SELL YOUR GOODS to the masses. Bee somone Hopwood, sth end Kats. nw. Formerly th ant WANTED at FEATHER BENS IMMEDIATELY: ixnest prices paid. SLITZEN & LAPORT, 1131 Th st. ow., phone NM.
A dense, fragmented classified listing from a newspaper page shows buyers seeking old feather beds, furniture storage, stock purchases, and various used goods. It includes requests for revolvers, a dairy lunch room, an iron bed, a fox terrier pup, a standing revolving bookcase, a roll-top desk, and a graphophone. The ad sheet also notes street addresses in Washington area and contact instructions.
An assortment of Knabe pianos offered at attractive values. Slightly used upright models in mahogany cases with rich tone, originally priced high but now available at reduced figures. Grand model in second case, used seven months by U. & Senator, also discounted. Contact WM. KNABE & CO., 1218-20 F Street.
A wartime style classifieds page lists pianos including Upright Huntington mahogany and walnut cases with various prices, a Drop mahogany upright, a Steinway, and other furnishings. Also offered are a pair of beagle dogs, a motorbike, a folding bed with mirror, a typewriter, carpets, a lens, mandolin parts, and assorted small items. Local addresses and contact cues appear for Rockville Fair, 925 Pa. Ave. NW, and other city spots.
Miscellaneous ads listing items for sale and wanted help including a brindled bull terrier two months old, a double brass bed set, a nearly new steel range, office furniture, encyclopedias, a folding bed, a roll top desk, a dayton bicycle, a typewriter, and various job sought advertisements for waiters, drivers, clerks, and housekeepers with contact addresses and locations in Northwest Washington.
Classified ad listing multiple job requests and personal services from a mix of applicants: experienced furniture shade man, pressman or flat bed operator, stenographer and secretary, traveling salesman, waiters, cooks, housekeepers, and various domestic helpers. Includes names like Charles Cooper and W. A. etc, with requests for temporary, full or part time positions and locations in Washington and nearby.
Descriptive rental column lists numerous rooms and suites for house keeping in NW and NE Washington DC, with prices from $4 to $40 monthly. Features include furnished rooms, bay windows, porceain baths, steam heat, telephone, meals, and proximity to White House, Navy Yard, and public transport. Many listings specify private families, shared facilities, and varying room sizes suitable for gentlemen or single occupants.
Multiple listings offer furnished and unfurnished single and double rooms for rent around Capitol grounds and nearby avenues in Northwest Washington. Prices range from $5 to $25 monthly with options for board, heat, bath, and steam. Many rooms advertise proximity to car lines, libraries, and government offices, with first and second floor front rooms and communicating rooms noted.
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