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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
2
A dense list of help wanted notices across multiple trades. Positions include stenographers, typists, accounting, office assistants, receiving clerks, dressers, bakers, cooks, janitors, chauffeurs, salesmen, draftsmen, teachers, and various factory and service roles. Includes contact details and brief job specs.
A scan of classified style lines shows multiple job postings and enlistment notices. Entries include recruitment for Walter Reed Hospital with benefits and training, cashier and plumbers jobs, a marble and granite letterer, and general youth employment ads. Some items offer staged evenings and day classes, others seek immediate applicants.
Classified list of help wanted entries offering cookhousekeeper chambermaid waitress stenographer and other domestic positions. Includes contact addresses such as 2304 Cathedral Ave and 1440 M St NW, multiple agencies and ranges of duties from cooking cleaning child care to hotel and office work, with various wages and requirements.
Classified vacancies include typist permanent position with advancement at 1218 New York Ave NW Box 426. law book store clerk 715 24th St NW basement. waitresses for Tuxedo Restaurant 1732 Pa Ave NW. typewriter operator for secretarial work 727 29 14th St NW. housework and domestic help ads across several addresses. advertising sales for theater curtain space. grooming and cleaning staff. laundry and day work for white, middle-aged woman. multiple young women and girls sought for domestic tasks and candy store work. many listings note immediate start and varying pay.
A dense set of classified notices lists job seekers and requests across many trades. Entries include a captain of field artillery seeking immediate employment with integrity, various domestic help roles, drivers, janitors, interpreters, and an auditor. Many entries include box numbers or contact hints, with notes on availability, hours, and locales such as Washington DC area and specific streets.
Numerous LOST notices report items missing across Washington areas including jewelry rings pins a brooch a diamond ring and a gold pin. Rewards offered for return of items to addresses such as 2300 1 ath 1735 Pat Franklin and 1219 tah et nw. Also listed are a treasury check a pocketbook a gray neckpiece and a gold watch with several contact-box notices and offers of finder rewards.
A collage of classified asks lists BOITs, dictionaries, furniture sets, musical instruments including pianos and guitars, and pet stock. Items include a dining table set, living room suite, bedroom outfits, office desk, mirrors, a piano and player piano with prices, and various sale notes with contact addresses and terms.
Auction-like notices list diamond rings, earrings, and other jewelry pawned for various amounts, plus household goods, furniture, and clothing for sale. Ads note rental items, sewing machines, bric a brac, shop fixtures, and a range of salvaged goods with prices and contact box references.
Fragmentary listing appears to mix piano tuning offer with unclear phrases and stray words. No coherent event or entities form a clear news item or领able notice.
Multiple listings describe large front rooms in private homes, several in Dupont Circle and Georgetown, with private baths, electric lights, and steam heat. Prices range around $18 to $40 weekly. rooms accommodate single or double occupancy, some with board or kitchenette, near streetcar lines and Navy/Army clubs. Listings call for gentlemen, two ladies or couples, and note private family settings or downtown access.
A flood of classified style notices advertise furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent near Dupont Circle and northwest DC. Listings include single and double rooms with private baths, electricity, breakfast, and home privileges, with various rates and contact details.
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