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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
8
A busy classifieds page lists openings across fields including clerks, accountants, shipping clerks, barbers, carpenters, drivers, cooks, and dentists. Advertisements seek experienced or entry level workers, with varying pay and hours, from boxes 402 Stewart Ride to downtown firms and schools, urging prompt applications.
A large, chaotic classified page lists male and female job openings, including cooks, janitors, porters, dishwashers, elevator conductors, salesmen, chauffeurs, mechanics, real estate agents, engineers, clerks, and labors. It notes wages, locations such as 14th Street, Northwest and Penn Ave, and contact details or boxes for response.
Short notices seek young men for permanent positions at firms like Cohn & Hughes Inc and Woolworth Co. including Victor records handling, Se and 10 cent business training, and storage battery work. Promotions target vacationers and government workers, with specific street addresses and contact times.
A crowded help wanted ad page lists female applicants for stenography and typing positions at L. C. Smith & Bros Typewriter Co. and multiple local jobs. Listings include chambermaids, cooks, dishwashers, maids, waitresses, and houseworkers with qualifications, wages, and contact cues across Washington area addresses and venues. Numerous ads seek experienced stenographers, private secretaries, and dressmakers, with references required and varied shifts, including part time and full time for domestic and service roles.
Classified notices offer several help wanted ads for general housework, waitresses, maids, cooks, stenographers, and factory workers. Employers seek white women and young ladies for various roles, with call directions, hours, and salaries noted, including hotel, cafe, and office settings in Washington area.
Numerous help-wanted items including carpenters chauffeurs cooks house staff and general workers with contact details and brief qualifications. Entries show race and location notes such as colored or white workers and addresses or box numbers for responses.
Multiple short ads include a trained nurse seeking companion or nurse position willing to travel, a typist seeking morning work hourly pay, a refined colored girl seeking in family care with overnight stay and references, a woman seeking day work at 687 Florida Ave, a young lady seeking afternoon or evening work, another young woman seeking a morning position at 32 Feet on Place, piano tuning and repair services offered by Frank A Shul with phone and address details.
Miscellaneous sale notes include dictionaries from The Dictionary Man at 7th and D, with 20 volumes, plus furniture listings for a fumed oak waste room set, hall rack, desk, rugs, and a piano. Advertisements offer repairs, toy items, Indian motorcycle, and various consumer goods with cash discounts and installment terms.
Miscellaneous for sale items span beds, baby gear, furniture, lumber and hardware. Includes a bicycle, round mahogany table, a mahogany secretary, and housewares. Also offers evergreen plants, nursery stock, lawn care and landscape services, plus various used goods and tools. Cash offers welcome. ads list locations and contact references.
A garbled but legible notice lists multiple furnished rooms for rent in Washington DC areas NW near 19th Street, 15th Street, Euclid, and other blocks. Advertises front rooms with heat and electricity, private baths, housekeeping, and room and board options. Various rents range from about 20 to 80 dollars monthly. several entries mention references, nearby phone exchanges, and proximity to public transit or colleges.
Multiple listings offer large front rooms overlooking parks and central locations. Rooms feature electric light, hot water, private family settings or modern conveniences, with rates ranging from $2 to $40 weekly or monthly. Many near streetcar lines, near the White House and Capitol, with several rooms suitable for gentlemen or couples and some including kitchen access.
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