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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1906
Page
2
A historical notice invites free want ads in The Post free of charge but with limits. It lists advertising rules, reception times, and agency locations including drugstores and pharmacies for dropping or delivering ads across districts.
Help wanted notices include general housework for middle aged person, a young man or woman, and stenographers. Address lines show addresses like 133 Pa ave and 3810 Athataw 31, with references to a stenographic academy offering courses to gain skills. The fragmentary text indicates a generic job and school advertising tone from a historical newspaper.
A flood of classified notices seeks male workers across many trades. Roles include order driver, clerk, elevator man, drivers, carpenters, masons, and factory laborers, with age and experience requirements and routes to apply by mail or in person. Several listings urge sober conduct, reliable references, and familiarity with urban duties.
A collage of aged classifieds seeks male applicants and labor help. Listings mention wanted bundles and errand work for youths aged 14 to 18, a Buchy gin business, and positions at a cigar stand and news stand. Also noted are clerical and coal office positions and solicitors for wood orders.
Multiple job ads seek female workers ages 45 to beyond, including chambermaids waitresses cooks and houseworkers. Positions target white women for private homes, hotels, and domestic guilds with weekly wages ranging from modest to around 20 dollars, demanding references, reliability, and willingness to live in or stay nights across Washington DC areas.
A flood of classified ads seeks female domestic workers and waitresses for Washington area homes and hotels, with multiple guild postings and salary details. Also numerous lost items reported from watches to jewelry and personal belongings with rewards offered and contact points.
A garbled notice records a found larger female Newfoundland dog with white breast, long hair, black body, possibly owned near Government Court between 20th and 2st, Land no 23. Also found a wheel and other items on St NW near 2? 3. A Tuesday morning envelope contains Patent Office correspondence to EC Williams, General Delivery. A stray dog with short tail and 1908 tag was reported as stowed from Tot with a reward.
A collage of worn garment buyouts, parlor services, and detective agency blurbs. Phrases tout cash payments for clothing and hats, with names like Tarshes and Morgan Bradford, plus ads for shampooing, manicuring, and a detective firm in Colorado Building.
Widespread assortment of notices including property auctions and leases in Good Hope Washington. Proposals due Sept 1 2006 for sale or lease of store goods and fixtures with court confirmation and 3500 deposit. Private party investment offers and services listed with addresses in Washington D C.
Public notices for selling or buying household goods advised by local dealers. Lumbering listings mention terms for cash payments, including furniture pieces like sideboards dressers and refrigerators, with contact details and street locations.
Old Washington Evening Star ad asks to exchange Garfield era issue for a collection or clamps. Also offers room for morning work upstairs and a trade for a 12 gauge shotgun for a rifle. Another note offers a guitar for a bicycle and piano. Advertisements list contact details and locations.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE a FIRST CLASS B FLAT CORNET can 3 changed keys C and A at one third of original cost 611 in av o ee B HAVING TWO G7 CAMERAS WILL EXCHANGE a Gundlach 7 plata or Sim pack rapid recti near jens cost 620 good as new with leather case for a pocket Kodak or 8 rea Address H A H 100 N ave APPLETONS CYCLOPEDIA CONSULAR Reboris for 15 years miss Dicycle Address S W D office the amice a l
A brief note notes that old carpets are woven into fine art as the main exhibit. The item mentions Washington and a phone contact 432% for Rud CO. The sparse text implies a small feature on craft weaving and a local business reference.
A mixed classified sale of used pianos and assorted goods with many upright pianos in oak mahogany and walnut cases, prices from 100 to 550, plus furniture, roadster, bicycle, typewriter, phonograph, motor launches, and other items offered by F. Propp & Sons Co at 925 Pa. Ave NW. Listings include condition notes and contact details, with emphasis on bargains and availability.
A jumble of classified lines lists requests and ads. Items sought include a lady hit by a ladder on 14th Street, furniture storage offers, cheap four burner stoves, pawn tickets cash, old feather beds, a Boston Bull Terrier female, a manicurist, a first class mechanic, secondhand boards, inventions and puzzles, a driving horse, a piano sitting, and residence care for a piano. Local names and addresses appear, with various payment terms and contact notes scattered throughout.
Situations Wanted in this clipping include a young white man and wife seeking a summer caretaker position, plus numerous individual ads for jobs such as designer, apprentice, driver, clerk, janitor, cook, waiter, gardener, and more. Many entries list addresses like 1829 at. nw, 1982 Harvard st., 304 17th et ase, and 1909 26th wat. mw.
Classified notices seek a five language valet interpreter with refined background and good references, a young white man. a young colored man and wife for general housework with strong references. a good colored couple for general housework. a colored watchman or janitor with good references. and a watchman with best references, all offering placement via domestic guilds and listed addresses.
A long wartime style classified page lists many positions for women including caretakers, companions, cooks, maids, dressmakers, laundresses, and housekeepers. It notes wages, locations near Washington DC, and refers applicants to the Washington Domestic Guild for referrals and contact details.
A long list of job and room offers biases toward colored women and girls. Entries include office cleaners, seamstresses, stenographers and tutors, and numerous furnished rooms for rent near Dupont Circle, Capitol, and Washington Circle. Includes rates, addresses, and service terms from several advertisers.
Numerous listings for furnished rooms in private homes around Northwest Washington near Franklin Park and Lafayette Square. Includes front and back rooms, single or en suite, with heat, bath, and some with board. Prices range from a few dollars weekly to about ten dollars monthly. Some rooms marketed to gentlemen or private families. many offer transients welcome and references required.
Classified ad fragment lists small refrigerator folding couch kitchen sideboard drop leaf table iron bed mattress water distiller and various bedroom suites and furniture prices with contact 1214 NY Ave and other addresses. Items include iron beds leather couches cherry bedroom suites antique table mirror oak bookcase and more. selling as party leaving city and other notices mixed in.
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