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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
13
The notice details free want ads with limits, schedules, and delivery options. It lists agencies and pharmacies in multiple districts where readers can place or drop off free advertisements and notes deadlines after 5:30 PM and 4:30 PM on Saturdays. If responses fail, more insertions are invited to secure results.
A cluttered collage of job notices seeks diverse workers including cooks maids shorthand typists stenographers and housekeepers. Listings mention positions for colored workers, drivers, demonstration staff, and general helpers, with details on wages hours and locations in a historical urban classifieds page.
Numerous job listings and notices across trades and services including meat cutting, office work, plastering, plumbing, stenography, warehousing, and domestic staff. Advertisements seek skilled tradesmen, office helpers, parcel wrappers, demonstrators, and household help with brief requirements and contact addresses.
A noisy classified column listing multiple employment pleas from a bygone era. It seeks female help for general housework with various terms and conditions, offers good salary, and requests immediate contact. Also requests light housework, child care, cooking, ironing, and other domestic tasks. Includes mentions of horse sales, carriages, furniture, stoves, and various household items for sale or exchange. Locations include 20th and Seward Square, 1418 Q St, 612 ad ne, and 225 ne with multiple housework and domestic helper notices. The list also advertises a wide range of horse sales, carriages, and an assortment of vehicles with prices and contact hints.
A busy classified exchange page lists numerous barter proposals including a CGAL heating stove, a Boy's desk, a pearl French opera glasses, ivory billiard balls, a Morris chair or mahogany dressing table, a 6 ft showcase, manicure sets, a printing press, camera gear, portieres, a dining items, patterns, and various household goods. Many entries specify addresses in Washington DC areas and request exchanges for furniture, bicycles, trunks, or other items, with occasional notes on condition or size.
Local shop listings advertise window shades wall papers and canaries parrots dogs cats rabbits and other pets. Also services include hospital for animals dentistry rentals and flats for rent with prices and street locations.
A dense collection of lost and found notices from The Post including items such as a locket and chain, a silver watch and chain, a Russian sable boa, a gold hair pin, a black pocketbook from Kann's Department Store, a dog, a cat, and various personal items. Rewards offered for returns. owners identified by initials, addresses, or print cues. Names include L. Dan, Mrs. Bennett, J. Daniel, B. Roben gon, and others.
A jumble of ads for selling a patent, Angora cat, farm land for sale or rent near rail and electric lines, job seekers and services, a room apartment for rent with steam heat, a house to buy from owner, furniture and junk sale values, records wanted, and various small goods including grocer fixtures and bricks for sale. Multiple entries include contact references and locations in the city.
For sale items include fancy butter and fresh eggs from the farm with Washington references. Also noted are homemade jellies preserves pickles and home goods from McPenal Media Fare Charlestown. Local service offers to repair sewing machines with pickup and return for one dollar and new home agency at 514 Ninth St.
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