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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
11
The Washington Post invites free want ads up to fifteen words in daily columns with one ad per person per day. Ads may be left at local agencies or mailed, with a 5 cent delivery at agencies. initials only not delivered. list of agency locations included.
Fragmented classified notice seeks salesmen and a partner for real estate sales. Mentions commission earnings between six and nine percent, references to an office at 07 8th St NW and an address BOX 87. Readable fragments point to a job ad for experienced stock-selling in a local enterprise.
Help wanted notices call for workers of all kinds including canvassers house-to-house workers and general housework. Various addresses list BOX 852 and BOX 278, a large downtown office, and 100 G St NW seeking men and women for outside work and general duties. Also a stenography and typing course advertises quick government employment training at the Stenographic Academy with classes in the Coloreic Building.
Classified column lists multiple grooming, delivery, and clerical job offers. Includes male applicants, white and colored workers, ages around teens to early thirties, positions as foreman, route help, barber, cashier, clerk, and delivery. Some offers promise salaries, room and board, or commissions, with box numbers and office locations noted.
A Washington Post classified page lists multiple job ads for colored and white workers including a driver and solicitor for a bread route, elevator boy, drug clerk, installer collector, furniture and carpet salesman, and a hotel front clerk. Other listings call for stenographers, office boys, and various trades with wage offers and application details.
A long OCR of classified help wanted ads for domestic workers in Washington with many entries seeking women for general housework cooking caregiving and related roles. Positions include white and colored workers with requirements such as references stay nights live-in or out age limits languages and prior experience.
Numerous classified notices seek cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, laundresses, and general house workers in Washington DC area. Roles specify colors and ages, wages and addresses, with ads from The Washington Domestic Guild and individual employers. Some entries request experienced seamstresses and chauffeurs, others note locations such as 17th Street, 13th Street, and 14th Street NW, and organizations like The Crawford Shoe Co and Dentistry offices.
A long list of lost and found calls across Washington DC and surrounding areas. Items include dogs, wallets, keys, pocketbooks, watches, gloves, a fox fur, a sash, a pin, and a variety of personal effects. Several notices offer rewards and require return to specific addresses or individuals such as James Hall, Cordley Wright, Mrs Adams, and FN Webber at the Capitol. Also includes items left at stores, theaters, and public places with contact details for claim.
Miscellaneous for sale offering three upright pianos in a case for eight hundred dollars. Contact CHAS M STIEFF at 621 11th St NW, management by CONLIFT.
Numerous small ads show used goods for sale including appliances clothing furniture a safe a bicycle a coat a sewing machine and a bed set. Items include copper kitchen ware a lion of Persian kitten a terrier brood a violin collection and a wheelbarrow with prices and contact notes across addresses in Washington area and weeks.
Miscellaneous ads fragment list of items for sale and wanted. Mentions 100 unled cigar stores green certificates pay 150 per hundred, plus various wants and solicitations for belts, coats, accessories, and miscellaneous goods with box references and office contact lines.
A cluttered list of 19th century barter ads appears, offering items for trade including desks, tables, chairs, dining sets, musical rolls, animal exchanges, household goods, and even clothing and books. Various numbered boxes, addresses, and notes hint at a bustling classifieds page seeking trades and cash equivalents. Strong entities include J H Legn Hardy, Washington Fest barber, box numbers, and estate items, with multiple locations and scattered postal references.
Classified notices show numerous job seekers including a student colored male seeking evenings or Christmas holidays work, hotel and domestic roles, bartenders and waitstaff, clerks, chauffeurs, cooks, housemaids, janitors, porters, and general labor. Highlights include Washington Domestic Guild listings for Butler and other service positions, varied wages, and multiple addresses around 1300 13th St NW and nearby streets.
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