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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1906
Page
11
A historical notice describes free classified ads in The Washington Post, offering void charge for items such as room rentals and help wanted, with limitations on word count and one ad per person per day. It lists multiple agency locations and pharmacies where ads can be left or sent by mail for delivery to The Post.
Classified notices show varied openings from salesmen and saleswomen to experienced burners leather gloves and mood, with applicants sought from young women to adult workers. Also listed are production ringer roles for an opera, Christian workers, stenographers, and a government employment course offered by a notebook of ads.
Classified notices show numerous positions including barber, bookkeeper, butler, clerk, elevator bootblack and more. Ad text lists ages, races, and locations such as 12th St NW, 9th, 7th St NW, Anacostia, and government offices. payments range up to 20 dollars weekly. BOX addresses appear for response. a mix of male-only labor and service roles.
A scanned job notice page offers multiple help wanted positions in Washington area firms. Roles include male and young man clerical, sales, tutoring, stenography, typewriting, factory and domestic service with wages listed from $20 to $25 weekly. Agencies seek experienced, neat appearing applicants in white or colored categories, plus room for a partner in business. Many listings request apply to Washington Domestic Guild at 730 13th St or 750 13th St and include box numbers for responses.
A flood of classified notices seeks colored women for general housework, cooking, chambermaid, and related domestic work across Washington DC. Listings urge experienced cooks, stay nights, or live-in options, with multiple agencies like The Washington Domestic Guild handling applications.
A dense classified column lists numerous female help wanted notices including housekeepers cooks maids waitresses nurses and nannies. Many entries specify wages living arrangements and hours with addresses at 705 T street 33 The Oakland 219 Columbia Road and The Wyoming. several post requests for experienced kitchen staff and general housework along with piano playing reading companions and millinery lessons. The page also shows lost items and notices.
December 14 found on sidewalk a small sum of money and streetcar tickets. owner to claim at 120 at. mw. Found a neckpiece at the New 6 and W cent store Friday, call at 1918 14th st mw. A white collie dog with one brown and one white leg found. call 1611 13th st nw. A lady’s small white woven shawl found at 18th and Newton av Brookland. call James Hall 18th and Newton sts.
Various secondhand items offered for sale including hats, furniture, a Kodak, violins, pianos, a cash register, antqiue chests, rugs, carpets, light fixtures, sewing machines, clothes, and household goods. Listings mention prices, contact boxes, and addresses, reflecting a bustling sale column with many personal ads and purchase offers.
Mixed classified items for sale including a gold watch in perfect condition, various coats and jackets, china and crystal, canaries, bicycles, a walking aid, a Remington typewriter, a sewing machine, furniture, rugs, lamps, and household goods. Listings show prices and contact boxes, with multiple locations in Washington area.
A column of early 20th century classified requests and offers. Items include a boy roller skates price inquiry, a good cart horse immediately, a cheap business horse, a 20 inch bicycle frame preferred, and various household needs. Also appeals for a cough remedy price, an upright piano care, four pairs of curtains and other misc wants.
A collage of 1920s style ads lists Christmas presents, clothing sales, and high cash offers for cast-off garments. Services include Egyptian palmistry, manicuring, detective agency, and shoe sales. Names and addresses appear for Justh's Old Stand, Mrs Barnard, Marcus Notes, Bernstein, Tarshes, and Bradford’s Detective Agency.
A collage of classified style lines shows exchanges for real estate and goods, including an eight room brick on Sixth Street for unimproved ground, a roomful of items from a Victor talking machine to an encyclopedia Britannica, and requests for furniture, a coffee table, a desk, and a mounted oak dining set. Also listings for clothing, a cafe sale, a rooming house, and patents information.
Automobiles trade and sale notices seek exchanges for a good lot for a car and list multiple offers. Entries include second hand touring cars with features and prices, a 1905 four cylinder touring car, a White steamer, and a Reo model.
A dense classified listing from Washington details a wide array of birds for sale including canaries parakeets goldfish and parrots, with aquarium supplies and exotic pets. The same page runsHelp Wanted notices for drivers bartenders cooks butlers housemaids and other domestic positions, offering steady work and references across multiple guilds and boxes.
A jumble of want ads seeks second hand pool table, riding gear, overcoats, furniture repair, guitars, fur coats, kittens, and various odds and ends. Items include folding cameras, drawing boards, infant chairs, and black coats. Also seeks pupils, lessons, and barter offers, with contact BOX numbers and street addresses.
A garbled column of 1910 era help wanted ads lists numerous roles from stenographers to domestics and laborers. Entries mention offices like THE WASHINGTON DOMESTIC GUILD and BOX numbers, with various hours and wages and a few color descriptors. The page reflects routine job-seeking notices with names, addresses, and roles such as stenographer, waiter, utility man, student helper, and government clerk.
Classified notices list women seeking employment in roles from accompanist to cook, chambermaid, nanny, companion, and cleaner. Entries include addresses in northwest Washington, preferences for weekly or hourly work, and references or age details. Additional postings cover bookkeeper, stenographer, and dressmaking services with location notes and contact instructions.
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