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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
15
The notice explains free small advertisements in the Washington Post, limiting to fifteen words, one per person per day, with paid ads required for business notices. It lists agency locations, hours, and a five cent per ad delivery, urging readers to place ads at nearby drugstores across districts.
Wanted one opening for right man experience preferred Collins-Gerry Co Covington Kentucky seeks a salesman to sell Kentucky Prize whiskey barrels and boilies. Good chance for capable men.Address Licking Valley, Covington, Ky Burt-Wasel.
A jumble of classified ads seeks farm help, sales staff, stenographers, apprentices, drivers, clerks, cooks, house workers, and laborers. Listings specify reliable references, wages, and locations around NW and surrounding streets with targets from carpentry to public notices and instruction courses. Several ads invite experienced and reputable applicants for positions at hotels, stores, factories, and private households.
An ad listing an experienced upholsterer and drapery man who can estimate both sides of work and cut draperies, applying to H. G. Jacobs with Woodward & Lothropecdtt. Also multiple help wanted notices for printing plant staff, pressmen, electrotypers, and shop workers at Butterick Publishing Co. Room 60 to 619 Flatiron Building, New York City. Many positions include high wages, permanent work, and references.
A jumble of classified ads seeks help in various roles including manager for a small chicken farm German preferred address Plymouth this office nurse girl aged about 16 to take care of Wabey call 233 Fost nw nurse white woman apply with reference to 1708 ith st nw 20 sales selling in candy store Hoban's 434 Sth st nw salesladies industrious girls for department store 619 Hat ne seamstress flood repairs work at home West End Laundry 1723 Pa ave nw 22 stenographer state previous experience address public stenographer offers apply 16 F st tvs between 3 and 4:20 pm waitress experienced best refs required call between and 4 1605 Conn ave 2c waitress young white girl address Mrs Thompson Palais Royal luncheon jth and anted sales lady for corner store 3216 14th st nw wanted colored woman for chamber and laundry work no cooking 111 6th at nw 29 wanted typewriter 3 evenings each week call room 3 1115 F st 2d floor 20 wanted young lady partner sketch to begin soon good voice N this office 2
A jumble of classified requests and offerings: broken down by items such as a horse and wagon, furniture, beds, crates, piano and typewriter purchases, sewing machines, carpets, stoves, coffee urns, rings, and various animals. Names and addresses appear, with cash offers and delivery notes. Several listings seek secondhand goods and pets, including a collie, white Labrador puppies, and ring jewelry.
Classified ads list an auto exchange for a diamond ring in good running order, plus numerous items for sale or trade. Goods include clothing, furniture, a piano, a sewing machine, a bicycle, a china closet, a rocking chest, a small gun, a regina music box, and a baby carriage. Several notices mention addresses in northwest and beyond.
A crowded classified page lists numerous items for sale including antiques like a mahogany settee and oak bedstead, glass scent bottles, and a brass piano, plus used household goods such as folding beds, a kitchen stove, and a rug. Also advertised are a Jersey cow, baby carriage, bicycles, and a variety of personal items with contact notes and office box references.
Numerous short notes list lost items including a pocketbook with $6, a brindle bull terrier, a pearl and diamond items, a gold watch and chain, keys, a diary, and a purse. Contact owners at specific addresses and offer rewards. Also contains many help wanted and situational ads for servants, drivers, and other domestic staff.
Numerous early 1900s classified notices seek female and male workers for general housework cooking cleaning laundry and serving. positions include maid, cook, chambermaid, laundress, janitor, hostler, waiter, and general labor. Various employers list address clusters in Washington DC areas and request references, honesty, and reliability for jobs ranging from private homes to boarding houses.
Advertisement for window shades by C. C. Silence Co offering oil opaque and Scotch Holland shades at low prices. Company guarantees all work and furnishes estimates. Complimented by contact details and free hanging with samples. The Sunday Post offers mail subscription.
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