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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
9
The notice explains free advertising in small columns with limits. It lists posting rules, time constraints, and local pharmacy agencies for drop-off or mail delivery, urging readers to place ads for goods or services within the city. It mentions initials handling and multiple insertions to achieve desired results.
Collected want ads show stenographers, roomers, assistants, butlers, engineers, sales staff, carpenters, and more. Listings note wages, locations, and contact boxes. several positions target white workers and domestic staff at hotels and offices. opportunities include trades, sales, and professional roles with pay and room details.
A dense classified listing of domestic work opportunities in Washington seeking chambermaids, cooks, launderers, nurses, governesses, houseworkers, waitresses, and domestic staff. Advertisements specify color and race notes, wages, locations near 12th to 18th streets, and requirements like references and neat appearance.
A long listing of domestic help notices seeks hands for chambermaid cook nurse seamstress and more. Various firms and individuals solicit experienced women for private families with wages ranging from 20 to 25 dollars weekly and stated references.
A chaotic string of lost items and rewards lists several dozen entries including wallets, purses, jewelry, mink neckpiece, pocketbooks, watches, a dog named Cinders, and a gold chain. Locations span 14th to 16th streets and various addresses in Northwest Washington with rewards offered for return.
Found white terrier with tag 3087 and a found white terrier described with three brown spots and brown head and a collar. Also found a pair of glasses in a case marked Tranb Bros Co and another item marked Destrakt on that 1108 220 Bt i B. Owners urged to apply at S20 4th Ave.
Classified page lists bicycles. man’s dress and women’s wear. pets including poodles and canaries. jewelry including a 3 karat diamond and a 12 carat emerald. household items like violins pianos parlor suites and mahogany furniture. pawn tickets and a Remington typewriter. several rooms for rent and a morning newspaper route opportunity. contact details shown at various addresses in northwest Washington.
A cluttered antique section lists requests for used transit goods, upholstery services, a pocket camera, typewriters, pianos, a gas fixture, glassware, and jewelry. Contacts include Mra D Vander Las and Louis Abrahams offering cash for diamonds, gold, coins, and antiques, with various box and address references.
Sealed proposals for supplying clothing to the Soldiers' Home in Washington DC are invited. Specifications list undershirts, drawers, shoes, towels, bed linen, and assorted garments in various sizes, with formal delivery by March 31 1907. Proposals due January 7 1997, opening at 4 PM. contact Major HW Kendall for details.
Historic classified page shows numerous rooms for rent and board across NW and nearby streets. Listings offer front and back rooms, two room suites, gas and steam heat, private baths, and transients accepted. Prices range from about 5 to 12 dollars weekly with various amenities and proximity to Capitol Hill and government offices.
Historic lodging listing describes Hotel Stratford at Fourteenth and Monroe Streets NW with amenities such as steam heat electric lights and parlor billiard room. Also lists rates for rooms with and without private bath, various room and board options, and several other lodging options with prices and addresses.
Numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent across Northwest and Southeast Washington DC. Advertised amenities include board, hot water heat, private baths, telephone, and proximity to Capitol, libraries, and car lines. Most listings offer single or shared rooms in private homes or small houses with varying rates and terms.
A mixed column ad promotes storage services by West End Storage Company and Fidelity Storage Co offering clean dry storage for household effects, packing, drawing and shipping. It advertises low rates, money advances, and features facilities with vaults and fixtures, and includes address and phone contact information. It also mentions furniture purchase and miscellaneous storage services by Baum Furniture Shop and Littlefield Alvord Co with price terms and locations.
Classified notice seeks exchange deals including furnished house two baths at 215 to H5 privilege of boarders 1911 Q st 2E NTAIN PEN and sold watch magic lantern wheel sportsman compass tripod rifle for broken jewelry or offers. Also requests motorcycle trade and offers use of three rooms in new house for cordon firewood and care 20 miles out. Letter only.
A vintage ad promotes Wellington typewriters for rent with options of one month or six months. Rentals may apply toward purchase and price points include a figure around 60 dollars, with office location details and a partial address fragment.
G Sloan & Co auctioneers will sell on Monday January 1907 at 1 pm in front of premises 1107 G Street Washington DC under a Supreme Court equity decree. Property known as lot ten and lot nine in Susan Ireland and others subdivision block 235 with improvements and related front and back parcels. Terms require one third cash, balance in two equal installments over one and two years, 6 percent interest, deed of trust secured, property conveyance upon payment. Trustee Union Trust Company of the District of Columbia with Edward T Stelwagon president and George E Tloming secretary.
A jumble of personal notices and classifieds advertise fortune tellers and palm readers, cash for worn garments and shoes, and buy requests. Mentions of Studio 1522 Q Street and various contact phone numbers populate the page as lingering historic ads.
Storage office Willard Stables offers front broughams wagons carriages and harnesses for sale or rent. Items include a front brougham depot wagon traps runabouts and coach varieties with imported bridles and robes. Also listings for a Flanders one horse brougham and other harness goods with easy payment terms and viewing details.
An advertisement promotes dental services by Dr. J L Wilson at 1202 F Street NW. It claims teeth without plates or extractions, offering a 50 pan look and feel, with painless filing. The copy notes long lasting, natural appearance and quick, comfortable treatment.
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