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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1906
Page
9
Public notice explains free want ads available in the Post newspaper. Advertisers may place one per day, with agencies at local drug stores collecting 5 cents per ad for delivery to The Post, listing many neighborhood locations from Northwest to Anacostia.
Classified ads seek male help wanted and companions for various services around Washington. Listings include solicitor to travel with bond, companion services, compositor, cook, driver, waiter, and sales roles. Wages and locations mainly centered in Washington areas with multiple employers and employer contacts.
A jumble of classified postings seeking a young experienced utility man driver with references, a wallet-cutler, piano tuner, collectors, a lawyer partner, and several other positions. Listings request applicants to state age experience salary references and apply via box numbers or local offices, with varied job details and locations in Washington area listings.
A flood of classified ads seeks female help for housework cooking and chambermaid duties in Washington area. Listings show varied pay from $15 to $40, night shifts, live-in or stay nights, and employers include The Washington Domestic Guild and local firms. Many entries specify color or race and demand references and reliability.
In Washington area many jobs appear for general housework, nurses, maids, cooks, and chambermaids. Listings seek white and colored workers, with positions in city and suburbs, including live-in and night duties, wages up to 25 dollars weekly, and apply to The Washington Domestic Guild or box notices.
Classified notices advertise Capazaya stock for sale at 2 each and a well located boarding house earning over $500 monthly, partner opportunity with rising patronage, rooming house contents, a complete penny parlor, and patent information. Also numerous lost items including watches, wallets, keys, jewelry, and a Boston bulldog with rewards offered. ads note storage, carriages, and horse-related goods for sale.
A cluttered block of miscellaneous sale items includes furniture, books, sewing machines, typewriters, cameras, musical instruments, clothing, and small goods. Advertised are Remington typewriters, a Singer sewing machine, a piano, diamond ring, dining tables, chairs, and various household items. Contact details reference box numbers and local addresses, with occasional mentions of specific locations like The Astoria and The Savoy.
Help wanted for a first class cook in a private family in New York with references required. Also offered are stenography and shorthand courses at a government employment oriented academy with special examinations and afternoon sessions. Local telephone contact appears in fragmentary form.
A jumble of classified style notices: requests to exchange property for building lots or a furnished house, offers of goods including a wheel, ping pong set, fishing rod, washing machine, watches, and a piano for lessons, plus contact BOX numbers and brief personal notes. Also mentions a canal clerk exchange and a refined young lady seeking piano lessons for room.
Auction sale by G Sloan Co trustees under equity decree 36947 of the Supreme Court District of Columbia. On January 7 1907 at 8 pm in front of the premises, sale of lot 10 in Susan Ireland subdivision 285 and west half front of lot 9 in the same subdivision 1281 1 Street NW. Terms: one third cash. balance in two instalments with 6 percent interest. or all cash. Deposit $200. Deed of trust or cash options. Delays: 15 days to comply, otherwise trustee may resell after 5 days readvertisement. Union Trust Co of DC, president Edward J. Stelwagen. Secretary George E. Fleming.
The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia orders defendants Kate C Hall Laura M Hall Fred C Hall and William C Hall to appear within forty days after first publication or face default. The sale of improved lots 605 and 808 Street Northwest Washington DC will fund creditors and widow under Augustus C Wilcox estate and dower claims. Publication in Washington Law Reporter and Washington Post required.
Sealed proposals are invited by the District of Columbia for collection and disposal of ashes and miscellaneous refuse from residences and businesses for a period starting July 1, 1907. Proposals must be received by January 2, 1907 at noon, with forms and specifications available from the Superintendent of Street Cleaning, DC. Henry B. MacFarland Henry L. West John Biddly, Commissioners.
Classified ads show a flood of employment requests in domestic service and skilled trades. Bartenders, butlers, chauffeurs, clerks, cooks, waiters, and housemaids seek steady work in private homes and firms, with dozens of listings for reference-worthy applicants and contact boxes.
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