Free advertising policy and local want ad agencies
The Washington Post lists free want ad guidelines and agency locations for readers to place short notices. It specifies a fifteen word limit, one free ad per day per person, and paid ads for business notices. It details submission methods, delivery expectations, and agency addresses across Northwest Northeast and other districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
the Post
McNulty's Cigar
Roe
Ith
Albany
King Pharmacy
Ermont Ave
I St
Astoria
WANTED JOB OFFERS AND OPENINGS IN WASHINGTON
A crowded classified ad page lists opportunities and requests in Washington. Employers seek agents, singers, laundry workers, cooks, notaries, sales staff, stenographers, and hotel staff with various pay scales and hours at multiple addresses including 619 F St NW and 301-303 Church Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest
Leigh
Church of the Ascension
Norfolker
Smith
Fort Myer
Maines
Lresa Gratis
Academ
Colorado
Help Wanted Listings in An Old DC Paper
Classified notice dense list of labor openings across multiple trades in Washington area. Mentions fruit handler gardener general office work meat cutter grocery clerk and more with locations such as 2606 M St NW 700 Fat NE 16 NY Ave NW and 608 15th St NW. includes racial notes and wage hints, single and colored applicants sought, many conditions and contact details scattered.
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Carl B
Joe Phess
Finion
C St
Ford & Grahar
15Th St
Ebbitt House
N.Y. Ave
Coyne Brob. Co
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
St Louis
Blackiston's
Pope Lidge Porter
Cameron St
Alexandria
E. Gap
Powell's Drug Store
Murray Baird
UNION
Ongd
Isadord Freund & CO
Lincoln Hotel
Lte
Hosta
F ST. NW
George
7Th St. Sn
Poattion
Moor, & Macelver
Colorado
Stewart Didg
Tihard O Sts
General Housework and Nurse Help Classified Listings
A dense string of hiring notices lists general houseworkers, maids, nurses, kitchen staff, and related domestic roles across multiple addresses. Entries specify white or colored workers, ages from teens to adults, duties such as child care, ironing, cooking, and light cleaning, with details on hours, stay nights, and contact points in Washington area locales like 614 Orleans place, 1155 ne, Capitol st, 1734 17th st, and Stoneleigh Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trieber
Eleve
Perichat
Girard St
Calvert St
Lincoln Hotel
10Th
Hsts
Higgs
Capitel
Park Road
Mt Pleasant
Wagea
Robt. Smart
Fort Myer
Ceell
Wowan Run
Cali
Nth
Wulard St
Capitol St
LA Ave
Washington Heights
Catvert St
Center St
Douglas
Orleans Place
Sera Bourges
Stoneleigh Court
N.Y. Ave
St Re
ST. NE
St. Nw
Genti Mars
Ag Drees X
Legation
Tost
Rhode Island
N. Royal St
Alex
Peyton At
Alexandtia
Whith
Smal
Reis
Ae House Barbishop
Hecht & CO
N. Y. Ave
Dyhr
Tre Dupont
R I. Ave
Wyoming
Corcoran St
Bostow
St. Aw
Olympia, S
18Th St. Ny
Columbia Cafr
N. J
21St St Nw
Phillipsborn & CO
11Th Et
Henry J. Bacon
Unis
Bam
ONGE
16Th St
14Th St
NJ Ave
Cape Colum
Washington
17Th St. Nw
47Th St. Nw
17Th At
17Th St
17Th St. Ow
New York
Tadles
7Th St
17Th Pt. Mw
17Th St. Aw
Tennessee
No- Nestic Guild
17Th Fe
17Th St. My
Nuren
11Th St
17Th St My
Nursh
17Th St Nw
Washington Rosestic Guild
Various Classified Notices and Advertisements From Washington
Mixed misc classified items offer to dispose of gowns jewelry diamonds and furs through buyer M Scheuer February 6 at 219 W Mulberry St. Also ads for Boston baked beans pattern dressmaking services furniture buying rugs selling, steno exchanges, driving horse buyers, train tickets, go carts, showcases, concert programmes, invalid chair purchase, and a refined middle aged lady to raise a child. Local contact details include addresses and phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Scheuer
Washington
M Scheuer
W. Mulberry
JwiMimore
Baum
Usts
M. Roginsky
Fountain
Weber
Clark
Sers City
16Th St
New York
A. M
Mia Smith
Tith St
Heflin
Washington Domestic Guild seeks help at 804 17th St NW
Classified ads advertise numerous domestic positions in a Washington Domestic Guild posting. Roles include chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, nannies, butlers, waiters, maids for hotels and private families. Many listings require live-in shifts, various wage figures, and English or German language proficiency.
Miscellaneous classified notices seek bids and employment
Multiple short ads from a vintage classifieds page seek items for sale and services. Highlights include piano player Angelus or Chilian pref erred, time payments. a middle aged lady needing employment or office work. various items for sale such as a violin, motorcycle chain drive, baby walker, gramophone. requests to buy or rent items like scales, cash register, Remington typewriter, wardrobe. and offers to purchase furniture and household goods for cash.
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Angelus
Chcilian
United Cigar CO
Ie Uw
T. T
Beles
Tees
Sis
Remington Typewrit&sr
St. Mw
St. Nw. Fe
Louisiana
Mirs. C
Mauser
U. K
Wanted Situations In Warmly Worded Help Wanted Ads
Classified notice runs through many roles from bakers to chauffeurs and janitors. Listings show young colored Americans and European workers, all seeking positions at 804 or 17th street northwest with good references and neat appearance. emphasis on experienced, capable, and well referenced applicants in private families or hotels.
WATCHMAN AY L EXPERIENCED AND CAPABLE WORKERS SEEKING HELP
An extensive Help Wanted ad lists positions for chambermaids waitresses housekeepers and companions in Washington with entries for American Irish colored and other applicants. Apply details center on 804 17th st nw and nearby 304 17th st nw 27th st nw and 801 17th st aw. The Guild urges subscribers to register and use its services with a strict stance against misrepresentation.
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17Th St. Nw
27Th St. Nw
17Th St
17Th St. Aw
Ith St Nw
Sith
Yith St
17Th
St. Nw
Nich-Ap
Ith
7Th St. Nw
17Th At
17Th St, Aw
Virginia
17Th St. Ow
27Th St
Emall
Tyth St
17Th Et. Nw
37Th St. Nw
Ith St. Nw
7Th St
CHEAP FOR CASH LISTING OF USED GOODS AND WANTS
A varied old classifieds snippet lists items for sale and wanted, including a 16 foot boat hull, a drop head oak sewing machine, cheap for cash firearms, a real estate broker’s license, a binocular, a clerk position, sideboard, walnut bedstead, a self feeding stove and more. It also notes a postal box address and mentions Washington D C and Alexandria Virginia.
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Bobbin
P. O
City Post-Office
R. Butler
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Dumbar
Bausch & Lomb-Zeiss
Warner & Swasey
A. G. Richmond
Wst
Commerce and
Bok
For Sale Items Include Furnishings and Goods Across Alexandria
Classified listing shows an assortment of for sale items and rentals across Alexandria with notes on a large rubber tree, furnishings of a rooming house, a baby carriage, a six ton furnace, china paintings, a square piano, a white iron bed, a grocery store counter and lamp, an organ, camera gear, men’s clothing, glass jugs, oil stove, bicycle rims, rubber plants, a full dress suit, bull pups, a Madonna picture, and a heavy stone lot. Contact details include addresses and phone numbers such as 406 Leest, 634 E a st, 2508 N H ave nw, 108 st 20 L, 116 C st ne, 219 14 st sw, 219 10th st sw, 24 st ne, 6140 st aw.
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JNH
Leest
Alexandria
Cit. c
N. H. Ave
Y. Ave
Jens
C St
St. Ne
Deak
Cali Ae
Keenan
Brentwood
O. Syrewarrer
Manhattan
Reid
Remington
C. M.S
St. Nw
Christopher Blood
14Th St. Ne
Princess
Greenough
Adilis
George Woolridge
St End
Glenwood Cemetery
GES
Orleans
Jill 12Th
Crese
Lady's Keating
12Th St
Underwood
L. C. Oh
Nice
Martin
Russell
N.Y. Ave
K.B
P. m
Shreeve
Hyattsville
ST Nw
Goldstein's
Cor
Barnes
Columbia
Corcoran
Morris
HOX
Crystal Palace
FLOYD
Cherrydale
Deslers
New Columbia
MD Ave
Rooma
Larg Ma Ave
Kaspar
CROWN
Owen
McDowell
Nick wReAthh
N. H
Armayt Moving Picture Co
ARMAT
Arizodad Asphalt and Mining Co
Arizona
Emerson Blane
Ross Lens
Payton St
Burnstine's & & Loan
Pennsylvania Avenue
FOR SALE: MISC ITEMS AND FURNITURE AUCTION LIST
Classified ad sheet lists numerous items for sale including a thoroughbred busf coatins and eggs, suit fine tuxedo worn lightly, a Remington typewriter, a variety of furniture pieces, a complete set of Bible commentaries, newspapers stamps, a 10 bore double barrel hammer gun, a banquet of household wares, and various personal items. Also mentions burial sites, a garage cart, pianos, instruments, and bicycles with prices and contact hints.
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Odonnail
U. S. Embroidery Works
F St. Nn
Mar
Telport
Witte
Ap- Rig Wild Fef Chan
Rodgkin
Sunn
URAL
Young
Imen Tagure
Queen
Favetta
Atleacrary
Barros-Nhite
John
Barbi
Barli
Boothlack
Butler
Phelps Vlara
Han
District Mercantile CO
Pinehurst
Gutlock Priss
Campbell
Ft. Nw
Spaley
Washington Domestic Guild
H ST
11Th St. Nw
Bellboy
Bellman
Cook
Caparlh
Caparlw
17Th Et Nw
17Th St Mw
Ored Maon
1Th St Nw
17Th Nw
Colombia
L St. Nw
L. W. Barnes
Metropolital Hotel
Duka St
T OR Sale
United Boys’ Brigade
Harvard St
Algo Pak
J. J
I Sokol Clock Repairing CO
Brisg
Redmond
7th st_nw
St. Bernant
Joss
West Oe
Westerman
Putnam County
Ohio
Maryland
Sth
DH Vorrest Wireless
Missouri
Girard
4Th St
Mall
Wilkinson
19Th St
Aires
Prisilee
Tcacheghest
Sheppard
6Th St
Mass
Mdb
Riverdale
Duke St
Payton At
Alekandria
Witsell
Goutawat
Wisconsin Ava
Kandel
9Th St
Miss Thornton
Eost
ROOV
McGill Ride
Euclid ST
Gordon
West Market
North Capitol
North Capitol St
Concord 5
Isiz
Conn
Addrera EL Whitcomb
Joe
Mberal
Hoston Bull
Buster
Craig
Work Ave
M. AL Goodchild
Quincey
Carnegie Library
Senate
Diack
Griecom
Boston
L Sts
McLane Ave
C. G. Roomy
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