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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1906
Page
43
Public want ads praise free small notices with a limit of fifteen words per ad and one per person per day. Agencies will deliver for five cents each. several pharmacies across Washington DC list drop locations and hours for submitting ads.
Classified ads offer practical instruction in plumbing bricklaying stenography and various trades with opportunities in multiple cities. Listings include apprenticeship appointments porter and driver positions and domestic staff openings across Washington and neighboring areas.
An old classifieds notice for Washington Domestic Guild seeks better servants. It invites readers who failed to find help elsewhere to visit the guild at 804 17th Street NW two doors above H Street, offering a large pool of registered, skilled domestic workers.
Classifieds seek female help as chambermaids, waitresses, laundresses, cooks, companions, nurses, and more. Positions target neat appearing colored and white women with good references, many at 804 17th st NW and surrounding addresses, with various duties in private homes and institutions.
Classified notices seek experienced bakers butlers drivers janitors and hotel staff. Positions include BAKER-EXPERIENCED YOUNG GERMAN AUSTRIAN ENGLISH OR AMERICAN, COACHMAN, WATCHMAN, CHAMBER MAID, NURSE, and NURSEMAID. Apply at 804 17th street NW and nearby 17th street addresses. many entries request good references and neat appearance.
Classified notes list multiple sewing and stenography jobs in Washington DC areas. Positions include repairer for men's clothes, seamstresses of various experience levels, a servant girl, stenographers with and without experience, a clerk, and a theatrical production assistant. Addresses and contact cues span 305 East Capitol Street SE to Dumbarton Avenue and 1811 18th Street NW, with BOX and reference reminders.
A terse notice urges honest cheerful effort and member interest with an invitation to register for a position at 804 17th Street NW and Main 1345 in the telephone era.
Short classified notices seek a female waist hand experienced with no gtraes for an office address Box 249. A colored waitress with references at 1421 K NW and an experienced white waitress at 507 12th St. apply at once.
A collage of notices and classified blurbs offering patterns for ladies garments, rug weaving and repair services, furniture and household goods buying, alterations and tailoring, a new merchant tailor shop, packing and shipping services, a private cottage rental, and a dramatic club recruitment for ladies and gentlemen.
A jumble of small ads requests buying and selling items and services. The notices include wanted underwood typewriter offers with price, government clerk job inquiry, buy a cigar store with state price and location, a teacher position, a lady seeking gowns, a showcase for sale, furniture for cash, an adoption notice for a male child, a second hand bicycle offer, and a pair of pointer pups for sale. Each spot features contact details or box numbers for replies.
A mixed listing of farm animals furniture and hardware offered for sale or rent. Items include a White Leghorn hen, a store or building space for transfer of liquor license, a Remington typewriter, a strong notified horse for light driving, a variety of furniture pieces, dress garments and accessories, pianos, shelving and shop fixtures, and numerous small household wares with prices or requests for cash offers. Local box and office contact details appear for each listing.
Classified ad snippet listing a walnut sideboard with marble top furniture for sale. Includes tuxedo suit and coats, mirrors, sewing machine, kitchenware, a German rifle, dogs and puppies, pool table, Kodak camera and various small items along with contact details and prices.
A chaotic notice sheet lists missing items and animals. Losses include a fox terrier, gold locket, a black astrakhan muff, pearls and marines necklace, eyeglasses, a brown suede purse, a pocketbook with rings, a mink neck piece, a gold bracelet, a watch, a gold miniature with pictures, a band ring, and a blue leather purse. Each entry requests return to owners or establishments with rewards offered.
Classified ad fragment offers various business opportunities for sale including a restaurant, a grocery and other ventures. The notice promises fully secured investments, opportunities rarely available to the public, and requests responses with references to Chamberlin Co and G. W. Eva New Orleans. The text is fragmentary and includes several addresses and contact mentions without complete details.
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