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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1906
Page
2
The Washington Post outlines free want ads terms and agency locations for placing notices. It lists multiple city pharmacies and shops as drop points, plus classifieds for agents, salesmen, and ethnographers seeking work with salary and contact details.
Classifieds seek workers for offices and shops including file clerks steno typists and bookkeepers plus waiters cooks chambermaids cleaners and house workers. Positions advertise live-in housing apprentices and men and women of varied ages in Washington area with pay and hours noted and employers offering steady work in local firms and homes.
Classified ad fragment list seeking a neat young woman to keep house for seven or more gentlemen, various nursing and domestic assistant positions, including nurse for baby, sickroom help, laundry, cleaning, and light childcare. Multiple box references and addresses appear in cramped OCR, with names and locations, some racial designations.
Mixed for sale notices list items from pool tables hats razors and sewing machines to pianos, furniture, pets, tools, and odd lots. Reads like a busy classified page with contact prompts and times, featuring a Rambler bicycle, a baby grand piano, a Mosler safe, and assorted household goods offered by local residents and stores.
Situations and help wanted notice for the Washington Domestic Guild at 804 17th St NW invites job seekers and employers to register. Highlights include an expert needle woman offering Mexican drawnwork, handmade lingerie, infant layettes, and custom table linen, with clients advised to visit the guild office two doors above H Street.
Classifieds from a Washington paper advertise assistant, chambermaid, cook, butler, waiter, chauffeur, and other domestic service positions for private families or hotels. Listings require applicants to apply at 804 17th street northwest with varying wages from 12 to 25 dollars monthly, several noting stay nights, travel, or English proficiency. many roles specify white or colored workers and emphasize experience and references. Additional notes invite hotels and boarding houses to book staff and reserve positions through the Guild.
Classified help wanted notices detail chambermaids and companions by appearance, age, race, and duties with apply-by addresses in Washington. Listings include American, colored, Irish, and Virginia women, plus cooks, dressmakers, and waitresses. An advisory note urges Guild subscribers to register for securing Domestics.
Several items reported lost or found including a fox terrier dog male black and brown with white feet reward offered at 824 G Street. Pocketbooks purses with cash and tickets, one near 8th Street and another near 3rd Street. A brindle great Dane stray reported. reward for return to source. A brown leather pocketbook with about $4 and papers found near 7th and F Streets. A lizard skin coin purse and a woodward and lothrop item with lacquer gods listed with rewards. A white female terrier with no collar reported missing from 1608 F Street. Public notices show multiple reward offers and contact points.
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