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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1906
Page
21
Free want ads offered in small columns with strict limits and no business ads without payment. Includes agency drop points at local drug stores with per ad delivery and tips for initials, deadlines, and addresses for submitting notices.
Numerous terse ads seek salesmen stenographers apprentices cooks chambermaids general housework and other roles in Washington area. Includes clerical typing Lanston operator, sewing millinery, cooks and maids with ages and refs requested. several postings specify white colored workers and private families. at least two household roles list hours and location details.
Classified ads seeking a variety of domestic workers and helpers including a neat young girl to keep house for seven gentlemen, a nurse for a two-month-old, a well recommended nurse for a family in the country, a colored woman to assist in a sick room and laundry, a nurse German girl for children, and other clerical and light domestic posts. Listings include contact details and offices.
Numerous items offered for sale include pool tables bicycles pianos safes sewing machines dress coats and various household goods. Also noted are dog and horse listings, tools, cameras, a mortgage of antique items, and a pawn loan office advertisement.
Situations and help wanted notice from Washington Domestic Guild at 804 17th St NW inviting job seekers and employers to register. Highlights a needlewoman offering Mexican drawnwork, lingerie waists, wine underwear, and infants' layettes. notes training in a convent and satisfaction guaranteed.
Advertisements show the Washington Domestic Guild at 804 17th St NW offering staffing for hotels and boarding houses. Listings include chambermaids waitresses cooks and butlers with wages from $12 to $25 monthly, many positions requiring stay nights, white or colored workers, and emphasis on experience and references.
Classified help wanted ads list chambermaids cooks dressmakers and companions by diverse racial descriptions. Positions include private families hotels or schools with notes on experience references and hours. Washington Domestic Guild at 804 17th St NW urges subscribers to register with contact details and services.
Multiple lost items including a black and brown fox terrier with white body and spots, a brown great dane, wallets, purses, a lizard skin coin purse, and a white female terrier no collar. Rewards offered. report to 824 G St NE or 10608 F St. Details uncertain due to garbled OCR.
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