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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1906
Page
6
Free advertising policy article listing how to place free want ads in The Washington Post. Details include timing restrictions, agency locations, and instructions for initials, mail, or office drop-offs for ads. Mentions dozens of city pharmacies and neighborhood agencies for submitting notices.
An OCR blown classified page seeks workers for a large private printing plant offering $91 weekly for nonunion Monotype keyboard operators and $24 weekly for other positions, plus guaranteed permanents. Numerous domestic help and servant advertisements seek cooks, maids, governesses, chambermaids, companion, and general housework workers, with hours and pay varied. addresses and refs listed for each posting.
Classified notices advertise numerous positions for hotel and private families including cooks chambermaids waitresses maids laundresses dishwashers and porters. Listings seek experienced white and colored workers with references with wages from modest sums to higher rates and emphasize sleeping in or staying nights for certain roles.
Suburban styled help wanted ads seek chambermaids waitresses cooks and companions. Numerous entries invite young women to apply at 804 17th st nw and nearby addresses for domestic work in private families hotels or institutions.
Classified snippets show requests for demolition ready brick and frame structures with removal of materials. Listings include builders, suppliers, and contact details across Washington area, indicating demand for dismantling services and related apparatus. Entities noted include OT. EDW. CLARK and BAUM'S, along with multiple addresses and phone references.
A fragment shows multiple help wanted ads seeking a nurse for a 20 month old boy, a well regarded young girl to nurse ages 14 to 17, a colored woman to assist in sick room and laundry, office work for a typist, a seamstress or someone to learn sewing, and a general help at 164 A. 1, Ave NW plus other addresses and contact points.
Classified fragmentary inventory includes bicycles, revolver, medicine cabinet, clothing, piano, furniture, tools, pets, and household goods for sale or trade. Items reference vendors and locations such as Georgetown and 1817 G St NE with prices and descriptions, indicating a bustling pawn-like market atmosphere.
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