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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1906
Page
25
Free columns invite letters and notices up to fifteen words. Listings cover sales, jobs, services, and supplies with agency participation at local drug stores. Ads include agents, salesmen, clerks, and trades, plus domestic and public notices across multiple districts.
Situations and help wanted notice for hiring hotel and boarding house staff. Advertises bookings for entire staffs, special rates to hotels,apply at 904 11th street with experienced butlers, valets, waiters, chefs, gardeners and other positions. Also mentions 804 17th street and 04 17th street nw for applications and references.
A dense classified page offers chambermaids cooks waitresses and general houseworkers positions. Many listings specify white or colored applicants, wages from $12 to $20 monthly, stay nights or days, and locations around 17th and 804 17th streets NW. Also posted are roles for chauffeurs cooks butlers chauffeurs janitors and hotel staff seeking capable, experienced applicants with references.
Classified ads seek American and colored women for chambermaid, housekeeper, laundress, nurse, companion, seamstress, cook, and stenographist roles. Multiple postings show addresses on 17th street and nearby avenues, requesting experience, good references, and availability for day or evening work. Subscribing to the Guild is required to access employment assistance.
A ragged classified slate lists numerous employment requests including nurses for children, a bright young woman for baby care, nurse girls for various ages, a white or colored nurse, domestic help, a cook for a small family, a sales lady, and stenographers. The lines show city addresses and brief duties, reflecting a mid-century job market with diverse positions and explicit gendered descriptions. Notable entries name Shte Bes, Biltmore Baltimore, 683 Q St NW, 337 R St NW, 1510 6th St NW, 1720 Red St, 2426 14th St NW, 1849 Calvert St, and Corcoran Building, plus a general call for stenographers and a typewriter staff at an attorney's office.
A jumble of classifieds including a guild pledge register a vehicle wanted items for sale ranging from mowers saddles piano stoneware to a cook range and hand tools plus job notices clerk shipment and educational offers. Names addresses and locations appear with street directions and post office boxes in Washington D C and surrounding areas.
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