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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1909
Page
25
A cluttered mix of items for sale and notices including coats, dresses, hats, furniture, cameras, sewing machines, musical instruments, and a fewelectronics. Listings mention prices, contact boxes, and locations like 19th Street NW and Union Station area with several items suitable for quick sale.
The United States Navy solicits sealed proposals for installing door and window screens at Walter Reed Army General Hospital Washington DC. Proposals due February 24 1908 noon standard time. Details and conditions available from Naval offices. bid security required.
Classified style listings show numerous wanted items and services including gold and jewelry buyers, secondhand furniture, piano storage, riding horse exchanges, typewriters, a Boston bulldog, house and apartment rentals, and requests for various used goods with box numbers and contact notes. The mixed text lists buyers for gold and gems, storage offers, rental requests, and personal exchanges across many items and prices.
A refined couple seeks spring summer housing in exchange for room duties. Also ads for housework and gardening help by a couple, single man, and a colored man with wife offering farm work. Positions listed include hotel restaurant store or any employment with good references. Box 744 in this office referenced.
A dense, era-specific help wanted page lists diverse job requests. Positions include bookkeepers, clerks, bartenders, chauffeurs, cooks, janitors, engineers, and factory workers, with many inquiries by box notice or single-descriptor ads. Strong entities include Washington area offices, hotels, restaurants, and Bureaus referencing BOX numbers and office listings.
A dense 1900s style personals and help wanted section lists male and female job seekers across clerical, practical trades, culinary, service, and domestic roles. Entries include aspiring photographers, electricians, secretaries, porters, drivers, waiters, maids, and farm help. many note references, addresses, and box numbers for responses.
SITUATIONS WANTED FEMALE: various housework, chambermaid, cook, nanny, nurse, companion, and general housework by colored and white women. Includes locations such as Pierce St, 112 Pierce, 2138 Sina Ave, 106 Ith St NW, 1804 15th St NW, and many others. Offers cover private family work, evenings, days, and travel. many provide references. BOX numbers listed for responses.
A dense set of classified notices seeks washing and ironing at home or daily work, including first-class laundresses, small-family services, cooking, and general housework. Numerous references to location specifics, color, references, and day rates appear amid the ad dense listing text.
Multiple classified notices detail money lending and financing services in Washington District. Ads promise real estate loans at low rates, business and professional loans, and investment opportunities with boxes for responses, plus incidental sales and employment inquiries.
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