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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1906
Page
2
A scanned notice lists free advertising rules for the Post, detailing size limits, daily limits per person, and hours for free ads. It includes locations of want ad agencies across Northwest and Southeast Washington and mentions WANTED-HELP and amateur opera notices.
Numerous employment notices from a 1900s Washington DC classified section. Listings include painter, salesman, carpenter, solderer, stenographer, typewriter operator, solicitors, woodworker, nurse, cook, dressmaker, maid, seamstress, milliner, music teacher, waitresses, and general housework. Also domestic guild ad and pet hospital opening.
Classified notices urge readers to apply at 804 17th Street NW for experienced servants and staff. Listings cover chambermaids waitresses cooks gardeners coachmen and general houseworkers both white and colored with varied wages and shifts. References to special hotel and boardinghouse staffing services and urgent booking of entire staffs.
A long list of employment ads seeking by colored and American individuals for domestic and hotel work at 804 17th St NW and nearby addresses. Positions include butler, cook, maid, chaffeuer, coachman, waiter, elevator man, janitor, watchman, stenographer, nurse, florist, gardener, porter, and related roles, with experience, good references, and specific placement at hotels or private families.
A long classified list seeks female workers for hotel, office, and private home roles in Washington. Positions include chambermaid, cook, laundress, nurse, companion, stenographer, dressmaker, seamstress, housekeeper, and more. Apply at 804 17th Street NW with references. subscribers only.
A jumble of old advertisements offering woven rugs from old carpets and patterns for ladies garments and shirt waists. Includes notices for building takedown services, furniture and household goods buyers, and a rug weaving firm in Washington with various phone numbers.
A jumble of classified requests and offers including second hand goods, a cornet position, gravel pit help, furniture, bicycles, a yacht, a dog, a fox terrier, a marble top bureau, a piano, a writing desk, a launch hull, a bead of watches, and rental or board inquiries. Names include Hotel Alton, Occoquon VA, J. MINOT, D. K., Wyeast Hever, HULL this office, BOX A J A, and Box X A this office.
A collage of lost and found notices listing owners, item types, rewards, and contact details. Items include a black collie dog named Rover, gold chains, pearls, wristwatches, eyeglasses, pocketbooks, and various jewelry. Rewards offered for returns to specific addresses in Washington DC and nearby streets, with names and room numbers provided.
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