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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1906
Page
29
Public notice describes free small want ads in The Washington Post columns, with limits on number per day and cutoffs for submissions. It lists agency drop-off locations, process details, and examples of ad types including help wanted and services.
A collage of help wanted notices: salesmen and clerks sought for department store and real estate offices, stenographers and typists, a tenor and bass for music instruction, apprentices in hairdressing, an office girl, and drivers. Many positions call for experience, good references, and salary expectations, with addresses in Washington area.
Classified recruitment for hotel and private households. Washington Domestic Guild lists positions for chambermaids cooks wait staff butlers bellhops chauffeurs drivers and more at 804 17th St NW with emphasis on experienced white or colored workers and special summer hotel and boarding house staffing services.
Mixed classified items listing waitresses sought by race, cooks and domestic help, a couple seeking a white girl for adoption, horsework, building removal, pattern cutting, furniture buying and weaving services. Local ad lines reference addresses in Northwest Washington and public notices.
Classified ads seek valets, butlers, cooks, housekeepers, companions, nurses, maids, dressmakers, laundresses, stenographers, and other positions. Many American and immigrant applicants with strong references apply at 804 17th St NW and related addresses. special note for Guild subscribers to access staffing help.
A call to register at 804 17th St NW for a guild position stresses honest cheerful effort in members' interests. The notice provides a contact telephone, Main 1345, for inquiries.
Two good second hand bicycles available. One boys bicycle must be cheap. Contact at 319 St NE after 5 PM. Phone 760 Main for details. Located near CAL Vin and Si D St. aw. 37.
A broad list of household items offered for sale includes a living room suite, beds, a Steinway piano, a phonograph, a typewriter, a folding bed, a billiard table, a dog, a yacht, a buggy, harness, a clock, and various furniture pieces. Buyers may respond via the listed city addresses and box numbers.
Numerous small ads offer exchanges for lessons in shorthand, piano, and painting plus trades like a gramophone for goods such as a yacht, a Remington machine, a bedstead, or a bicycle. Also listed are sought ads for jobs and items including a clerkship, boats, clocks, and tools, with contact notes to the newspaper office.
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