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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1906
Page
37
Classified column text offers free ads for wants and notices in a Washington area, detailing free and paid insertions, agency drop-offs, and mailing options. Includes contact guidance, timing limits, and crowded sample listings for jobs and services.
A scanned compilation of help wanted items from a Washington area job board listing positions across departments store sales, soldering, stenography, typing, bookkeeping, hair work, nursing, and domestic service. Many notices request age, experience, references, and salary expectations with multiple firms and locations named.
Wanted help and skilled domestic staff at Washington Domestic Guild 804 17th St NW. Ads list cooks waitresses chambermaids waitresses maids general houseworkers chauffeurs drivers and many private-house positions with extensive British and American applicants, contact details and wage ranges.
Classified notices list positions for typewriter operators and waitresses, with locations in Washington DC suburbs and downtown addresses. Advertisements seek a white waitress, a two colored waitress, a cook and housework, and general horsework help, plus requests to buy furniture and other household items, with contact details and addresses such as 728 4th St NW and 1200 36th St NW.
A long job ad section offers positions from valet or butler to companion and nurse. Listings specify American, Virginian, Irish or Swedish applicants with strong references, many at 804 17th St and nearby addresses, plus a note that guild subscribers gain access to domestic staff services.
Notice urges honest cheerful effort and membership, inviting registrations for a guild position. Provides street address 804 17th Street Northwest and telephone Main 1345 for contact.
Two good second hand bicycles offered for sale plus a boy's wheel priced cheaply. Phone numbers and street locations appear, with after hours contact details for immediate sale.
A departing householder offers a wide selection of furniture and household items. 2ndhand beds, a Steinway piano, a carriage, a hose of assorted goods, an Edison phonograph, a loom of clocks, a cloak, a yacht and more advertised with prices and contact directions in Washington avenues and nearby streets.
A dense page of missed connections and exchanges offers goods and services for barter. Items include a Rambler Runabout car, piano storage, Remington typewriter lessons, furniture, a yacht, a clerkship, bicycles, gloves, and various lost and found notices with numerous locations and contact hints across Washington DC and nearby areas.
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