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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1906
Page
21
Notice describes free small ads with limits on repetition and timing. It lists several pharmacies as Want Ad delivery points across Northwest, Northeast, and Southeast areas with hours and contact details for submitting ads. The item references The Washington Post as the carrier of these notices in period-typical style.
Classified ads seek private household staff and workers at Fort Myer including coachman laundress chambermaid waitress and kitchen help. Listings mention a private house at 14 Ja 78th sl nw and Quarters 14 Fort Myer with various salary offers and living arrangements.
Classified help wanted notices from a historic Washington DC text indicate job openings for dining room and hotel staff. Listings call for cooks, chambermaids, waiters, hostesses, and general housework, with varied ages, duties, and pay expectations filed by offices and firms along Massachusetts Avenue and nearby streets.
A long column of advertisements seeks female colored and white applicants for general housework, maid, nurse, waitress, and light duties. Listings give addresses in Washington DC areas like 1647 30th Ave NE, 164 Conn Ave NW, and 720 St, with notes on cooking, washing, staying nights, ref requirements, and part to full time. Roles include houseworker, laundress, and child care, with ages and wage hints.
Miscellaneous classified items and requests including a baby for private home care, pianos, bicycles, cameras, tools, sofas, trunks, and various household goods. Listings seek buyers, sellers, or exchanges with prices or state prices, with contact details and office references.
Readable classified fragment listing numerous items for sale including sets of 1903 district plate books and assessment books priced together at 110 dollars, a large iron safe at 65 dollars, office partition and counter, various furniture pieces like beds dressers and chairs, stoves, a cooking stove, a refrigerator, and a range of small items. The notice mentions Atkinson & Ballard Co as a seller and provides multiple addresses around Franklin Street NW and 13th Street NW for listings and inquiries.
Classified notices offer various opportunities including a $5,000 entry chance in west expansion with real estate knowledge, a permanent salaried position for capable individuals, a sale of a well established lunchroom with high daily sales, a vacancy for an entertainment venue space, a druggist and manicurist post, rental collection services, sale of a cigar and periodical store stand, and a downtown animal hospital opening January 1 with a pet store and stock of birds and supplies.
Dentistry ad offers painless fillings that restore teeth to normal size and function. Dr Le Wilson is listed at 1203 F Street, owner location implied.
A cluttered column lists numerous exchange offers and wanted items. Readers may swap or sell wardrobes, pianos, beds, rugs, a cape or cloak for fittings, and household goods. Names, addresses, and brief conditions accompany each item, including overcoats, chairs, a Nikon camera, a Nash bicycle, and a rain coat. The notices reflect a bustling classified exchange page from a city newspaper.
A dense jumble of ads and notices lists numerous lost items and rewards across Washington areas. Items include a gold string, amethyst pin, solid gold signet, and purses, with recoveries sought at addresses on G Street, 10th Street, and near the White House, plus a bench found at Lafayette Park and other found objects with contact details for owners.
A long list of lost items including beads, bracelets, a cat, a ladies gold watch, a charm bracelet, a necklace, a pair of ballet slippers, a heart charm, an amethyst pin, a purse, a gold brooch, a black muff, a bag, and eyeglasses. Rewards offered for returns to addresses around Washington DC areas including 13th Street, 7th Street, 452 N. J. Ave SE, 1160 St NW, and other landmarks like the Richmond Hotel and the Corcoran Gallery. Several notices reference dates around December 26 to December 38 and locations near Dupont Circle and Georgetown.
Classified ads list many job seekers including bellmen, waiters, cooks, butlers, carpenters, drivers, gardeners, clerks, bookkeepers, houseworkers, janitors, and skilled trades. Credits include hotel and private household work, dining room service, and general labor. Addresses and contact notes indicate urban employment market for men of diverse backgrounds seeking steady positions.
A dense list of classified notices seeks janitors chauffeurs cashiers waiters chambermaids cooks and general laborers. Many ads specify colored men and women, with addresses in Washington DC areas such as 807 26th st aw 221 Q st nw 2nd st nw and 14th st nw, plus roles in apartments hotels and private homes.
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