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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1906
Page
25
The notice outlines free and paid advertisement rules for The Post, allowing free small ads but limiting one per person per day and specifying cutoffs at 5:30 pm and 4:30 pm for free ads. It lists stations and pharmacies for submitting want ads across Northwest and Northeast areas, with directed letters and initials handling and delivery details.
Classified notices seek private household staff and service workers at Fort Myer and nearby quarters. Ads request coachman maid waitress and laundry help plus kitchen dining attendants and stenographic school offers. Several listings hint at positions for stable care and general housework with references and wages.
Job listings show numerous positions in hotels homes and stores. Listings seek cooks chambermaids waiters maids porters cleaners and clerks with various hours and wages. Many ads request references and specify white or colored workers and immediate work or January 1 start.
A long list of help wanted ads seeking: colored and white women for general housework, nurse and child care, maids, waitresses, laundry and light cleaning. Listings give neighborhoods like 118 Maryland Avenue NE, 1647 30th Ave, Carroll Street, Irving Street, and N Street NW, with details on duties, references, and sometimes hours or stay nights. Many entries specify no cooking, light sewing, or washing, and note ages, wages, and contact points in Washington area.
A garbled miscellany of 19th century want ads offers items for sale or exchange including a baby for adoption, pianos, bicycles, cameras, tools, old valentines, a one story building with window light, musical dictionaries, a rollable chair, a grocery store with dwelling, carts, a Bull Terrier, a Meisterschafft French volume, trunks, type cabinets, and various secondhand goods. Also listed are farm and printing needs, a dog and a camera trade, and a loan office notice at 261 Pennsylvania Avenue offering loans on valuables.
1903 DC plate books good condition and 1902 1903 assessment books priced together at 110 dollars. large iron safe 65 dollars. office partition and counter. numerous household and office items including beds stoves tables chairs and brass bases. advertiser is Atkinson & Ballard Co Inc, 3rd Street NW.
A flood of classified lines offers venture pitches and domestic services. Items include a potential partner with 5000 and real estate knowhow, laboring on a new West field. a salaried role for capable men. sale of a well established luncheon room. a tourist town barber or stylist space. rental and agency notes. a cigar and periodical store for sale. animal hospital opening with 12th street address. list of canaries and pets for sale. and a pair of well trained dogs offered for sale.
Dentistry feature touts teeth without plates or extractions and claims repairs that make teeth feel act and last longer than natural teeth. Dr Le Wilson 1203 F St NW.
Classified notes display numerous exchange offers and wants. A dressmaker seeks high class family work in exchange for furniture. coats, overcoats, a piano, a kollection of items including a chair, bed, bicycle, rug, and a gas range are listed for trade or sale. Buyers and sellers propose trades for household goods, clothing, and instruments across addresses and box numbers.
A collage of lost and found notices lists various items and rewards. Entries name owners and locations such as Washington DC streets like H street Northwest Northwest and 10th Street NW with rewards offered for return of items including jewelry bags keys and a Gold Signet Pin from F Street and other stretches nearby.
Numerous missing items reported in a Dec 28 period page: pink coral beads, hinged green stone bracelet, a black cat with a distinctive look, a lady’s gold watch, a gold ring charm, a heart charm, a gold necklace near 17th and 18th streets, a child’s ballet slippers, an amethyst pin, a purse marked M. E. P. left near Palais Royal, a brooch with red stones, a gold necklace with pendant, a black ruff coat, a gold watch and chain, beads, an open face silver watch, a nand bag from Delmar Café and Corcoran area, a black oversized glasses pair, and more, with rewards offered for returns to various addresses and offices in Washington.
Classified help wanted page lists many positions including waiter dom, cook, butler, carpenter, electrician, bookkeeper, clerk, coachman, driver, custodian, hostler, hotel staff, general housework, and factory labor. Entries specify race and character notes, preferred references, and local addresses on 1440 T Street NW and nearby avenues in Washington DC.
A long list of job ads and colored workers seeking janitor, labor, porter, chambermaid, cook, stenographer, clerk, waiter, and other positions. Many entries specify color, location, and employer type with brief contact cues or box numbers. Notable roles include janitors, laborers, a marine engineer, night watchmen, stenographers, clerks, and domestic staff across multiple Washington, DC addresses and streets.
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