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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
5
Public notice outlines free classified ads in the Washington Post for up to fifteen words per item with later insertions allowed if needed. It lists agency locations and pharmacies in Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and Anacostia where wants ads can be delivered to the Post for five cents each.
A dense OCR of early 20th century help wanted and employment ads lists positions including cooks waitresses and chambermaids at private homes, service staff at Fort Myer, stenography and typewriting courses, automobile instruction, sales and general agent roles, and various trades. Several ads request references and address private locations such as 1614 13th st and 1788 15th av, with notes on wages, hours, and training. The mix includes barber, dishwasher, waitress, driver, stable helper, paper coles, and other domestic and skilled labor opportunities.
Classified ads seeking deputies, salesmen, solicitors, writers, clerks, and household help. Includes positions for soda clerk, door canvassers, professional writers, tailors, upholsterers, waiters, cooks, chambermaids, nurses, and general houseworkers at multiple addresses in Washington has notable demand for reliable, experienced, and varied labor roles with specific location clues and hours.
Classified notices seek housemaids and servants, mostly colored or white, including cooks, chambermaids, nurses for children, and light domestic work. Addresses and contact cues are given, with various ages and duties, from apartment to hotel staff, in a period city listing.
Miscellaneous want ads show buyers seeking a good condition typewriter at a fair price and a variety of household and personal items for sale or trade. Listings include bicycles, carpets, chairs, pianos, a roller chair, a chainless bicycle, a motorized Gramophone, a white satin Petticoat, and other used goods with brief price or contact hints.
Classified listing notes cheap store fixtures and furniture, a solid oak bedstead, stove items, lamps, mantels, and various personal items for sale. Includes violin bow and case, mandolin, antique pieces, a saturated Confederate money mention, and multiple contact addresses in Northwest and nearby streets.
A bustling classified list with exchanges for household goods clothing services and personal items. Listings include an Estey organ or Columbia graphophone for a set of plain and colored lantern slides a dressmaker offering voice lessons in exchange for furniture and other items plus numerous requests for trades bicycles beds pianos and more alongside lost and found notices and small ads.
A long column of lost notices lists dogs and pets including a tan terrier named Pat, a white Boston Bull Terrier named Togu, and a brown Pekin spaniel. It details purses, pins, bonds, and various valuables lost near 10th Street, Dupont Circle, and other central areas with rewards offered. Also included are numerous personals seeking caretakers, clerks, and domestic staff, with several listings for Butler, coachman, and other household positions.
A dense list of help wanted ads, detailing positions such as elevator boy, engineer, stenographer, housework by colored men, general work, porters, watchmen, cleaners, box numbers for responses, and several trades. Names, addresses, and brief qualifications accompany many entries, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century employment classifieds page. The variety includes both white and colored applicants, with references to locations like 1st St NW, 9th St NW, and South Capitol NE, plus boxes for responses.
A dense ad section shows numerous help wanted notices for cooks chambermaids laundresses nurses stenographers clerks and domestic workers. Many positions specify color preferences and private families or hotels with locations around NW and SE Washington and surrounding addresses.
A collage of rental notices in NW Washington describes furnished and unfurnished rooms in modern flats and houses. Listings specify front and back rooms, steam heat, hot water, private baths, and options with board. Prices range around 22 to 40 dollars monthly, with emphasis on convenience to avenues, parks, and public transit for single occupants and mixed households.
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