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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
6
Notices explain free want ads columns with limits and deadlines. It lists drugstores and stations where ads can be left or delivered for five cents per ad, with specific hours and locations across the city and surrounding areas.
Classifieds listing job ads for waitresses and tutors, plus a long catalog of used goods for sale. Items include typewriters, engines, tools, furniture, clothing, and stray requests to trade or buy various household items. Some entries request price, location, and contact details across addresses in Washington area.
A chaotic column lists numerous lost items including a brown maribou muff, a small black pug, a white French poodle with a tag, a gold necklace clasp, a purse with a cross, and a string of gold beads, plus many help wanted notices for caretakers cooks chauffeurs clerks and general workers across addresses in Washington area.
A dense list of job and help wanted notices including janitor, messenger, porter, housekeeper, painter, paperhanger, clerk, stenographer, bartender, and other roles. Positions specify race in many entries, with addresses across Washington area and firms such as drug stores, hotels, and law offices. Some entries call for references, experience, or specific traits.
A historical page lists numerous ads offering domestic work and services by Black women in Northwest Washington. Entries include laundresses, chambermaids, cooks, dressmakers, and seamstresses with references to addresses such as 9th and 10th streets, 612 1st St NW, and nearby locales, plus notes on reliability, experience, and wages.
Numerous classified notices describe furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent across Northwest Washington DC, including offerings at 24 Mass Ave NW and near Thomas Circle. Advertisements highlight heated front rooms, board options, private baths, and proximity to hotels and central areas, with various price points and terms.
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