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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1906
Page
15
The notice explains free small advertisements for wants in the Washington Post, with limits on frequency and timing. It lists agencies and pharmacies where ads can be left or sent, and outlines delivery and postal handling guidelines.
A crowded page of classified help wanted notices across many fields. Advertisements seek stenographers, typewriters, musicians, solicitors, insurance agents, sales staff, plumbers, delivery boys, drivers, and general laborers. Numerous firms and addresses listed, with pay and training details.
A dense, period job notice page lists numerous postings for chambermaids and cooks, housekeepers, waitresses, and general help. It includes positions in hotels and private homes, with details on duties, age or race preferences, wages, and box numbers for responses. Names of locations span Washington DC area and surrounding streets, with multiple boxed replies.
Classifieds show multiple employment notices including two ladies needed to learn manicuring and facial care, a respectable companion for an elderly lady, waitresses with experience at Washington cafes, and workers wanted for upholstery and sewing tasks. Wages and locations vary. applications require untidy envelopes.
A dense page of advertisements offers cash for furniture rugs bric a brac and general household goods. Listings also seek or offer items such as terriers dogs for sleep space, a water back range, dining room tables, pianos and violins, wardrobes and dressers, old coins, and various hardware and machinery. Also notes a local pawn loan office and a price on several antique pieces. The mix shows a busy market for second hand goods and services.
Classified style notices show numerous requests and offers to swap goods and services. An elderly lady seeks a small print outfit. others offer an oil stove, tandem items, a Remington typewriter, a camera, a bicycle, a piano, books, furniture, and various household items for trade or cash. Also includes room rentals, lessons for elocution and music, and requests for board or lodging.
A chaotic collection of lost items and help-wanted notices. Lost dog and cat descriptions appear alongside rewards. Numerous personal ads seek servants, drivers, clerks, and artisans with references. Names, streets, and rewards scattered through a dense OCR dump.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous job ads and positions in Washington, many for colored men and women. Entries include driver, janitor, chambermaid, grocer labor, housekeeper, waiter, and other service roles. References mention multiple streets, private families, laundries, and employment preferences with notes on references and habits.
A dense list of domestic service ads offerings by the day or by the hour. Positions include cleaning apartments offices and flats. cook and chambermaid. laundress. general housework. companion for invalids. nurse and masseuse. seamstress and dressmaker. and housekeeper options. Names and addresses span multiple streets and unions, with emphasis on colored workers and white workers alike.
A long OCR fragment lists furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in NW and surrounding areas. Several properties advertise parlor floor rooms, heated spaces, and private family use with board, gas heat, and bath access. Multiple streets appear such as 16th St NW and 13th St NW, with references to private houses and single or shared rooms.
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