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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
7
Free want ads run in The Post with up to fifteen words per notice and one per person per day. Ads may be left at the Post office or by mail. agencies at local drugstores will forward for five cents each.
Classified help wanted ads run for maids cooks nurses and chauffeurs at the Washington Domestic Guild on 17th Street NW. Listings specify race age experience and night shifts with wages and duties across private families and households.
Classified help wanted ad fragment seeking male applicants with no misrepresentation, urging register for positions. Listings include Haker and Austrian bakers with references, barber positions, bellboy and indoor work for a young colored man, and bellman duties, with various apply locations on Northwest addresses.
Classified help wanted notices describe positions for colored and white workers, including butlers, drivers, chauffeurs, hotel clerks, janitors, nurses, stenographers, waitresses, laundresses, seamstresses, cooks, and other domestic staff. Apply details list street addresses and references. many entries emphasize young, capable, or experienced workers with good references.
Classified notices list varied positions from laborers and office clerks to cooks and chambermaids. Applicants sought include a young man, a stableman, a pension clerk, an optician, and real estate sales staff, with many listings for general housework and domestic helpers across Washington and nearby Alexandria.
A dense Ottawa style listing of help wanted ads for general housework. Positions seek neat reliable women and girls for washing ironing cooking and chamberwork with stay nights or immediate start. Multiple addresses in the city, some with references required, varying wages and duties.
Classified listing of secondhand items including beds, wardrobes, dining tables, desks, pianos, stoves, typewriters, clocks, bookcases, chairs, and various household goods. Mentions specific items such as a large walnut wardrobe, mahogany dining table, Remington typewriter, gas stoves, and a variety of smaller objects with locations in Washington and Alexandria. Many entries note conditions, prices, and contact instructions in terse ad style.
A dense column offers exchanges and offers ranging from a treasury clerk seeking a $31,000 grade swap and dictation services, to suburban Maryland lots for railroad passes, private lessons, and goods like cameras, valuables, and household items tradeable for services or other assets. Many entries request exchanges for watches, diamond rings, fabrics, or furniture, with BOX or office addresses and dates noted.
A string of lost items posted Tuesday in January includes belts coats a white dog a black and white shepherd mix a fox muff and various personal items. Rewards offered for return of items including a blue purse a gold pin a pocketbook and a dog with tags. Contact listed addresses and names such as W Siegel 905 4th St and J Hurley 334 Prospect Ave for returns.
A garbled classified page lists opportunities for a four man to join a high profit business, various job requests from accountants to clerks and a range of sale notices for real estate and goods, plus personal service ads and assistants. The text mixes offers to invest, jobs, sales of furniture, boarding houses, and service advertisements with scattered contact details.
A jumble of late 19th or early 20th century classified notices seeks buyers and sellers for furniture, bric-a-brac, and household goods. requests include a bull terrier, a good cello, a small fireproof safe, an upright piano, two-handed bridge whist players, a square front showcase, a first-class long fret, secondhand automobiles and lithographs, a half horsepower boiler, a two horsepower motor, a pocket Kodak, United Cigar Stores certificates, and chicken wire by the box. Numerous addresses and box references appear.
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