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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1906
Page
2
A historical Washington Post notice explains free small want ads in its columns with limits and deadlines. It lists acceptable items, emphasis on one ad per person per day, and free insertion rules. Multiple agency drop points and pharmacies across districts are named for submitting ads.
Classifieds show employers seeking agents salesmen and helpers across a wide range of urban jobs. Listings include field agents for appliances and commissions, stenographers and typists, stage and acting opportunities, service and shop roles, and domestic staff. Entries note pay, location like 7th Street NE and 18th Street, and requires experience or training.
Situations and Help Wanted notice from Washington Domestic Guild at 804 17th Street NW. The ad promises access to a large pool of registered servants and invites applicants to contact via telephone Main 1246. It emphasizes that the guild offers easier servant placement and boasts the majority of top servants.
Help wanted ads list male and female positions for chambermaids, cooks, waiters, nurses, maids, and general housework in private Washington households. Listings specify white and colored workers, varied wages from 12 to 36 dollars monthly, night duties, sleeping in, and locations around 17th and 15th streets. Numerous job types emphasize experience, references, and neat appearance.
Advertisements seek experienced bakers including German and Austrian pastry cooks with good references, and several colored men for coachman chauffeur and driver roles. Apply at 804 17th street NW or nearby addresses. other listings call for indoor work, private families, and fancy cake baking skill.
A long list of job advertisements seeks a variety of workers in Washington. Germans and colored men and women are requested for positions including drivers, elevator operators, hotel staff, janitors, clerks, machinists, porters, stenographers, cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, housekeepers, laundresses, nurses, seamstresses, dressmakers, and other service or skilled roles. Apply at multiple addresses around 804 17th st nw, 804 17th st aw, and nearby streets. other postings include 1209 G st nw and 3435 Chapin st aw. Some notices require references and subscriber status.
A crowded listing of domestic work jobs and clerical helpers in Washington DC. Many entries seek chambermaids cooks general houseworkers white or colored women with references. positions include night shifts stays and live-in or day work across addresses like 4 10th St NW, 1304 L St NW, 1518 Theda Ln NW, and 1702 Q St. A mix of employers asks for experience references and reliability, with wages and housing noted in some ads.
Numerous help wanted ads for general housework and domestic services. Positions include cooks, maids, laundresses, governesses, and chambermaids, with varying hours, wages, and requirements. Addresses and box numbers provided for applicants, ranging across NW and nearby neighborhoods.
Classified listing from a Washington, D.C. newspaper offering second hand items and services. Includes rooms for rent near Thomas Circle, frugal furniture pieces, a stenography course, a St Bernard puppy ad, a pocket Kodak, a Remington typewriter, go carts, bicycles, and various household items for sale with box numbers for replies. It also notes a cigar stand for sale and a hotel barber shop opportunity.
Numerous ads offer a wide range of items for sale including bookcases wardrobes sewing machines engines stoves desks chairs tables and household goods. Entries list prices some in small sums and locations such as 10th and L streets nw 16th street ne and Mass avenue ne with multiple items like a Remington Typewriter and quartered oak serving table noted for quality and price.
Classified style notices show exchanges for furniture, stoves, clocks, bikes, musical instruments, and pets. Includes offers and requests from numerous addresses in Washington DC vicinity, listing items like a gas stove, a fine watch, a violin, a zither, tables, a parlor billiard set, and a bicycle, plus many Lost and Found notices for coins, purses, keys, badges, and dogs with rewards.
A fragmentary classified page lists jobs and positions including general housework, office and manual labor roles. Entries mention a cheerfully candid approach, apply locations such as 1319 Tsth St NW, 1206 Host 26, 1233 7th NW, 1802 14th St NW, and 1121 Liberal Carpenters. Wages and hours vary with positions including household, janitorial, laborer and man about town.
Classified ads seek a first class ladies tailor and machinist at $12 weekly, a hotel manager for a hotel with about 100 rooms, and multiple positions including office boy with salary $5.50 and an office worker with bookkeeping and stenography skills. Also offered are plumbing helper and plumber training, and a photographer bright young man.
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