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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1906
Page
25
A long list shows free want ads rules and participating drugstores across Washington DC for placing notices at five cents each. It details timing limits, mailbox delivery cautions, and agency locations in northeast, southeast, southwest, and Anacostia areas.
A dense classified page advertises multiple employment requests including Wanted Agents for an art offering with commissions, Wanted Salesmen across England and Southern States, and various helper, stenographer, and manorial roles. Names and addresses appear for positions in sales, clerical work, and skilled trades, with notes on experience, automobile allowances, and prompt applications.
Situations and help wanted notice for domestic servants. The Washington Domestic Guild at 804 17th Street Northwest advertises a large pool of registered, quality servants and promises easy access to top help. Contact via telephone Main 1246.
A dense listing of job ads seeks male laborers and a broad slate of domestic workers. Positions include chambermaids waitresses cooks laundresses nannies and housekeepers of various ages races and qualifications. The notices solicit immediate applications at 804 17th street nw and 804 17th street aw with numerous specifics on duties and wages.
Classified listing seeking bakers pastry cooks and cake bakers with references at 17th and 27th streets NW and other nearby addresses. Also seeks colored men for coachman chauffeur and driver roles with neat appearance and good refs at 17th and 7th streets and private families.
A dense array of employment notices seeks a German coachman or driver and various colored and white workers. Positions include elevator operators, janitors, machinists, porters, clerks, stenographers, chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, nurses, seamstresses, dressmakers, housekeepers, waitresses, and sales roles. Apply at listed addresses around 804 17th street NW or nearby streets. many require good references and neat appearance.
Readable classifieds list many job ads for chambermaids cooks clerks and general housework across multiple addresses in Washington near 4th and 7th streets with both white and colored workers sought. Employers request references and many specify night stays in private homes and hotels.
A dense list of domestic help notices seeks white or colored women and girls for general housework, cooking, laundry, and nanny duties. Many postings request references, nightly or full-time stays, and specific addresses in Washington area. Some ads offer pay per week or month and outline hours, locations, and family sizes.
A dense and varied list of second hand items and services from a local classified section. Items include furniture, sewing machines, go-carts, a St bernard pup, a Stenography lessons, a a horse and a cow for sale, a Remington typewriter, cameras, a piano, a GO-CART, a baby carriage, and many household goods. Prices, contact points, and box numbers are given across numerous entries.
Numerous classified items listed by range new Columbia store and others include furniture, sewing machines, a Remington typewriter, a piano, a gas stove, a wagon, lawn plants, and assorted hardware. Buyers urged to call or visit addresses such as 603 Md Ave, 1016 L NW, 1741 F St NW, and 1327 Corcoran St NW for details and pricing.
A cluttered exchange column offers goods for trade including furniture, stoves, bicycles, a Waltham watch, a portable billiard table, and various animals. Several notices request exchanges for items or services, plus Lost and Found listings for jewelry, purses, clothes, and pets with contact addresses for retrieval and rewards.
A fragmentary classified listing shows varied employment notices from general housework to laborers and clerical help. Entries mention a cheerful workers code, locations such as 1319 T Street NW and 1121 Liberal Street, and incentives like good salaries or commissions.
Classified help wanted notes list several openings including a first class ladies tailor, a hotel manager, and an office boy with salary details. Also promoting a plumbing helper, a 10 day course graduate program, and a photographer ready to operate Velox paper, with box numbers and office room references.
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