Free Want Ads Policy From The Post Advertisement Guide
Free want ads in The Washington Post columns are allowed up to fifteen words each and limited to one per day per person. Ads can be left at offices or mailed, with delivery through local pharmacies for a small fee and specific station drop points listed throughout the city.
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POST
Washington Post
The
Ty’s Cigar Store
Roe Pharmacy
Albany
Iking
Vermont
Astoria
Wanted Agents and Salesmen in Washington and New England
Classified notices from a historical Washington paper advertise wanted agents in Washington and New England for selling goods, including engraver items and computing tools. Also seeking domestics through a guild and offering ticketed employment and earnings through commissions and flexible positions. Various listings include services and employment opportunities with addresses and contact details.
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New England
Stimpson Computing
Comton
SMITH
Kennard
Henter Nhal
Wanted help women and assistants in city employment
Large classified listing seeks female help for light work and home tasks. Positions include apprenticeships in dressmaking and millinery, chambermaids, general housework, cooks, waitresses, laundering, kitchen help, and stenography. Several ads require immediate start, references, and evenings or nights. Street and hotel names appear, with job locations across the city.
SITUATIONS AND HELP WANTED AT 804 17TH ST NW
Numerous help wanted ads for chambermaids, seamstresses, cooks, laundresses, nurses, and companions. The Washington Domestic Guild lists openings at 804 17th Street NW and other nearby addresses for white and colored applicants, with wages ranging from $12 to $60 per month and various hours. Apply by 10 a.m. Monday or morning, states specifics per post.
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2Th ST. NW
Washington
17Th St. Nw
Two Doors Grove
Hst
Weil
17Th St
17Th St. Ow
17Th Et. Nw
11Th St
St. Oy
New York
17Th At
Phivath
Washington Nomestic Guild
Washington Mest
Wasitington Domestic Guild
Domestic Help Advertisements From 804 17th Street
A column of 20th century help wanted notices seeking White or colored women for housework, patient care, nurses, maids, cooks, laundresses, chambermaids, waitresses, and Swedish staff. Wages range from 4 to 25 dollars monthly with shifts including nights, some positions require living in, and specific duties include laundry, sewing, and child care. Many posts specify addresses at 804 17th Street Northwest with occasional other nearby streets.
Wanted Situations for Young Men in 17th Street Ads
A dense help wanted list offering positions including baker, barber, bellman, coachman, driver, elevator man, chafferur, hotel clerk, and butler. Requirements emphasize neat appearance, experience, and good references. Many ads specify 804 17th street as the application address with notes of color and nationality.
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Belisboy
17Th St
Butler
Awnguishman
11Th St. Nw
17Th St. Nw
17Th St Nw
17Th Ne
House and domestic helper classifieds spoil job board
A cluttered 17th street classified advertisement lists numerous positions for servants and workers. Listings include janitors, watchmen, chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, and waitresses, with age, race, and origin notes and demands for good references. It ends with a note that subscribers or patrons of the guild receive help securing servants.
WANTED HELP AND SERVICES OFFERED IN CITY ADS
Excerpts show a batch of classifieds: waitresses needed at once at 1003 Peave nw. a 29 year old girl as nurse and houseworker. a 23 year old stenographer with pension experience preferred. employment notices from Military and Naval Claims office. Miscellaneous notes include a ladies’ notice to sell gowns and jewelry to a buyer Mr. Scheuer in Baltimore. needlework orders. carpets woven into rugs. a pattern cutter for ladies wear. cash for furniture and bric a brac. massages offered at homes. furniture for cash via Hopwood. a man seeking to buy a pointer or setter. a watchmaker’s cathewell.
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Jans de Carpes
Pinelurst
Manupacturer
Iando
Clalgorn
Wilson St Damille
Joe
Good Man
Sofrapital Trastton Co
Areo
Maurosa
Bomar
E. Saxten
Namthesia
Fradu
Coyne Weerthae
Haago
Cloemnat
P. Clinwatea
Wurpty
M. Phuy
South St
W. G. Starr
Lamb & Tilden
10Th St
Hotel Atlantic
Sthard
Lincoln Hotel
10Th
HW Sts
H St. Nw
Ws St. mi
H St
N.C. Ave
F ST NW
Bel
St. Ne
BR St. Nw
Cap
Q St. Nw
Adams Milk Road
Columbia Road
St. Nw
Orleans
Uist
5Th St
Gire
Douse
13Th
Guneral
15Th St Nw
Gth
Mass
Ave
East Capital St
Wowan
Capital St
6Th St
North Capitol
IL Vt
Apely
Irving
Kenesaw
Allslat
M. Philipsborn & CO
Huron
Girard Et Ad
Del
16Th St
L St. Se
UL St
University Place Nw
YOUNG
ADEE
Avi
M. Phililipshorn & Co
Hecht & CO
Riggs
University
Chapin
Shamstress
Jenifer
Ethelhurst Cafe
Peave
Bryant St
Bhoowingdals
M. Scheuer
Washington
W. Mulberry St
Batti‘more
St. Ow
Baum
Sth
A Ste. Nw
Phore North
Ave. Nw
U.is
Florida
Alice
Streak
Caselfine
JB Carr
Alto
Roony
John Solidary
Tolian
Ion Om
Bob
Victor
A. F Beitzell
Selvatore Amate
A. E. Beitzbell
Elizabeth Springer
St Nw
Pullman
Windiy
St. Aw
Public Library
Tueadsy
X. E. Nichols
U.S. S. Dolphin
Nevy
WAR Department
Chamberlin
Bwaring Strietest
Secur
Sslary
Commersucate
Wok Bs
Andreas Tok
Washington Exchange
Ote
Ownita Lee
Guild Appeals for Honest Effort and Member Registration
A local notice urges members to act with honesty and cheerfulness, inviting individuals to register for a position. It lists a contact address at 604 417th St NW and the telephone Main 1345 for inquiries.
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Membbers
Washington
417Th ST
Wanted Items and Notices for Sale and Jobs
Classifieds list wants for a bull-dress suit pieces, embryo lessons, a little girl adoption, a gentleman's bicycle, iron fencing, a secondhand ironer, a base sized Godart item, clerical transfer interest, a lady occupying a flat, ladies gowns, renting a piano, Hygiene state edition price, barber chairs, a roll-top desk, 2 horsepower motors, secondhand typewriter details, a cheap traveling trunk, and a stock table with dimensions. various addresses and box numbers provided for responses.
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J. Lippitt
R. K
10Th St
P.O
Godart
Treasury Department
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Boston
Wisconsin Ave
Harrington
Ist
St. Nw
Wanted ads mix in office box items and secondhand goods
A scanned page lists varied classified requests and offerings. Items include light delivery employment, piano storage, a roll-top desk for sale, wholesale barter notes for a typewriter, a writer for a Washington magazine, a large refrigerator, an iron folding bed, a cheap well-made trunk, a Morris canoe, requests for chessy books and dictionaries, a second hand Remington typewriter, clock repair services, and sales of stoves pianos and furniture plus packing boxes. Numerous boxes and office references indicate a bustling classified page.
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Wmonth
Adreas
Smith
BARKER _nhap
OMEGA
Washington Magazine
Orean
F. C
J. P Yoder
Scott
Cooper
Dickens
Remington
FOR SALE ADS MIXED: FURNITURE AND GOODS
Local classifieds offer a wide mix of items for sale including a china closet sideboard red velvet hat and cheap goods. Listings include jewelry tools luggage firearms and collectibles with various prices and multiple street addresses across Washington area. Some items specify cash or credit and require contact at offices or room numbers.
For Sale and Wanted Notices of Junk, Jewelry, and Pets
Classified bylines list pawn tickets, exchange offers, and lost item ads. Items include jewelry like diamond solitaires and gold pins, furniture such as dressers, and pets like dogs and cats, with sought exchanges for real estate, tailoring, or services. Numerous addresses and contact cues appear across Washington area streets.
Traveling Couple With White Pallettes Housemaid Inquiry
Fragmented OCR notes describe a traveling man and wife with white servant or housemaid references, likely from a mid page item. Mentions addresses such as 13th street and names suggesting a search or inquiry by authorities or local papers. The readable facts imply a couple traveling with a servant and missing details on origins or affiliations.
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Sokol Clock Repairing CO
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Palais Royal
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Wheeler & Wilson
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Columbus
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Keneean
Pia. Ave
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Hank
Siar
Callarter & P. m
Franconia
WM. Smith
Myattsville
Reynolds Boathouse
Ith St. Georgetown
Kernan
Bentwood
Chamberlain
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
Werner Edito
Richmond
Fai
15Th St
Orleans Place
ST. Bernard
Shreve Hyattaville
St. Re. Oo
Agdrexa
Miller Electric
Mass Ave
BS St. Nee
7Th St. Nw
Algo
Og Myrtie
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Ulster County Gazette
Frank FE
Western Union ,Tel. Co
Washington, D.C
C St
Bing
F St
W. ©. Wilkins
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Twa
Burnstine's
Mass. Ave
Decatur At
Decatur St
International Correspondence School
Kandel
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Amatiyst
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Raconall Church
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O’donnell
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Ararment
Palace
Harry Kris
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Dupont Circle
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Kissme
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John Fitzmorris
Commercial Hotel
Ward
Sth St
Coward
Artimgton
JL Barnes
Cutler
St. Ee
Woodward & Lothrop's
Mary Land Ave
Faui
John James
MD. Ave
Connecticut Ave
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Elgin
Jessuce
St. Co
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Pri Nate
Man Witt
JoJo
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Antsee Gaur
Warrington
Per Lutler
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Porte Road
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Alexandra
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King St
EL Draulghtsman
Scranton
Joseph Wine
West End
Colucthur Alexander
St. Alexandria
Avenandria
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Corcoran
Snow's Road
Maud Lewis
Alevendria
EJ Foreman
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