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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1906
Page
9
The Washington Post offers free want ads in its columns including room rentals and general requests, with one free ad per person per day and paid business ads. Advertisers must avoid initials only directions, mail or agency drop offs, and note local pharmacies will deliver ads to the Post for a small fee.
An advertisement seeks earnest agents to sell guaranteed specials and household items in Washington County and Newark New Jersey. Offers part or full time work with commissions, requiring experience and reliability. Includes references to Pennsylvania and New Jersey operations and a promotional tone.
A dense historical help wanted page lists numerous job ads and opportunities across Washington area addresses. Opportunities include stenography, banking, bartender, delivery, locksmith, engraver, and clerical posts with varying pay and requirements, plus male and female roles at hotels stores and offices.
Classified ads list dozens of job openings for maids cooks chambermaids waitresses and general housework in hotels apartments and private homes. Positions specify white or colored workers experienced or inexperienced and many offer summer or full-time steady work with wages from monthly to weekly. locations include Lockport NY and Washington DC area with various street addresses and box numbers for responses.
A long, chaotic OCR fragment catalogues numerous classifieds for lost items and rewards. Entries mention dogs, fraternity pins, jewelry, eyeglasses, watches, money, a car, and a pearl brooch with various contact addresses and reward promises, reflecting a dense personal notices page.
A damaged notice lists several found objects including a gold watch near 7th and 6th streets, a large dog with collars, a found initial on a street, a pocketbook and money near O H street and N Y Avenue, and a gold brooch. It provides contact attempts and addresses for owners to claim, noting multiple names and locations.
Local column advertises secondhand and new furniture stoves rugs and house furnishings with items listed including an oak bed with springs and mattress a folding bed and bedroom set. Ads note prompt service satisfactory prices and buying contents of homes by dealers in new and secondhand furniture.
Classified notes seek cash for household goods in bulk or single items. Advertisers include Baum's Furniture Shop at 14th and A, Switzer & Laporte at 3181 7th St, Hopwood at 5th and K streets, and S. A. Cammack & Bro on Ln Ave NW, each promising high spot cash for furniture, pets, stoves, bric a brac, and house furnishings.
A fragmented interleaved classified notice offers an exchange for a War Department clerk position in Washington with favorable hours and climate. Also lists items for trade or sale including a fishing rod revolver camera watches collars stamps printing press electric railway parts a billiard table phonograph and diamonds seeking responses via box 182 Tekoma Park D C.
A jumble of personal notices offers highest cash for worn garments including ladies and gentlemen's clothing hats and shoes. Advertisers list street addresses and phone numbers to call or postal send for pickup. Other entries promote services such as magnetic scalp massage and palmistry, with various locations in NW streets and cities.
Classified ad notes butler and cook services offered by a young couple and an experienced butler and chambermaid. Includes requests for positions in city or country households, with letters to George Kale at 1328 18th Street NW and mentions of typing and stenography services and a Washington loan and trust building context.
A crowded maker of classified job ads from Kensington and Washington listings offers numerous positions. Roles include bookkeeper, bartender, elevator boy, caretaker, chauffeur, stenographer, office helper, porter, cook, cleaner, and more, with varied backgrounds and references.
Classified ads seek female help for domestic work including chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, and companions. Listings call for experienced white and colored workers, and several positions offer summer housing or travel, with wages from a few dollars daily to monthly stipends.
Rooms for rent offering four rooms or rental of two units at 39 dollars and two at 40 dollars each. Features include all night elevator service heating and janitor service free. Also mentions business office post bidding and ADOT botper to hunt room for you without charge. Washington rental bureau Metseratt Building. Toyit-alsage.
Readable text shows a classifieds page offering numerous furnished rooms in multiple DC areas including 4th Street NW, M Street NW, K Street NW, and Mount Pleasant. Rates range from about $1 to $40 per month, with options for single or double occupancy, board, and private baths. Several listings specify front rooms, summer rates, and proximity to streetcar lines, with emphasis on quiet, reputable households and female or gentleman tenants.
Readable listings describe numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent across Northwest DC. Advertised options include second floor front rooms, single or en suite suites, hall rooms, and rooms with baths, closets, and telephones. Transients welcome at various prices, plus summer rates and board options.
Numerous listings for furnished rooms with board in Washington DC hotels and houses. Includes Livingston at 1909-11 13th St and Dolly Madison House 1401 Mass, among others, offering single or en suite rooms, meals, summer rates, hot water, and telephones. Central locations near Capitol, Library, Lincoln Park, and transit access. varying prices from $1 to $20 per week for board and rooms.
SITUATIONS WANTED female segment lists candidates including a government and office experienced ethnographer and typist seeking employment with references from current employer, offering reliability and $12 per week in D.C. Also includes young woman stenographer with government and office experience and some references, and a teacher graduate seeking higher education duties.
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