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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1906
Page
11
The notice explains free classified ads with a one ad per person policy daily and paid business inserts. It lists agency locations across Northwest Southeast and Anacostia with pharmacy addresses where want ads can be left or mailed to The Washington Post.
A long, mixed list of help wanted ads for dishwashers, intelligent printers, shovellers, clerks, drivers, waiters, cooks, houseworkers, janitors, and general labor. Many positions specify colored applicants, steady work, wages from $12 to $60 monthly, and addresses in Washington areas. Also notes openings for stenographers, bookkeepers, and salesladies with experience.
A flood of lost notices offers rewards for retrieval of items from June 28 to July 3. Entries include a valuable horse and buggy, cash losses around $195 and $200, a dr iven PA depot envelope, several jewelry pieces such as pearl pins and a diamond heart, a large number of pocketbooks, a satchel with photos, a Kappa Sigma pin, and various personal documents. Rewards are spread across Washington DC and Alexandria addresses seeking owners.
Classified notices and sale listings for found items, hats, furniture, and second hand goods. Includes a Southern Railroad scene in Herndon Virginia and multiple dealers Dickinson Camrack and Bro offering antiques and reconditioned pieces with prices and contact details.
Classified exchange note listing remington typewriter and gentleman clothing for cash or other items. Offers include pocket kodak camera, film packs, watches, collars, books, stamp albums, printing press, electric railway track, batteries, and wheels. Locations referenced Bristol and Reynolds or Florodora tags.
The clipping lists personal ads and buyback offers such as Mrs. Lawrench and Mrs. Bolin hair services, clothing buyers like W. Rice, J. Tarshes, and Gurnstein's bargain buyers, plus fortune-teller and transit notes. it notes requests for discarded garments and cash payments, with multiple street addresses and phone numbers.
Classified notices announce sales and opportunities in city center including cash and credit business profits potential, saloon sale near Transfor Corn, and partnership asks for local ventures. Also offers for patents and trademarks guidance and a pool room rental near the Municipal Building.
Classified ads offer multiple cleaner and service positions. Butler and maid pairs seek household work with good wages, some English or German speakers, references, and live or summer care. Listings include chauffeurs waiters cooks clerks and elevator boys with ages origins and station details in a dense 1920s Washington DC classifieds style.
Classified ad page listing numerous help wanted and personal ads. Entries include a first class steam engineer, farm helper, gentleman’s country place manager, general office work, hotel staff, porter and janitor, stenographer, tutor, pressman, various domestic roles, and a few laundry and upholstery services. Names and addresses are given in many lines, with ages and racial descriptors in some cases.
Classified help wanted ads show a flood of domestic workers seeking positions. Envelopes to Addrene L Gy this office and others list general housework, housekeeper, lady’s maid, laundress, nurse, governess, seamstresses, stenographers, tailors, and waitresses. Many postings request references, white or colored workers, and living or day-by-day arrangements across multiple DC addresses, hotels, and private families.
Multiple listings for furnished and unfurnished rooms in Northwest Washington with private baths, housekeeping options, and varying rents from 20 to 40 dollars weekly. Properties include front rooms, two rooms with bath, and two-room suites near 13th to 14th Streets NW, plus a family boarding option and a business office listing in the Post Building.
A dense OCR listing describes numerous furnished rooms for rent across NW to NE Washington, including 4 Jackson Place elegant house, Farragut Square area, St. NW, and Capitol vicinity. Entries note front/back parlor rooms, board options, summer rates, private families, single or double occupancy, and proximity to transit, with prices often stated per week or month and some including breakfast or board.
A collage of listings for rooms and board in Northwest and nearby areas. Many front rooms cool and well furnished with private baths or shared facilities, weekly to monthly rates, some with meals included, others offering light housekeeping and permanent-guest options. Separate notices for a hotel-style setup and boarding alternatives.
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