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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1919
Page
2
A fragmented job ad block offers salesmen needed with commissions and a dictionary sales pitch from The Washington News Co. Also listing a stenographer position seeking commercial experience, plus Thurston's Cafe posting for two cooks two waitresses and a dishwasher.
Help wanted ads seek male applicants for wireless teleg raphy and radio operator roles in Washington area. Listings promise steady work with wages, meals, and training, citing large enrollments and rapid placement after licensing at multiple local firms. Individual notices reference locations such as 17th Street NW and U Street area, urging applicants to apply by specified dates.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company advertises permanent worker opportunities for young women. No experience required and pay is above average with excellent surroundings. Employment managers invite applicants to visit the demonstration switchboard on the eighth floor at 725 13th Street NW.
A dense thread of classifieds seeks workers including mechanics for Maxwell and Chalmer cars, night watchmen, waiters, laborers, carpenters, and drivers. Offers include salaries, six to seven day weeks, and temporary or permanent roles at firms across Hamp, Humphreys, and Washington area offices. Applications requested at multiple listed addresses and stations.
Many boys began as Post Carriers and credit training with success in business. The open offer promises profitable earnings with only about an hour of work each morning leaving the rest of the day free. Mr Shelton, Circulating Manager, invites applications for remaining vacancies for progressive boys.
A mercantile house seeks a young woman with knowledge of advertising for a permanent position. Also offers clerical and typing roles with varied hours, wages, and room for advancement. Several listings advertise maids, cooks, housework, and hotel staff with incentives and nearby addresses.
A long classified list offers positions and services including superintendent and estimator roles in building construction with references, a capable pianist seeking high class engagements, a Catholic student seeking vacation money as a collector, chauffeurs, stenographers, houseworkers, cooks, nurses, and other domestic roles. It also lists many wanted notices for study, translation, and general labor along with lost items and reward notices. The mix reflects a 1940s era urban classifieds page.
A jumble of classified notices advertises a July sale of miscellaneous goods at Union Station and Cumberland Boathouse. Items include a 30 ft motorboat, furniture such as a mahogany cabinet and dining set, a piano, typewriters, talking machines, and household wares. Prices and contact details appear for buyers.
A jumble of classified notices offers discounts on jewelry including diamonds and old gold, watches, and silver. The page lists buyers like Lorenz, D. Alph er, and Morgan Bradford, plus services for piano rentals, clairvoyants, and detectives. Garages, clothing, and hardware ads appear amid a hodgepodge of unorganized listings.
An inventor offers the Allan Portable That a denatured alcohol lamp heats water for baths in any room with no plumbing. A catch mat on the floor collects spills, and the unit, sold at $6.50, can be packed in a trunk or suitcase for travel demonstrations at Route 22d.
Money to loan on mortgage notes bearing six percent interest in bond denominations from twenty-five thousand dollars. Titla papers furnished with each note. Also car trade ad from Glasser-Blum & Co. and Harper Overland Co. listings showing large Washington area used car offerings and liberal terms.
The ad promotes Auto Mart of Washington Inc buying selling and exchanging used cars including many models from 1914 to 1919. It lists Overlands Studebakers Fords Chevrolets and other marques with notes on condition top paint and mileage plus contact details at 406 Pa Ave NW Main 466.
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