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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1906
Page
9
A bustling long advertisement page offers free help wanted placements in small columns with word limits and strict day limits. It lists multiple agency partners and pharmacies for drop off locations, plus a large array of job queries and personal notices seeking labor, board, or skilled help suitable for a midcentury urban audience.
A garbled 1920s classified listing shows numerous job notices for general work in a store hotel and office. It includes positions for young men and boys around 16 to 18, clerks, shorthand and stenography, waiter and waiter, cook, chambermaid, elevator operator, photographer, piano salesman, and various trades. Many ads request experiences, steady employment, and pay quotes, with box-number responses and local street addresses.
A flood of categorized domestic work ads seeks white or colored women and girls for general housework, childcare, nursing, and related tasks in the Washington area. Listings request references, days or nights, and sometimes live-in options at venues including apartments, houses, or country homes.
Classified items list various sales and notices including a railroad hotel building at 50 rooms expected to sell cheaply, plus multiple business and property opportunities. Entries mention furniture stores, grocery or candy shops, rental properties, employment notes, and ads for patents, stocks, and services with contact details and location hints in Washington area.
A jumble of lost property ads lists jewelry necklaces bracelets pins watches and bags with rewards offered. Items include a gold necklace a pearl and silver handle a gold button pin a black water spaniel a Scotish collie and a brown gun metal watch among others with contact replies at specific addresses and offices.
A jumble of small classifieds about a found cocker spaniel with a wreath shaped gold brooch, then assorted furniture sales and requests for cash for furnishings. Listings include a coach dog found, various home goods, and contact notes for selling items in Washington area classifieds.
Fragmentary classified item lists carpets woven into art by guss weaving, camping tents for rent or sale, phone number partially legible, brief instruction to address immediate inquiries. Includes scattered references to Washington and RVGCO with unclear terms and misread entries.
A chaotic mix of classified ads lists wants for furniture moving repairs pawn tickets cash payments, horses, boat, house rental, pets, and various purchases. Reads like an old classifieds page with names, addresses and box numbers, offering services from piano storage to tyepwriter repair and a wide range of items for sale or trade.
A jumble of classified sale notices lists baby grand and upright pianos, antique and modern furniture, a solitaire diamond ring, a vintage pistol, shoes, a go-cart, a pool table, a carriage, and various household goods. Prices are deep discounts with quick sales urged by multiple sellers around Washington DC area addresses and contact points.
Sheer jumble of for sale items listing second hand piano safe bicycle oil paintings camera gear and tools. Items include a medium safe piano graphic phonograph graphophone dog puppies and household goods with prices and contact hints scattered through the notices.
A long OCR style notices page lists numerous help wanted and positions sought items. It includes many domestic roles such as butler, maid, caretaker, bartender, chauffeur, cook, clerk, bookkeeper, gardener, and general labor. It shows names of applicants and addresses or boxing box references, with various preferences and qualifications and requests for replies through the office.
A garbled classifieds page lists many job seekers and positions. Entries include law office paralegal, dairy farm manager, clerk stenographer and typist, office boy, pressman, estate broker, watchman, porter, and hotel waiter. Notable roles mention manager of farm dairy, shipping clerk, Spanish stenographer, and organist assistant. Addresses and contact hints appear, with ages and references.
A dense column of classified ads seeks female help including housework, waitresses, chambermaids, cooks, nurses, seamstresses, dressmakers, laundry workers, and companions. Numerous entries specify color, age, residence, wages, and contact methods, with BOX and address references throughout.
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