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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
9
A historical notice explains free want ads accepted until 4 PM on weekdays and saturday after 2 PM. It lists agencies and pharmacies, encouraging readers to submit brief ads up to fifteen words and noting postage and delivery details. The piece emphasizes reliability of free columns and directions for mailing or delivering ads to The Washington Post.
Earnest agents can profit from our new household patents. Wolt Erine Co. advertises commissions from $82 to $13 per sale and promises proof of statements. Pittsburg, Pa.
Classifieds reveal multiple labor notices. A farm hand and wife needed for cooking and chores on a suburb farm, address box 365. janitor with apartment and furnished rooms. laundry sorter with experience. cheap work on a dining table boarders arrangement. stenography and typing school promotes positions for pupils. various wages and locations provided.
A collage of job notices seeks male applicants for sales, clerical, and skilled trades. Positions include a reliable clothing and shop salesman, a draughtsman, barber, advertising solicitor, dairy farm hand, driver, drug clerk, and warehouse staff, with varying experience and age requirements. Boxes reference office contacts for full details.
A page of desperate help wanted ads listing office boys stenographers clerks route boys pushers and factory workers. Positions include a piano salesman route helper route boy and general laborers with wages from daily to weekly pay in New York City addresses and firm names such as White Budell Manufacturing Co and Armon Packing Co.
A garbled newspaper page lists numerous domestic job openings and small jobs. Entries seek wives, chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, general houseworkers, waitresses, and a clerk or bookkeeper. Many ads request experience, references, and offer monthly wages or commissions.
A jumble of classified style notices includes requests for cheap mining stock, store for sale with living rooms, furniture deals, a refinished business woman seeking steady work, patent and trademark information, rental offers, and various household goods for sale. The items reflect a mid-century urban newspaper’s commercial notices and personal opportunities.
A long list of lost articles reported around Washington DC areas including gold watch, jewelry, a pocketbook with cash, eyeglasses, a bicycle, a gun metal watch, a cream shawl, a black umbrella, a gold locket, a signet ring, a corals brooch, a gold chain, a necklace, a watch fob, a dog, and other personal belongings. Rewards offered for returns with descriptions and contact points at several locations like the Garges Pharmacy, the Munsey Building, Home Life Building, and the Raleigh Hotel with dates in July and August.
WANTED I WILL PAY HIGHEST CASH PRICES for worn garments, ladies, gentlemen, and children's wear. any amount, send details and we will call. J TARSHES 1908 7th St North 499. Also ad from MORGAN BRADFORD, Superintendent, with contact details and notices for confidential service.
Auction-style notice offering a wide range of carriages and harnesses from the Hawt market, with details on grand extensions, pony baskets, traps, and double harnesses. Also advertises driving horses, a carpenters platform wagon, a delivery livery stable, storage firm Willard Storage, and an 2 imported extenders. buyer can inspect at Spelecy Stables and Howen's Livery.
Albert Hatchert & Co. announce first class steam carpet cleaning services at 352 Sid. Ave. SW, claiming the largest establishment of its kind in the district. Prompt appointment invited.
Advertisement notes Washington Rug Co offering woven carpets into art and reversible rugs. Promotes sale and installation at 821 South Street with phone 495. Also lists cheap secondhand tents and camping gear with immediate address for responses.
A garbled collection of ads and notices offers storage for furniture loan terms pawn tickets valuable goods wanted or bought and various personal requests. Items include two month housing for under 25 monthly, a 2-horse wagon with harness, a typewriter for repair, assistance requests for a chair, baby adoption inquiries, a sailboat or boat for hire, and several want ads for horses, adoption, and services with scattered contact hints and box numbers.
Antique and modern items offered include piano parts and pianos, a Wheelock upright, a patient list of household goods and furniture, a bicycle, a dog, a goat with harness, a pool table, a typewriter cabinet, a diamond ring, a solitaire, clothing, a hatwood carriage, antique furniture, a refrigerator, a cigar box, a field shotgun, and Delft urns. Prices range from modest to substantial with quick sale urged and various contact boxes.
Miscellaneous for sale items include bicycles baby gear pianos dog and cat items and a motor launch. The ad lists a lady's bicycle parlor suite and a various machinery like gas engines boats and pumps with contact addresses and prices.
Male situational wanted ads list many positions including pastry making, tire maker, bartender, bellman, bookkeeper, clerk, coachman, driver, seller, and general work. Entries show ages, addresses in Washington area, and requests for part time or evening work with references and box numbers for response.
A dense lineup of classified help wanted notices lists male applicants seeking work from light watchman to office boy, stagehand, janitor, pressman, stenographer, and more. Entries include addresses and contact notes. some emphasize training, references, or specific duties like painting, real estate clerk work, or waitstaff roles.
Classifieds seek female and colored workers for domestic roles. Listings include chambermaids, cooks, launderers, nurses, governesses, and housekeepers with various wages and locations around Washington DC, many listing BOX contact references. Several ads request day work or travel, with notes on experience and references.
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