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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
11
A historical notice explains free want ads with limits on word count and placement. It lists eligible items, submission rules, and multiple insertion guidance, plus agency locations for drop offs and mail options.
Dense OCR text lists numerous help wanted notices across hospitality, domestic service, and manual labor roles. It mentions positions such as dishwasher, stenographic student, clerk, butler, waiter, gardener, tailor, bricklayer, and many general labor roles with pay details and locations in Washington area buildings and hotels.
Classified ads from a early 20th century Washington listing show numerous female help wanted notices. Positions include chambermaids cooks nurses clerks and companions and emphasize available wages and locations around Northwest Washington DC with multiple addresses and employers.
Fragmented ad page shows a varied mix of requests and offers including storage and moving services, buying old items for cash, real estate inquiries, used equipment for sale, toy and patent item notes, stenography and typing services, camera gear, musical instruments, and rental housing. Names and addresses indicate a dense urban classifieds column from a past era.
Classified listing offers used pianos from many makers at deep discounts. Knabe, Kimball, Starr, Haldeman, and other uprights and grands are priced from 150 to 3500 with models in mahogany cases, late designs, and near-new condition. Also advertised are cash registers, dress suits, carpets, and assorted goods with delivery options.
Classified listing of furniture and horse items from a Washington paper. Offers include oak beds, dressers, sideboards, dining sets, refrigerators, mirrors, and other furniture at reduced prices. Also lists multiple horse carriages, harnesses, saddles, and related equipment with locations and contact pointers for Willard Storage and Probe Carriage Co.
A jumble of lost items and rewards appears, listing accessories, pets, clothing, and personal belongings with names and addresses such as Mrs Walter Clephane, Major, GRIFFITH J. KINSEY, and 1717 Corcoran Street. Rewards offered for returns, with scattered locations like Euclid Avenue, 14th Street, and F Street. The notices mix wallets, pins, coats, eyeglasses, and a terrier, all sought by various owners in the Washington area.
A dense classified list from a Washington newspaper features numerous help-wanted notices. Many items seek trustworthy butlers, drivers, elevator operators, cashiers, clerks, and general workers. Several ads specify race and offer varied wages, hours, and duties, with addresses in DC sections such as 17th Street NW and nearby avenues.
A dense, fragmented classified page lists numerous chambermaid and waitress posts, with varied details. Entries mix races and ages, note private families, city and out of town work, wages from 10 to 40 dollars, and multiple addresses and contact hints. Many items mention weariness about leaving the city and city refs, with several specific street references.
Numerous furnished rooms to rent across blocks in NW Washington. Advertisements describe front and rear rooms with board options, summer rates, private or shared baths, single or double occupancy, and proximity to streets like M Street NW and Columbia Road NW. Listings emphasize neat, well lit, airy spaces, some with picturesque views, private entries, and accessible transit. Many offer private entraces, summer pricing, and options for gentlemen or families in shared houses.
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