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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
17
Free advertising in The Post invites short want ads up to eighteen words, but only one per person per day and no business ads without payment. Ads must reach by 9 pm excluding Saturdays. agencies and local drug stores handle submissions, with delivery through The Post and payment per advertisement.
A raucous 1900s help wanted page lists numerous positions from dishwashers and stenographers to bakers, drivers, porters, and office clerks. It advertises training, employment in hotels, homes, and shops, with contact details for Washington Domestic Guild and various trade schools and employers.
An old classified ad page lists multiple female helper positions including chambermaids cooks houseworkers and waitresses with various locations and contact hints. The readable items show White and Colored workers sought for hotels homes and private families with salaries and hours. many entries reference Washington DC area addresses and local laundries and agencies.
A dense, fragmented page lists services and sales from multiple vendors including storage of furniture, hauling and loading rates, pawn tickets, precious metals, bedding wants, printing and patent inquiries, office equipment, musical instruments, camera gear, real estate, stenography services, and household trades. Names and addresses scattered, with prices and contact hints.
A large sale of used pianos and related items offered at deep discounts. Knabe, Kimball, Starr, Hamman, Weber, Steinway style bargains with mahogany cases and recent servicing. Also cash registers, safes, and assorted household goods advertised with low weekly payments and delivery options.
A bustling classified page advertises new and secondhand furniture including an oak folding bed, bedroom set, and roll-top desk at low prices. Also listed are a reclining go-cart, nickel plated burners, gas stoves, and a range of household items with weekly specials and bargain calls. Horse listings include carriages, saddles, harness, and various conveyances for sale by Willard Storage and Probey Carriage Co, with buyers sought in Washington listings.
A flood of small notices lists lost breastpins, wallets, eyeglasses, coats, dogs, jewelry and a child’s coat. Rewards offered, with several names and addresses like Mrs Walter Clephane, 1717 Corcoran St NW, Major Treasury Dept, and Griffith J Kinsey Hotel Driscoll.
A dense classified cluster lists numerous helper positions including butlers, drivers, clerks, hotel staff, gardeners, and domestic roles. Entries request experienced or honest workers, methods vary from applying at 17th and 4th streets to 304 20th street, NW, with references and wage expectations noted.
Classified seeks chambermaid or waitress positions with private family or respectable home. Multiple listings show wages from $13 to $40 weekly equivalents, preferences for colored or white, city and out-of-town placements, and references.
A flood of furnished rooms and front rooms for rent across Mount Pleasant and nearby Washington DC areas. Listings describe large bright front rooms, attic suites, and single or double bedrooms with or without board, summer rates, and nearby transit. Numerous addresses across NW and SW streets note private families, pleasant exposures, and quiet homes.
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