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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1906
Page
21
Public notice style ad describes free small classified ads for rooms and wants with word limits, placement guidance, and listing of agency drugstores for dropping ads across districts Washington Post. It lists no-charge policies, posting times, and regional agency locations for submitting notices.
A dense wartime style ad sheet lists a wide range of jobs and positions in Washington DC and nearby areas. It includes positions for barbers, bakers, drivers, cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, clerks, stenographers, typesetters, and various trades. The notices request applicants with or without experience and provide box numbers or street addresses for responses, along with wage ranges and shift details.
A scan of the page shows multiple ads and notices. Items include furniture storage and hauling rates, pawn ticket purchasing, requests to buy 600 feather beds, typewriters and office fixtures, photography gear, a first year law set, second hand goods, oil lanterns, and various trades. Names and addresses are scattered across the listings.
Mixed classifieds listing used goods including mattresses box springs upright piano cash registers and sewing machines. Also horses buggy harness terrier puppies fur coats and various household items withPrices and contact hints scattered throughout. Local dealers advertise cash registers plus furniture and decor items for immediate sale.
A cluttered OCR page lists pawns and sales including a two-stone diamond pawn, a Kimball piano certificate, a Winchester gun, typewriters, moving picture machines, rugs, a silk lined robe, and various household goods. Items reference BOX numbers, addresses and offices, with prices ranging from a few dollars to dozens, plus a piano certificate offer.
Washington notices offer brokerage for selecting a representative for a Western financial institution, seeking interviewees. Listings include sale of a large lunch room near Treasury, a villinery business, an electrical engineer for auto shop, a Washington London guarantees stock query, retirements in Frost business, pension attorney service, patents and trademarks guidance with box mail responses.
A flood of lost items including pocketbooks, jewelry, watches, and pets prompts public notices across Washington DC. Entries list rewards and contact points at various addresses and hotels, with helpers urged to return items to owners such as Mrs. Walter Clephane, F. Andrews, and J. Weiler, among others.
Local want ads seek ladies and gentlemen’s old clothing shoes hats and accessories with highest cash prices. Send postal with details. callers available any hour. Also listings for astrology palmistry and detective services appear among the notices.
A long OCR fragment lists job postings and applicants for hotel, domestic, chauffeur, butler, waiter, cook, clerk, gardener, and general work positions. Many entries specify race and age notes, with addresses or box numbers and preferences for private families or out-of-town postings. The text resembles a 1920s classifieds page seeking young colored men, white applicants, and various service roles.
Classified advertisement page seeking office boy and paper hanger work plus many domestic positions. Listings include pressman, real estate assistant, salesman, tutor, upholsterer, waiters, chambermaids, cooks, watchmen, caretakers, companions, and housekeepers. Some notes on nationality and gender reflect the era’s employment practices.
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