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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
21
Public notice explains free advertising in small columns with limits and conditions. Posts encourage readers to use agency stations to submit notices and remind that initials only should be directed to a person or firm, with most ads not accepted after 9 pm and no Saturday after 5 pm free ads.
Advertises a canvassing opportunity to sell Qpiove earthenware cooking vessels from Thes. W. McCoy Pottery Roseville Ohio. Promises exclusive manufacture rights, a registered trade mark, and postage-paid complete canvassing outfit to start. Likely a historical recruitment blurb.
Help wanted ads include cook first class who will leave city, a woman for general housework in city at 1 Grant Place, a stenographer and typewriter, and a man at 18. An ad notes guarantee of a position for all pupils in a shorthand and typing course at Stenographic Academy 818-319 Colorado Bldg.
Various classified listings solicit male workers and trades in Washington area: barbers, clerks, colored laborers, car mechanics, cooks, waiters, machinists, and door-to-door sales. Positions include entry level shop help, cellar handlers, and photo enlargers, with pay ranges, hours, and contact box references. Some listings seek trained professionals in dentistry, optics, and tailoring, plus general labor and farm help.
A jumble of 19th or early 20th century classified ads seeking help and services. Listings include male cleaners and bright young men, stenographers, bookkeepers for railroad offices, store workers, a mandolin musician tutor, waiter positions, a barber or tailor helper, translation services, and a dentist advertisement. Contacts provide partial addresses and requests for age, experience, and references.
A vintage help wanted page listing multiple positions for women and young ladies. opportunities include office clerks, a cashier, chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, general housework, companions, and hotel staff. Some ads request experience, references, and specific locations in Washington DC area.
A dense list of lost items and small ads appears, detailing numerous missing belongings, jewelry, keys, wallets, badges, and pets. Locations span Washington area, with rewards offered and contact hints. Notes include a diamond pin, a blue jacket, a collie named Dan, a watch, and various purses.
Business changes notice offers an old established grocery and wholesale store in NW with splendid business, price reasonable, details at the Sullivan office 2701 13th St. NW. Also various sale notices for bathrooms fixtures at Colonial Hotel, a lunch counter, and other mixed ads. Includes opportunities to invest or buy stock, with contact addresses in Washington DC area.
F G Nolte offers wallpaper hanging and interior decorating with a 25 percent discount. The ad notes papered rooms at $2 per, calling for customers to visit or contact the shop at 907 Ith NW.
Fragmented ad like note lists exchanges and favors for a government clerk. Mentions to contact via BOX numbers and offers include piano lessons room rent and a leather traveling case. Also notes a used sewing machine and various department exchange schemes in a chaotic, unclear message.
A daily classified column advertises second hand furniture stoves rugs and house furnishings. Listings include solid brass beds bureaus iron beds dressers tables chairs and bedroom sets with prices such as 21 43 150 and 250. Numerous items like oak bedsteads box springs and a nursery refrigerator are offered with exchanges suggested and contact details for pickup.
Multiple local dealers advertise spot cash for household goods, furniture, carpets, stoves, and bric a brac. They offer immediate payment, contact numbers, and emphasize buying contents of entire households. Offers from CAMMACK BRO, Baum's Furniture Shop, Dickinigan, Snitser and Laporte highlight established buyback services.
Classified notices offer cash for cast off clothing and ready-made garments. Ads seek high cash prices for ladies and gentlemen clothing, domestic help, butlers, valets, drivers, and bookkeepers. Listings include contact addresses in Washington area and phone references.
A long, fragmented help wanted column lists various positions including butler, cook, janitor, chauffeur, waiter, clerk, salesman, and others. Several entries request first class references and mention addresses like 804 27th st and 404 Xft at nw, with ages and ethnic mentions. The notes resemble a job-seekers page from a historical newspaper and include offers of wages and housing.
Fragmentary classified note lists dogs cats birds ferrets foxes and insects for sale. Mentions Flora Vitae tobacco products plant pests and various supplies. Includes garbled shop name and address fragment with unrelated items.
Situations listed for chambermaids cooks housekeepers and companions by white and colored women seeking city jobs. many entries specify private households offers in rooming houses or hotels with references and summer positions.
A Washington page shows multiple want ads for caregivers and domestic help. Listings include experienced nurses and private nurses, companions, governesses, and stenographers seeking positions. notes provide ages, languages, and locations, with addresses like BOX numbers and streets for responses. The array reflects early 20th century demand for medical and domestic service roles.
A dense list of rooms for rent across Washington DCs NW and nearby areas. Advertisements describe furnished and unfurnished front rooms, single rooms, parlor suites, and rooms suitable for two persons with uses like light housekeeping, porcelain baths, and proximity to car lines. Rates range from affordable weekly or monthly sums, with several entries noting summer pricing and quiet, well kept houses.
Classified advertisement listing numerous furnished rooms for rent in Northwest and surrounding DC areas. Options include front rooms with southern exposure, rooms with private baths, housekeeping friendly units, single and double occupancy, proximity to transit, libraries, and government buildings. Rates range from low to moderate summer prices, with references and board available in some listings.
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