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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1906
Page
15
A historical free want ad column lists rules for free ads including word limits and posting times. It names agency locations in Washington areas, drugstores and pharmacies as drop-off points, and advertises agents with a “Daily Sure-Beats” money-making opportunity.
Classified ads seek a married couple to run a Virginia pleasure farm with horses stock farming and vegetables. Wages from 320 to 3 board and cottage provided. Also listings for general housekeepers man and wife immediate need, plus numerous wage positions in real estate, printing, labor, and service roles with references required and box numbers for responses.
Classified job ads from 1906 offer positions for bricklaying plastering and trades at Coyre Bros Co New York Chicago St Louis with pay and catalog options. National Guard recruitment and pharmacy positions with wages and travel expenses. clerks stenographers and typists sought for government and private offices. various labor and service roles including waiters elevator boys and barbers with location details and contact addresses.
A crowded page lists numerous 1920s Washington DC classified ads for domestic help and teaching including chambermaids cooks and general housework seekers. It shows many white and colored women applying for stays, shifts, and steady positions with contact details and wage notes.
A dense cluster of want ads seeks young white and colored women for general housework, nannying, and clerical tasks, plus positions for waitresses, a stenographer, a governess, a nurse, and a bookkeeper. Locations mainly in Washington DC area include Irving Ave, 1519 Irving, Columbia Rd, 124 Columbia Read, Dupont, 1217 20th St, and 1063 6th St nw, with ages and qualifications varying.
A spot cash market lists furniture stoves bric a brac and housewares for sale. Multiple items including carpets rugs chairs dressers lamps and a variety of used goods are offered by several sellers with contact details and delivery notes.
SITUATIONS AND HELP WANTED. Washington Domestic Guild at 804 17th NW advertises for farmers and wives, housework, chambermaids, cooks, butlers, and staff for private homes, hotels, and boarding houses. Listings urge experienced applicants, white or colored, with wages and lodging details, and promote hotel staffing services and bookings.
Classified notices list nursing and domestic job openings for white and colored women, including live-in care for infants and multiple children, housework, cooking, and waitressing. Pay ranges from 12 to 20 dollars per month, with nights required and location settings around 17th Street and NW areas. An additional department touts electric vibro facial and scalp treatments at the Marselette location on Twelfth Street with hairdressing services.
A dated classified notice offers numerous positions in Washington D C including butler, cook, coachman, chauffeur, bellman, porter, elevator man, janitor, hotel clerks, and other hotel and private household roles. Listings seek young colored or American men and women with neat appearance, good references, and thorough experience, with apply details at 17th street NW and nearby avenues.
Inventory listings including a desk set with chair and bookcase, an invalid wheelchair, bridal gowns and street dresses, a tuxedo suit with vest, a folding bed with linens, three new caltioire latrobes, and contact details for J. E. Boyd for viewing or purchase. Items priced and presented as in a storefront classified.
Established 1655 at 381 Pennsylvania Avenue. Notice of unredeemed pledges from 2016. Items mentioned include gold, watches, jewelry, gems, mechanical tools, men’s apparel, and a Gold and River booklet. Burnstine's ad markets loans and pawn services.
Washington Domestic Guild advertises domestic workers and staff positions. Listings seek experienced American, colored, or German helpers including valets, cooks, housekeepers, nannies, nurses, companions, maids, laundresses, stenographers, and waiters. Apply at 804 17th st nw or 404 17th st nw. subscribers only for guild assistance.
Classified listing of used items including pianos uprights and grands, clocks, baby carriages, cameras, typewriters, musical instruments, animal pets, boating gear, furniture, and misc. Offers cash and terms, with many items priced, including Knabe, Weber, Schubert pianos and more. Additional items include coal oil stoves, heating, clothing, and a variety of trades and exchanges.
A jumble of lost items and found notices gathered from Washington DC areas. Entries include an Irish terrier at 1820 Corcoran St NW, a found page at Washington Post Bust office counter, and various items found near Capitol areas such as a gold tooth pick, a tiny fox terrier, a ferret, a tan pocketbook with $14, eyeglasses, a mink muff, and a gray squirrel scarf. Contact details reference Georgetown Car Barn and 1720 RT Ave, 1815 13th St NW, and 1477 Bewion Ave.
A flood of lost and found notices crowds pages from near Dupont Circle to Georgetown including a gold ring with blue and red settings, a diamond engagement ring, a camel pendant, a white hand razor, pocketbooks, a fox terrier and collie dogs, and various wallets. Rewards offered. contact details include 1222 Pa Ave NW, 1821 11th St NW, 1717 7th St NW, and other addresses. Also listed are sales ads for tavern, grocery, and restaurant businesses with asking prices and contact points.
Dense 1910s style classifieds offer items for sale and services. Numerous short notices include dresses furniture sewing machines jewelry and instruments, plus a developing machine and a piano offer. Names and addresses rush by, with prices and contact hints in terse phrases.
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