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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1905
Page
13
A garbled antique notice describes free advertising in The Washington Post but restricts to one ad per day per person. It lists agents and pharmacies delivering ads for a fee and notes an evening cutoff on Saturdays, with initials directing to a prison or post office.
Classifieds seek colored boy general work at 731 7th st aw and a 63 Pierce st aw. grocery clerks. meat cutting. head waiter. experienced plumber. window washer. janitor for church. jobs include oxymoron and hospitality roles. Positions range from 1 to 3 p.m. shifts. many require references.
Blacked out, noisy classified scene offering numerous cook and general houseworker positions. Advertisements seek both white and colored women, including first class cooks, stay nights, several to work in families of two to three adults, some with references required, addresses listed across multiple Washington DC streets.
PROF LIVING ION NEW YORK invites ladies to join the School of Dresscutting and Design at 120 Street with promises of first class positions after week courses. Advertisements seek experienced saleswomen, seamstresses, stenographers, waitresses, and apprentices, listing locations around 7th Street NW and Dist Street NW, with contact notes and office references.
A jumble of want exchanges lists items such as rolls of matting a parlor rug a phonograph with records a dining room chair set a cook stove a wash stand a wardrobe a gas stove a plant and more. Readers advertise trades including furniture, appliances, a bedstead a sideboard and a refrigerator for various household goods and services. Several notices offer services or companionship in exchange for care or other arrangements.
An ad fragment offers a $50 piano certificate or cash in exchange for a piano valued around 325, posted by Aires es nc. The notice invites responses to BOX 2 at this office.
Numerous ads offer to trade for chairs, sofas, beds, pianos, stoves, and other furniture pieces. Items include a Windsor mirror, rocking chairs, an old walnut bed, a 8 day clock, a dress, a folding bed, a piano, a violin, a hash of various clocks, stoves, and an infant’s coat, all requesting exchanges or trades with cash adjustments. Also mentions locations such as 417 2a st nw and Jackson st ne and 9th st aw.
Various barter offers and wants from a local classifieds page including exchanges for piano furniture household items and pets, requests for a dog or horse, a coach for adults in history or art, a side saddle, and misc. employment and service notices with box addresses for responses. The ad mentions a grand square piano for trade, bed room furniture, oak sideboard, china cabinet, and other secondhand goods. It also lists a civil service notice and a request for a bicycle and a camera.
Classified notices list numerous private sales and requests. Items include chairs, rugs, a piano, a secondhand go cart, a folding high chair, a bed, a phonograph, sewing machines, trunks, and a range of small furnishings. Prices and contact details vary, with several addresses in NW and surrounding streets. Parsable buyer and seller requests show broad private sale activity.
A dense classifieds page offers numerous items for sale and trade including bicycles, beds, dining room furniture, stoves, and a Swiss music box. Also listed are horses and carriages, a combination riding cab, a guitar, a typewriter, a camera, and various household goods. Some entries note locations like 21st Street NW and 7th Street NW with contact hints.
A cluster of classified notices seeks partners and money for ventures from a mail order auto line business to a real estate brokerage. Offers promise profits, interviews, and possible pensions, with boxes for response. Items include a boarding house, a laundry plant, a patent booklet sales push, and a manufacturing venture, all advertising buy in or partnership opportunities.
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