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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1906
Page
13
Classifieds listing free small ads and help wanted notices across many trades. It details ad timing limits and agent locations, plus instructions for submitting notices via mail or office drops and notes on initials handling.
A dense classified page offers palm readings from a renowned psychic and a flurry of domestic service ads. Listings seek cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, and general houseworkers, with numerous whites and colored applicants, rates and shifts varied, contact details in northwest Washington firms and individuals.
A dense mix of handwritten style classified ads seeking cheap items and services. Listings include a typewriter buyer, vacuum cap, baby carriage, storage batteries, ponies and harness, upright piano for a young lady, half horse power engine, upholstering, bicycles, second hand pianos, a phonograph parts request, a Davenport, a sofa, a small dog and terrier puppy, a histology microscope, a drawing draftsperson, and various small household goods. Many ads specify price and contact details.
A chaotic storefront of classifieds includes items for sale and pets ranging from a 6 China rare blue vase over 100 years old to a pedigreed pointer dog and a thoroughbred Chihuahua. Various household goods like enamel dressers, stoves, a hairpin sewing machine, a Remington typewriter, an organ, and a bird cage are advertised with prices and contact notes.
Dense classified items from a Washington DC newspaper offer partnerships and cash for ventures and stocks, mention a manufacturing venture to form a company, cash offers for building, stock sales at fixed prices, and various goods for sale from musical instruments to furniture. Names include JOHN WEDDERBURN CO and THE GORDON HOTEL.
Private house sale listing at 1256 Columbia Road and 1001 I Street NW offers walnut and mahogany furniture including beds dressers cabinets chairs and a Davenport Nearly 200 years old antique mahogany Davenport and ornate parlor pieces featured with prices and contact at ADMIRAL ORNCORP 428 1st Street NW and 1001 I Street NW
Classified notices offer various exchanges and buys in Washington area. Items include Edison Leland battery equipment, boxing gloves, cruising launch, 3 foot cabinet, furniture for rooms and board, horse use for board, winter coal table board, room for a woman, phonograph cylinders for German, a panorama camera, and two large building lots for exchange near Capitol. Names and addresses indicate local readers seeking trades or purchases.
A jumble of lost items across Washington includes keys in a ring, a diamond brooch, a Waltham watch with a black fob, medals engraved with Marie Tunstall and O. B., a brindle Bull Terrier and a white Ox Terrier, a gentleman’s gun-meter open-face watch engraved C. M. Gallagher, a medal from a public school, a card case, a ring set with ruby and diamonds, a silver belt buckle, an umbrella, a gold chain bracelet, and various other valuables all offered for rewards or return. Several contacts note addresses in Northwest and Southeast Washington for reclaim or inquiries, with dates and locations ranging September through October and venues like Luna Park and the Post Office Building referenced.
Found notices include a lady’s ring at 29061 Home Life Building with contact, a black and tan female dog tagged 498, a carrier pigeon marked E J with owner to call at Conn. bridge, and two spectacles near City Post. Also an ad for kidney medicine, and help wanted notices for refined colored couple and a waitress nearby.
Classified notices show a mix of jobs and helpers including accountant, barber, bartender, cook, clerk, butler, chauffeur, and more. Several entries seek first class experience, trustworthy references, and addresses in Washington area. many list box referrals or guilds for application.
A dense block of classified style help wanted notices listing colored men and youth seeking domestic, janitorial, delivery, clerical and miscellaneous jobs around Washington. Various roles include cooks, houseboys, porters, drivers, ditching work, and office help with references, addresses, and brief personal details.
A dense collection of mixed help wanted notices across trades. Listings include male help for ornamental ironwork, barbering, bagging, delivering milk, shop labor, clerical work, shorthand, bookkeeping, carryalls, drivers, and domestic service. Many entries specify wages, age, or location with several employers like Columbian Iron Works and local stores.
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