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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1905
Page
41
Classified ad notice listing multiple city pharmacies for ad drop offs and a variety of want ads. Includes positions for agents, translators, farm workers, shop staff, and stage boys, with brief contact directions and compensation notes.
A collage of help wanted ads lists positions for a white chef at ten dollars, a houseman for household duties, a colored houseman, a young white houseman, a houseman driver with references, an office janitor, a labored asked by a law school and a laborer, a law office helper, and telegraphy and railroad accounting training with promising salaries from Morse School of Telegraphy.
Numerous job notices across Washington DC area listing positions for paperhangers, plasterers, plumbers, tailors, bootmakers, porters, clerks, stenographers, salesmen, waiters, and shop helpers. Employers seek reliable youths and adults, with references, in varied trades from plumbing and carpentry to retail and office work. Some ads offer training or half-price tuition.
Classified notice of labor openings and positions across printing, watchmaking, and domestic work. Listings include nonunion electrophicers and foraman in New York firms, watchman and janitor roles, yard hands for coal and wood yards in Washington, and numerous chambermaids, cooks, clerks, and apprentices in local households and shops with references required. Many entries request reliable, skilled workers with good references and specify work locations around 8th to 19th streetsNW and surrounding areas.
Classifieds show multiple COOK vacancies and general housework jobs across Washington DC areas. Listings specify race preferences, references, stay-night requirements, and varying wages from monthly to weekly pay. Also include dishwashers and dressmaking notes among domestic help requests.
Classified notices seek reliable women for general housework in private families across Washington area. Positions specify stay nights or light duties, with or without washing, references required, various neighborhoods and ages, including white and colored applicants.
A bustling classified page lists female nurses and servants for homes in districts around 14th to 28th streets NW and nearby avenues. Positions include white and colored nurses, experienced and settled workers, and live-in care for children, with many ads noting references, residency requirements, and pay or hours.
A grab-bag of lost items and personal ads lists rings collars dogs watches pins and items with rewards offered. Scattered names streets and addresses appear with returns expected at various Washington DC locations and times.
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