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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1905
Page
22
Washington Post want ads show agency drop points for ads at local drugstores across Northwest and surrounding districts. Listings include multiple pharmacies and staff contact details for jobs from help wanted to skilled trades and office work. Local employers seek coat and skirt hands cooks barbers clerks and drivers with various pay and hours.
Classified ads seek thirty colored men to drive coal wagons with good wages. Numerous other positions: cooks, drivers, drug clerks, finishers, clerks, laborers, porters, elevator conductors, farm hands, lathers, painters, and more. Some require references. apply at local addresses and offices or box notices.
A dense collection of help wanted and service ads from Washington area papers, listing positions for tinners, tailors, upholsterers, waiters, porters, yard workers, clerks, bookkeepers, chambermaids, cooks, and general housework, with places on 20th Street NW and nearby streets, inviting capable applicants with tools, experience, or training to apply at various businesses and residences. Names include Woodward & Lothrop, H G Jacobs, Richards Henderson, Mutual District Mercantile Co, and others, reflecting a mid 20th century job classifieds page.
A dense listing of cook and general housework jobs targeting women, colored and white, with multiple addresses in Washington DC areas including NW and Cleveland Park. Positions request references, specify duties such as cooking washing ironing and care of flats, some require staying nights, several specify first class or experienced cooks and private families.
Classified notices seek housekeepers and nurses. many entries specify general housework, cleaning, laundering, and domestic help roles. Listings mention white, colored, German, and refugee statuses, with varying wages, shifts, and locations around downtown Washington DC areas 14th to 28th streets NW and nearby flats.
A dense string of job ads and service notices. Positions include seamstresses white and colored, dressmaker, housemaid, servant in lunch room, general housework, stenographer and typist, stock clerk, suit hands, pianists, two experienced typewriters, wagon boys, waitresses, and a variety of clerical and domestic roles. locations include northwest Washington addresses and businesses such as Woodward & Cothrop and Adams. Several entries request references, experience, and hours.
Numerous listings of horses and carriages for sale or hire. Includes a stylish trap that folds, a horse weighing several hundreds, and a high bred chestnut nut horse. Also mentions autos and a wide array of gear from harnesses to saddles. Numerous addresses and seller names such as W. P. Collins, Thomas E. Young, and Harrison Coal.
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