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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1906
Page
11
Free want ads in a period newspaper offer space for fifteen words or fewer with no charge. Ads may be repeated if no response, and letters directed to initials only should go care of a firm or post office. Agencies are listed for a 3 cent delivery fee at select pharmacies.
A broad trimmed list of job notices shows many white and colored applicants sought for positions from architects and engineers to delivery drivers and sales partners. Listings include clerks for hardware stores, jewelers, a hotel porter, elevator workers, a curtain maker, and domestic staff with references required.
A dense collage of job ads from a historic newspaper lists male workers sought for office, printing, paperhanging, tinners, drivers, sales, and factory roles. Listings include positions at Porter Printing, The Kenesaw Pharmacy, Eastern Wallpaper, and local merchants. ages mainly 14 to 21 with several wheel delivery and bundle wrapper calls. Wages and hours vary, with notes on year round work, travel, and special requirements.
Classifieds list numerous openings including apprentice millinery at McCalley, young girl at Art Needle Store, and multiple chambermaid, cook, and general housework roles. Appeals emphasize experience, references, and sometimes night shifts, with various addresses in the Washington area.
A dense cluster of classified ads seeking general housework, cook, wash, and related domestic help. Listings include white and colored women, ages 14 to over 37, with various duties from cooking and ironing to full housekeeping, in private homes, farms, and guilds across Washington area, with referee requirements and wage notes. multiple addresses and contact references appear.
A flood of assorted listings including rugs woven into fine art, a Washington Rug Co. circular, a collection of valuable old Virginia by Kallen French and German makers offered immediately, phonograph records at half price, ash cans, a nearly new bath cabinet Voltamp battery, a first class upright piano, pool tables for sale, an enamel white bed with mattress and Brussels rug, a walnut bureau, and office records of the Union and Confederate navies from 1491 to 1865 offered after 4 p.m. in Mount Vernon.
A dense column of classifieds offers numerous items for sale or trade including furniture like a walnut sideboard and a breakfast table, a Go cart, a pony, a piano, a camera, a typewriter, a fountain pen, a sewing machine, and a bad horse buggy and harness. Also listed are household goods, books, a comic relief catalog, and a robust assortment of odds and ends with contact details at street addresses and box numbers. Some entries claim low prices, while others emphasize good condition and immediate sale.
A jumble of notices offers stocks at various prices including Benedictine milling, Merchants and Mechanics Bank, and savings bank shares. Real estate ads promote large lots near the Capitol, timber land in Virginia, and rooming houses. Addresses, options, and agent names appear with several contact boxes and parcel details.
A cluttered 1900s classified list seeks items and help: valves and up holstery gear, graphophone, furniture, bicycles, a stove, clothing, and a wide range of secondhand goods. It also includes ads for domestic help, boarding, and real estate inquiries in the Washington area.
MRS LAWRENCE advertises three men for manicure and shamgon services with contact via phone. Numerous lines push morphine and laudanum offerings, baldwin sex life boosts, and bold claims of permanent cures. Wanted buyers and sellers sought for high cash prices on garments, shoes, and hats with mailing addresses and phone numbers included.
A rent notice states owner leaving the city will rent upright at 318 Harvard St with listings for the Saturday afternoon and Sunday. An Oriental palmist studio at 1622 Q St NW advertises biweekly hours and claims large earnings and broad civics advice on love divorce business or speculation. Also noted is a WANTED cash prices for cant-off clothing with postal return and contact W Rich at Isrith NW and phone North 17ab.
A long list of lost items from Washington area attractions, including watches, purses, a pearl brooch, a gold breastpin, a dog, a memory book, and a wallet. Rewards offered. contact 901 M St NW or 3438 Brown St Mt. Pleasant, with some locations near Trinity Church, Georgetown, and the Arlington area. Damaged text but details show multiple finds and return requests across several streets and venues.
A historical classifieds page lists male applicants for positions including riding instructor, apprentice plumber with three years' experience, architectural draughtsman, waiter, bartender, cook, bookkeeper, clerical work, boy for office tasks, coachman, and domestic guild notices. Names, addresses and specific contacts reflect era-specific employment ads and diverse applicants seeking roles in households and trades.
Numerous classified notices seek cooks, chambermaids, waiters, drivers, coaches, and other domestic staff in Washington area. Positions include colored and white workers, day or night shifts, with references and good deals of detail on location and wage. Also listings for stenographers, tutors, and clerical help.
A dense classified page lists numerous positions for chambermaids waitresses cooks nurses and companions. It names THE WASHINGTON DOMESTIC GUILD at 17th street and offers roles in private families cafes and hotels with varied wages and hours. many listings specify color of applicant and demand references.
Helps wanted for mount vernon seminary position for a male or female pastry cook. call 9 to 2 mornings tuesday and wednesday. postings note demand for stenographers and typists with a course from 30 to 80 days at stenographic academy, 318-316 colorado building.
An OCR fragment advertises opaque window shades from Gib and Scotch Holland Shades Tec. It mentions shades hung and samples at Klebelatt's with pricing notes and a collage of product types. The text is partial and lacks clear dates or quantities.
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