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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1907
Page
6
The column offers free help and wanted ads for rent rooms lost and found and similar items. Only one free advertisement per person per day is allowed in the feature column. Prompt responses are encouraged to ensure the advertisement achieves its purpose.
The Washington Post notes advertising rules and agent stations for want ads. Agencies located at drug stores across Northwest and Northeast districts operate with a 5 cent per word rate and delivery by mail or office drop. Listings include Northwest spots like North Capitol and Vermont avenues, plus Southeast and Southwest offices.
Several job notices list positions from salesmen and barbers to clerks and drivers. Employers request references, bonds, and experienced workers at locations in Washington and suburbs, offering weekly pay, commissions, steady hours, and temporary or permanent posts.
A jumble of job ads appears: colored boys and men sought for work in stores, lunchrooms, and drugstores. cleaners, drivers, gardeners, elevator attendants, and general helpers. multiple positions for white and colored applicants. domestic workers, cooks, chambermaids, waitresses. many box numbers and addresses. some listings request references or ages. mixed locations around Washington DC and vicinity.
Classified items show numerous job ads for waitresses and domestic staff at Washington Domestic Guild, along with housing and office help. Lost notices include wallets, purses, watches, jewelry, keys, and several pets with various reward details across multiple DC addresses.
A collage of miscellaneous classified requests and offers. Wants include five hundred female canaries, stock, furniture for rooms, a piano, a gas stove, a bike, and a remington typewriter. Also requests for a partner, moving services, storage, a horse, and a variety of secondhand items with prices or box references. Many entries provide box numbers and office contact details.
A collage of personals and ads shows psychics, massage, manicure, and prophecies plus requests for cash offers on clothing. Listings reference Mr Daoud the palmist at 1622 and 1822 Q Street NW with phone numbers, grooming and beauty services, and buy/sell requests. Multiple vendors seek high cash prices for garments and hats, while others promote massaging services and a reader at 722 Ath NW.
A scattered OCR of classified ads lists items for sale including a large Heinekamp square piano, typewriters, an oak counter and chair, a Edison phonograph, a Remington typewriter, a gasolined cruising launch, watching items, sewing machines, furniture, a syrup soda fountain, stamps, and various household goods. Names and addresses include Franklin Baudry, 603 Tath st nw, and Stanley M Seaman, 220 Broadway New York City, with prices and conditions noted in fragmentary form. The ad page reflects miscellaneous trade listings in a dense vintage classifieds style.
A crowded SITUATIONS WANTED section lists chauffeurs and wives, apprentices, butlers, cooks, clerks, bookkeepers, messengers, porters, drivers, elevator boys, maids, janitors, and other skilled and semi skilled workers. The DC area ad collection seeks employers to contact BOX numbers and the Washington Domestic Guild at 730 13th Street NW for references and placement.
Situations wanted notice listing multiple roles for women including bookkeeper, clerk, cashier, chambermaid, cook, and companion. Includes references to private families, private homes, and domestic guilds. Various locations and contact boxes indicate a broad set of employment requests from white and colored applicants with emphasis on reliability, neat appearance, and willingness to work in private homes or offices.
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