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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1907
Page
6
Advertisements seek help including advertising solicitor laborers shop workers and clerks. Listings show male and female positions for cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, real estate, and shop sales, plus tradespeople like plumbers, blacksmiths, drivers, and gardeners. Several boxes request applicants with references, ages, and home towns, with wages and hours noted.
Classified notices show a wide array of help wanted and housekeeping positions, mostly for colored and white women, with varying hours and pay. Many entries specify general housework, cooking, laundry, child care, and night shifts, with addresses around Irving Street NW, 14th Street, and Brookland DC, plus calls to local agencies and room numbers.
A jumble of classifieds shows buyers offering high cash payments for worn garments and discarded clothing, with several firms like the John Wedderburn Co and W. Rich soliciting calls. Psychic and palmist services advertise consultations, while other entries promise jewelry, manicure, and cleaning services and odd job offers.
Classified ad listing used pianos including Enabe Baby Grand and Uprights in rosewood, Emerso Angelus, Chickering, and Weber brands with prices, plus other items such as cash registers, tools, firearms, sheets, and odds and ends. Numerous boxes and contact prompts appear for buyers to respond by mail.
A fragmentary ad lists wallpaper at $1.75 with low prices for furnishing paper in various room sizes. It names Chas. A. Caurlisles at 533 and 434 Ist. nw with phone Bain 6587 and references room-size pricing and proportions.
The page compiles fragmented 19th century want ads: requests for a combination desk and bookcase, typewriters, refrigerators, filing cabinets, a bass cornet, a gentle horse, a girl’s bicycle, a donkey and cart, a gasolene runabout, a billiard cabinet, and a physician’s nebulizer, with buyers seeking lowest cash prices, state conditions, contact box numbers, and local addresses.
A noisy assortment of ads lists furniture for sale including a brass bed, oak washstand, folding beds, a mission table and chair set, a walnut bookcase, and a desk with marble top. Also offered are jewelry repair, watch repairs, and gold enamel work. Local listings note discounts on paints and glass and announce room clearance at stores on the East Bay area.
Short notice explains free advertising and conditions for free notices in the paper. It invites submissions for wanted help, jobs, rent rooms and found items, and emphasizes one ad per person per day with repeated insertions if needed to secure results. The tone reflects a local newspaper advertising policy message.
Advertisers should note that letters with initials directed to individuals are not delivered through the post office. No free advertisements after 9 p.m. on weekdays or after 8 p.m. Saturdays. Advertisements can be left at the office or mailed to The Washington Post. Pickup and delivery of want ads at nearby drug stores in Northwest Northeast and Southeast districts, listing multiple pharmacies with addresses and hours.
Job ads seek clerks at cigar stand and house workers for a colored couple. positions include cook, laundry, chambermaid, waitress, and table service. Also seeking stenographers, office assistant, and carriers. training course offered by Graphic Academy. Pricing noted for whiskey and sales items.
Advertises rental terms for awnings, tents, and typewriters through Wellington. One month for 00, three months for 35.00, 3x months for 39.00 with all rentals applying toward purchase. Wellington office at 609 ith ef ow.
Fine selection of new bicycles on easy terms and several slightly used wheels. Haverford Puncture-Proof Tires guaranteed one year. Contact Mr. Crosa at Haverford Cycle Co, 477 16th St. Also offering home upholstery, draping, polishing, repairing, and antique furniture refinishing. L Foster, sole agent.
Classified notices show misc listings from John Wedderburn Co offering whiskey prices and bottles to sale rooms and bars. Also entries for moving pictures space leasing and a small drying business seek partners. Patent and trade mark information offered by J Nottingham.
Classified notices list diverse positions and applicants including chauffeurs maids cooks barbers porters clerks and companions. Applicants emphasize experience references and cleanliness for roles in Washington area households offices and hotels with wages and terms varying by position.
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