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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1907
Page
6
Classified notice explains free advertising options for Wanted Helpers, Wanted Situations, Lost and Found, and similar items. Ads must be acceptable in nature, limited in word count, and only one ad per individual per day. readers are invited to submit multiple insertions to secure desired outcomes.
The notice outlines how want ads should be directed to initials or specific post offices and lists agencies in Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Anacostia for delivering and handling ads. It specifies posting times, delivery methods, and local pharmacy agencies serving as agents for paid insertions. Names of pharmacies and locations are provided as references.
Classified help wanted notices offer positions from a Washington DC paper. Includes ads for a first class salesman to handle mechanical propositions among engineers, domestic positions for cook, dressmaker, houseman and wife, coachman and maid, and a married farm couple. Also lists pension clerks and stenographers, basement rental for services, and a whiskey advert with John Wedderburn.
A cluttered job-ad page shows varied opportunities from advertising solicitors and awning hangers to barbers, office boys, colored and white, drivers, clerks, carpenters, and real estate assistants. Several boxes solicit youth and entry level roles with minimal requirements, some seeking experienced men, and others asking for references or training in trades or jewelry making.
Multiple classified listings seeking female workers for cook, chambermaid, waitress, general housework, and domestic roles. Positions specify white or colored applicants, varying wages, hours, and locations from 12th Street to Massachusetts Avenue, with firms like HECHT & CO and The Washington Domestic Guild collecting applications. Includes cashier, stenography, and messenger tasks among domestic postings.
Female help wanted ads list positions for garment alterations cooks chambermaids waitresses laundry maids and general housework plus a young lady for dictation and stenographic work in the Washington area. Several listings indicate good wages and references with employers including private households and firms.
Classified notices show buy and sell offers for cigare investments and stock, furniture fits, boarding houses and rooms for rent, partnerships for cleaning or tailoring, and inquiries to agents. Entries include addresses and box numbers, with multiple brokers and establishments like Willard & Reed and John Wederburn Co. propagating sale notes and service ads across rooms, housing, and patents.
Classified notices list male help wanted positions including housemen janitors laborers clerks and sales staff. Employers seek experienced reliable workers for cooking cleaning collecting proof reading watchman and portering duties with steady pay and references requested. Several boxes invite applicants to submit details to this office.
Classified notices offer palmistry psychic readings and confidential life advising. Readers include Daoud at 1832 First Street Northwest and others advertising weight gain miracle cures and high cash offers for worn clothes and hats with contact numbers and addresses in Washington area.
Furniture for sale includes bedroom and dining sets, folding beds with new mattresses, dressers, bookcases, tables, a marble top sideboard, dining table, kitchen items, and dishware. Numerous prices listed, plus a variety of miscellaneous pieces and housewares available for inspection after business hours at multiple local addresses.
A jumble of lost items appears including a dark brown water epaniel one year old and a small silver watch with initials SEL B found Sunday near Zoo or 18th Street. The notices ask for return to The Times office with rewards offered for due items including a blue silk parasol, a Mary Washington fin, a gold crescent pin, a pearl ring, a gold neck chain and other valuables, with multiple listings across Washington DC area from Dupont Circle to Mount Pleasant and Adams Morgan.
Miscellaneous for sale offers including pianos with prices from 206 to 550 and a Mason & Hamlin organ priced at 250. Also listed are sewing machines table lamps fencing wire and various furniture items. Contact Hugo Worcelstine known in pianos and Davis' Agency for details and delivery in Washington DC area.
An advertisement for Lippincott Soda Water Apparatus by Christian Brothers Co lists agents and a partial phone contact Main 3678. Readable OCR fragment notes sales terms and contact reference.
Numerous small ads seek quick cash offers for a 1903 motorcycle model, piano care and rental, victrola records, used bicycles, a shotgun, a half dozen odd items, and requests for old coins, stamps, and jewelry. Buyers and sellers list boxes and offices for response, with scattered contact details across NW Washington.
Situations wanted notices list experienced white chauffeur and wife, first class cook, with references, and a colored couple seeking positions as cook and butler. Entries mention private families, casework, apartment care, and willingness to travel. Box 125, 28 Good Wan, 1831 Rostow.
A compact help-wanted page lists multiple male applicants seeking work in domestic service and clerical roles. Items include a cookyard helper, circulation worker with metro papers, a several bartenders, bookkeepers, a boy for office tasks, a butler, valet, chauffeur, chef, and other positions. Addresses are shown as box numbers or care-of in Washington area listings.
A dense page of classifieds seeks male and female workers in Washington DC. Listings include cooks, cleaners, janitors, drivers, porters, clerks, salesmen, timekeepers, waiters, chambermaids, and more. Many ads request experienced or trustworthy applicants with references, some specify color or race. Box numbers and office references indicate placement through The Washington Domestic Guild and other local offices.
The notice seeks female help including chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, companions, and governesses. Positions specify experience, references, and city locations near The Washington Domestic Guild offices at 130 13th St NW and other addresses. Many ads offer stay or travel as needed with stated wages and qualification emphasis.
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