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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1907
Page
17
The Washington Post explains free advertising in its want column, inviting brief 15 word notices and repeated insertions if needed. Ads may be mailed or left at agencies listed with drug stores across Northwest Northeast and Southwest locations, with specific shop names and cross streets.
A noisy early 20th century classified page advertises caterer help stage crew stenographers and domestic help. It lists positions for a dramatic club, typist and copy work at home, private households, and a stenographic academy course. Contact boxes invite responses at local office addresses. Several lines mention lodging and references, with requests for piano players, a heavy tenor, house cleaning, and care for a couple with farm duties.
A noisy collage of job ads and notices runs across this page. It lists positions for designers, clerks, drivers, stagehands, musicians, engineers, ledger staff, and salesmen. Several ads specify race and age details, typical of the era, with contact routes through box numbers and local offices.
Advertisements invite young men and a few adults to undertake varied tasks. One seeks a Montana sheep machinery porter with installment collection duties, another calls for a stenography capable clerk and a violin teacher. Several offer clerical or sales work with pay details and box references for responses.
A dense page of domestic help ads lists numerous positions in Washington including cooks, chambermaids, laundresses, and general houseworkers. Employers seek experienced, reliable white or colored women for families and hotels, offering wages from about $10 to $25 weekly and requiring references.
A jumble of 1920s style help wanted notices lists numerous positions for women. Listings include waitresses, typists, chambermaids, housekeepers, cooks, and general helpers. Some ads specify race preferences, locations in Washington, DC, and pay details, with many BOX numbers and office addresses for applications.
A dense fray of personals and ads shows Palmists and psychics offering life histories and love guidance, along with massage, manicuring, and prophecies. Other entries seek worn garments for cash, shoe and hat buyers, a Bradford detective agency listing, and beauty services, all cobbled in a crowded, streetwise classifieds page.
A garbled 1900s style column lists exchanges and notices. Items include a piano teacher seeks a white dressmaker, a young Frenchman seeking conversation with an English-speaking young lady, requests for a cornet with attachments, room and board offers, a Columbia phonograph trade, and various pet birds and storage services. Some entries mention box numbers and delivery offices.
Auction of rewards for return of lost items appears across many small notices. Items include a gold medal from Mount At St Josephs Baltimore, a pocketbook with keys, a lost watch, a silver heart shaped brooch, a leash of stray dogs, a yellow amber item, a sword stickpin with diamond, and multiple lost keys and books. Rewards offered by various owners at addresses in Washington area and vicinity.
A cluttered page lists found items including a pocketbook and a black marked name Rebecca J. Galtakul, plus numerous sale ads for pianos, clothing, bicycles, and household goods. Also offers for minerals, puppies, police notices, and a horse powered engine in a period style classified mix.
A cluttered for sale column lists Knabe pianos, parlour outfits, and assorted household goods. Items include a brand new piano, parlor suites, wardrobes, a metal bookcase, various clothing, lighting, cameras, and a 41 foot launch hull. Multiple boxes indicate private party listings and box numbers for response.
A partial classified listing shows a situations wanted section with references to reliable workers and houseman assistance. It mentions a reliable man and wife duo and workers seeking employment, though text is fragmented and unclear. The item reads like a vintage help wanted snippet with names and roles partially cut off.
Situations Wanted notices from Washington detail numerous employment requests for a young, skilled, or colored man seeking positions in domestic service, construction, culinary work, clerical tasks, and general labor. Boxes reference offer contact via The Washington Domestic Guild and similar agencies, with varied wages and daytime or evening availability.
A long OCR listing shows male and female sought positions including sales, office work, stenography, waitstaff, domestic service, and various trades. Entries mention box numbers, addresses, and references with roles like stenographer, bookkeeper, cook, chambermaid, laundress, companion, governess, nurse, and utility man seeking employment in Washington area.
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