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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1907
Page
11
The Washington Post offers free small ads for up to fifteen words, with one ad per person per day. Ads must be delivered by 9 am on weekdays and 8 pm on Saturdays, with agency dropoffs at listed drug stores across Northeast and Southeast districts and Anacostia.
Help wanted notices show openings for a first class fresser, a practical worker, stenographer and typist positions, and a souvenir postal club. Listings include addresses, box numbers, and department details, with phrases about salary, opportunities, and courses for stenography.
A dense string of classified job ads appears listing positions from barber and porter to elevator boy and delivery routes. Employers seek colored workers and youths with various ages, including a washer, driver, waiter, and sales roles with salary offers and work hours at offices on 12th, 14th, and Mass Ave NW, among others.
A long column lists numerous 1920s style domestic service jobs: apprentices in dressmaking and tailoring, reliable white women for housework, colored helpers for cooking and cleaning, infant nurses, chambermaids, cooks, laundresses, and general houseworkers. Also clerks and stenographers, waitresses, salesladies, and millinery staff. Addresses include Washington DC area establishments like The Washington Domestic Guild and various addresses. wages range from $15 to $25 weekly or monthly, with nights and board options.
A dense page of classified notices offers a mix of help wanted positions and sale/ownership ads. Items include a young white woman sought for light housework, a live-in position in a furnished flat, and experienced maids and chambermaids. Numerous ads list sale goods such as gas heaters, beds, dress suits, furniture, pianos, dogs, birds, and collectibles, with contact boxes and street addresses for responses.
Mixed classified ad listing used pianos with prices and models Rosewood Upright 800 now 300 upright 275 low cost Allen upright 200 starting upright 275 New England Upright good tone 155 Singer Mahogany upright 150 plus piano players from 75 up to 500 sale city moving piano 503 living room suite 68 12 parlor suite 12 sewing machine wardi chest etc 22 rooms CAPT HART 433 11th Ave coal stove 1.50 child mattress 50 market heater 50 folding items and other household goods plus sale of sewing machines and miscellaneous items at 11th Ave address and BOX references
A dense patchwork of classified requests includes: two to four lawn vases for sale at a state price. a Maltese kitten call at 1717 St NW. four board members for a Spanish club. a female brindle and white ball terrier for sale with details. trunk well made. several items for sale including a typewriter and motorcycle for cash. various teaching and dictionary requests. a second-hand lady's English saddle. a barber shop wanted. large cash offers for government packages. dining room catering requests. stock shares for sale. a cornet at state price. pawn tickets for diamonds and jewelry with cash for valuables. loans on goods. a tailored wardrobe offer. miscellaneous ads from Box numbers and addresses. many ads lack full clarity but indicate broad classifieds activity.
A jumble of exchange offers requests include $1,000 clerk in the Treasury Department trading for a stenographer in the Canal Zone to receive $1,400 salary in Washington, table board for vocal lessons, trading a Remington typewriter for another, requests for stenographic instruction, and a brick house for unimproved ground. Also listed are building lots for an automobile and a furnished house arrangement.
A chaotic classified notice string lists numerous lost items including a horse boot, hand bag with meron, a white house muff, a yellow suitcase, a pair of blue satin slippers, a gold wedding ring, a parasol, a pin, and other valuables. It also includes stray dog sightings, a stray pug dog, and various rewards offered for returns. Addresses include 910 McPherson, 2146 I St, 2025 Kalorama Rd, 17 Church St, and 433 St. M. Some items reference locations near The Willard and Union Station with several dates in February.
Classifieds offer for sale furniture occupies a 14 room house in the business district with tenants and a government position as reason for sale. Also listed are a sea foam baking powder ad, a profitable livery business, a prospering dry goods store, a millinery trimming opportunity, and various real estate partnership and loan offers. Autos, dental and patent services appear among the many small ads.
A cluttered classifieds list offers numerous helper roles in Washington area: drivers, porters, elevator workers, housemen, gardeners, stenographers, clerks, janitors, and domestic guild positions. Applicants include young colored men and women, whites, and various trades. calls ask for neat appearance, references, and union or guild affiliations where noted.
SITUATIONS WANTED listing by colored and German women seeking cleaning, cooking, chambermaid, nurse, or general housework across various DC addresses. Many entries offer wages, references, and contact details through BOX numbers or Washington Domestic Guild. Includes cooks, companions, housekeepers, laundry workers, and day workers with differing hours and languages.
A dense classified list offers positions for laundresses maids nurses and domestic workers. Women seek day work by the home or out by the day with varied wages, notes on race and nationality appear, and private-family placements plus guilds and cue lines for employment are included.
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