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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1907
Page
13
The Washington Post advertises free want ads with limits on daily insertions and delivery via office or mail. It lists station agencies for ads and requests proper addressing, while offering various help wanted notices including boardinghouse occupancy, farming work, and stenographic training programs for government employment.
Fragmented classified ads solicit male help for sales and bookkeeping in Washington and Baltimore. Jobs include salesman, clerk, assistant, and photographer with hourly or weekly pay. several addresses and names appear in ad snippets, urging in-person applications and handwriting responses.
A lengthy classified page lists multiple help wanted and domestic service postings. Entries include female servants and maids, cooks, chambermaids, and waitresses with references requested, private families and hotels seeking staff, and positions in Washington area homes. Additional ads seek stenographers, office assistants, and general labor. Many postings specify white or colored help, some with religious or lifestyle requirements, locations around downtown and suburbs, and a range of wages or room and board offers.
For sale a variety of items including pianos, organs, stoves, coats, go-karts, lamps, hardware, and household goods. Listings mention KNABE pianos, Stehlinway square, Edison graphophone outfit, sewing machines, lathes, and a range of birds and animals. Contact details include box numbers and street addresses in Washington area.
A dense clipping lists mixed classified ads seeking items for sale and trade. Entries include requests for letters, samples of products, second hand goods like cast iron stoves and desks, a gasoline launch and engines, underwood typewriters, and offers to purchase coins jewelry and stamps. Also requests for tutoring, canaries, canary cages, and infant related services. Many box references and street addresses appear.
A bold personal ad section touts the Renowned Egyptian Palmist and Feydhic who offers life history revelations, guidance on journeys, lawsuits, marriages, love affairs, and strategies to attract success in business and personal affairs. Also listed are various beauty, detective, and trade service advertisements, plus lost and found notices and buyback offers.
Classified list of situations wanted including cooks, butlers, chauffeurs, gardeners, clerks, and skilled tradesmen. Entries show race noted, duties, availability, and contact boxes or addresses in Washington area. Highlights include cooks, butlers, chauffeurs, bartenders, and clerks seeking private families or domestic service roles.
A long column of classified help wanted notices for both genders, listing numerous job seeks including janitor, secretary, manager, organist, porter, waiter, stenographer, traveling salesman, and various domestic service roles. Names and addresses provided through box numbers and named guilds, with many color references and varied wages.
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