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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1907
Page
22
Classic 1900s style want ads announcing free advertising space in The Washington Post. Notices invite help wanted and services, including boarding house partners, farm work, and skilled labor. It lists agents and locations for placing ads, with instructions on letters and posting times.
Male help wanted ads from a Baltimore Washington area paper list positions such as solicitor salesman bookkeeper typist and shop youth with wheel experience. The garbled text shows multiple addresses and contact instructions, with roles including assistant and photographer and notes on wages and advancement.
A dense ad page lists numerous positions including chambermaids cooks and housekeepers sought by Washington Domestic Guild and other employers. Entries request experienced reliable women and colored applicants, with wages from $15 to $28, stay nights duties varied, many apply at 730 13th Street or 180 Pa Ave and related addresses. Also notes millinery sales and dressmaker apprentices with firm terms and contact boxes.
Publicized help wanted ads list positions for maids cooks stenographers and waitresses with numerous postings in Washington area addresses and conditions. Readily available jobs include white and colored servant positions in hotels and households with requirements refs education or experience and varying wages.
Classified ad listing KNABE pianos upright and grand, Kimball and Steinway squares, various household items including firewood stove, go-cart, lathe and chopper, Edison graphophone outfit, jewelry offer, printing services, imitation typewriter, sewing machines, dogs and birds for sale, and other items with contact details and locations across Washington area.
A crowded jumble of classified notices seeks shipments, services, and items for sale. Readers may find requests for job calls and specialized items such as cast iron stoves, a gasoline launch, an Underwood typewriter, and breeding cages. Numerous personal ad requests mention tutoring, lessons, and exchanges, along with pawn tickets and loan offers.
A cluttered 19th century personals page offers palmistry advice and life guidance from a renowned Egyptian palmist, plus ads for hair restorers, manicuring parlors, detective agency services, and buyback for worn garments. It features numerous lost and found notices, advertisements for clothing buyers, and exchange offers.
Classifieds list numerous positions from cooks to chauffeurs and butlers, with many entries for colored workers. Entries include private family cooks, general housework, butlers, chauffeurs, and skilled trades, with box numbers and office references for Washington Domestic Guild. Name references include J P, T Burke, and Gordon Bedford among others.
Classifieds list diverse job seeks from educated clerks and stenographers to domestic workers. Entries include a lawyer seeking clerkship, a janitor and porters, a musician organist, a young man for office work, a traveling salesman, and many domestic service roles such as cooks chambermaids waitresses laundresses and companions. Names of boxes and streets indicate local postings across the city.
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