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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
31
An 1880s Washington Post notice explains free want ads in small columns with limits on frequency and timing. It lists agency locations and offers directions for mailed or office submissions, including delivery through post offices and initialled letters.
A corporation owning and operating an industrial railway and mining enterprise seeks representatives with high remuneration. Address responses to LB H., Room 65, Flatiron Building, New York City.
Classified ad listings reveal numerous employment opportunities including a teacher for violin at a conservatory in Charlottesville and a range of domestic, clerical, and skilled labor roles in Washington. Positions include stenographers, typewriters, barbers, bartenders, errand boys, drivers, houseworkers, and farm hands with various hours and locations.
A batch of truncated job ads. Stenographer and typesetter position seeks advancement, box 423. Nevada ranch work needs 10 hour days with board. Waiter colored boy for lunchroom with hours and references. Tea house seeks experienced salesman for Washington trade, box 443. Young man to handle correspondence, newspaper experience preferred. Clothing salesman in order department with tailoring and custom work, box 217. Insurance office position for good handwriting, Moral Insurance Co., 1405 Fat. Bread wagon driver needed, 2518 Pa. Ave. Cart and wagons tomorrow at 7 AM near 31th and F Street.
Numerous DC ads seek female help for dressmaking and tailoring training, plus many chambermaid, cook, and general housework positions. Listings include white and colored applicants, various wages, and specific neighborhoods, with agencies like Washington Domestic Guild and employers offering immediate openings.
A dense page of help wanted notices seeks female workers for housework, nurses, maids, laundresses, and related roles. Ads request reliable colored or white workers, live-in or local positions, with wages ranging up to $28 and shifts including nights. Also listed are beauty, office, and sales positions, plus experienced dressmakers, typists, and a few household staff referrals. Some entries request applicants by box number to The Washington Domestic Guild or the off ice.
Numerous ads offer used goods and services from cash registers to clothing, furniture, musical gear, and household items. Listings include a Sealy ring, a Dux piano, goa ts and dogs for sale, and requests to buy tickets, diamonds, or a piano. Contact details and box numbers appear throughout.
A jumble of storage company offers and found notices appears from a Capitol page. Items include West End Storage Company packing and drayage terms, rooms and vaults for rent, a Weather Bureau entry, and multiple found items such as money, a soldier’s discharge, eyeglasses, a pencil of items. Also classified exchanges list lessons and property deals.
For sale or exchange items include a double harness set, camera accessories, glasses, filing cabinet, and dentistry items without plates. Contact J W Beale superintendent engineer Atchies Tet and Cancl Sy or J L Wilson at 1203 Fat ow. Obvious OCR errors and partial words present.
A long column of help wanted and personal ads from a Washington newspaper. Numerous listings for colored and white men and women seeking work as cooks, butlers, clerks, stenographers, drivers, domestic staff, hotel workers, bartenders, salesmen, messengers, housemen, porters, and more. Many entries specify references, addresses, and BOX numbers for responses.
A long listing of help wanted notices from a San Francisco newspaper seeks female workers for hotels, rooming houses, and households. Many ads request experienced cooks, housekeepers, nannies, governesses, and general domestic staff, with pay and household duties varying. Several boxes show applicants offering or seeking work, including a former hotel operator and various domestics.
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