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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
6
The notice invites free advertising up to nineteen words in a small column, with limits on one ad per day per person and cutoffs for posting times. It lists agency locations at drugstores across Washington, urging readers to submit ads via nearby pharmacies or mailed routes to The Washington Post offices.
Help wanted notices seeking dramatic talent, male and female, with preferred white applicants. Also advertisements for stenographers and typewriters, training programs, and employment departments. Information includes addresses in Greenwich and city areas, hours, and salaries, with terms and contact boxes.
A crowded help wanted column lists positions across trades. Barber, stockroom, cashier, clerk, elevator boy, errand boy, farm hand, dairy worker, porter, and office helpers appear with varying ages and requirements. Some postings seek experienced staff while others offer on the job training or steady hours in Washington area establishments.
A crowded Washington notice list markets many positions in domestic service and hospitality. Listings call for chambermaids cooks and waitresses both white and colored, houseworkers laundresses and kitchen help, all with varied wages and hours at addresses across the city including 13th and 16th streets, The Albemarle, The Stratford, and The Fortland among others, with multiple boxes and appt details for applicants.
Numerous classified ads seeking female help for maid, nurse, governess, and housework positions. Posts for white and colored applicants, varying ages, wages from 18 to 25 dollars weekly, locations around Washington area, apply to Washington Domestic Guild and related agencies. Some ads specify experience, nearness, references, or German language skills for governess roles.
A varied yard of sale offers bedroom suites at 11 dollars, double beds with springs, sideboards, tables, chairs, and a piano or organ at reduced prices. Also listed are bicycles, a Remington typewriter, a Hamilton rifle, a baby walker, doors and stove, electric seal cape, and assorted tools and pets. Capt. Smart and Box 498 ads appear among the catalog of items for quick purchase.
Various pianos offered in good condition at reduced prices. Remodeled baby grand and uprights by Knabe and Weber, with mahogany casings, some with decorative finishes. Address 1218-20 B Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. for inquiries and sales terms.
Local classified column lists numerous secondhand items including National Cash Register machines, poultry, jewelry, furniture, musical instruments, and pets. Offerings cover gas equipment, typewriters, bicycles, refrigerators, pianos, stoves, diamonds, and various crafts with BOX mail ads and contact boxes for buyers.
Reliable colored man and wife seek private family employment as cook and butler or general houseworker. Both offer versatile domestic services and willing to work any role for $3 per week gross. Contact Gal t 4715 Dampston Ave evening for details. Also a note on stenographic work or bookkeeping available by hour or day, with intelligent work guaranteed from M A Fox at 613 18th Ave North.
A crowded classified page lists numerous help wanted notices. Young men seek positions as secretary, apprentice electrician, artist, bookkeeper, butler, barer, bartender, driver, or domestic servant. Many offer steady work for wages around 60 dollars monthly, with some emphasizing reliability, neat appearance, and references. Addresses BOX 434, 48, 603, and others, plus various local employment firms' listings.
Multiple ads seek colored and white men for domestic roles and clerical work. Positions include cook, butler, chauffeur, cleaner, gardener, janitor, porter, watchman, and clerical staff with emphasis on neat appearance, references, and willingness to relocate to a private family or firm in Washington area.
A flood of job requests appears from a Washington area classified section. Listings seek porters secretaries clerks cooks stablesmen waiters valets salesmen and other positions with varying ages and racial descriptions.
Classified style notice listing numerous job seekers. Includes categories: hotel manager, matron, housekeeper, cashier, chambermaid, nurse, companion, private secretary, cook, laundress. Names of firms and box numbers for responses. Indicates young women seeking domestic, supervisory, or clerical roles with emphasis on white or colored workers and references.
A dense OCR of domestic service ads lists cooks, housekeepers, laundresses, and nannies. Many entries specify private families, color, references, and locations around northwest DC, with numerous box numbers and guild mentions for employment.
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