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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1907
Page
2
A dense classified page offers varied employment notices including colored man and boy helpers, domestic guild ads, jewelers, upholsterers, drivers, cooks, clerks, and sales positions. It notes requirements such as first class experience, good references, sobriety, and willingness to learn, with many box numbers and local addresses.
Classified notices list many chambermaids waitresses cooks and house workers including colored and white applicants. Boxes 32 347 393 and others invite immediate applications at The Washington Domestic Guild and offices around 13th Street with wages ranging from 8 to 40 weekly plus room and board.
Short free want advertisements offered with limits and schedules. The Post through The Washington Indian Post outlines free space rules, agency locations, submission times, and payment details for want ads across districts, urging timely responses and directing initials to proper recipients.
Help wanted ads report demand for stenographers outpacing supply with sessions for government workers. Also listings for shorthand schools in Washington DC and job openings for 3D stenographers and a director for Princess Bonnet production, plus singer roles for an opera.
A long list of lost items and help wanted ads from Washington venues. Listings include missing jewelry wallets watches collars dogs and a scarf plus vacancies for a cleaning woman cashier and general housework with company names John Wedderburn & Co. 616 F Street NW and casual notices about a reward for returned items. There are many reward offers for found items including a diamond ring locket watch brooch and a variety of pets with care to return to specified addresses.
Personal ads and notices feature Rita the astrologer at 723 Mh nw with 80 centa receptions, Miss Oral Field massaging, J Tarshes offering buying of worn garments, Bradford's Detective Agency promoting confidential investigations, electrolysis for blemishes, and multiple manicuring services. Listings include contact details and hours, with numerous phone numbers and addresses.
Fragmented item mentions dental work with no plate extraction and pain relief. References a painter J J Wilson and a window shade ad offering Best Duality opaque shades at 75 cents with free sample, plus Klebblatts corner advertising in a local page.
Used pianos uprights and grands for sale with varying conditions and prices. Sewing machines and graphophones offered, with open evenings. National cash registers and tuning services advertised. Household furniture and curios, pets, and a wide array of misc items priced to move quickly. Local listings show phone references and box-mail addresses for responses.
Classified list of miscellaneous sales including ladies wheel for five dollars state street address items like ladies skirt and coat cheap, brass curtain poles, sewing machines, blankets, feather pillows, and a Franklin typewriter. Also notes a Brindle Bulldog puppy, skating gear, and a folding go cart with price quotes. Several addresses and contact hints appear throughout.
A long collage of classified style requests and notices: asks for a physician’s pneumatic cabinet, a second hand piano player, a coaster brake bicycle, a one horse wagon, two gas stoves, a printing press, an evening job at home, a collection of steins, land acreage near a trolley, a small carriage, an idle cabin launch, electric telegraph parts, an electromechanical pocketbook, a massage and manicure business, parlor furniture, government books, a second hand typewriter, a mandolin, a standard typewriter, iron taps, a mechanical engineers pocketbook, diamonds and precious metals for purchase, and broker services. Many entries include addresses or box numbers.
A fragmented page offers buy and sell ads including clothing, furniture, real estate, and stock exchange requests. It also markets a psychic Egyptian palmist and a charter company, with contact details and box numbers scattered throughout.
Classified notice seeks reliable man and wife for domestic work. Wife to cook and do upstairs duties. Husband to act as tableman and houseman. References available. Wages by arrangement. Call or write with details to this office at FI E C EWORK.
A long classifieds page lists many sought ads for daytime and evening work. Entries include clerical positions, bakers, bartenders, butlers, drivers, elevator operators, waiters, cooks, laborers, and general house staff. Several ads specify race and age details, with multiple BOX references and contact notes from The Washington Domestic Guild and office boxes.
Classified notices list positions for chambermaids cooks laundry workers companions nurses and clerks. Many entries specify color and experience, with ad listings from Washington Domestic Guild and other agents, offering day or house care, private families, or travel.
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