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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1907
Page
21
The page lists a wide array of job ads and notices seeking male help including first class paperman, drivers, clerks, cooks, oculists, jewelers, and domestic staff. It notes positions such as a colored boy, upholsterer, hotel waiter, and a wide assortment of skilled and semi skilled roles with pay details and box numbers for responses.
Job notices solicit many positions from chambermaids and waitresses to cooks and houseworkers, with numerous BOX addresses. Ads seek young women and girls of various colors and whites, offering wages from modest to higher, and requests for references, near daybreak to evenings, in multiple local listings.
The notice promotes free advertising in a periodical, detailing rules on free want ads including one ad per person per day, deadlines, and agency locations across Northwest Northeast and Southwest areas with specific store names and streets for submission. It emphasizes convenience and accessibility for the public to place ads without charge.
Public job notices advertise stenographers and shorthand schooling in Washington DC. Entries seek experienced reporters, a princess bonnet production staff, and typist roles. outlines include hours, rates, and application mentions with box numbers.
A dense string of early 20th century classifieds is summarized, including job ads for a white woman general cleaning and a young lady cashier at John Wedderburn & Co., plus numerous lost items listing dog breeds, jewelry, a pamphlet, a gold locket watch, a variety of personal belongings, and rewards offered for returns. Also features notices for stray animals, a belt, a purse, cracked spectacles, and other small notices from a Washington area column.
A scan shows dentistry notes promising pain free care and no extractions from a practitioner named J. J. Wilson, plus an advertisement for window shades from Klebblatt’s offering opaque Holland shades at 75 cents with sample. The text mixes dental and home decor promotions.
A large classified list offers Knabe, Richmond, Mathushek and other uprights in various woods and finishes, plus Harrington and Sonora pianos, all in good condition. Also advertised are sewing machines including New Home and Singer, with open evenings and easy payment plans. plus phonographs, records, and a Norwood assortment of misc items and pets.
Classified quick sale notices for sewing machines, pianos, blankets, harnesses, and clothing. Includes ladies skates, a Brindle Bulldog puppy, a Franklin typewriter, a folding Go-Cart, and furniture such as bedroom suites and curtains. Prices range from $1 to $60, many items marked cash only. Local sellers provide addresses and contact hints.
A scattered classified page lists wants and offers including a physician’s pneumatic cabinet, second-hand piano player, bicycle and wagon, gas stove, printing press, work at home, collection of steins, land acreage near a trolley, small carriage, a cabin launch, and various services. Several boxes invite readers to respond by mail to specific boxes or addresses.
A collage of late night classified notices offers cash for worn garments and hats, investment inquiries, and outsized sale pitches. It lists brokers, real estate, exchanges for goods, patent information, and furniture buys with box-numbered responses and contact hints. The dense ad page presents a snapshot of local commerce and service solicitations, from brokers in Dupont to rooming homes and antique furniture offers.
Reliable man or wife seek domestic work with wife doing upstairs cooking and house duties. Man available for tableman and houseman tasks. References provided. Willing to call upon request. Address FIECEWORK, this office.
A long, fragmented classifieds page offering many job seekers for clerical, domestic, culinary, and service roles. entries include young white and colored men seeking work as waiters, butlers, drivers, porters, grooms, and skilled trades, with boxes referencing this office. many names and addresses are garbled, but the overall theme is employment requests.
Classified section listing several female help wanted positions including chambermaids, cooks, and companions. Entries note color line workers, wages, hours, and contact via Washington Domestic Guild and various box numbers. Includes housekeeping, nursing, laundry, and clerical roles with emphasis on reliability and references.
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