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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1907
Page
17
Public notice outlines free advertising policy with no charge and guidelines for submitting want ads. Readers are invited to place notices via a weekly column, providing care of a named person or post office box, with near nightly submission rules and listed participating pharmacies across Northwest to Anacostia for ad drop-offs.
An old classified style note advertises salesmen positions with promised earnings and canvassing duties. It mentions Chicago contacts, a company name SICKLES CIGAR AND TOBACCO, and a focus on real estate and canvass work. The garbled text suggests a recruitment blitz with possible commissions and earnings figures.
A damaged OCR listing shows a help wanted ad with scattered lines for stenographers and secretaries, mentioning locations like Washington and New York, and references to employment bureaus and appointment times. It offers unclear contact details and multiple typographical errors. The readable items suggest job postings for stenography and related clerical work.
A rough OCR shows numerous employment notices for male applicants. Positions include driver, hotel staff, pool room attendant, furniture delivery, and miscellaneous handyman work. Offers claim good pay, full or part time hours, and immediate interviews at various addresses and companies.
A flood of classified ads seeks female help for roles from cooks and maids to dressmaking and general housework. Listings detail wages, hours, and living arrangements, with many positions requiring references, good character, and reliability.
The page fragment lists multiple job ads seeking female workers of various kinds. Positions include livein helpers for households with room and board, stenographers and operators, cooks, and light domestic tasks. Some notices specify wage details and living arrangements, reflecting era specific hiring norms.
Lost and found notices urge readers to register lost items with The Washington Post at Telephone Main 4205. Listings include a small white dog, a Fulton a gor, pocketbooks with contents, a fraternity pin, a gold watch and fob, a diamond ring, a purse, a stray Maltese kitten, a pocketbook dropped in the street, a terrier puppy, and various rewards offered for returns. Readers are directed to return items to specified addresses or offices for reward.
A jumble of missing items and rewards listed for purses bracelets brooches watches rings and wallets. Entries name locations in Washington DC areas including Dupont Circle Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon square with rewards ranging from small sums to extensive offers.
Classified listing of secondhand goods including Victor talking machines piano phonograph motor boat canoe drafting tools baby carriage oak hall tree and more. Several boxes invite inquiries at office BOX numbers and a few items show prices and conditions.
A jumble of lost pets, advertised goods, and stray notices lists a colored spaniel, a grey dog, a fat terrier, a black and white terrier, and a poodle among various animals. Classifieds include items for sale like uprights pianos, bicycles, a graphophone, a refrigerator, dishes, clothing, and a tailor. Names and addresses appear with each listing, typical of a busy city paper page.
A cluttered Ottawa ad list offers a Davis sewing machine Davis vertical feed and other sewing gear. Edison phonographs, pianos, bedroom suites, tables, and household items are priced cheaply. Also listed are land warrants, horses, chickens, canaries, and a range of secondhand goods with contact bids and addresses across local shops.
A disrupted listing offers oak dining room set with lamp and wicker items plus three wall beds and a large golden wardrobe. The seller plans to move, notes cheap prices for a houseware sale and invites inquiries at a street address.
A long scanned page lists many classified assistance ads including caretakers, butlers, janitors, drivers, porters, and domestic helpers. Entries specify race, ages, and locations with BOX mail addresses, wage expectations, and summer employment preferences.
A scanned old classifieds page lists numerous help wanted notices. Items include: married white man needed to manage cattle duties at a Des Moines address. two young children require a home aid position with good wages. an active American boy seeks work. painters, paperhanger, and welder positions offered. waiters and colored waiters wanted. canvassers for jewelry sales. five wideaware canvas bear positions. carpenters and a man to collect and learn photography. several ad lines urge immediate applications at various street addresses and post office boxes.
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