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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1907
Page
12
The notice explains how the general public may place want ads in The Post, noting initials only mail delivery rules, submission times, and multiple agency locations in the Northeast Southeast Southwest areas where ads can be dropped for a 5 cent fee. It lists specific pharmacies and streets for ad drops and mentions delivery by agencies to The Post.
Classified notice listing multiple job ads and employment opportunities. Includes positions for students and young workers such as clerical trainees, barbers, porters, delivery staff, and shop boys. Also mentions short term courses at local schools and a patent examiner position.
Numerous job ads for housework, nursing, and domestic posts. Notable positions include white kitchen and general house workers, a head waitress for an American plan hotel, a nurse for two children, and stenographer assistant for a newspaper. Addresses and contact notes from Washington area listings.
A cluttered 1920s Washington classifieds list seeks female help for chambermaids cooks and general housework. Positions include chambermaids, waitresses, cooks, laundresses, and general houseworkers, with colored and white applicants, stay nights, wages from $14 to $35 weekly, and many box and contact references. Includes addresses and office listings for The Washington Domestic Guild and various local streets.
A collage of ad blurbs seeks a small house suitable for a store, sale offers for estate items from Baldwin Johnson and Gareth Johnson, a young entrepreneur opportunity with cash, a grocery store for sale, a request to trade for equity, and an immediate sale lease of a furnished house. Also listed are medicinal whiskey offers, patent and trade mark information, and other classified lines from a Washington newspaper page.
A dense catalog of lost and found notices across multiple entries. Items include watches, pocketbooks, jewelry, keys, badges, a diamond ring, beaded purses, a gun metal watch, a belt, and a compass. locations span 18th and G streets, Chase's Theater, Center Market, and various NW addresses. rewards offered and contact details provided.
A collage of personal ads and services advertises clothing buyers, a well known palm reader Madam Rita, and various shopfronts. Offers range from cash for garments to prophecies and readings at 1023 Q Street and 723 S Street with phone contacts.
A cluttered old ad page lists numerous items for sale including lumber, furniture, pianos, violins, and climate gear. Items range from a full residence’s furniture to a French walnut bed, a different scale of machinery like a lathe, an upright piano, and an antique cello. Also offered are shares, scholarships, and a steam pump, plus a collection of coins and canaries, with boxes for replies.
A dense collage of classifieds seeking items and buyers: stamps, incuba tors, stock, window screens, carbolized stoves, coal ranges, cook stoves, motorcycles, canaries, dental tools, furniture, pianos, uprights, roll top desks, sewing machines, and a range of personal ads. Includes box references for contact, prices, and condition notes.
Classified item lists a watchdog daschund given away due to owner leaving. Includes contact window 9 to 12 a m at 1825 1st street. Also advertises medicinal whiskey at 53 per gallon and references John Wedderburn.
Situations wanted notice for a seasoned English couple seeking domestic positions in Washington. The man is a first-class butler and the wife a lady's maid and seamstress, both neat appearing. wages offered around 75 dollars. References available. apply to The Washington Domestic Guild at 730 3rd St.
A garbled 1920s style help wanted column lists multiple positions including experienced French teacher, barber, porter, bookkeeper, and domestic aide. Entries reference BOX numbers and offices, noting varying terms, references, and locations, with many broken lines and unclear specifics.
Classified ad list seeking Butler, valet, cook, janitor, clerk, driver, and other domestic positions. Emphasis on young, experienced, well referenced workers including colored applicants. Washington Domestic Guild and Washington Domestic Guild sub-entries show address 730 13th Street NW and related postings.
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