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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
9
Public notice offering free advertising space for wants situations rentals lost and found and similar small ads. Readers may submit multiple insertions as needed to reach their advertising goals with emphasis on affordability and convenience in the newspaper’s free column.
A historical directory style entry lists multiple Washington DC area pharmacies with cross streets and locations across the Northwest Northeast Southeast and Anacostia sections. Names include Roe Pharmacy Albany Pharmacy King’s Pharmacy Astoria Pharmacy Mendota Pharmacy Loyd Tayloe O Donnell’s and others with precise corner coordinates and avenues.
A column of varied 1920s era help wanted notices seeks reliable men or women for real estate prospecting cash or monthly payment buyers, domestic work for a married couple, summer courses for civil service prep, stenography and typewriter training, and other employment. Addresses suggest city postings and a broad range of opportunities with no guaranteed positions.
Multiple job listings across trades and roles including apartment house manager whey, barber shop staff, blacksmiths carpenters chauffeurs cooks and drivers. Ads specify race preferences and locations in Washington area, with experience and sobriety requirements and various pay rates.
A collage of job notices lists female help wanted including light housework, nursing, nanny duties, stenography, sewing, chambermaids, waitresses, and office work. Employers seek reliable, white or young women, with various age ranges and experience, offering positions at homes, hotels, and firms around 6th and N streets, Irving Street, Willard Street, and nearby Northwest Washington addresses.
A dense jumble of personal ads and service solicitations. Hair removal promises permanent results by electric needle. Palmistry and psychic readings offered by MR. DAOUD and BIMH. RITA. Clothing buyers seek castoffs with cash offers from multiple dealers. Minor ads list mining stocks and massages. End with a perfume of dubious services and pay cash appeals.
A dense column of help wanted ads seeks various domestic roles. Listings include chambermaids cooks general houseworkers clerks and a few trades and exchange offers. Positions emphasize whiteness and reliability with references and some request city or box numbers.
Typewriters for rent at reduced rates with eight months’ term. Register lost or found items with The Washington Post. No charge for service. Telephone Main 4205. The Washington Post finds that articles remain in circulation and urges readers to report them.
Fragmented classifieds announce loss of a blue jacket, pearl finial, scarf, handbag, lorgnettes, umbrella, chains, brooch, eyeglasses, watch, bracelets, pins, a dog and various small valuables. Rewards offered from 1311 Corcoran to 2495 Rhode Island Ave with contact details.
Found eyeglasses on G and round bureau in Washington Post area. Owner must prove property and advertise. Call 1110 South Street NW between five and two. Also pocketbook at Chevy Chase stores with small money and papers. Bracelet stored at evening. Admission to National Theater at 7 o clock. Provide description to 485 HE. Corporations Bureau notes and other small money items found.
Miscellaneous for sale items include upright and parlor pianos from makers like Krakauer Lester Royal Demarest with prices $400 to $450, Remington typewriters, phonographs, a war era Steamer Trunk, wardrobes, trunks, bureaus, a Montauk camera, and other household goods. Also listed are suits, sewing machines, bicycles, and various odds and ends with box numbers for contact.
Classified ad listing used pianos including Knabe baby grand and uprights, Chicker ing and Hardman pianos, square pianos with prices down to 10 dollars, plus sewing machine, typewriter, stamps, lathe, and various household items. Also offers for setting peeking duck eggs and a fresh cow, with contact addresses in Washington DC area and nearby Maryland.
Classified notices solicit offers for a launch price and condition, secondhand furniture including trunks, chiffoniers, and desks, fishing gear, safes, and iron items. Buyers seek small tents, tents and gear, stoves, hardware, and a variety of used goods with price quotes. Also requests for rental sharing and a watchdog seeking a home.
A dense page of help wanted and domestic service notices lists positions and requests including mistimed misc items. Entries show people seeking butlers housekeepers nurses chaperones cooks cashiers clerks and bartenders with several bymanandwife couples offering services and summer caretaking. Some are box referrals this office and specific addresses appear.
Classifieds list varied positions sought by many applicants including a white man seeking household duties in a private family, a young man any mechanical or driving work, clerical or hotel work, drivers, porters, cooks, stenographers, and housekeepers. Many entries specify ages, addresses, and brief qualifications, with numerous colored applicants offering general labor, domestic help, and office tasks.
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