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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1907
Page
10
Public notice invites free classified ads for lost and found rentals and wanted items. Ads must be acceptable in nature and underafteen words, limited to one per person per issue, with multiple insertions encouraged if responses are slow.
The Post describes how want ads must be addressed using initials only and delivered through post office or care of a person or box. It lists agency locations at drug stores in Northwest Northeast Southeast Southwest Anacostia and details cutoffs for ads after 9 p m or Saturday 3 p m with delivery of ads for 3 cents each.
A dense classifieds snippet lists positions across trades and services. Foremen, apprentices, route boys with bicycles, drivers, clerks, solicitors, canvassers, salespeople, and school acting instructors are all advertised with locations around Washington areas including Mount Pleasant Brightwood Takoma Park and downtown addresses.
A dense late 19th or early 20th century classified list shows numerous job ads for positions such as cashier cooks general housework chambermaids and clerks. It includes box references and requests for white or colored applicants with various skills though the exact city and date remain unspecified.
A jumble of personal notices and ads including a palm reader at 1622 Q St NW offering readings for $1, an electric needle hair removal service promising permanent results, a hair removal clinic at 9th Street NW, a buyer seeking discarded garments, prophecies by Rita the Astrologer at 723 Sth Bt NW, a garb and hat buyer J Tarshes, a clothing buyer W Rick, Marcus Notes offering selling help, and a kidney and bladder remedy from Buchagin Warner via John Wedderburn Co at 616 F St NW.
A mixed classified notice set offers real estate, business sales, and services. Listings include two water-powered mills for sale, a Middletown Conn partner ad, a small store buyout, an estate sale price for a Wa ting ton coal yard, medicinal whisky at $2 a gallon, Warner kidney tonics, and free patent and trade mark information from J R Nottingham Washington DC.
A jumble of notices offering rewards for lost items and found articles. Items include a horse head leather watch FOB a collarless dog a white collie a pink scarf pink chiffon scarf a daisy pin a money claim a key bead necklace a lorgnette pair of gold lorgnettes a gold bracelet at Georgetown a georgia coat a hunting case watch a dog stray a umbrella with Clara Sumera name and a small amount of money. Contact details list Janitor Rodney Burns 1316 Fare Road 66 Q Street NW Mrs Methe 812 Tal ay and various addresses in DC.
Classified ad roundup listing 400 pianos from Hugo Worh, Brasius, Cameron Mann and Regent brands, upright pianos and cases, plus various household goods. Also solicits box replies for shares, furniture, trunks, phonographs, typewriters, and other items with prices, locations like 1938 Biltmore Street and 715 38th Street and box numbers for response.
Fragmented lines reference a district building and a committee in a city burying unclear names such as Henry Arland and Morrow. The readable portion hints at a zoning or public works matter with a committee and a meeting place but lacks complete details.
Classified notices seek caretakers and houseworkers for private families, in city or suburbs. Entries include couples to manage chores, chambermaids, cooks, nannies, waitresses, and clerks with references. Addresses span NW DC areas and box numbers mark office listings, with some toward summer placements and long term positions.
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