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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1907
Page
37
Public notice explains free advertising rules for Wanted Help, Situations, For Rent Rooms, Lost and Found, and general notices. Only one ad per day per advertiser allowed. repeated responses encouraged if first attempt fails. Advertisers are invited to use the free column without feeling imposed on.
The Post explains ad submission rules with initials directing to individuals or firms. Drop-offs end after 3 p m on weekdays and after 9 p m Saturdays. Agencies across Northwest to Anacostia list pharmacies and locations for placing want ads at 5 cents per notice.
Classified notices seek stenographers and typewriters, advertising solicitors, apprentices, barbers, bellboys, bootblacks, porters, cooks and other staff in Washington area. Listings request references, appearance, and immediate application with box numbers and addresses.
A crowded old paper lists male labor requests including gardener duties, dairy chores, house help, and various trades. Positions seek white and colored workers, drivers, jockeys, tailors, clerks, and hotel staff with wages, references, or training details, calling for prompt applications.
Classified ad column listing numerous positions for cook, chambermaid, laundress, general housework, waitress, and related domestic roles. Advertisements seek white and colored workers, with varied ages, wages, and locations around Washington DC. Also includes lost and exchange notices and niche service listings.
Historic classifieds offer various sales and rentals including a federal charter booklet sale, a cigar and pool hall for sale near the Union Depot, a morning newspaper with 1 000 customers, a dental office for rent, a barber shop and a dining room kitchen setup for sale, a colored man shoe shining parlor, a partnership investment ad, a 3-chair barber shop, first-class fruit distribution, furnished dining room and kitchen in a rooming house, stock for sale, and patent and trademark information services. Includes BOX ad references and local addresses like 1403 T st nw and 33% for bargain opportunities.
Bargain notices run through many items from pianos to clothing and household goods. Advertisements list KNABE and STERLING pianos, a Stieff upright, a We lder, Singer machine, baby carriages, jewelry, a coat, dogs, lumber, eggs, incubators, stock, and a mining offer. Addresses include Treasury Building and 1201 St nw, with prices and quick-sale language across items.
An assortment of used furnishings and goods listed for sale including an extra large wardrobe priced at 200, various furniture items such as chests, dining pieces, beds, and parlor suites, plus sewing machines, a piano, a violin, a gold watch, a box of books, and many smaller items. Also requests for a home for an orphan girl and various wanted items. All items offered through BOX notices in the office.
Classified notice offers an upright grand piano for rent with favorable yearly terms. Respond by sending details to BOX 682 care of the office.
Wide mix of classified style notices and solicitations including a palmist and psychic consultation, electrolysis and beauty services, hair restorers, detective agency ads, fashion garment buyers, prophecies and palms, and requests to sell worn clothing for cash. Many items feature phone or box contact details and emphasize quick income or personal services.
Early 20th century ad listing several used cars and autos for sale. Includes details on models such as Buick Touring Car Auburn Auto Co Dayton and Touring cars with tops gas lamps generators and speedometers. Offers prices like 2600 dollars and describes viewings at Barsett's garage and address 1515 N. street.
Quarter oak parlor suite in good condition plus dining room and bedroom pieces listed with addresses including 1607 13th st aw and 1380 th st pw. Various items described as new or lightly used with calls to Mrs Clark at 1th st nw and other contact notes for purchase.
Classified notes advertise furniture wanted for cash and exchange options, a late modern S room house in Bloom with price 4450, and various items including a heating stove and self maintaining fire feature. Local exchange offers and board arrangements are listed with contact details.
Classified helpers seek various positions in 1900s era ads including accountants clerks bookkeepers apprentices carpenters chauffeurs cooks chambermaids and waitresses with notes on experience references and locations around Washington area. many entries specify ages colors and employment terms in terse listings.
Classified ads list a range of job seekers including a hotel manager, market worker, mattress maker, night watchman, waiter, office clerk, painter, pipe fitter, porter, stenographer, secretary, salesmen, scullion, upholsterer, and elevator or bellboy. Many applicants specify skills, references, and willingness to work days, nights, or evenings. Names include Christy, Harry Thompson, Walter Moore, and J AB among others, with addresses in Washington area.
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