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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
6
An aged newspaper ad promises free advertising for common classified notices such as help wanted rooms lost and found and similar items with a cap of fifteen words per ad. It states one ad per day per individual and invites as many insertions as needed to fulfill advertisers requests.
The notice explains a postal and agency system for want ads in The Post. Ads must be directed to initials only if appropriate, with delivery through the post office or agency boxes. It lists agency locations across Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Anacostia, with pharmacies and other outlets accepting ads for a small fee.
Multiple classified notices seek help including dramatists for charity performances in English and French shows titled Champions of Normandy and Chimes of Normandy, steno and office assistants with salary options, sales solicitors, experienced tailors and barbers, machine shop foreman, and drivers. Positions target men and women, including colored trades, with box numbers for responses and addresses in Washington area.
A scattered page of classified ads seeks a Half-Grown boy around 16 for a suburban home and trade, a 1922 19th St NW houseboy, experienced waste man with good references, and a range of job openings from clerks to salespeople. Listings request managers for cafes and soda departments, shoe store labor, and various shop and service roles with references, wages, and contact boxes.
Female help wanted entries fill a Washington page listing positions from apprentice dressmaker to chambermaid and cook. Ads seek white or colored women, experienced or beginner. many include box numbers and street addresses for applications at 720 Twelfth Street or 1310 Girard Street.
Classified help wanted ads list multiple general housework positions for white and colored women, including live-in, stay nights, and temporary summer work. Entries mention addresses around Washington DC areas such as 1320 ith st, 41a G st aw, 2200 Ross pl, 1533 3! st, and 342 Mt. Pleasant al with various wage notes and references.
A dense sale notice lists autographs for sale including Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis, piano certificates, a postal typewriter, tools, jewelry, furniture, and multiple pianos certificates. Also offers a three snake diamond ring and pool tables for sale with prices and contact hints scattered throughout.
Miscellaneous for sale items include numerous piano certificates, upright and baby grand pianos, Steinway brands, and other musical instruments. Also listed are furniture upholstering, an onyx soda fountain, cameras, sewing machines, and various small goods with prices and contact BOX entries.
A jumble of catalog style notices lists damp furniture pieces, a vegetable stand display ad, a variety of certificates for pianos and other items, and small ads for coats, mantels, and a barrel of clay pigeons. Names and addresses appear with prices and contact pointers in a noisy early 20th century style classified page.
Miscellaneous classified notices offer to buy or trade for second-hand piano, clarinet, hatchet, plane, desk, chairs, rack, and other hardware. Various boxes and offices solicit responses with prices, make, and condition details. Also listed are tutoring, typing work at home, an incubator, shotgun, and a coffee urn, among items for sale or barter.
The clipping advertises cash for worn clothing and footwear from men women and children. It also promotes palmists and psychics offering readings and guidance. Various establishments solicit postal replies and phone calls and claim quick calls at odd hours.
A dense classified page lists numerous help-wanted ads from The Washington Domestic Guild. It seeks butlers, chauffeurs, maids, cookstews, housemen, valets, porters, clerks, drivers, and other staff for private families in the Washington area, with varied wages and conditions, plus addresses to respond to.
Classified ad notices seeking cooks chambermaids and domestic help including white and colored maids. Also listings for a white woman with children, a room for an industrious woman, labeling bottles, and lost items including pocketbooks bracelets watches and pets with rewards offered.
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