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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1907
Page
25
Public notice explains free advertising for Help Wanted, For Rent Rooms, Lost and Found and similar notices. It states one ad per advertiser per day, invites conjunctions of advertisements, and reassures advertisers they are not imposing on the column.
The Washington Post outlines how to place want ads via initials handling, office drop or mail, with cutoffs after 9 p.m. weekdays and 8 p.m. Saturdays. It lists agency partners delivering ads for 3 cents each across multiple pharmacies and locations in the Northeast Southeast Southwest Anacostia and surrounding streets.
Wanted advertisements for agents and saleswomen offering over 200 dollars. Includes reference to Wolfarine Co and Pittsburgh, Pa. Emphasizes proving earnings potential with newly patented household specialties. Public notice style to attract sales personnel.
A fragmented historic classifieds page lists numerous help wanted notices and domestic roles. Items include an elderly color couple seeking living arrangements, a horseman and cook positions with wages around 45 dollars, a man and wife for a sugar cane home, and a widow with a boy seeking general housework work. Also present are requests for apprentices in draughtsmanship, and a catalog of miscellaneous ads such as a Kodak party and stenographer training, with contact codes and box numbers.
A chaotic column lists male help wanted notices across many trades including salesmen, bartenders, barbers, apprentices, writers, and general laborers. Positions seek good references, steady work, and pay offers from several employers, with box numbers and office addresses for responses.
Classified help wanted list offering positions from carpenter and driver to clerks and bakers. Various employers seek middle aged to young men and women with skills in carpentry, penmanship, housekeeping, sales, and factory work. Includes addresses and contact points in downtown Washington area.
Classified ads from the Washington Domestic Guild list numerous positions for cooks, housekeepers, laundresses, dressmakers, and nannies. Entries specify colored and white applicants, varying wages, and multiple downtown addresses. roles include cook, laundress, maid, dressmaker, seamstress, and private household help for families in the Washington area.
Classified help wanted notices list positions from dressmaking to cooking and chambermaid work. Advertisements offer wages from two to seven dollars weekly with hours spanning day shifts to nights, seeking white and colored applicants for roles including cook, housework, laundry, and general supervision in homes and apartments around Washington area. Many entries request apply in person with street addresses and box numbers.
Classified want ad fragment details multiple positions in retail: saleswomen for infants, millinery work room, art section, and general housework. Mixed lines show apply times and to whom. Includes references to Kann Sons Co and various addresses BOX 378, BOX 241, BOX 278, BOX 267, among others.
Advertisements seek capital and partners for a broad range of ventures in Washington and suburbs. Promoted are free soda fountains, investment opportunities, and business management roles with promises of quick profits, limited risk, and nationwide distribution potential.
A dense classified page offers requests and ads for buy or rent including a Remington typewriter No. 5 and No. 6 for cash or rent, bicycle and canoe inquiries, hardware and appliance wants, a light canoe, electric fans, an upright piano care, camera gear, an Anastigmat lens, and various secondhand items. Also listings for infant boarding, space for a lunch stand, and pawn ticket purchase details.
An eclectic classified item mentions a handsome thoroughbred greyhound for two quotes, with contact directions to FH. It includes a Rockville contact Caseell and a Gaithersburg phone number 14-14, plus references to an Arlington Drug Store cab stand and other scattered phrases like NCEAB and a Main 772 or 622 number.
A compact classified listing shows autos for hire at 56 cents per hour with contact at North 4495 and a Buick 2-H Touring Car available. Also notes a 1910 Stanton pt. 23 Auburn Auto dealership and a request for good cheap second hand light touring cars. Pet birds and dogs offered, with a store at 1801 5th St advertising breeding canaries parrots and other small pets.
A garbled personals page lists cash for worn clothing and shoes, various beauty and massage services, and several ads for personal introductions and fortune telling. Notices include postal requests for discarded apparel, contact details, and hours for salons, manicuring, and massage studios.
Miscellaneous-for-sale column lists used pianos including Steinway, Weber, Knabe, and Baby Grand models with low prices and varied conditions. Also notes on musical instruments, gas ranges, pedigreed stock, infant dresses, garments, and other cheap household items with box ads for responses. Includes ladies' fashions and other items with contact boxes.
Multiple classified helper wanted notices list chauffeurs maids cooks skilled trades and office staff in Washington area. Includes specific roles, wages, references, and box numbers for responses, with varied nationalities and experience levels.
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