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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1907
Page
31
The notice explains a free classified column offering help wanted, for rent, lost and found, and similar items. It invites advertisers to use the free space, allowing one advertisement per individual per day, and encourages as many insertions as needed to achieve the advertiser’s goal.
The Post explains proper use of initials in ads, posting hours, and mail options. It lists agencies delivering want ads near various Washington locations with multiple pharmacies and addresses across Northeast Southeast Southwest Anacostia and nearby streets for convenient drop off and mail submission.
Advertises positions for agents and saleswomen with earnings claims over 200 dollars. Mentions “Wolfarine” household specialties and Pittsburgh based opportunity. Includes brief call to apply and locate the listing.
A jumble of help wanted and domestic service ads mentions family arrangements near electric and steam roads, with varied pay like 45 a month and 20 a month. Warnings about adults and elderly couples, horseman and cook positions, assistant clerks, and stenography training appear amid miscellaneous notes and garbled addresses from Washington area postings.
A chaotic classified lineup seeks male workers and apprentices across many trades. Listings include writers, clerks, bite parts, barber help, general labor, apprentice bookbinder, bicycle repair, and summer boy hires with varying pay, locations, and box numbers for responses.
Classifieds list middle aged carpenter, clerks, coatmakers, drivers, mechanics, waiters, housemen, gardeners, and salespeople. Employers include Campbell-Ryder Co, Hecht & Co, F. H. Finley & Son, and Leach & Wright, with duties from interior work to outside driving and farm tasks. Wages and locations vary, broad call for skilled, semi skilled, and general labor across Washington area.
Classified ads offer多immediate positions for cooks laundresses maids nannies and other service staff in Washington DC area. Listings call for experienced colored and white workers with various wages and hours at multiple addresses including 720 18th st 780 12th st 730 13th st and 130 13th st among others with roles from general housework to dressmakers and millinery prep.
Multiple help wanted ads list positions in dressmaking, household service, and clerical work. Applicants sought include apprentice dressmakers, cooks, chambermaids, waitresses, a bookkeeper, and a keeper, with varied wages and hours, at numerous Washington addresses and domestic guild postings.
Classified ad notes multiple job openings at Kann Sons and Co including saleswomen for infants department millinery and art section plus general housework and domestic positions. Also seeks a white refined woman for office work and other household helpers with immediate starts and specific application instructions.
Advertisements seek investors for free soda fountain setups in Washington and suburbs, plus numerous want-ads for stocks, real estate, rentals, bicycles, pets, and services. Listings include manufacturing interests, dating for partnerships, dining room rentals, and items for sale such as pianos, furniture, canaries, and secondhand gear.
A bustling classified list seeks to buy and rent items including Remington typewriters, a cash can be earned for a desk, bicycles in good condition, second hand wheels, small refrigerators, bicycle tools, guitar lessons, ice chests, and more. Also requests canoe rentals, piano care, engines, and pawn tickets. Several boxes indicate office postings with price terms and contact instructions.
An odd classified fragment advertises a handsome greyhound with two quotes and contact notes. It mentions Caseell Rockville Michigan and various phone lines in Gaithersburg and Arlington area stores. The legible bits reference a drug store cab stand and a comic item.
Classified notices list autos for hire at 56 per hour from 3902 17th St NW and a Buick 2 H Touring Car in workmanlike condition. Also requests for good cheap secondhand light touring cars, a poultry and pet store advertises parrots and dogs, plus dogs, cats, fish and hunting breeds for sale.
Classified notice lists cash offers for discarded clothing and accessories including ladies and gentlemen shoes hats and shirts. Also notes professional services from a Egyptian palmist and various beauty and repair providers with contact details and hours.
Classified advertisment offering used pianos including Steinway, Weber, Knabe with prices and terms. Also listings for dogs, puppies, a gas range, dresses, ladies wear, a Cuban poodle, a wig, a mimeograph, a raincoat, and other varied items. Includes contact BOX and street addresses for responses.
A long list of help wanted notices seeks domestic workers, chauffeurs, butlers, maids, stenographers, clerks, and drivers. Positions include experienced butlers for motor yachts, German and French staff, a young English chauffeur, cooks, housemen, and hotel staff, with wages and contact details via Washington Domestic Guild offices.
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