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Free advertising notice invites help and wants, with rules about single daily ads per person, deadlines, how to submit, and agency locations across Washington areas for want ads in The Washington Post.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1907
Page
8
Free advertising notice invites help and wants, with rules about single daily ads per person, deadlines, how to submit, and agency locations across Washington areas for want ads in The Washington Post.
Classified ads seeking male workers across roles from foreman substitutes to kitchen staff and service roles. Listings include window cleaners, Long Beach lots brokers, drug store trainees, wholesale liquor department work, pastry baker, barber positions, barbers and shop help, household helper, boy assistants, laundry and store chores, clothing sales and domestic service. Numerous age, race, and color notes appear in ads. some mention experience, wages, and location details.
A collage of job ads seeks male and female help including cooks and chambermaids. Offers include experienced white cook, colored cook, housekeeper, and waitresses. some require references and overnight stays. Several ads promote learn dressmaking apprenticeships and quick on the job training at modest pay.
A long column of listings seeks general housework and domestic help. Many positions specify white or colored women, stay nights, and references. openings include governesses, maids, cooks, laundresses, and office help, with varied wages and locations around Washington.
A varied classified list offering items such as baby carriages, bicycles, pianos, a can oe, incuba tor equipment, barrels of goods, a torch of hardware, and a range of musical instruments. Numerous ads mention contact details, locations in Washington DC, and prices or barter offers for household goods, antiques, and personal items.
Miscellaneous for sale offers piano bargains including Steinway baby grand and upright models, Apollo wood case piano, Angelus cabinet piano player, and more with prices such as 306, 280, 800. Also advertised are comfortable upholstered couch, bed and dresser, ice box, Olds runabout car, moving picture lens, film stock, typewriter, and houseboat for sale with locations including Washington streets and avenues.
Miscellaneous wants from a 1900s Washington paper include piano care, a small power boat, a safe razor, toys, cornet, directory, stock offers, typewriter, laundry services, furniture, a phonograph, clothing, and various hardware items. Notable entries seek a male reed bird and canary, a shortwave, incubator, and incinerator, plus a desire for a gas stove, violin, and dynamo.
A flood of personal notices lists dozens of lost items across Washington streets. Watches, collars, pins, wallets, a fox terrier, a white bulldog and a black beagle named Jumbo appear in appeals with rewards offered at various addresses including 1440 Q St NW, 1827 H St NW, and 1118 B St NW. Some items tied to hotels, theaters, and transit lines, others seek owners by name or color, with contacts at Hotel Gordon, Crosby House, and the Cumberland.
Classified column advertises multiple domestic service roles including valets, stenographers, typists, stewards, timekeepers, clerks, and utility helpers. Listings specify experience needs, references, and applying via box numbers or the Washington Domestic Guild at several local addresses. The tone reflects a midcentury urban labor market seeking dependable workers.
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