"Crazy young sorceress seeks whacky wizard for weekend fun, Muggle baiting and broomstick races. OWL BOX 4271"
-- Lonely Hearts (DP2)
"Collected works of Gilderoy Lockhart. Will part exchange for large jar of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. OWL BOX 8487"
-- For Sale (DP2)
Classified Advertisements is a regular page appearing in the Daily Prophet, of great utility to the wizarding community (DP2).
This section includes columns listing recruitment opportunities, items for sale, dating/Lonely Hearts and family announcements. The listing on Page 2 of the Prophet included:
Jobs
“Hit-witch or wizard” for the Magical Law Enforcement Squad
Assistant Manager at Flourish & Blotts
Junior Potions Mixer at Madam Primpernelle’s salon
Dragon Feeders for Gringotts Bank
Office Worker for the Society for the Tolerance of Vampires
For Sale
Broomstick, Shooting Star
Broomstick, Silver Arrow
Secondhand cauldrons
Chudley Cannon memorabilia – fan making “clean break”
Collected works of Gilderoy Lockhart
Hothouse herbs – bouquets of henbane and belladonna, potted mandrakes
Muggle “batteries” collection – being sold by A. Weasley
Muggle Guards – device shrieks when touched by a Muggle
Secondhand Quidditch balls
Lonely Hearts
Shy sorcerer seeks wicked witch
Warlock into Transfiguration seeks like-minded witch
Quiet witch seeks non-bat owning wizard
Crazy sorceress seeks wacky wizard
Births
Egmont Elvert Hobday – a son for Violetta and Hilliard
Griselda Harmonia Jorkins – a daughter for Primrose and Albert, and sister for Grimwold and Granville
Deaths
Advertisement
Transfiguration Today magazine
Commentary
Notes
Someone called "A Weasley" is selling his large collection of batteries - probably at the insistence of his wife, M Weasley....
Although the date printed on the second Daily Prophet Newsletter (DP2) is 8 February 1999, the timeframe for this event is 1992-1993.
From the Web
Writing by J K Rowling on Pottermore: The Daily Prophet
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