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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
21
A refined middle aged couple seeks furnished rooms and private board in a family setting. Numerous ads offer positions for cooks, butlers, maids, stenographers, clerks, drivers, and general labor in private homes, boarding houses, and city businesses, with several references and location hints across Washington area listings.
Classified help wanted ads list many positions for a young colored man and several white men, including janitors, porters, clerks, and a printer. Names and addresses appear via BOX references. workers emphasize reliability, experience, and willingness to relocate or work odd hours.
A dense classified page lists numerous help wanted ads from a historical newspaper, mostly for women. It includes positions such as addressing envelopes, housework, chambermaid, cook, nurse, companion, laundress, dressmaker, and general housework. Many ads specify color or race, locations in Washington area, and box numbers for replies, reflecting era-specific employment and social norms.
A long run of classified ads for domestic work seeks chambermaids, housekeepers, laundresses, cooks, nurses, and related helpers. Positions include experienced and novice workers, both white and colored, with notes on location in Mount Pleasant, Washington, and multiple city neighborhoods, with box numbers for replies.
Multiple classified style notices offer opportunities including a request for a partner to take charge of the Washington branch with a $3,300 investment, a one-third interest in a republic and newspaper in Quinnola for county patronage, an entry into the tea and coffee trade with $125 capital, and various sales of wines, furniture, real estate, and whiskey in the Washington area.
Multiple car advertisements from Washington feature Studebaker Touring Car with top and accessories, Ford Defender 15 and 18 horsepower, and 300 slightly used autos priced 3160 to 8100 with guaranteed quality. Auto school lessons offered and Nickerson Automobile Exchange listing. Livery service with eighteen touring cars and chauffeurs. Zimmerman and Kemp advertise touring car services and cars at 1302 17th Street NW.
Neatly described multiple furnished rooms and front/back hall rooms for rent across several NW addresses near Capitol, Union Station, and Dupont Circle. Listings include private families, heat, gas, bath, board options, and monthly rates from $7 to $40. Various floor levels, near car lines, some with parlors, piano, and meals. Several rooms advertise transients and steady tenants.
Furnished rooms for rent with and without board listed across Northwest Washington. Includes 20th Street NW in Dupont and nearby avenues, front and back rooms, single and double options, private baths, and tables. Rates range from about 1.50 to 5 per week with private families hosting.
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