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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
21
A cluttered classified page itemizes miscellaneous wanted ads for clothing, furniture, tools, musical instruments, books, and services. Listings request cheap cash prices and contact box numbers, with scattered notes on condition, sizes, colors, and delivery details across multiple items.
Notice offers a miscellaneous printer's scaffold for hire with space to furnish eleven rooms and meals, seeking tenants or use of property. Terms mention furniture, two meals daily, and a quiet check room, posted June 1. Responses directed to BOX 126 and BOX 262 with contact details.
Classified ads show a flood of help wanted notices from a mix of employers seeking caretakers, housekeepers, cooks, and live-in staff. Entries include positions for colored and white workers, couples seeking summer house care, and individuals offering specific skills from bartending to stenography, with many BOX references to respond.
Classified list of household services by colored women seeking work including house cleaning laundry washing and other domestic tasks with multiple addresses and contact hints. Entries include laundresses housekeepers nurses and stenographers offering at home or in private families services across Washington area with emphasis on referrals and references.
A dense old classifieds page shows many help wanted and private services. Entries include women seeking sewing work at home or by day, dogged by postal-style boxes. stenographers and typists offering services with various hours. waitresses and nurses in private homes. daytime and evening shifts. laundry and washing by colorfully listed workers. teachers and telegraph operators seeking part or full time roles. and general domestic help including housekeeping, companions, and rooming-house duties. Many entries provide box numbers for responses and emphasize reliability and speed.
Many furnished and unfurnished rooms and front parlor suites listed for rent across Washington, D C including NW neighborhoods near Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan. Advertised features include private baths, steam heat, light housekeeping, private families, and proximity to transit lines. several large front rooms suitable for two gentlemen, various price points, weekday evenings available.
Numerous listings offer furnished front rooms with bath and heat, in private homes near central Washington, many with gender preferences, weekly or monthly rates, and proximity to pension office, libraries, and government departments. Prices range from $4 to $18 monthly, with features like gas, hot water, and board options.
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