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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
9
Fragmented employment ads list various roles including cook, housework, chauffeur, and general farm duties. Mentions Sophia Hook and locations like 1120 F Street, plus multiple brief notes about positions and service offerings in a period-style classified page.
A dense assortment of help wanted notices listing barber shop positions, colored workers, farm help, carpentry, janitorial, and sales roles. Several ads seek barbers, a tailer, and a first class operator, with names and street addresses from Washington area venues, plus clerical and managerial posts for grocery departments and sales. Listings include age, race, and wage notes, with contact details and P.O. box directions.
Classified help wanted and domestic service notices from a Washington DC page, listing positions such as millinery, dress cutting, cooks, houseworkers, waitresses, stenographers, and translators. Includes colored and white applicants, pay rates, addresses, and contact details.
A busy old classified page offers multiple items and services: underwood typewriters for sale with wholesale options by General Typewriter Co, piano tuning and repair services, furniture and household goods for sale at Hopwood's, plus miscellaneous items like diamonds, jewelry, beds, dining tables, sewing machines, and various wanted ads. Also listed are real estate notices, trade pieces, and job notices with contact details and prices scattered across the page.
A dense OCR classified list of labor ads and job seekers including carpenters chauffeurs janitors masons pianists painters and general workers. Names ages and locations appear with notes on experience references and preferred work settings across multiple districts and streets.
A dense classified page listing female help wanted ads across Washington addresses. Entries specify roles such as chambermaid, cook, housekeeper, nurse, companion, dressmaker, and general housework, often noting race, experience, and preferred employer type or address. Several entries mention refined white women or colored women and private families or boarding houses.
A dense, historic want ad list details by colored women seeking housework, nursing, dressmaking, and clerical tasks across Washington area addresses. Entries specify tasks, hours, and contact points, with many notes on experience, references, and locations such as 775 Kenyon Street, 15118 Tamily, 1687 V Street NW, and 1180 22nd Street NW.
Multiple entries describe furnished rooms for rent in NW Washington with features such as running water private entrances proximity to downtown and Capitol several with private baths heat hot water and gas listed alongside prices ranging from 7 to 18.50 per month many specify private family occupancy and proximity to streets like Fort Stanton Girard and Belmont while others note amenities including kitchenette telephone and central heating with various room sizes and arrangements for single or double occupancy.
Fragmented World War era rental notes list numerous furnished rooms with private baths in multiple addresses around downtown Washington. Advertised features include southern exposure, hot water, private phones, board services, and proximity to Union stations, hotels, clubs, and embassies.
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