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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
9
Help wanted notices show furrier skilled in making and repairing fine furs. Also listings for barber instruction linotype training and various shop positions with wages and locations across Washington area.
Classified listings show a flood of housework and domestic help ads in a 1910s Washington DC style, including positions for girls and women, cooks, maids, and hotel attendants, with ages, chores, and locations such as Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, and various streets. Also appears are personal ads, tailors, millinery workers, and small help-wanted notices with contact boxes.
Miscellaneous wares for sale and services including typewriters repair and rental from Seant General Typewriter Company, furniture, jewelry, vessels, and household goods. Listings mention locations on 14th and 12th streets NW, bobbing through cars, sewing machines, and decorative items with prices and contact cues.
SITUATIONS WANTED MALE. MISC listings show a man seeking work with piano tuning edging and hemming skills, announcing experience at Oppenheimer's and J. Reimers & Son. Additional classifieds seek furniture, records, and various odd jobs with multiple contact lines across Washington area addresses.
Classified ad fragment lists numerous domestic service roles in Washington areas including CHAMBERMAID CARE COOK DRESSMAKER and HOUSEWORK positions. Entries show locations such as 1880 Fla. Ave NW 16th St NW and 1128 H St with colored women and multiple caregiving, cleaning, and clerical duties, plus stenographer and typist posts with various addresses and references.
Furnished rooms and housekeeping rooms offered across multiple addresses in Washington. Listings include second floor front rooms, large front rooms with baths, private family homes, and prices from about $1.50 per week to higher weekly rates. Locations include 14th Street, New York Ave, M Street NW, 14th St SW, and Lamont Street.
Numerous listings describe furnished rooms for rent across Northwest Washington with details on location, floor, amenities, and rent. Rooms vary from single to front parlor spaces, many including running water, electric light, or private baths, in buildings like The Sherman, The Lenox, and The Burlington, with proximity to Treasury, Capitol, and metro lines.
A scattered listing describes numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent across Washington DC neighborhoods including Mount Pleasant, Dupont Circle, Shaw, and near Capitol. Ads note private entrances, baths, board, electric lights, running water, and proximity to treasuries, departments, and rail lines.
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