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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1914
Page
7
A dense listing of job seekers and helpers from a historical newspaper page. Contains numerous entries for cooks housekeepers dishwashers janitors waitstaff drivers clerks and more. Also includes many personal ads by colored men and women offering services and seeking employment or domestic work in multiple Washington DC neighborhoods.
Classified listing shows multiple help offers from white and colored women seeking work as chambermaids cooks housekeepers and companions. Notable entries include housekeeping and cleaning for private families, day labor cleaning apartments, and companion or nurse roles for invalids or elderly. Names and addresses appear. recruiters include Lincoln 8 and City addresses.
A merchant sits and waits, then plans to attract customers by placing ads in the Miscellaneous For Sale column of The Post. The prompt urges trying the plan, claiming it will pay off.
Classified notices seek a variety of domestic workers and assistants including maids chambermaids nurses and companions. Listings specify race age language skills and locations around Massachusetts Avenue Sixth Street Elman Avenue and other Washington addresses with roles in housekeeping sewing cooking and child care. Several seek warm references and offer part time or live-in arrangements.
Classified notices seek washing and laundry help from colored and white women for home or day work. Listings specify first class laundresses, ironing, general laundry tasks, and housekeeping at numerous northwest and northeast Washington streets and addresses, with references and hours noted.
Numerous listings offer furnished rooms for single gentlemen in Washington DC neighborhoods. Advertisements include shared baths, steam heat, phones, and proximity to bus lines. Rates range from a few dollars to around $27 monthly, with several rooms suitable for two occupants and some with private family use.
A crowded OCR listing describes numerous furnished rooms and bachelor apartments across NW DC. Prospective tenants are offered front rooms, second and third floor rooms, with amenities such as hot water heat, gas, baths, private or shared kitchens, and proximity to streets like 14th, 18th, Belmont, and Columbia Road. Listings mention private families, transient rooms, and rates ranging from modest to several dollars weekly.
Listings describe multiple furnished rooms with hot water heat, private baths or shared facilities, basement and front rooms, northern or southern exposure, and proximity to streets like Euclid, Euclid Avenue, Fairmont, and M Street. Some include board, meals, and fireplace or closet details. many target bachelors, couples, or gentlemen, with prices per week or month.
Furnished rooms for rent in Washington area. Includes second-floor well heated spaces with southern exposure and neat papered decor. Central heating, hot water, near Capitol and streetcar lines. Contact numbers and partial addresses provided in listing.
A long list of furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent across Washington areas. Offerings include private baths, hot water heat, and private porches. Some properties advertise board services, piano rooms, and proximity to the Capitol, with varying rates and private family arrangements.
Spas Autos for Hire advertises special rates for tours with octal callaguise wording, seeks careful drivers and passenger care for hire. Rates are 62 and wpwerd per hour with contact numbers North Petr oeT-Bet Five and Mais 5598. Good service and careful drivers emphasized.
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