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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1906
Page
14
A dense classified listing offers chambermaids and waitresses, cooks, companions, and general housework helpers. Many entries specify white or colored workers, several with wages, locations like 709 L St NW, 15th St, or 18th St NW, and requests for experienced, neat appearances with references. Agencies include The Washington Domestic Guild and Ladies Exchange.
A long run of classified ads by the Washington Domestic Guild seeks maids nurses nurses companions and other domestic workers. Color line includes experienced colored or white women for laundress seamstress and general day work with wages and contact details through 13th and 12th streets addresses.
A collage of help wanted ads seeking washing and day work from reliable colored women to perform home tasks, chambermaid duties, and nursing care. Listings include wages, contact addresses, and notes on schooling or experience, with several obituaries of job seekers and names like FRANCIS ADAMS and A. K. seeking teaching or English instruction.
Numerous furnished rooms for rent in Northwest Washington with private baths, steam heat, and central locations. Listings include front and back rooms, single and double occupancy, and several near Dupont Circle and Lincoln Park. Prices range from about $12 to $40 monthly, with board offered in some cases.
Numerous listings for furnished rooms in NW and SE Washington, DC, with options for single or shared use, private baths or access to kitchens, various heat sources, and nearby car lines. Several entries note proximity to Capitol, Library, and government departments, with weekly and monthly rates and board available in private families or rooms with meals.
Multiple room notices across DC areas listing furnished and unfurnished options with board. Advertisements mention private homes near Dupont Circle and Capitol, with heat gas and water, daily weekly or monthly rates, private family living, and several asks for board or rooming arrangements.
A long OCR listing offers numerous unfurnished and furnished rooms for rent across Northwest Washington and nearby areas. Descriptions include ads for two to three room suites, entire floors, and single rooms with heat gas light bath and cooking facilities. Locations include 128th Street NW 100 3D BT NW 7th Street NW and more with varied rents and amenities.
Multiple small ads seek furnished and unfurnished rooms with heat, gas, or board near central DC locations. Requests include rooms for individuals, couples, or families with terms, prices, and proximity to the Post Office, Capitol, or convention venues. Some seek permanent arrangements with references. others offer rooms with private dining or breakfast in house.
A jumble of exchange notices offers equity in a business property, suburban residence trades, furniture and appliances swaps, two large rubber plants for a rug or coal, a sewing machine and typewriter for a piano, and building lots in exchange for other property. Other items include a clerks position exchange, a three month old bull pup, a building lot trade, an air tight wood burner for goods, and a boarding inquiry seeking a private dining room board for ten gentlemen.
Classified rental items list multiple apartment offerings in Washington, including Furnished and Unfurnished units, price ranges from 25 to 225 dollars, various locations such as The Windsor, The Benedict, The Connnecticut, The Huntington, and The Chapin, with details on rooms baths elevator service and special terms, plus agents and manager contacts.
Wanted by a careful couple a four room elevator apartment or three to four room furnished unit for two in northwest. Also seeking a two room unfurnished with buffet kitchen or a five room furnished house in northwest. Various other notices request immediate furnished or unfurnished units, price ranges, and monthly terms.
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