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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1914
Page
5
A dense, fragmented wartime style classifieds page lists numerous help wanted ads for cooks, chambermaids, housekeepers, companions, and nurses. Repeated references to colored and white workers, positions in private homes, hotels, or apartments, and details on hours, duties, and references fill the page.
SITUATIONS WANTED- FEMALE SEWING and chamberwork-By colored woman. 120T I at nw. T 3EING by the day or at home-treasonalls, 4 1a T st pw. SEWING of any kind by the day or See colored girl refs. IMI 27th st nw. 1 STENOGRATHER and typewriter commercial and governmental experience refs. 778 Fullinont pl. phene M. BIBI a STENOGRAPHER and secretary, House of Sen ate preferred. 7 STENOGRAPHER nd ne Lincoln 2353. STENOGRAPHER and typist-Expert executive Set assistant bookkeeper. 1316 G st nw. 7 Eperten ay, Meee edge of stenography will accept temporary or permanent position. Telephone Main 7513. TYPEWRITING at home evenings, terma a crate own machine. A. 8. B. 8110 Dumbar ton ave. nw. Q
A dense classified page shows multiple ads for washing by day or at home from first-class laundresses, with addresses in Northwest and Northeast Washington. Also listed are numerous furnished rooms for rent with baths, heat, and private families, detailing locations such as 4th Street NW, 1880 Wallack Place, 157 Latrobe, and other avenues, plus room descriptions, prices, and amenities.
Advertisements offer numerous furnished rooms for transients and yearround tenants across NW DC. Listings describe front and back rooms with heat, bath access, private families or houses, near Cap and Library, Union Station, and schools, with varying rents and amenities such as gas ranges and hot water. Many entries mention proximity to Metro-like areas and central locations.
A long, varied listing of rooms in private homes and apartment houses across Northwest and Northeast Washington. Descriptions include furnished front rooms, second-floor rooms, and attic spaces with hot water heat, gas ranges, and baths. Many near Capitol, Library, Senate offices, and major streets with monthly rents from $6 to $14, private or shared baths, and proximity to bus lines.
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