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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
5
Classified notices for household staff include positions for chambermaids and houseworkers by color and by white applicants. Listings specify locations such as 8120th Street, 12th Street NW, and various avenues, with details on stay nights, references, and duties like cooking, laundress, waitress, and housekeeper tasks.
Classified notice listing multiple solicitations for washing and ironing at home or by day. Appears as a compilation of ads seeking experienced laundresses, often by colored women, with varying contact details and locations across Washington.
Several classified notices seek laundry and ironing services by colored women. Listings include a home washing and laundering on Ist Street Be, a laundry near 3003 Sherman Avenue NW, day work at 052 2nd Avenue NW, and private laundry work offered on SE 463 Del Avenue SW.
Numerous listings for furnished rooms in Northwest Washington, including large front rooms with steam heat and private baths, back rooms with kitchenette, hot water, electric light, and gas. Prices range from about $1.25 to $2.50 per week or month. several rooms require private families or gentlemen only, with some locations offering single or double occupancy and proximity to streets like 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and massachusetts avenues.
Finely heated front parlor bed room and numerous rooms for housekeeping or single occupancy listed across multiple northwest addresses. Rentals feature gas cooking, steam heat, private baths, and proximity to Union Station and downtown, with prices from $1.25 per week to about $15 per month for furnished options. Many listings note being near offices, libraries, or parks and emphasize hot water, electric lights, and southern exposure.
Multiple listings describe furnished rooms and share apartments across DC neighborhood streets such as 12th Street NW Clifton Street NW and Wisconsin avenues. Rooms emphasize heat hot water private baths and proximity to government centers and business districts with varying rents from a few dollars per week to about $20. Numerous units mention southern exposure, proximity to buses, and private or shared housing with common spaces.
Numerous listings describe furnished rooms in private homes across NW DC with steam or hot water heat, private baths or access to baths, and table board. Locations include Conn Ave, Est NW, K Street, 13th Street, Cloverdale, Vermont Ave, and more nearDuPont, Union Station, and government departments. Prices range from about 25 to 31 dollars weekly or monthly, with references, phone contacts, and some rooms for single or double occupancy.
Classifieds list numerous rooms for rent in Northwest and NE DC, with options including furnished and unfurnished units, heat and gas included, private baths, and housekeeping. Several addresses are shown on 18th, 9th, 11th, 14th, and Belmont streets among others, along with rates from about $5 to $25 per month and phone contacts.
A collage of room rental offers in the city seeking furnished or unfurnished single or double rooms with electric light steam heat and private bath. Advertisements list locations including 18th Street, Fairmont Street, 1K Street, Second Street NW, MD Avenue SW, and Mt. Pleasant with private families, board options, and reasonable prices. Most entries ask for single or double occupancy, nightly housekeeping or long-term stays, and provide contact hints or box references.
No 39134 details injunctions, bankruptcies, and lawsuits in the District Court. Entries list defendants plaintiffs attorneys and monetary amounts including contingencies such as William Wirkland injunctions, a Pennoyer-Ketner Company matter, and various accounts and judgments with specified attorneys and case numbers.
Elen awakens to a morning of domestic routine with Warren away and Nora attending, a phone call from Mrs. Bob Curtis prompts plans for Christmas shopping. Helen’s pale look worries Nora and Louise chivies her toward activity, while Helen weighs gifts for Warren, Louise, and Winifred as she contemplates the day.
A serialized notice lists numerous deeds of trust filed by varied grantors and their secured interests. Entries include Theodore Delavigne to Ernst Schmidt and George Emmrich for $2.70 on lot 4B square 7, Julia Chadwick and others securing $41,000 with monthly payments, Mateo Kaelin et ux to American Security and Trust, and Horton Stewart to H J Beal and Oscar Rober for $250 with 8 to 1F months. Additional filings cover Meadows and Dells additions with sums secured and monthly or quarterly payment terms.
Real estate transfers show multiple parcels in Northwest and Southwest DC. Transactions involve Alice Plant, Helen Dierkoob, Mildred J. Smith, Stoddard Baptist Home, Cora Woodard, and others transferring lots across squares and streets including Twelfth Street North West and Ninth Street North West. Values range up to $16 with various lot and square references and beneficiaries named.
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