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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
28
A garbled page lists various wanted ads and job notes including housework, janitor, cook, and boardwork positions. It also mentions room and board offers, private residence listings, and general help wanted notices with contact box references in a damaged classifieds section.
Classified style notice shows a petite, unclear job request from a female seeking positions at a school or office. Mentions lifelike options like water station, lunch counter, elevator conductor, and reliable student references. Provides partial contact at 326 Lake Row or similarly garbled street.
Classifieds list numerous positions for women and men, including compani on to ladies, cooks, housekeepers, stenos and waitresses. Entries specify race, experience, and various employers with box numbers for responses.
A jumble of job ads lists women of color offering home cooking sewing washing and cleaning by the day or at home. It includes stenos and clerical positions, waitresses, seamstresses, and general chores with BOX references and contact hints.
Multiple postings describe rooms for rent in NW Washington areas near streets like Monroe Street and Mass Ave. Listings include private family rooms, front rooms, second floor rooms with heat and gas, and shared bath options. Prices range from around $5 to $18 per month or week, with various amenities such as water, telephone, and proximity to theaters, stores, and transit.
A dense classified page lists rooms for rent across multiple DC addresses with amenities such as hot water, heat, and central locations. It also contains job ads seeking chambermaids cooks nurses stenographers drivers and general housework by colored or white applicants, with contact boxes and post office references.
A cluttered OCR listing describes many furnished rooms and suites for rent in Washington area hotels and homes around 7th Street NW. It details parlor rooms, front rooms, heat, private baths, housekeeping options, and proximity to Union Station, with prices from a few dollars per month to higher weekly rates. It mentions amenities like electric lighting, hot water, and central heating, many rooms sharing common areas and kitchens, in multiple neighborhoods including Harvard Street NW and Capitol Street areas.
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