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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
36
A garbled set of classified notices lists situations wanted and rooms for rent including entries for a cook and janitor, a housekeeper with wife and child, a man with a rifle, and various labor positions. Mentions boxes with contact references and a residential listing, all written in a fragmented OCR style. The readable items indicate household staff, apartment rentals, and male help wanted across several ad lines.
Classified notice from a reader seeking work in a school or office setting. Mentions safe relocation, lunch counter experience, and past work as elevator conductor. Includes contact shorthand for a Water Street location and brief personal details.
A long classifieds list seeks female companions, housework, dining service, and private-lady aide roles. Entries cover companions, cooks, housemaids, chambermaids, stenographers, clerks, drivers, and hotel staff with color-coded notes and box references. many specify colored applicants and private families, with varied experience levels and wage expectations.
A dense string of 1920s era help wanted ads offering washing and sewing by colored women. Listings include housework, cooking, ironing, laundry, stenography, and waitressing with box numbers and contact hints, reflecting labor markets and domestic labor roles of the period.
A long list of rooms for rent across NW Washington with private baths, shared kitchens, and heated, well lit spaces. Options include front rooms, second floor bedrooms, and suites in private homes near metro lines, with prices from daily to monthly. Advertised amenities include gas heat, water, and quiet family or gentleman tenants.
A dense classified page offers rooms for rent across multiple floors and neighborhoods with amenities like hot water and baths. It also lists a wide array of domestic helper positions including chambermaids, nurses, cooks, companions, and general housework by colored or white applicants, with numerous box inbox contact references.
Readable fragments show a dense listing of rooms for rent across NW Washington near Harvard Street, 7th Street, and the Union area. Many include front or large rooms with heat, hot water, bath, private family, and reasonable rates, with multiple mentions of North and 20th Street NW and Columbia Road NW.
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