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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1906
Page
44
Multiple missing items and rewards announced across a garbled notice. Includes a white and brown fox terrier, a watch, and real estate related roll references. Names and addresses are partially legible with rewards offered for returns to specified locations around Washington DC areas.
Classified style note offers small investments with potential high returns. Mentions Chamberlin Mineral, Ross &, and G. F Baker seeking funds from $1,000 to $5,000 for marketing medical preparation and other ventures. Includes P.O. box and vague promises of profits and information by mail or phone.
A collage of 1920s Washington classified notices seeks domestic help and labor. Listings include a White and colored workers ad, a young man, a porter, a writer, and general laborers. Addresses reference Dunbar and 11th Street, with job requirements and contact boxes.
WANTED SITUATIONS MALE. GROCERY MEAT BUSINESS YOUNG MAN WITH EXPERIENCE. HALL OR ELEVATOR MEN BY 2 BROTHERS. HOUSEBOY PRIVATE FAMILY OR ELEVATOR CONDUCTOR. CLEANING LABORERS AND OFFICE WORKERS SEEK EMPLOYMENT. FEMALE HELP WANTED COOKS CHAMBERMAIDS CAREGIVERS TALENTED SEWERS. SEEKING EXPERIENCED SERVANTS AND TRADE WORKERS FOR PRIVATE HOMES, HOTELS, STORES, AND FARMS. MULTIPLE ADDRESSES LISTED FOR RESPONSES. The notices include various positions such as clerks, stewards, porters, janitors, real estate sales, and general labor, with numerous addresses across Washington and nearby Alexandria.
A long list of help wanted notices seeks industrious colored women for laundering washings home work and by the day or week. Addresses include 2218 Virginia Ave NW 1144 20th St and 1235 N Street NW. Other entries offer seamstresses nurses stenographers and housekeepers with various requirements in DC and Alexandria Virginia.
Numerous listings across Northwest and Northeast Washington offer furnished rooms with heat, baths, and boards. Prices range from about $4 to $20 weekly, with options including single or en suite rooms, front parlors, and rooms near transit, theaters, and government buildings.
Multiple listings for furnished rooms and small apartments in NW Washington near Capitol and various avenues. Advertisements include second floor front rooms, front and back rooms, with heat, light, bath, and some with board. Prices range from a few dollars per week to monthly rates. several rooms offer private baths and telephones, with proximity to car lines and churches.
Numerous entries advertise furnished rooms with private baths and meals in Washington DC area addresses near 14th 11th and K streets NW. Rates vary from daily to weekly with elevator service and porcelaine baths. several listings request inquiries to office at local addresses.
A dense classified-style column offers numerous rooms for rent in Washington DC NW and surrounding areas. Advertised features include furnished and unfurnished rooms with board, hot water, heating, private baths, and proximity to streetcar lines, along with rates, some as low as 34 to 60 per month. Many listings specify private families, single rooms, and transient or permanent occupancy.
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