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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1907
Page
18
Classified notice style listing extensive nanny nurse and housework ads from the Washington Domestic Guild. It includes positions for nurses governesses typists stenographers seamstresses and housekeepers, with ages appearances and weekly or daily pay figures, plus requests for rooms to rent and employment by private families.
Abundant furnished rooms advertised across Washington addresses including N Ave, 188 8th St NW, Chapin St, 12th St NW, 6th St NW, and near War Department. Listings highlight front rooms, hall and parlor floor options, steam heat, hot water, baths, private families, and flexible terms from daily to monthly rates. Many offer board or meals, references, elevator or stairs access, and proximity to transit and central locations. Several specify single or double occupancy, suitable for gentlemen or couples, with varying rents from $1 to $10 per month and weekly rates.
Furnished rooms with board offered citywide in Washington addresses near Capitol, Dupont, Georgetown and Foggy Bottom. Advertisements describe private baths, heat, table board, and weekly or monthly rates, with single or shared rooms for gentlemen, couples, or young professionals. several listings note proximity to transit stations and libraries.
Multiple 6 to 14 rooming options listed in NW and NE Washington DC areas. Advertises furnished and unfurnished rooms with heat gas bath and board or kitchen privileges, in buildings like The Ashley 18th and V Streets NW and 1221 Columbia Road. Various room counts, prices up to $25, proximity to Metro and streetcar lines noted.
A cluttered block of classifieds lists various rooms and board requests. Entries seek furnished or unfurnished rooms, breakfast or meals, and private families or apartments, with boxes for responses and occasional notes on location or price.
Proposals will be received by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia at 2 p.m. February 16 1907 for furnishing 4000 cubic yards of paving and concrete sand 2000 cubic yards of screened gravel and related materials. Deliveries to start by March 16 and end by July 1. Specifications and forms available at Room 43 District Building. Commissioners Henry Ob faction? Macfarland Henry McFarland and John Biddle.
Real estate listings show rental properties across Washington DC including Belmont and Capitol Hill areas. The ad lists numerous 4 to 6 room houses with baths, brick construction, hot water heat, basements, and varied rents from 25 to 95 dollars weekly, with several near 20th and 18th streets NW and Petworth. The firm promises full rental potiental details on request and advertises office at Fort NW near The Willard.
Schedule notice describes mixed schedules and connections for Chesapeake and Ohio and Seaboard Air Line Railways. It lists through coaches and Pullman sleepers to major points including Virginia Hot Springs Clifton Forge Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis St Louis Chicago and Lexington and Louisville. Also notes dining on la carte service and parlor car details with ticket offices in Washington and Richmond and daily and Sunday service patterns.
A Harper’s Weekly profile lauds the Reclamation Service’s planned Mars of the Great American Desert, aiming to convert 50,003,000 acres of waste into fertile farms at a cost of 1.5 billion dollars, creating 3 million homes and 2.35 billion in taxable property within a half century. It notes 280,002 acres already productive from four years of work, and reflects on the service’s practical, ambitious spirit.
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