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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1906
Page
44
Classified notices list diverse job ads from a historical Washington area paper. Listings include stenographers, collectors, waiters, porters, drivers, and clerks seeking steady work, with details on locations such as Alexandria and Northwest DC, and notes on experience, references, and wages.
A Washington classified page advertises various jobs including housework, steno, waitress, cleaning, and a travel helper. Contact details list Main 1345 and addresses such as 1454 Le Droit Court NW and 41 P Street. The ad seeks experienced domestic staff and service workers, with some references to color and gender. several positions offer lodging or emphasis on reliability.
Classified seeks companions, cooks, maids, laundresses, and nannies across Alexandria and nearby areas. Listings include young refined companions, college graduates open to travel, first class cooks with private family experience, colored workers for housework and care, and office light duties. many require references and specify hours or nights.
Classified look for female seamstresses dressmakers plain sewing and related home or day work. Listings include addresses in Alexandria Virginia and Washington area with references and hours, ranging from day by day or for home employment to touring or housework and stenography.
Multiple listings for furnished rooms and suites in Northwest DC and nearby areas. Includes front rooms, back rooms, suites with bath or board, steam heat, telephone, and varying rents from minimal weekly rates to monthly. Highlights address clusters around 8th to 14th Streets NW and nearby avenues, with several properties offering shared or private dining options, and occasional light housekeeping.
A jumble of furnished and unfurnished rooms available across NW Washington near Tuomes Circle Corcoran Art Gallery and government offices. Listings describe single or en suite rooms with steam or hot water heat, private baths, phones, and nearby transit. some include board, piano, or open grate, with rents from low to moderate weekly rates and multiple floors and locations.
A collection of classified room and board offers from a 19th century paper. Listings describe furnished front rooms with meals, steam heat, porcelain baths, and proximity to streetcar lines. Various households seek single or couple boarders and roomers with terms, often in private homes or apartments, some with transient options.
Classified notices seek furnished or unfurnished rooms with board or light housekeeping. Various small ads request private families or shared housing near business districts, with terms, location, and contact by box numbers and initials. Matches include two adults, single tenants, or couples, sometimes near Franklin Park or Northwest sections, with prices and dates.
Desirable Washington properties offered well below value. Mars Ave near 16th AF shows 12 rooms and 2 baths reduced from 31800 to 15000. Conn Ave north of Dupont Circle features a new stone brick dwelling amid fine houses at 12 rooms and baths. Outlook on Mase Ave west of 17th St lists 22 rooms plus hot water heat at 38800. Listings include various 10 to 16 room rentals and unfurnished flats, with office contact THOS J FISHER & CO at 1414 F St NW.
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