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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1906
Page
38
A dense, fragmented 1930s classified page lists varied postings. Notices include job ads for elevator operators and sales positions, requests for skilled and unskilled labor, business opportunities, loans, and real estate notices. Names, addresses, and contact hints appear amid terse promises of work, capital, and occupancy.
Classified help wanted notices show a flood of requests from a young colored man and other applicants seeking general work, janitorial posts, farm management, office tasks, and skilled trades across Alexandria and Washington City. Specifics include positions in groceries, law offices, hotel and restaurant service, and clerical roles, with multiple applicants offering experience and references.
Classified notice listing jobs and services for household workers in Washington area. Includes positions: chambermaid, cook, waitress, nurse, companion, stenographer, secretary, pressmaker, dressmaker, and housekeeper. Advertisements for white and colored workers, with contact addresses and box numbers.
A dense classifieds page lists dressmaking, general housekeeper, laundress, seamstress, nurse and companion roles, all seeking work in or near Alexandria and Washington. Multiple entries specify home or private-family work, colored workers, young women, and various locations such as Pitt Street Alexandria and 12th Street NW.
Numerous listings describe furnished rooms and suites for two or more in private families near central DC streets. Highlights include front rooms, hot water heat, baths, and optional board, with varied rates and floor positions. Many ads offer single or shared rooms, strict private-family settings, and proximity to car lines and libraries.
List of furnished rooms for rent across Northwest DC locations near Thomas Circle and Government Printing Office. Descriptions include front and back rooms, suites for two or more, hot water heating, bath access, telephones, and varying weekly or monthly rates. Multiple properties advertise near transit and downtown centers with features like sunlit spaces, private family settings, and light housekeeping.
Multiple listings at 1498 FH Street and nearby avenues offer furnished single or en suite rooms with private baths, steam heat, and meals on request. Descriptions emphasize pleasant, well furnished front rooms, various rates from five dollars weekly to higher sums, and proximity to transit and business centers.
A survey of scattered listings shows multiple furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in Washington DC NW sectors. Options include single rooms with bath and heat, some in private families, near libraries, with options for board, steam heat, and telephone service. several online like 1921 Q St NW and 7th St NW units advertise summer rates and proximity to transit.
Numerous small ads seek furnished rooms or housekeeping suites near central DC areas. Offers include two to six rooms within close distance to offices, private families preferred, with terms and rates to be stated. Also requests for dressmaker space and small apartments with short-term to six-month terms, all via box replies to the local office.
Notice by A Leftwich Sinclair attorney of a commission to appraise damages from changes in grade of streets and alleys for the Union Railroad Station project in DC. Hearing set 10:30 a.m. March 1, 1906 at City Hall. Property owners to file petitions within 60 days. Also Probate Court notices for Augusta Heard and Matthew Murphy estates published in Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Post.
A public auction of the complete outfit and goodwill of the Treasury Lunch and Dining Cafe at 1408 G Street NW, including furniture, utensils, and furnishings. The sale follows a chattel deed of trust and will occur Monday February 1, 1905 at 8:30 p.m., conducted by Bowen and Johnson, with terms and delivery details provided by the trustees.
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