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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1906
Page
7
A scanned classifieds page lists numerous help-wanted notices in Washington DC area. It includes positions for domestic servants, cooks, waitstaff, porters, and general labor. Contact details reference BOX numbers and local street addresses, with various ages and skill levels requested and many entries seeking references.
A dense page of classified ads seeks female companions nurses maids cooks and clerks. Listings specify experienced chambermaids nurses cooks and housekeepers with references and city addresses, including 2035 Brooks Rd NW 28 Pierce St NW and 1407 XN. Many want refined educated or white colored workers for private families or boarding houses with varying hours and duties.
Classified notices show multiple help wanted and room rental items from Washington Domestic Guild and individual notices. Listings include seamstresses, stenographers, waitresses, and housekeepers offering home or labor in NW and surrounding areas, with prices, locations, and contact addresses. Several rooms for rent accompany service ads, with emphasis on furnished suites, private baths, and proximity to government departments. Local bureaus also advertise room-finding services and apartment options.
A crowded classified listing of rooms for rent across NW Washington DC including first and second floor suites. Offers vary from furnished, heated, and bath-adjacent spaces to light housekeeping, with prices from modest to sixteen dollars weekly. Includes contacts via BOX addresses and office listings.
A crowded display of room and board offers in Northwest Washington near Dupont Circle and Capitol. Advertisements promise furnished rooms, single and double, with meals or board, with steam heat and private baths, ranging from moderate weekly rates to daily rates. many show proximity to 14th and H streets, 13th street, or Franklin Square and bus lines with private families and hotels.
Descriptive ads list 1st and 2nd floor front rooms in NW locations near streets like 12th, 14th, Q, G, and Columbia with board, heating, and telephones. Rents range from about $9 to $50 monthly. many include meals, private families, and partial house privileges. Also notes furnished and unfurnished options, with some rooms steam heated and near streetcar lines.
Classified ad fragment listing various room rentals and board arrangements. Mentions four furnishings, housekeeping rooms, private families, and a few addresses with pricing hints in a neighborhood near Franklin. Includes mention of a sale and other listings with names and box numbers.
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