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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1906
Page
96
Job seekers from all backgrounds appear in a bustling classified ad list seeking various positions. Departments include clerks, waiters, janitors, and porters with emphasis on reliability and references. The Washington Domestic Guild promotes registered help to match servants with employers across the city.
Classified notices show a stream of help wanted entries from a Washington DC area paper. Listings include chambermaids and cooks, companions, nurses, housekeepers, laundresses, seamstresses, dressmakers, and waitstaff, with race notes and neighborhood addresses, plus single job seekers seeking steady employment and specific duties.
Classified notice style asks for positions and lodging offers from 1906 era newspaper text. Items include waitresses companions colored and white women, chambermaids, and parlor maids seeking home exchange for room and board, along with numerous furnished room rentals, some including board, heat, hot water, and proximity to car lines.
Numerous un furnished rooms for light housekeeping with gas heat and access, various locations including 233 2D St NW 2819 11th St NW and 803 T St NW. Advertisements seek single or en suite rooms, entire floors, or small flats near Capital, with rents ranging from eight to thirty seven dollars monthly. Many entries specify no children, staircase access, and proximity to central areas.
Classified request listing several private families seeking rooms and board for different arrangements. Props include couple with two children, single gentleman, young lady in private family, and reliable couple, all seeking furnished or unfurnished rooms with board at state terms and within walking distance of the Treasury.
Advertises numerous Columbia Heights and Northwest DC homes for sale with prices ranging from 4 300 to 14 000. Highlights brick houses with hot water heat, multiple baths, bay windows, and deep lots. Also promotes apartments for rent near Capitol with modern conveniences and physician or dentist rent on first floor. Listings include several real estate firms and agents.
Classified rental notices show numerous houses flats and stores for rent across multiple streets and neighborhoods. Entries include addresses such as 172 NW, 6th SE, Sherman NW, Grace MW, and 1624 7th St. prices from about 12 to 300 per month. various configurations including single rooms, suites, second floors, and storefronts. Also listed are stables and rear spaces with mixed terms.
Compact classified notice listing numerous furnished rooms for rent in Northwest and Northeast Washington areas. Highlights include single and en suite rooms with private baths, central heating, south exposure, car access, and proximity to car lines and landmarks. Pricing ranges from five to twenty dollars weekly with board options and transients accepted. some entries note private families and quiet, well maintained homes.
Multiple entries describe furnished and unfurnished rooms with private baths or shared facilities in northwest Washington near 14th and 11th streets and Dupont Circle. Offers include elevator access, board options, meal plans, light and heat included, reasonable weekly or monthly rates, and proximity to business centers and streetcar lines. Listings show numerous addresses across streets such as G Street NW, H Street NW, 9th St NW, 12th St NW, 18th St NW, 20th St NW, and nearby Dupont Circle, with variations in room size, suites, and board arrangements.
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