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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
30
SITUATIONS WANTED FEE MALE Many entries seek chambermaid waitress nurse companion or housework duties. Includes colored and white applicants offering references, city and street details, and box numbers for responses. Positions range from general housework to laundering, cleaning, and hospital or private home care with varying hours and locations.
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Probate Court hereads for probate of the last will of Benjamin Andrews deceased and letters testamentary to William H. Lauren. The court set March 10, 1908 at 10 a.m. for show cause why the application should not be granted. Publication to Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Post at least every week for four weeks prior. Attys listed: Wright, James Tanner, Edmund Bureh.
A flood of rental notices seeks tenants in central DC areas near Navy yard Franklin Park and Columbia Heights. Advertisements offer furnished and unfurnished rooms with board or private homes, single and shared occupancy, quiet house rules, and prices ranging from modest weekly sums to ten dollars plus. Many solicit inquiries via box numbers in the office.
Fragmented OCR ad copy mentions renovated mattresses with new bo�, ticking, and prices around 1.75. Includes references to a printing house and a Carlisle address at 83 5th St NW. No clear date or full entities discernible.
Auction notices cover Mendelsohns Art Gallery at 1409-11 New York Ave with weekly Tuesday sales of art furnishings and bric a brac and Wilson Mayer’s sale rooms at 1927 and 122 G Street listing midweek and Saturday auctions. Friday sale itemized residence contents including mahogany parlor suite dining room set and vast assortment of furniture and appliances with no reserve and terms 26 per cent.
Commissioners of the District of Columbia notify Wm Chandler Trustee and others owning interest in lot 3 block 1290 fronting 30 feet on Lindomtreet Valtey Street Washington DC that the premises lack sewer and water connections. As per Acts of drainage and related regulations, work will be done within thirty days after date, with costs assessed against the property. Commissioners Henry S Macfarland Henry L Weir Spencer Cosby.
Fragmented classified page shows numerous business opportunities and partnership offers in Washington. Advertisers push patents, rooming houses, grooms, grocers, barber shops, hotels, and real estate ventures with guaranteed returns, fast sales, and district focus. Includes solicitations for partners with sums from 50 to 1,000 dollars, and listings for commercial exchanges and services.
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