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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1912
Page
3
Classifieds reveal a swarm of notes seeking washing, laundering, and ironing by colored women. Entries promise at home or at work, day or evening, with many addresses and contact hints across a city block.
Multiple listings describe furnished rooms for rent in Franklin Park, Tro Taree, 10th Street, Newton Street, West Street, Mash Avenue, and nearby areas. Each offers features like hot water, private baths, southern exposure, and near transit or lines. Some units specify single gentlemen, shared facilities, or front and back rooms with varying rates and heat type.
A chaotic classified listing offers numerous furnished rooms for rent across Northwest DC addresses including 19th and 21st streets, 8th and 9th streets, and nearby avenues. Rooms feature private baths, heat, electric, and gas. some include porch access, steam heat, or shared facilities. weekly rates range around 10 to 20 dollars with monthly options.
Classified boarding page lists numerous furnished rooms for rent across Northwest DC from Adams Morgan to Calvert, with private bath options, board, and utilities. Mentions by street and neighborhood, with varying rates from about 20 to 50 dollars weekly, single or double occupancy, and some private families offering meals. Notable areas include NW streets such as FT Holmes, Clifton, Lamont, Calvert, and Shepherd.
A chaotic OCR of numerous rooms for rent presents a citywide board and heat, featuring furnished and unfurnished single and shared rooms. Advertisements cite Steam heat, board included, private baths, and nearby streets like Fairmont, Girard, and Capitol area, with varying rents and terms.
Fragmentary text shows scattered words and letters likely from a classified or notice item. No clear names, places, dates, or events are readable. Unable to determine a factual main item or outcome from the provided fragment.
A fragmented 19th century classified notice listing various domestic job types. It mentions work by the day or cook and housemaid in New York city or suburbs, mornings, after school, and on Saturdays. References colored women, immigrant labor, sewing, dressmaking, and general housework jobs with locations such as Newark Avenue.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions table board items and a break in text. The readable portions suggest a preview of a meeting agenda or board discussion with ambiguous details and no clear outcomes or named entities.
Money lenders advertise low interest loans and quick approval. The notice lists multiple lending firms including Wade Salders Sonar Wid and A Mow Totoas on DC Rat, with fixed rates around 4 percent and secured notes, promising prompt service and favorable terms. It also mentions National Loan and Investment Co and Sarge, Rutherford and others offering similar finance options.
Rail service details show B and O routes with connections to Philadelphia and seaboard terminals. Schedule notes frequent departures hourly during weekdays, with regional trains to Chicago Pittsburgh and Washington listed.
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