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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1915
Page
4
A dense page of from the era classified advertisements lists numerous job seekers. Individuals seek watchman, nurse, office work, stenography, sales, porter, waiter, teacher, and other positions. Names and addresses appear alongside brief self-descriptions and contact details, illustrating a busy job market with mixed qualifications.
A dense column lists many help wanted notices for secretaries cooks chambermaids companions and other domestic workers. It includes female applicants offering to work at home as cooks housekeepers and assistants with numerous addresses and contact references across Washington DC areas.
Classified listings seek NURSE and domestic help. Various positions include experienced nurses for invalids, live in attendants, housekeepers, cooks, dressmakers, seamstresses, stenographers, teachers, governesses, and laundresses. Numerous addresses in Washington area appear, with shifts, pay notes, and gendered or color specific references.
Dense list of furnished and unfurnished rooms available in NW Washington near Union Station and surrounding streets. Advertises hot water heat private baths phones and varying rental terms from one week to monthly, with many front rooms, tone of a bustling local housing ad.
Classified fragment list of numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent across Northwest and Northeast Washington. Highlights include front rooms, heat, baths, electric light, and proximity to car lines, with various rents and house-sharing options. Named streets and avenues such as 18th St NW, Vermont Ave, Champlain St, Mass Ave NW appear throughout, plus references to private families and gentleman tenants.
Numerous listings describe furnished rooms and small apartments around 804 80th NW and surrounding streets, with features such as heat, hot water, gas, private baths, and table board. Prices range from $2 week to about $15 weekly, with various locations near Capitol, Navy Yard, and downtown. Some offer private families, adjacently heated rooms, and different floor plans including front rooms, two rooms, and single rooms for gentlemen or adults. many specify no children and proximity to public facilities.
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