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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1909
Page
3
Classified page fragment lists male labor seekers and household help including butler, janitor, bartender, waiter, bookkeeper, and stenographer. Many ads request private family or hotel work with references. includes rooms for rent and board, various positions, and box numbers for responses. The garbled text merges multiple postings with inconsistent formatting and partial addresses.
A dense classified listing of jobs and employment requests from a late 19th or early 20th century Washington DC newspaper page. Multiple entries seek work by colored youths and women, including general labor, chambermaid, cook, housekeeper, and laundress roles. Names, addresses, and box numbers reference offices.
A dense catalog of rooms and boards near Washington sites for inauguration. Numerous furnished and unfurnished front rooms, doubles, and suites offered with meals or board in private families and hotels. Includes rates, locations around Dupont and Capitol districts, and temporary lodging geared to visitors.
Classified ad items seek furnished or unfurnished rooms in northwest Washington near Navy Department, Treasury, and central areas. Requests include price ranges from $2 to $15 weekly, private baths, light housekeeping, front rooms, and proximity to work. Several BOX references indicate office responses and contact via the paper.
Numerous classified notices seek furnished or unfurnished rooms and board in private families and offices. Requests include near Northwest sections, downtown, Capitol Hill, and suburbs with terms, heat, light, and private family settings. Various bidders include government clerks, students, widows, couples, and a young man, with monthly rents from about 40 to 85 dollars and preferences for quiet, reputable hosts.
Seven room apartments with baths reduced rents advertised by American Realty Company. Listings include two room apartments at 38 and 55 dollars in desirable buildings, with furnished and unfurnished options. The Hillside on Lat Chapin Street and Atlas on 1624 at offer five rooms with gas and electric lights at 35 to 37.30 dollars. The Oriental at 1607 Perk Street NW advertises live rooms and bedrooms with gas and electric lights. CHAS. W. KING, 1911 G at NW.
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