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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1906
Page
38
Diverse classified notices offer bookkeeping clerical work drivers and sales helpers. Many listings request experienced, reliable men including colored and white applicants with references and willingness to work various shifts. Addresses and box numbers appear for application and contact in a bustling labor market.
A dense classified page offers numerous help wanted ads from a mixed group: cooks, waiters, chambermaids, housekeepers, and domestic workers, many seeking colored applicants. Positions include steward, waiter, janitor, stenographer, and typist roles, with several notes on references, hours, and locations in Washington and Alexandria.
A dense list of 20th century classified ads offers domestic work options in Washington DC and Alexandria, including laundresses, maids, nurses, seamstresses, and general helpers. Addresses span 180 Tex t, 1138 20th St NW, 706 S Columbus Ave, 2427 Wisconsin Ave, 316 Campbell St, and more, with calls to contact by box numbers or local streets.
Furnished and private rooms available in Northwest DC addresses including 1408 16th St NW and 3 GaN St NW. Several listings offer heated, private baths, telephones, board options, and transients in private families or house settings with monthly rates from about 4 to 20 dollars.
Numerous listings for furnished rooms in private homes across NW Washington. Highlights include steam heat, hot and cold water, baths, and board options. Locations feature diverse streets such as 441 2d St NW, 101 6th St NW, 12th St NW, Massachusetts Ave NW, Harvard St NW, and more. Rates range from $1.50 to $10 per week or month, with many rooms advertised as suitable for gentlemen and some including meals or board.
Numerous listings call for furnished and unfurnished rooms in NW and nearby areas. Options include single and double rooms, central heating, hot water, electric light, and proximity to transit. Prices range from $6 to $28.50. Several listings request quiet, respectable tenants. some offer board or neighborly arrangements.
A dense classified list of furnished rooms with board across several NW Washington addresses. Advertisements promise light heat attendance and private baths, with moderate rates and convenient locations near streetcar lines and business centers. Numerous houses offer front or back rooms, some with single or 2 and 3 room suites, and options for meals or full board.
A dense jumble of rental notices lists rooms for rent across Washington DC streets and avenues. Offers include board, hot water, steam heat, and private baths with varying weekly or monthly terms, names of streets such as 18th NW 16th NW and Fairmont Street NW, and references to households wanting refined tenants or women renting, with partial contact hints and generic terms.
Numerous rooms for rent across NW and surrounding areas. Offers include large front rooms, communicating suites, and 2 to 4 room units with heat, gas, baths, and light housekeeping. Prices range from 6 to 25 dollars monthly, with several properties specifying private baths and southern exposure.
Classified ad notices seek affordable housing for three adults or two bachelors with light housekeeping. Listings show 2 to 4 room flats with gas heat, baths, and pantry. locations near avenue car lines or northwest area. Requests include reasonable rent, quick access, and urban neighborhoods. responses directed to box numbers at the office.
Property listings describe multiple Washington, D.C. apartments for rent in notable buildings including the Albemarle at 17th and T, the Windsor, Burlease, Florence Court, and Imperial. Units range from 3 to 7 rooms with features such as fireproof construction, southern exposures, elevators, dining rooms, and telephone in each unit. Occupancy beginning February 1 or mid-February, with prices from $10 to $60 and various layouts.
In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia a commission to appraise damages from changes in the grade of streets for the Union Railroad Station project meets at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March, 1906 at the United States Court House to view affected properties along H and First to Fourth streets and North Capital to New Jersey avenues.
Trusts sell at public auction on February 1 1906 at 5 pm, Washington DC, for parcels in Brightwood Park and nearby blocks, terms require one third cash, balance in two installments with interest. deposits and conveyancing at purchaser cost. Auction by Thos J Owen & Son with trustees John T Armbr, Saml Drury. Also note fish wharf rights sale February 16 1996 terms set by DC commissioners.
Sealed proposals in duplicate will be received at the Office of the Superintendent United States Capitol Washington on February 28 1906 at 2 p m for steel framing and fireproof floor construction for the Office Buildings for the House and Senate Plans and specifications available on request A $25 certified check is required with bids The right to reject any or all bids or waive informalities is reserved ELLIOTT WOODS Superintendent U S Capitol Building and Grounds Approved EE A HfiCH COCK oretary Jaxtidit
The Hotel Stratford at Fourteenth Street and Sheridan features convenient transit access from both railroad stations to the business center, electric lights and steam heat, a billiard room and pool room for guests, a large sun porch, and artesian well water. Also advertised is a small dairy farm for sale at Beatson on easy terms, Box 177 in this office.
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