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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
17
Classified notices list many female applicants seeking employment from home or local offices. Entries include bookkeeper cashiers clerks and general housework, with addresses and BOX numbers, emphasizing neat white or colored women and references.
Classified help wanted notices offer a wide range of positions from governess and companion to housekeeper washer and laundress. Many ads seek colored or white women for duties in homes, apartments, and small offices, with box numbers for responses and details on hours pay and residency.
A long classified listing offers numerous furnished rooms for rent in Washington DC areas including NW and NE. Options vary by location, size, price, and amenities with several ads promising quiet families, housekeeping, or single gentlemen, plus one large front room and a few near transit or parks.
Multiple listings describe rooms for rent in DC area with prices from $10 to $25 per month. Listings include private family homes, front and rear rooms, single and double occupancy, near Metro lines and key streets such as Columbia Road, 7th Street NW, 8th Street NW, and Dupont area. Several ads highlight ventilation, private baths, and reasonable terms, with references to Georgetown and Thomas Circle proximity.
Numerous furnished rooms available near major city landmarks. Options include front and back parlors, second-floor and third-floor rooms, private families, and house-share arrangements with varying rents from modest to moderate. Some rooms offer private baths, cooking facilities, and telephones. most emphasize cool, airy spaces with southwest exposure and proximity to libraries, department stores, and transportation.
A garbled OCR listing describes multiple houses and rooms for board and furnished apartments in Washington DC area including addresses like 208 Polumpia Road and 143 Girard Street Columbia Heights. It notes table board, private families, South exposure, front rooms, baths, and phone connections with various terms such as large front rooms and modern homes.
Numerous listings describe front rooms and hall rooms in DC NW and surrounding avenues offering first class board or meals with hot water. Rates vary from daily to monthly with options near the War Office Navy Treasury and Union Station, including private families and summer rates.
A collage of rental notices for furnished and unfurnished rooms across Washington DC neighborhoods. Listings detail addresses such as 438 Jefferson St Anacostia and Park Rd NW, with amenities like baths, hot and cold water, central heat, and southern or northern exposures. Prices range from $5 to $25 per month, with several rooms on higher floors and some including heat, gas, or board.
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