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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
21
Classified wants list shows numerous positions and living arrangements including furnished rooms for rent, domestic help, and employment ads. Listings mention colored workers seeking watchman, laundry, waitress, stenographer, and general housework posts, plus many rooms for rent with private baths, board, or meals, in multiple DC neighborhoods near Union Station, Capitol, and government offices.
Numerous listings offer furnished rooms with bath access, gas heat, and southern exposure in various NW и NE streets. Prices range from modest weekly sums to monthly rates, with front hall rooms and quiet family homes emphasized. Multiple locations near Union Station, Army and Navy Prep School, and the Carnegie Library noted.
A crowded clip lists multiple room rental offers in northwest and southwest Washington. Advertised are single and shared rooms in private families, including front rooms, communicating rooms, furnished options, and options with or without baths. Prices range around one to several dollars per week or month, with notes on proximity to streets and central locations.
A fragmented 1940s style housing ad row shows numerous listings for furnished rooms in NW Washington Heights and nearby streets. It highlights high efficiency, rates around 4 to 16 dollars per week or month, front and back rooms, board included, and various amenities with emphasis on location near Columbia Road and Pleasant Street. Includes multiple names of streets and partial street abbreviations.
A dense OCR filled with scattered listings for rooms with and without board across multiple streets including M0 MASS AVE and ST NW. The fragmented text mentions front rooms private families and various rates and terms with many unreadable sections.
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