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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1919
Page
3
A dense, period-style classified page offers varied postings for male labor, clerical, trades, and service roles. Listings range from delivery clerks, dishwashers, carpenters, and stock clerks to salesmen, dressers, and general household help with contact details and wage notes, reflecting a bustling mid century job market.
Job ads seek young women for telephone operator and stenography posts at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co and various firms. Listings detail permanent roles with decent pay, hours, and on-site switchboards at 720 13th St NW and other downtown offices, plus related clerical and housework positions across several employers. The cluttered notices mention experience, training, and location cues, with many postings specifying duties, pay, and application details.
A long OCR text lists numerous helpers and workers seeking jobs including bookkeepers clerks chauffeurs carpenters typists stenographers housekeepers maids cooks chauffeurs and nurses. Many entries mention hours evening work private families offices and general office or hotel work with contact box numbers and local addresses.
Classified ad notices seek domestic work and caregiving roles including light housekeeping child care and night shifts. Several applicants list openings at private sanitarium nanny housework and elderly care with reference to box addresses at the newspaper office.
A dense classified-style page offers numerous furnished rooms for rent in several downtown and residential areas. Listings detail private baths, electricity, hot water, reading desks, and weekly or monthly rates with multiple options for single or two-person occupancy. Local hotels and private homes advertise rooms near Dupont Circle, Columbia, and the Northwest corridor with varying amenities and price points.
Numerous furnished rooms and small apartments offered for rent in Northwest and adjacent areas. Advertised options include single and en suite rooms with utilities, daily, weekly, or monthly rates. some rooms include electric lights, hot water, and kitchen access. Locations feature 14th to 17th streets NW and nearby avenues, with several near Dupont Circle and Capitol area.
Numerous listings describe large furnished front rooms with private baths and meals or board in private homes near government buildings. Various neighborhoods like Vermont Avenue, Georgetown, and Northwest DC are offered with options for single or double occupancy, including utilities and maid service, suitable for professionals and students. Some ads specify proximity to transit, central locations, and weekly or monthly rates, with contact phone numbers and reference to private family households.
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