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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1916
Page
10
Classified items list jobs and services including nurse care, stenography, sewing, weaving, dressmaking, and day labor. Entries show positions and contact points across a wide urban area with targets like mornings or evenings, and notes about by colored workers, domestic help, and clerical tasks.
Numerous ads list single and shared rooms for rent in NW and surrounding streets. Features include front and back porches, cooling, private baths, near parks, and varying rates from 2 to 25 per week or month. Several properties offer private family accommodations, summer rates, and proximity to dorms or campuses. Some listings mention furniture, heat, hot water, and quiet residential settings.
A crowded classified-like notice lists numerous furnished rooms and apartments for rent in Washington DC areas near the Library, Brookland, and NW locales. Offers include weekly or monthly rates from $1 to $22.50, varying conveniences such as hot water, electric, kitchenettes, and private families. Names and exact addresses are scattered, with multiple floor locations and room sizes described.
Dense ad list detailing numerous furnished rooms and front rooms for rent across Northwest DC. Highlights include kitchen and bath access, private baths, board options, and proximity to Union Station, Mount Pleasant, and Dupont Circle. Many ads specify running water, electricity, and hot water with varying weekly rates and amenities.
Multiple listings across NW and SW DC describe furnished and unfurnished rooms with hot water, gas, heat, and baths. amenities include private homes near metro, front and back rooms, single or double occupancy, shared kitchens, and weekly or monthly rates varying from $8 to $32, with several near 14th Street and Connecticut Avenue areas.
Readable fragments describe a man named xtan elect pelvare family and copper wealth in Northern Pennsa Kanigan. The text mentions OM Boa pore seran and tiecat Copper Wealth with terse, unclear phrases.
Fragmentary classifieds style notice lists room and board requests and rental offers. Mentions a gentleman with a male purse seeking a room with bath near a private family. Includes a dinner price of 24 and a listing for a young man on a nearby farm. References The Premier and W. Caiaron.
Navy Department seeks proposals through August for delivering metal flagstages and other fittings. Paymaster General Samuel McGowan notes the era when copper output rose from under 1,000 tons to over 15,000, marking U.S. leadership in copper, iron ore, and pine lumber in Michigan’s upper peninsula, which became a major wealth engine for the nation.
A historical account of Alexander Agassiz funding a copper mine through Boston's elite circle. It notes his reach to trusted financiers like the Lees and Shaw family, his emphasis on efficiency, and his use of carbonic acid gas to control mine fires. The piece hints at social standing and business methods guiding wartime finance and management.
Three separate break in incidents reported in the city. Herbert A. Williams, 1502 Ninth Street Northwest, fired three shots at a would be thief after waking to forced entry at 3 40 am. Police seek an unidentified colored man possibly with gunshot injuries. Additional thefts occurred at 405 Franklin Street Northwest and 1444 Thirtieth Street Northwest with cash, jewelry and a pocketbook taken. Dr Walter Armatrong's drug store was entered from Third Street. A fourth burglary at 1721 Fourth Street Northwest saw jewelry valued at 10 dollars stolen.
A 15 year old colored youth snatched a black handbag containing money from Mrs Dallas Thomas at New York Avenue and Kirby Street Northwest yesterday. Pursued by bystanders, the thief dropped the bag and escaped on a stolen bicycle. In related dispatch, the US armored cruiser Memphis with Rear Admiral Pend on board arrived at Santo Domingo, ending by stating quiet prevails in the republic.
This afternoon at 4:40 o clock United Beales Marine Band led by H Santelmann performs Old Comrades and The Proeran March at barracks. An evening program by United States Soldiers Hose Band at Kand atand features Tetke Overture and The Star Spangled Banner. A third concert by Engineer Band at Montross path includes La Bena Creole and The Moor Finale.
The text notes that firms avoid fuctuste in volatile markets by choosing real estate backed loans and trustee deeds. It references Swartzell Rheem Hensey Co at 727 Fifteenth Street NW as a potential example or contact for prudent fiduciary guidance and tax efficient structures.
The Annalist presents an extended list of securities not quoted on the Exchange. Weekly notes cover financial and commercial progress with articles appearing every Monday and priced at 10 cents on newsstands. Annual subscription totals $400.
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