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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
17
A dense, mixed listing of handypersons, tradesmen, and service seekers. Includes electricians, machinists, stewards, waiters, cooks, chambermaids, cleaners, and general workers offering labor, sales, and clerical help with references, addresses, and box numbers for replies.
A dense page of classified notices lists rooms for rent and a variety of domestic and personal service positions. Advertisements include nurses, maids, stenographers, waitresses, laundresses, seamstresses, and general housework. many entries specify race or color, location addresses in Washington area, and compensation terms.
Numerous listings offer furnished rooms with bath, gas, and heat in NW DC districts near the White House and G street. Prices range from $5 to $12.50 weekly, with singles, doubles, and entire suites. some include meals or board, proximity to car lines, and private families.
Numerous listings describe nicely furnished front and back rooms in NW with private baths, telephone service, and daily amenities. Prices range from a few dollars per week to moderate monthly rates, select floors include front rooms, communicating suites, and bay windows near Union Station and Pension Office.
A long list of furnished rooms with board across several DC neighborhoods including Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, Columbia Heights, and Georgetown. Many rooms offer private baths, large porches, summer rates, and transients, with details on location, board quality, and contact notes.
Classified notice lists numerous unfurnished rooms for rent in NW and NE Washington DC areas, with details on floor levels, heating and bath facilities, and monthly rates. Highlights include large rooms on upper floors, single or shared configurations, proximity to Union Station, car lines, libraries, and notable streets such as 7th Street NW, Massachusetts Avenue NW, and Rhode Island Avenue NW. Names of streets and house features indicate varied living arrangements for adults, couples, or singles seeking moderate rents.
Rental applies to three typewriters at per month rates. Also offering Standard Vialll typewriter for sale from Office 02, Bt. WW.
A noisy late 19th or early 20th century notice page lists many room and board wants. Entries include young Southern gentlemen seeking rooms within four blocks of 13th and Btote NW, middle aged men and women seeking furnished or unfurnished rooms with private families, and couples with children or without. Frequent BOX references indicate newsroom classifieds style.
A notice seeks room and board for a lady and her daughter with farm or suburban options for August and September. Several listings offer meals, piano use, and references, including BOX numbers for replies and contact details.
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