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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1916
Page
3
Classified ad segment shows two dozen listings for sewing, stenography, waitressing, and housekeeping work by women of color. It also lists numerous room for rent notices in Washington DC areas, with prices, partial addresses, and contact hints. The mix emphasizes domestic help, at home washing and ironing, and lodging options with weekly or monthly rates.
The notice lists room and board requests from individuals seeking furnished or unfurnished rooms and boarding options near various suburbs. It includes preferences for heat, proximity to rail or treasury areas, and monthly rates, with multiple ads from both single women and families. Several entries specify location hints such as near Hoffman Station, suburbs like Bloomingdale or Erkington, and terms like “between 4th and 5th streets.”
The readable text references various businesses and hotels including Merion, Farley Manager, Tabor Inn, and Hotel Boscobel. It mentions store activities and proposed bids, with scattered phrases about selling goods for cash and real estate or hotel notices amid damaged OCR.
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