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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
4
Classified helper notices show diverse job offers and requests for domestic, clerical, and manual labor from a neighborhood classifieds page. Listings include drivers, chambermaids, cooks, nurses, stenographers, and general farm or store work by men and women of varied ages and backgrounds.
The page lists numerous housing and domestic help ads from a mid-century paper, seeking room shares, fur rooms, and helpers. It features numerous "colored girl" and "neat colored" applicants offering housework, laundry, child care, nurse, and housekeeping services for day or long stays, with many addresses and rates. It reflects era employment and domestic staffing requests and listings for rooms, baths, and private families.
A flood of furnished rooms for rent appears across multiple streets in DC and its suburbs. Advertisements note private baths, electric lights, and summer rates, with rooms for single or double occupancy, some including board and meals. Names of streets include 14th and 18th, Mass Ave, Irving, Girard, and Newton, plus properties like The Madrid and The Norfolk, signaling a broad rental market.
A garbled listing describes multiple unfurnished rooms for rent in downtown apartments with various exposures and amenities. Several locations are cited including ST NW, MASS AVE, 1ST NW, and 10TH ST NW, noting front or rear rooms, shared baths, water, and weekly or monthly pricing around $1 to $125.
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