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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
44
A dense column of help wanted ads seeks colored women for chambermaids, cooks, cleaners, and companion roles in private families. Many listings specify experience, references, wages, and locations around northwest and central Washington, with numerous call or mailbox responses.
Female help wanted notices from Washington Domestic Guild and listings seek laundresses, nurses, houseworkers, seamstresses, and general domestic help. Many entries specify experience, references, wages around 20 to 25 dollars, various neighborhoods in Washington DC, and ways to apply by box numbers or addresses.
A fragmentary classified page shows multiple help wanted notices from 1934, including female staff sought for waitress, chambermaid, and domestic work. Entries request experienced white applicants for day or evening shifts, laundering and ironing, household duties, or companionship. Several ads list addresses in Washington area and contact instructions, with notes on reliability and references.
Numerous listings offer furnished rooms in Washington DC areas including 6th Street NW 11th Street NW Farragut area and 9th Street NW. Options include front rear bay windows steam heat private baths and board terms ranging from 1 to 3 dollars per week to $38 monthly with various house amenities and proximity to schools and departments.
A snap of multiple rental notices offers nicely furnished rooms in NW Washington near Capitol and nearby streets. Listings describe front rooms with porcelain baths, hot and cold water, steam-boiled amenities, proximity to streets such as K Street NW and 13th Street NW, and options for single or two young men. Prices from five dollars, with some include board and private family settings.
Numerous listings offer furnished and unfurnished rooms in NW Washington, DC, with hot water heat and private baths, some including meals or board. Prices range from about $2 to $6 per week for single rooms, many in well-kept houses near Dupont Circle, Capitol, Navy Yard, and nearby streets, with transient accommodations and central locations.
A dense listing of multiple rooms for rent across Washington DC neighborhoods. Advertised amenities include furnishings heating telephones private baths and board options. Numerous front rooms second floor suites and contacting boxes indicate proximity to Capitol Library and public transit with varied rates and terms.
A cluttered rental page offers furnished and unfurnished rooms across Northwest DC addresses including 184 Sth St NW 1 large and several smaller rooms with heat gas and bath, some with board, some with private entries. Listings note proximity to streets such as 8th, 4th, Irwin, Columbia Road and mass avenues, requests from students, couples, and professionals, and rentals ranging from single rooms to suites with utilities included.
Classified rental ads seek unfurnished rooms in various neighborhoods and conditions. Listings include two to four room units, some with board, private family settings, and price caps around $20, plus mentions of near Georgetown West Washington and Bear T and Wich streets. Many entries request box numbers for office pickup and provide minimal personal details.
Classified notice listing multiple small offices for rent in Washington area. Mentions Metzerots Building, 1218 Pa Ave, Evans? building, The Hub at Pa Ave and 14th St, and others with varied terms and affordable rates. Includes store and automobile listings with prices and contact hints.
Auction by Thos J Owen and Son trustees offers the property known as the Gallilean Temple at 330 Street Southwest Washington DC. The sale on March 1, 1907 at 4:30 pm includes a lot in square 839 with improvements and a brick dwelling. Terms require 3200 cash deposit, balance in two equal installments over two years at 5 percent interest, with conveyance by deed of trust and possible resale if terms are not met.
Several sealed proposals and notices from U. S. Army Depot and National Museum offices seek bids for fuel, ash removal, ice, laundry, and animal care at Washington Barracks Fort Myer and adjacent sites, plus window frames, millwork, joinery, and grand building tasks at Soldiers’ Home and National Museum. Also plans for a district school, cement, and green slate for dome work. Bids close March 1907 with details and drawings on request.
An amidplex of notices advertises palmistry, astrology, and spiritual guidance by PERSGRASS DAOQUO and MMEs. Rita. Various parlors promote scientific massage, electrolysis, color restoration, and psychic readings. Warnings urge discretion while buyers seek cash for worn garments and mystery services.
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