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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
9
Readable listing of job requests from a historic paper issue shows many colored women seeking chambermaid, cook, cleaning, laundry and companion roles. Ads ask for wages, references, and place in private families, hotels or boarding houses, with calls and box numbers for applications.
A dense column of trouble-free help wanted notices from The Washington Domestic Guild listing numerous laundress and domestic worker positions. These include experienced white and colored women, natives of Washington, D.C., seeking home washing, cleaning, nursing, cooking, and light housework assignments with varying wages and contact details across streets and addresses.
A dense row of classified style notes seeks domestic workers and service help. Listings request waitresses, chambermaids, day workers, laundresses, and household helpers, mostly white women, with varying hours and locations in Washington area addresses such as 1934 6th St NW and 453 Franklin St NW. Multiple notices mention experience, reliability, and willingness to work by the day or at home, with references to the Washington Domestic Guild and private households.
Numerous listings for furnished rooms across Northwest DC from 6th St NW to Farragut area. Highlights include front rooms, bay windows, steam heat, board options, single or double occupancy, and proximity to streetcar lines. prices range around a few dollars weekly to higher, with varying terms and private or shared facilities.
Advertisements offer several nicely furnished rooms in NW near Capitol, with bath and hot water. Options include front south facing, second floor, and large bright rooms, suitable for gentlemen or two young men, some with board, steam heat, and private family proximity.
Historical classifieds describe numerous furnished rooms for rent in Northwest Washington DC near Fort Myer and Capitol area. Advertisements offer private baths, hot water, steam heat, board options, transients welcome, and varying weekly or monthly rates.
Classified rental notices list numerous northern and northwest locations near Capitol and Memorial Library offering furnished and unfurnished rooms with or without board. Features include heat, gas, telephone, private baths, and proximity to public transit. prices range around $10 to $20 per month, with various private families and apartments advertising single and shared rooms.
Numerous rooms and flats for rent in Northwest Washington along with ads for furnished and unfurnished spaces. Items include 3 room and 4 room units, with heat gas and baths, some with board, some with partial or full furnishings, and several requests for tenants or inquiries via box numbers.
A column of rental and roommate ads from Davison Rental Bureau. Various requests include unfurnished rooms in Georgetown and northwest areas, board with rooms for couples, and single lady seeking accommodations. Entries specify price ranges mostly under twenty dollars, contact boxes for the office, and notes on location near streets and transit lines.
Classified ad notes multiple office spaces for rent in downtown Washington options include suites at 1218 Pa Ave NW and 1419 F St NW. Prices shown from 12.60 per month with utilities and janitor service. buildings advertise suitable for newspaper offices and general office use. Contact Weaver Bros or The Hub for inquiries. also listings for a large unfurnished basement office and liquor grocery store for sale.
Trustees sell by public auction on March 9 1907 at 4 o clock p m the improved real estate known as The Gallilean Temple located 330 Street Southwest Washington DC part of original 21 in square 4399 with improvements including a brick dwelling. Terms require $200 deposit. balance in two installments over two years with 5 percent interest. If not complied with trustees may resell after notice.
Multiple sealed proposals published by U S Army departments seek bid offerings for fuel at Washington Barracks and other posts, mineral oil, ash removal, ice supply, laundering towels, and shoeing animals for fiscal year 1907. Also notices for window and door frames, millwork, and joinery at various Army buildings, with bid details and deposit requirements. Additional bids include cement and sand for National Museum, a new eight room school building in Anacostia, and non fading green slate for dome construction.
A cluttered page of personals and notices includes palmist and astrologer solicitations, a psychic at 1922 Q St with fortune telling and confidential advice, electrolysis and hair restoration ads, a detective agency listing, manicure services, and multiple buy for worn garments advertisements, with several phone numbers and addresses in Washington area.
Offers include a Buick four horsepower touring car with top lights glass and speedometer in good condition. Auburn and Decatur listings note a 35 horsepower model limousine with top in view, priced near $3,500. Also advertised are second hand touring cars with generator, speedometer, and top, plus a Peerless cylinder touring car and other vehicles from Motor Car Co. at 1315.4 Y.
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