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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1906
Page
10
Classified help wanted listings for hotel and city jobs. Includes waiters German or colored, janitors, porters, stewards, maids, washwomen, and other domestic or office positions with references and addresses in northwest Washington area.
A dense, ad style listing of employment wants from a bystander era, featuring numerous laundress and domestic help notices. It includes requests for colored women skilled in laundry and at home jobs, multiple nurse and stenographer postings, and office cleaning or clerical work. Addresses appear as contact points across Sumner Row nw and 18th to 12th streets. The items read like classified help wanted blurbs with varying preferred locations and work types.
A noisy classified page lists numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms and board options across NW and nearby streets. Listings include front and back rooms with heat, bath access, and varying prices from low single digits to dozens weekly or monthly. Some highlight proximity to transit, capitol area, or navy yard with options for light housekeeping and private families.
Numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms available across NW Washington from Dupont Circle to Columbia Heights. Front rooms with sunlit exposure, modern baths, heat and telephone, some with board included. singles and doubles offered near bus lines and the Capitol. Prices range roughly from $6 to $15 monthly with various amenities and terms.
A cluttered OCR listing shows multiple furnished rooms for rent in neighborhoods near Mount Pleasant and downtown Washington. Advertises board, private meals, steam heat, and proximity to libraries or landmarks. Includes private family and single-room options with terms and contact notes.
Rental listings describe furnished and unfurnished rooms with board in several northwest Washington addresses including Eleemere Apartments 148 H Street NW, near Dupont Circle, and other neighboring blocks. Options include single and double rooms, suites with private baths, elevator access, and moderate rates. Many ads promise meals on request, central heating, telephone, and proximity to streetcar lines.
Unfurnished rooms for rent across multiple addresses. Listings include second and third floor rooms with heat gas and light housekeeping options. some with baths closets and private entrances. Advertisements note proximity to streets and transit lines with varied prices and occupancy terms.
A flood of short ads seeks two or three furnished or unfurnished rooms near Northwest locations. Prospective tenants request terms from $4 to $16 per week, with options including board, bath access, privacy, and proximity to Bancroft Hotel, Navy Yard, Dupont Circle, and Capitol Hill. Several boxes for replies in this office.
Multiple historic ad clippings advertise for rent of 4 room and larger apartments in Albemarle and nearby Washington DC properties. Listings note fireproof buildings, southern exposure, amenities, and prices from $25.50 to $55.80 monthly. Also promotion for The Ontario and Denver buildings with varied unit counts, public dining rooms, and convenient transport. Real estate agents McLachlen, Blandon O’Brien & Bolt, and Smith Thompson market these properties.
FOR SALE HOUSES Modern homes in Washington DC popular residential areas. Listings include 11th to 14th streets prime blocks with 8 to 17 rooms, 2 to 4 baths, hot water heat, large lots, stone and brick designs, and deep lots. Prices range from about 4,680 to 44,280 with multiple near Dupont Circle and near 14th Street listings. Descriptions emphasize convenience, healthful living, and proximity to upscale neighborhoods. Listings promote substantial properties under value with many rooms and features.
To let at 825 15th Street Northwest corner F former Hotel Chamberlin. Will remodel to suit tenant with new plumbing steam heat and decorating throughout. James H. Taylor Trustee igrg Gst NW.
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