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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
37
A long list of help wanted advertisements from a historical paper, featuring multiple job seekers. Includes tenographers, clerks, typists, waitresses, chambermaids, bar tenders, farm hands, and domestics. Names and addresses are partially legible, with notes on experience, availability, references, and pay expectations.
SITUATIONS WANTED listing shows numerous requests from colored women for domestic positions. Entries include housekeeper, laundress, cook, chamberwork, and companion roles with various hours, locations such as NW addresses, BOX ads, and references. Many ad lines specify WEEKLY or DAILY work, with emphasis on trustworthiness and prior refs.
A fragmented list of employment and help wanted notices for women. Entries include positions as telephone operator nurse secretary stenographer and housekeeper, along with sewing and washing jobs, domestic service and therapeutic masseuse offerings. Names and box numbers appear with limited contact details.
Numerous furnished rooms for rent advertised across NW Washington areas near parks and transit. Listings emphasize front rooms, parlor rooms, and single rooms with shared kitchen or bath, heat and hot water included, varying rents from $8 to $14 per month, some with private baths or convenient public transport nearby. Several entries mention proximity to Stanton Park, Dupont area, and nearby streets like 3rd Street NW, 7th Street NW, and F Street NW. Many ads invite both gentlemen and ladies, with different terms and house rules.
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