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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1915
Page
4
A dense collection of help wanted notices listing male and female applicants by color and age across Washington addresses. Entries include general work, chambermaid, cook, companion, and nanny positions, with many referrals and detailed location clues.
A dense classified collage lists many help wanted notices for women in Washington DC, detailing housework, domestic service, dressmaking, nursing, sewing and stenography by colored and white women. The long column includes positions for housekeepers, governesses, nannies, dressmakers, seamstresses, cooks, waitresses, and general labor, with various locations and contact references from Ohio and Maryland suburbs to downtown addresses.
Numerous small ads seek laundresses and cleaners by the day or at home, listed by Black women offering washing, ironing, and general cleaning services at multiple addresses. Entries include first class laundress, neat, reliable, with references, and work at home or out by day across many streets.
Classified notice lists multiple washerwomen and laundresses offering daily or at home services across addresses in Washington area. Entries emphasize washing at home or by day, colored or first class, with various street numbers and apartments, and one line notes rooms for rent via City Rental Bureau.
The ad catalog lists numerous furnished rooms across Northwest Washington establishments from L St to Clifton and Columbia Roads. Listings note fur or partially fur rooms, private families, single or double occupancy, heat and hot water, near the Agricultural Dept, Dupont Circle, Capitol, and Y. M. C. A. amenities, with weekly and monthly rates and some rooms in private homes.
Numerous listings offer furnished rooms in NW and NE DC near caps, depots, and government buildings. Rentals include private baths, heat, and phone. shared spaces with couples or single men, varying prices from $6 to $18 weekly, with options across Swann St, Irving St, Belmont, Mass Ave, and more.
Numerous listings describe furnished front rooms and suites innw apartments near Capitol, with amenities such as hot water heat, private baths, gas ranges, phones, and proximity to parks. Advertisements target adults, couples, or single tenants, noting varying rents from low weekly sums to modest monthly rates and shared facilities.
Numerous listings offer furnished rooms with meals or board, private baths, and hot water in Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, and nearby neighborhoods. Prices range around 25 to 45 dollars monthly for single or double rooms. some include private family board and transients welcome.
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