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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
4
Classified gendered help wanted list with many brief ads for jobs and positions. Entries include laborers carpenters and clerks, plus secretaries stenographers waiters and grocery workers. Many boxes provide contact addresses and ages, with nationality and race notes in places.
In office work and domestic help notices a flood of classified ads seek babysitters chambermaids cooks and general housekeepers. Colorful requests from colored women highlight employment offers at private families boarding houses and hotels with references and hours varying by position and wage.
Classifieds show multiple positions for women including housework housekeeping laundress maid and companion roles. Listings include references to colored and white workers, mornings and evenings, full day options, and various addresses and box numbers for responses. Notable roles include governess companion maid and hotel or private household positions with emphasis on trustworthiness and refined references.
Multiple classified notices for stenography teaching and tutoring work in Berlin and Washington, private operators, experienced telephone operators, and shift work. Also many WASHING AND HOUSEHOLD SERVICES, laundress positions, and room rental ads. Names include ESTELLE J CARROLL and MISS SLIFER. addresses feature M St NW, Union Court, and 16th Street area.
Numerous listings offer furnished rooms in private families across NW with options for single or two gentlemen. Rates range from about 8 to 20 dollars monthly with features including private baths, gas heat, hot water, and proximity to streetcar lines and Union Station. Many rooms on second or third floors, some with private baths or shared facilities.
Readable listing of multiple furnished rooms in NW Washington with steam heat private baths and house board offered. Various addresses like 9 NST NW 1m2 8 ST NW 1908 H ST NW and others mention single and double rooms for gentlemen or private families, with terms per month and per week, some near transit and parks, all sharing houses with heat and modern conveniences.
A crowded fragment lists numerous furnished rooms for rent in NW Washington near 10th St and Dupont Circle with board included or optional. Advertises private families, front and rear rooms, large front rooms, bay windows, steady table board, reasonable terms, and proximity to car lines and libraries.
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