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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1915
Page
4
Classified listing of labor seekers across trades and services. Includes white and colored men seeking painting, porter, stenography, waitstaff, clerical, and domestic roles. Also notes female applicants for cleaning, chambermaid, and caregiving positions with references and contact hints.
A historical page lists varied help wanted ads for women, primarily colored applicants, seeking cook, housework, dressmaking, and companion roles. Entries include private family work, boarding houses, and hotel service with references, locations on 8th to 23rd street NW, Glover Park, and Washington DC areas, plus job notes on sewing and dressmaking.
Classified ads show numerous domestic roles including nurse helper cook maid and housework by colored or neat young women in blocks around 16th to 25th streets NW and nearby wards. Listings specify mornings evenings days or full time positions with references and phone contacts for workplaces, boarding houses, and private families in Washington DC.
Multiple prompts list positions for washing and housework from 1924 era. Ads seek reliable, first class laundresses and domestic workers, offering work at home or for day wages. Entries cite individuals at 1626 10th St, 1924 10th St, 2308, and other local addresses, with references or testimonials sought.
A long, dense classified excerpt lists numerous laundress and laundry work at home offers in Washington area, featuring first class laundresses, reliable colored workers, and day labor options. Advertisements include locations from 17th to 22nd streets NW and surrounding avenues, with varying terms and prices, and several room rental notices interspersed.
A long listing of rooms and suites for rent across Northwest Washington, DC near Capitol Hill and downtown. Advertisements describe front and back rooms in single and shared apartments, many with heat, baths, and modern amenities, with monthly or weekly terms and various neighborhood addresses including 1204 TAT St NW and 16th St NW. Numerous entries specify single or double occupancy, gentlemen preferred, and proximity to rail lines and libraries.
Numerous advertisements list furnished rooms with heat hot water and private baths in NW DC near Dupont Circle Thomas Circle and Foggy Bottom. Posts show single and shared rooms in private houses and apartments with prices from four to ten dollars weekly and proximity to streetcar lines and Union Station.
Numerous large front rooms in Trandle Highlands and surrounding avenues for rent. Listings describe bright, furnished, private bath options with hot water, steam heat, and close access to Capitol area and metro lines. Rates vary, some include board, others offer private family homes. Multiple contact numbers and street locations provided for viewing.
Dense OCR of Everett area lodging ads lists private families offering meals, baths, and furnished rooms at multiple NW addresses. Ads mention board, home cooking, electric light, and proximity to YMCA, with rates and contact hints throughout.
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