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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1906
Page
14
A long, garbled classified column offers various job seeks including experienced carpenters, restaurant cashiers, clerks, bookkeepers, sales, chauffeurs, drivers, house workers, and companions. It lists scattered contact addresses and phone-like numbers, with requests for good references and fluent English.
Classified style ad listing numerous help wanted positions seeking colored and white women for chambermaid, cook, waitress, laundress, and housekeeper roles in Washington DC area. Includes contact details, wages, and location hints. emphasizes lodging and day work possibilities and multiple private families and hotels.
A dense block of late 19th or early 20th century classified notices advertises nursing prospects office work stenography and typing, dressmaking and sewing, waitresses, domestic help, and room rentals. Names include box numbers and street addresses. postings seek colored women for nursing or sewing, young women for office work, and multiple housing offers with terms and locations around northwest DC.
A dense survey of Washington DC NW rooms for rent on multiple streets including 87 NW SE and but also 13th and 14th streets. Advertisements describe fur rooms with steam heat private baths front rooms in well kept houses near public transit and parks. Many listings mention board and utilities, single or double occupancy, and April deadlines.
A long list of boarding and room rental offers across Washington DC addresses 1401 H Street NW through 1301 U Street NW. Advertisements detail furnished or unfurnished rooms with board, private baths, elevator access, pleasant terms, and proximity to government departments and central business areas. Various properties highlight hot water heat, porcelain baths, modern homes, andtransient or permanent occupancy with daily meal plans and American plans.
Classifieds list many unfurnished rooms for rent across NW DC and nearby locales offering varied amenities. Details include room counts from single to multiple, with options for private baths, heat, gas, and occasional yard or water access. Several ads specify pets and occupant limits, with contact instructions and price points around seven dollars weekly or monthly rents.
Multiple classified notices from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper seek rooms with or without board. entries specify northwest city area, private families, moderates prices, some with bath or light housekeeping, various household configurations including single ladies, couples with child, music student, and mother and daughter. several contact references to this office and box numbers.
A crowded notice list of apartments for rent and sublease in Washington DC area. Advertises 4 room and bachelor units with fireproof buildings, various exposures, and amenities like breakfast service, valet, and on premises agents. Includes multiple addresses such as The Albemarle, Windsor, Florence Court, Chapin Street, and The Saranac with prices from $40 to $56.
Classified note seeks one more person to make four boarders in a private mess. Addressed to potential lodgers at 203 L Street Northwest and 182 V Street West, promising an inexpensive meal and simple living.
Multiple lenders advertise DC real estate loans at 4 1/2, 5, 6 percent with varying terms. Notices from firms including Saunders & Co, Walter B. Acker, Thomas J. Fisher & Co, Stone & Fairfax, J. H. Bradley Co, Frank T. Rawlings, Tyler & Rutherford, and others promise quick service, flexible financing from $100 to $50,000, and special prepayment privileges. Some list state connections and trust note opportunities. others cite first trust mortgages and secured property deals in Maryland, Virginia, and adjacent areas.
A fragmented notice offers a widow and single lady seeking apartment or rooms near Washington University with quiet family living, under three rooms for two adults, plus a compact Central location option. The page also lists extensive Southern Railway and Florida Atlantic Coast Line train schedules, including limited and express services, dining car options, and through sleepers from Washington to New York, Jacksonville, and other cities.
The notice lists Pennsylvania Railroad stations and trains from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh and Chicago, with parlor, sleeping, and dining cars. It highlights connections to Cincinnati Indianapolis Louisville St Louis and destinations east and south via Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia, plus tolls, ticket offices, and cab service.
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