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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1906
Page
14
A dense OCR dump lists numerous job and help wanted requests across White and Colored applicants. Entries seek general work, domestic service, waitstaff, porters, stenographers, real estate, and factory roles with brief contact notes. Targets include single individuals and mixed-skill postings across Washington DC areas, with BOX mailing addresses and last names often omitted.
A dense list of wanted positions offers domestic service work and skilled labor. Ads seek companions, dressmakers, laundresses, housekeepers, cooks, nurses, and stenographers, with many using boxes and street addresses to recruit individuals, mostly women, across neighborhood areas.
For rent a large room near Franklin Square with strong light and west exposure. Suitable for a specialist or architect needing a spacious, well lit area. Also four rooms for rent offering large, well ventilated spaces with elevator service and heating. Two rooms priced at 50 cents each, two at 60 cents each. Business office Post Building.
Bright clean attractive furnished rooms for transients and short stays near War Department and White House. Several rooms available on multiple streets with first floor or second floor access, shared housekeeping, gas range, heat, and utilities. Prices range from weekly to monthly with flexible terms.
Numerous listings describe well heated furnished rooms in private houses near downtown Washington. Front rooms with baths, bay windows, heat and gas, use of kitchen, and board available. Prices range from modest to ten dollars per month with varied terms and near transit options. Many listings emphasize quiet, respectable households in North West and nearby streets with utilities included.
Large ad section lists furnished front rooms for rent across NW with southern exposure, steam heat, board, and private baths. Various options include single or double rooms, front parlor rooms, and communicating suites in houses and apartments near government departments and transit lines. Prices range from a few dollars per week to monthly rates, with emphasis on quiet adults and refined households.
A dense OCR of rental ads lists numerous rooms for rent across Washington area properties. Items describe single and shared rooms with heat gas ranges, baths, private or shared halls, front alcoves, bay windows, and southern exposure. Many entries note board, housekeeping, nearby landmarks like Harvard Street and Mass Ave, floor levels from first to fourth, and varying rents around $12 to $34 monthly.
A crowded page lists multiple downtown rental options with various layouts and amenities. Advertised buildings include The Windsor, Florence Court, The Benedick, The Saranac, The Chamblau, and The Rock Chamber, offering one to seven room units, baths, dining rooms, pools, maid service, and on site agents. Prices range from about $37 to $79 monthly, with immediate possession and unexpired terms noted.
A garbled plea from a respectable, gas-equipped home seeking larger front room or second or third floor space. The message requests quiet, colored girl allowed, first class board, and monthly rent under gas. It lists an address in northwest with a PO box reference and asks for divisible accommodations for a pirate family in the Northwest.
Classified notices solicit room and board options in private homes and apartments. Advertisements list two adults, a couple with child, a mother and daughter, students, widows, and professionals seeking single rooms, suites, or flats with heat, gas, and utilities. Several offer modest weekly rates and specific locations near business districts and landmarks.
Auction notices for 134 South Capitol Street and adjacent Washington, DC, describe a deed of trust sale of improved real estate with detailed parcel description and payment terms. The record includes trustee names, sale date, deposit amount, penalties for default, and resale rights, alongside unrelated listings for horses, government bids, and navy supply proposals from March to April 1906.
Readable portions show Pennsylva nia Railroad lines with connections to Chicago St Louis Cleveland and Buffalo. Mentions Pullman parlor cars dining service and through sleeping cars to Pittsburgh Harrisburg and Philadelphia with numerous city and station references. Contours of schedules include departures arrivals and special express services with Atlantic City and New York routes.
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