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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1908
Page
21
Classified listings show several couples offering full care and management services for residences or institutions. Includes couples seeking summer caretaking positions, home management at suburban houses, or hotel/apartment work with references and full-time care.
A jumble of classified requests seeks a variety of positions from a young male applicant, including apprenticeship as a typographic operator, architectural superintendent, barber, clerk, tailor, machinist, janitor, and translation work. Responses directed to a box number in the newspaper office with numerous personal qualifications and near city listings.
A dense listing of situation wanted ads from a city paper includes males seeking work in estates, clerical, manual labor, painting, stenography, real estate, shipping, tailoring, waitering, and various trades. Names and addresses are given as BOX numbers or street listings for prospective employers, with notes on character, hours, and pay expectations.
Refinement and experience advertised for summer work including private secretary, office tasks, and companions. Listings span housework, chambermaid, laundry, cook, nurse, and stenography with various boxes and contact notes across Washington area.
A dense notice board of room rentals across Washington DC neighborhoods. Many entries advertise furnished front and back rooms with southern exposure, hot water, baths, and weekly or monthly rates, near transit and parks. Various addresses, room sizes, and house rules. single or double occupancy, some include meals or board options.
Historic short classified style listings advertise multiple furnished rooms for rent near Union Station and Mass Ave NW. Offers include single or double rooms, private baths, modern conveniences, meals optional, quiet or bachelor environments, and nearby streetcar routes. Various addresses in NW Washington listed with rates from weekly to monthly.
Advertises numerous furnished rooms for rent across several streets near Union Station and Lincoln Park. Includes front rooms, second floor suites, with board, private families, and summer rates. Highlights proximity to car lines, baths, and telephones. varied prices from modest to higher, some with housekeeping and transients welcome.
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