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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1913
Page
12
A cluttered classified listing offers rooms for rent and a wide array of employment ads. It includes housing inquiries, live-in arrangements, and numerous female help wanted posts for chambermaids cooks waitresses companions and domestic staff with various locations and contact hints.
A column of advertisements seeks washing, ironing, and laundry work by the day or at home. Numerous listings name first class or colored laundresses, with addresses across Washington streets and avenues, offering services such as lingerie, shirtwaists, curtain washing, and general housecleaning for hire. Specific names include Lucy Crampton and others, with multiple street locations cited. The page reads as rough classifieds for domestic help and laundry labor, reflecting a busy informal market.
A collage of garish listings describes furnished rooms for rent in houses along various streets including Rock Creek park area. Advertisements offer single and double rooms with private baths, hot water, or shared facilities, many with southern exposure, balconies, or yards. Most specify suitable for gentlemen or single occupancy, with weekly or monthly rates and some include board.
An extensive OCR listing outlines numerous rooming options across neighborhoods, detailing furnished and unfurnished rooms with private baths, heat and gas, board, and daily rates. Contacts and partial addresses appear amid scattered notes for properties on Vermont Avenue, Wisconsin streets, and NW and NE sections.
Large selection of furnished or unfurnished rooms for rent across Northwest and Southwest areas. Listings note single and double rooms, front parlors, communicating rooms, and private baths. Some include board, gas, electric lights, and housekeeping. Locations include Columbia Road, Cap St, 7th St NW, and nearby avenues with monthly rates and terms.
A jumble of short ads seeks furnished or unfurnished rooms and boards in Washington area. Offers include 2 to 3 rooms, private board and lodging, with references, near the Library, Capitol Hill, Chevy Chase, or 4th Street NW. Prices range from modest to around 32 dollars per week. several mention meals or hoard and refined company.
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