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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1911
Page
2
Classified listings show a long roster of service jobs and help wanted ads. Entries include jobseekers seeking positions as bookkeepers clerks chauffeurs janitors caretakers and general laborers with notes on references age and availability as well as specific skills such as stenography accounting and driving. Many are colored workers offering varied labor and domestic help with brief contact cues and street addresses.
Female seeking varied roles including Chinese and Alaska work, best rates. Experienced accountant in first class hotel or seaside resort, handles all correspondence. Tubercular patient seeking steady care, $10 per week. Moving picture theater cashier position, apt West 5622. Chambermaid private family with good references and typing skills.
A dense roster of domestic help ads shows Chambermaids cooks nurses and housekeepers seeking work in private families across Washington and suburbs. Many entries specify summer removal or travel to Atlantic City and other trips with refs and wages noted.
Potomac Rental Bureau lists multiple rooms and apartments for rent in the area. Offers include a 712 with two large rooms at 712 with furnishing and a $35 rate, A. S Daywood at 915 N Street, and several neatly papered rooms near Thomas Circle and 915 H Street NW. Boxes and office notices invite inquiries and emphasize free information and special attention to out-of-town renters.
A listing of numerous furnished rooms for rent in Washington DC, detailing locations from 982 I Street to Vermont Avenue NW and dozens of blocks, with private baths, housekeeping facilities, furniture, car lines, elevator service, and varying rates from weekly to monthly, plus nurse and domestic help notices.
A long list of unfurnished and furnished rooms for rent across Georgetown to Takoma Park, detailing private baths, gas heat, board options, and proximity to car lines, libraries, and parks. Notable listings include 24th Street SE three room suites, Brentwood RoadXI five room housekeeping units, and private-family rooms near Union Station with varied monthly rates.
Classified notices show several room and board requests in private homes near Washington. Items include a private family room with or without board in Virginia suburbs within a half hour of Washington, terms negotiable. a first floor room with heat and gas around 18 dollars. and a summer caretaking arrangement for an elder couple. Names and partial addresses appear.
The clipped page shows multiple room rental notices for families and individuals including two adults with a child and various other arrangements in the suburbs near Washington. It also contains several probate court notices from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia announcing administrations for estates of Sarah H. King John A Kasson Barbara Baldwin Luther Mangum William B Neese and others with dates for creditors to attend and claims to be filed.
Elderly man seeks private family board in quiet city area from June to October with location and terms to be exchanged. T. Gorman invites responses at 1255 Girard St NW. A single woman and three children seek country board near city within one car of the zone. Multiple ads from Miss Head and Miss PF list locations in city or near Virginia shores. Mrs Margaret F Munday advertises suburban board near Cathedral Close Seven Oaks and Bottage at The Dresden. Delker's Glen Echo promotes excellent table and city services with telephone contact.
A dense classified list offering daily work or home laundering services by colored laundresses and sewing dressers. Numerous contacts include addresses on 1416 34th Street NW, 442 Franklin Street, 2017 14th Street NW, 633 Girard Street, 336 Elm Street, and more. Services include washing, ironing, and dress cleaning with reasonable rates and day or week jobs.
Sealed proposals due June 20 1911 for furnishing stationery for U S Senate fiscal year ending June 30 1912. Proposals and specimens required. forms and bond details provided on request. addressed to Charles G Bennett Secretary U S Senate Washington D C. Sealed bids to be delivered free of charge before 12 o'clock.
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