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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1913
Page
6
Classified notice listing numerous job seekers by trade and race across Washington area: bakers cooks waiters chauffeurs clerks cooks housekeepers janitors drivers and more. Entries provide contact notes and occasional addresses or employer notes as calls for personnel and seaport workers.
Various help wanted ads list positions and applicants by color, skill, and location. Entries include cooks chambermaids bookkeepers and housekeepers with names and addresses in Washington area from 1920s era classifieds.
A chaotic mixed classed ad list shows job requests and help offers in Washington area. Cleaners cooks maids and nannies seek by colored or white applicants with many street addresses and short notes on experience, hours, or days.
The page catalogs female labor ads offering work at home, mornings, evenings, or by the day. It lists positions in cleaning, laundry, washing, ironing, cooking, and general housework by colored and white women, with addresses and phone references, spanning multiple streets and neighborhoods.
A fragmented list of rooms for rent across downtown Washington areas including 12th Street, Mass Avenue NW, L Street, Belmont Street, 10th Street NW, Mount Vernon, and Corcoran Street. Advertised amenities include hot water, steam or electric heat, private baths, and proximity to elevators, phones, and public transit. Several entries mention nicely furnished front rooms and private family settings with varying rents and floor levels.
A long classified list offers furnished front rooms and suites across NW Washington near Thomas Circle and downtown. Options include two above 1st floors with private baths, steam heat, hot water, and meal or board arrangements, with prices often weekly or monthly. Public notices list addresses like 1227 L St NW and 13th Street area.
A long column of rental notices describing numerous rooms for rent in Washington DC neighborhoods. Advertisements list furn shings, heat, water, and private baths, with varying rents from two to several dollars per week. Names of streets and buildings appear, including 13th St, 14th St, Dupont Circle area, and The Madrid, The Kingston, The Plymouth.
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