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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1905
Page
16
A lengthy mixed-advertisement page listing colored individuals seeking jobs in various trades. Entries include a chiropodist assistant, hotel staff, clerks, bookkeepers, cooks, and general laborers. Names, addresses, and contact boxes abound, reflecting era race and employment options.
Classified notices listing numerous domestic workers and job seekers in Washington area. Includes chambermaids waitresses cooks laundresses governesses companions secretaries clerks and similar roles with brief contact hints and references. Many entries specify race and emphasize colored applicants seeking daytime or live‑in work and private families or offices.
Numerous short ads for nurses and domestic help, stenographers, clerical workers, and other positions. Also extensive listings for furnished rooms and apartments for rent in Washington, with details on location, heat, baths, and proximity to government offices.
A chaotic OCR list details many furnished rooms for rent across NW Washington, DC neighborhoods including 13th, 14th, 15th, and U Street corridors, Columbia Heights, and Mount Vernon. Entries describe front rooms, second floors, suites with private baths, steam heat, and partial board. Various asingle and en suite options target gentlemen, professionals, and couples with proximity to car lines, libraries, and the Capitol.
Numerous listings offer well furnished rooms with board in Northwest and Southeast Washington. Front and back rooms, steam heat, private baths, and first class board are common. Addresses include H Street NW, 12th Street, Massachusetts Avenue, and Yale Street, with rates from $18 to $60 monthly for singles or couples.
Numerous room rental notices across NW and nearby streets. Listings include furnished and unfurnished single rooms, suites, front rooms with heat and gas, some with private baths or board, near White House, War Department, and Capitol. Some ads offer housekeeping facilities, private family hosts, and proximity to public transit. Availability spans two room units to full floor suites, with various prices and terms.
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