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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1914
Page
5
Readable items include numerous personal names, addresses, jobs, and notices mixed with stray digits and places. The text resembles a chaotic classifieds section with job pulls, property notes, and varied references lacking coherent narrative.
A long OCR fragment lists employment ads for domestic workers including colored women, white women, and young girls offering chambermaid, cook, housework, and nursing tasks in various neighborhoods. Numerous addresses, rates per week, and references appear, highlighting racialized hiring practices and trust references.
Situations wanted notices show multiple positions from nurses and housekeepers, including White and colored girls, for child care, invalid care, housekeeping, and sewing. Various addresses in DC areas list proposals for nurses, governesses, and maids, with pay rates and travel willingness.
Readable fragments describe rooms and baths in multiple apartments including a large front room on the third floor at an NW address, with prices implied by informal notes. Mentions of Toronto, separate listings and private matches appear among partial lines and stray city references.
A long list of furnished rooms for rent in Northwest city areas near Union Station and downtown. Listings describe private or shared baths heat, electric, and gas, with features like steam heat, hot water, telephones, and proximity to circles, towers, and public transit. Various rooms advertise private family homes, quiet living, and single or double occupancy with prices around ten to thirty dollars weekly or monthly.
A long list of furnished rooms for rent across Northwest DC including addresses on New Jersey Ave NW 12th St NW Capitol St NW F St NW and more. Listings describe private family settings hot water heat electricity and sometimes board. Prices range from about 1 to 3 dollars per week and units include front rooms second floor rooms and large rooms with or without kitchens.
A long list of newly furnished rooms and boarding options near Dupont Circle, Conn Ave, 18th St, and surrounding streets. Advertises private baths, steam heat, home cooking, reasonable rates, and proximity to embassies, rail stations, and government offices. Includes multiple inns and houses offering front rooms, suites, and table board with references, with emphasis on comfort, hot water, and pleasant surroundings.
Classified fragments describe multiple furnished eight room houses and several unfurnished rooms for private families. Listings mention southern exposure, hot water heat, private baths, and rental rates from $10 to $65 monthly, with various NW and NE street references and near specified local landmarks.
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