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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1914
Page
4
A dense classifieds page lists multiple positions and seekers, including hotel and restaurant staff, janitors, porters, waiters, cooks, chambermaids, and housekeepers. Numerous entries specify race, experience, and contact notes, with men and women offering services from cleaning to piano playing and clerical work.
A dense classified set of help wanted ads listing female applicants for housework, maid, nurse, seamstress, and related domestic positions. Entries specify stay nights, days or full time work, various addresses in Washington area, and notes on color or race, references, and city delivery contact. Several entries indicate nursing, chambermaid, cook, and child care duties with young women, two-country girl explanations, and multiple street references.
A dense 1821 to 1936 era classified listing shows numerous laundries and laundresses offering at home washing and ironing services by colored women. Entries specify locations across Washington DC neighborhoods, including 1821 Tth St NW, 1936 5th St NW, and 1104 15th St NW, with services ranging from lace curtain laundering to full housecleaning and daily work. Names like colored laundress or first class laundress recur with addresses on streets such as Linden, Patterson, Q Street, and 7th Street, reflecting a broad informal marketplace for at home laundry and ironing.
Several listings offer furnished rooms in private homes and apartment houses. Features include steam heat or hot water, private baths, phone service, electric light, and reasonable weekly or monthly rates. Locations span 7th to 12th Streets NW and NE with multiple buildings noted.
Multiple listings describe furnished rooms in Northwest DC near M M C A and Town Circle with options for single or shared use. Rentals emphasize steam heat, private baths or adjacent bath, phone, and reasonable rates from about $5 to $25 monthly, with various locations including 20th Street, Harvard Street, Clifton, and 13th Street.
A dense ledger of rooms for rent across Northwest and nearby streets. Ads promise furnished second and third floor rooms, hot water heat, private baths, and board options. Locations include Dupont Circle, Shaw, Columbia Road, Wisconsin Ave, and near the Capitol with prices ranging from a few dollars to weekly rates.
A collage of lodging options along 18th and K streets NW and nearby avenues. Listings describe furnished front rooms, alcove suites, hot water heat, private baths, dining tables, and board in private homes. Advertised amenities include transients, southern exposure, and references, with rates noted for some rooms and private family settings.
A collage of rental board entries lists unfurnished rooms and suites with spaces in homes on 1081 10th St NE Emerson St NE Ith St NW and multiple NW addresses. Rooms include heat and gas, baths, private or shared, with prices sometimes weekly. Nearby facilities mention kitchens and public spaces, with several mentions of second or third floor rooms and proximity to offices or transit.
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