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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1914
Page
4
A fragmented classified page lists female workers including chambermaids, waitresses, nurses, cooks, laundresses, and housekeepers. Many entries specify race in older style ads, with notes on availability, hours, and wage expectations, mentioning colored and white applicants and various locations.
Classified notices show varied employment requests from women offering services as cooks, laundresses, dressmakers, houseworkers, and nurses. Entries detail private families, color line preferences, locations in Washington area and repeats of referrals, wages, available days, and contact addresses such as 441 Sar nw 1729 Kalorama rd nw and 11th st nw.
A long classified list shows a variety of help wanted and help wanted by day notices. It highlights dressmaking sewing by day and by home, stenography and typewriting, a photogra pher or tele phone operator, waitresses and chambermaids, and domestic help from women described as colored or white. Multiple ads reference location addresses, wages, and availability.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous laundress and washing at home notices from a 1908 classified section. It includes job postings by colored and white workers, with brief location cues and pay hints, offering laundering, lace curtain washing, and domestic washing services.
A long OCR listing shows numerous ads for WASHING at home by colored women, first class laundries, and day work, interspersed with many furnished room rentals in NW DC. It details addresses including 1222 1th, 1104 Tat nw Bo, 4022 ath ar aw Ea, 491 Franklin st ow, 617 19th St NW, and others, plus apartment notes, hot water heat, and proximity to post offices and libraries. The notice mix reflects a housing and services classifieds page with frequent references to colored workers and room shares.
Numerous listings detail furnished rooms for rent across Washington area. Advertisements note private families, heat, hot water, and shared amenities in buildings near buses, streets, and government centers. Several posts emphasize proximity to Capitol, Treasury, and central districts with varying prices and occupancy.
Multiple near north and southwest Washington addresses offer neatly furnished rooms with heat hot water and private baths. Listings detail private family use shared amenities monthly rates and phone access with various locations including Ninth Street Northwest Third Street Northwest and Columbia Road area.
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