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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1968
Page
21
A dense catalog of multifamily and residential listings around Carbondale Murphysboro Cobden De Soto with income properties priced from 5 500 to 53 000 plus acreages and farms. Entries note rooms, baths, garages and features like oil heat storm windows central air and carports along with contact references and dates.
Real estate ad promotes 200 by 300 ft commercial tract on Old 13 East in Spring Arbor with a 3 bedroom home featuring a large living area and kitchen. Duplex on adjacent lot convertible to shop or restaurant. Also listed is a brick 3 bedroom house on North James with a private apartment and basement. Financing offers include low down payment long term loans and easy monthly payments with owner remodel upon lease. Appointment only.
Three bedroom home with family room dining area and built in stove in kitchen near Winkler School. Take over payments after down payment. Four bedroom on West Cherry Street priced at 16 700. Farm property 36 acres features a large older house north of DeSoto.
Two listings advertise quick sales in Carbondale. A 3 bedroom ranch with carport in Winkler School District priced at 16900 with mid August occupancy and contact 457-2845. A 4 bedroom Dutch Colonial near SIU with corner lot trees and walking distance to schools and shopping priced at 25000, contact 457-6187 at 516 S Hayes.
Levelsmier Realty lists 12 homes last week including a 7 room brick Grenview Dr house with 2 baths large family room double garage and big lot. Several listings feature 3 bedroom ranches one with Parrish School access and modest prices from 18 000 to 21 500 with furnishings and income potential. Call for complete details and appointment only showings.
Two year old steel building 40 by 72 with plumbing and heating in a good location. For details call General 549-421?. Carbondale area listing: 3 bedroom house at 518 North Springer priced at 8950. Call General Carbondale 549-4212.
Owner leaving town offers a new four bedroom ranch with air conditioning a full dry basement large family room attached garage and a 100 by 150 lot just outside city limits low taxes price 26500 contact 457 8111. Also a fully rented 16 unit apartment building with excellent return and sale inquiry.
Limpus Realty offers a brick ranch with three bedrooms a living room fireplace wall to wall carpet and a stainless steel kitchen. Features include attached garage air conditioning and a large landscaped corner lot on West Walnut Street near Oakland. Must sell call 457-8141.
A four room house on a good corner lot features gas heat carpeted interiors and a new kitchen with air conditioning and aluminum siding. The enclosed porch with falaise windows and a small outbuilding add value. Priced at $14,000. Also listed is a six room home near the grade school and city park with three bedrooms insulated exterior and basement for $12,000.
Four year old four bedroom home at edge of town and country size lot offered for sale. Lake Chatuauga area properties feature two homes with air large family rooms and two car garages. Other listings include three bed homes with basements and carports on Maple Spruce and McCord streets. Prices range around eight to ten thousand with various conditions described.
An advertising note promotes 15 acres near Lake Murphysboro with a six room home barn and outbuildings. It also markets a three bedroom house in Tatum Heights with mortgage payments about 128 dollars monthly, plus a low priced carpeted home at 715 North Sprenger with financing. The Paul J. Brown Agency lists agents L Murden Ralph Hayes George Shoaff and Beverly Jackson.
A Carbondale real estate ad lists numerous properties across nearby towns with varied acres and prices. Highlights include 230 acres on Hwy 127 for 31500, 90 acres for 12375, 2 to 6 room homes, cabins, barns, and multiple renovated or modern houses. Contact details for Twin County Realty and local brokers are provided.
Multiple rentals and sales ads across Herrin Murphysboro Ava and nearby towns. Properties include apartments cottages houses mobile homes and farms with contact numbers and brief descriptors such as rooms furnished modern heat air conditioning and location details. Listings emphasize 2 3 and 4 bedroom units multiple rental prices and available dates plus farm land parcels and duplexes.
Classified rental ads span multiple towns listing houses trailers apartments and rooms in Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin Carterville and surrounding areas. Entries include 3 bedroom houses with leases near July 1 1 child in Murphysboro and 2 to 3 bedroom modern homes near Olin Mathieson engineer with couple preferences plus mobile home spaces and summer rentals with reduced rates.
The ad promotes a nine year old redwood rancher in Carterville offered at 24000 with three to four bedrooms, two baths, large living room, built in oven range and disposal. It highlights rich paneling and carpeting, garage, basement, gas heat and immediate possession, near stores.
Real estate ads for 2929 Walnut Call 684 2941 and 1021 Chestnut St feature multiple homes and farms across Murphysboro Elkville Alto Pass and nearby areas. Properties include 2 to 5 rooms brick or modern houses with gas heat basements frames and acreage up to 45 acres with prices from 7 500 to 32 000.
Real estate ad describes a 10 year old 2 bedroom home in a good neighborhood with gas heat on a 50 by 150 foot lot priced at 12 500. Another 2 bedroom home on same size lot with large block garage and fenced back yard priced at 8 500.
Prospective buyers seek homes of all sizes. Contact Jim Brady 942-3155 or Joan Houston 942-5153 evenings, or Marvin Owen 942-6151 evenings for leads.
Several new homes and 135 acres near Cobden advertised by University Realty. 120 acres five miles southeast of Carbondale on good road. An acre farm with a three bedroom home priced at $25,000. Phone 457-8848 for information.
Classified contact lines show addresses and phone numbers for evening calls by Tom Bleyer and Tom Gentry. Listings include a New 3 bedroom gas furnace with full basement at Fort Kaskaskie State Park Road and an Energy Lot measuring 127 by 220 with water. Dates 09-03 and 09-07 appear as posting references.
Multiple Herrin listings describe homes and lots with phone contacts. 3 bedroom carpeted home with large adjoining lot at 512 So 20th St. 10 percent down for qualified buyers. 2 bedroom near shopping and churches at 308 So 16th St with enclosed porch. 5 room modern house near school at 616 620 N 30th priced with veteran financing. 2 bedroom North Tith St home at 5 500. Phone numbers for Dillard Realty and other agents provided.
Four featured listings on South 9th, South 14th, North 13th and Frederick offer 3 to 6 rooms. Homes include built in kitchens, coal stoker furnaces, hot water heat and garages with favorable down payments and monthly terms.
Multiple real estate ads list Herrin Marion and Johnston City properties. Features include 3 to 5 bedrooms, central or gas heat, basements, carports, remodeled interiors, and fenced or shady lots. Agents Alexander Real Estate and Cagle advertise contact numbers for viewings and inquiries.
Property ads list 1004 S Park Herrin and 321 North 17th Street with 2 bedrooms and coal heat pricing at 6500 and 4800. Contacts include Loren Coleman Dorothy Bailey and Cliff Coleman with phone numbers 942 5756 942 4718 and 942 2775.
Notice under Probate Act declaring death on January 6, 1968 and that Letters of Administration were issued March 27, 1968 to Bertha Marie Ellett of Murphysboro Illinois. Attorneys Twomy and Hines of Carbondale handle the estate. First Monday in May 1968 is the claim date. Claims must be filed with the Clerk at Murphysboro Court House and mailed to Administrator and Attorneys. Dated April 11 1968. James R. Kerley Circuit Clerk.
State of Illinois Jackson County Circuit Court case No 68 C 41 informs Marlene H Webb of a filed divorce suit by Robert Bruce Webb. She must answer by May 20 1968 or a default decree may be entered. attorney J Edward Helton listed.
Sealed proposals for furnishing materials for arterial streets in Hurst Illinois are due by 7:30 PM CDT May 13 1968. Proposals must use forms from the City Clerk and be labeled Material Proposal Section Maint. The city may reject bids and waive technicalities. a 10 percent bid guarantee is required. no full bond is needed and failure to deliver on time may forfeit the surety. Mayor and Council Jack Calvert City Clerk.
State of Illinois Jackson County Circuit Court files a divorce suit against George Marion Springer by Betty Mae Spring. Summons issued. Springer must answer by May 20, 1968, or a default decree may be entered.
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