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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1906
Page
14
Numerous listings describe furnished rooms for rent in NW districts with private or shared baths, central heat, and utilities. Offers include front rooms, second floor spaces, single or double occupancy, varying prices per week or month, and proximity to local amenities.
Multiple listings describe furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in northwest Washington DC neighborhoods. Advertised features include private baths, shared kitchens, laundry access, yard space, and proximity to central locations, with various price points and house rules. Many rooms specify front or back street views, month to month terms, and board options.
A collage of typed rental ads offers furnished or unfurnished front rooms and suites with gas heat, steam heat, bath access, and board options. Listings reference several streets and rooms on multiple floors including parlors, bays, and suites with varying privacy for ladies, gentlemen, and families.
Classified ads list numerous unfurnished and partly furnished rooms and three to four room suites across NW streets including 18 1141 TH 51 NW, ST AW 8, 18 Ye Uth Staw, 30D and ASH Sts NE, and SP NW second floor. Highlights include light housekeeping, private entrances and baths, veranda views, proximity to car lines, and varied rents from 7 to 78 dollars per month. Many entries note single or multiple rooms, shared kitchens, and convenient access with terms like summer rates and payable upon occupancy.
A scan of classified room and board requests lists numerous households seeking furnished or unfurnished rooms, with board or meals, in neighborhoods near parks, stations, and central districts. Applicants include singles, couples, and a family of three, preferring proximity to transit and quiet living, with terms ranging from moderate to free meals, and some specifying references to Carnegie Library and Cleveland Park areas.
Classified notice lists multiple un furnished rooms in northwest areas for rent with heat and gas included. Preferences include single and double occupancy, 2-4 adults, close to walking distance to addresses in Georgia and Annapolis areas, with offices handling inquiries and details.
Multiple listings describe furnished and unfurnished apartments in Northwest and Capitol Hill neighborhoods. Offers include 4 room units from 40 to 50 dollars, 5 to 6 room flats, bachelor and two room options, sublets, and meeting varied amenities such as southern exposure, breakfast service, swimming pool, heating, and proximity to streets like 17th and T, Pa Ave, L Street. Names include Joseph I. Weller Realty, The Benedick, The Westmoreland, The Chapin, and The Norfolk. Locations span 662 F St NW, 1808 1810 I Street NW, and surrounding blocks with access to car lines and parks.
Classified ad seeking furnished flats for about eight weeks starting April. Target area Belasco Thesler reference with top floor or similar four to five rooms and attentive care for a couple. Willing to pay nominal rent and respond to BOX 47 this office. Also another notice seeks six months rent for a well furnished apartment for a family of four adults with excellent care, offering about $20 per month. BOX 33 this office.
A terse notice seeks a single board member for Mt Pleasant area with address J Morgan 8 and weight noted as 35. The fragment hints at a local appointment or appointment process and limited candidate pool.
Real estate notices advertise Mount Pleasant Heights lots at 20c to 43c per square foot with cash options and installment plans. Buyers urged to call for illustrated booklet. extension of 16th Street and 36th Street bridge projects cited as value boosters.
Real estate ads offer multiple properties for sale or rent including a two story brick house at 1250 monthly rent and a $1250 price, a nine room house on First NW in perfect condition near the car line, and two houses with a large Virginie lot renting as investment properties. Also ads for miniature farms, finance terms, and local brokers MARTIN BROS GEO M SLYE ATKINSON & BALLARD CO and ULTON R GOR.
For sale in suburban Colonial Heights eight minutes from Treasury area, 30 foot lot, two bedrooms, river view, mature shade trees, rent or buy options, includes steam laundry facilities and near electric car lines. Agent E H Taggart advertises with low cash and monthly terms, riverdale park area listings, varied cottages and lots.
A dense OCR fragment lists AOS Fit Rene, Thos J Fisher & Co Inc real estate loans and insurance, with numerous Washington DC address snippets including 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th streets NW. It enumerates apartments for rent, rooms and baths, rates, and properties for sale or rent, mentioning Willard area and several firms like Martin Brothers and Atkinson & Ballard. The passage reads as a catalog of properties, rents, and real estate services overlapping multiple addresses and tenants.
A collage of classified housing requests seeks furnished or unfurnished cottages and houses for summer or long term rent. Listings mention Colonial Beach cottage July August, a furnished or unfurnished house for roomers, six to eight room modern houses under 4000 dollars, and single adults or couples desiring summer homes. Several entries provide contact boxes and post office routes for responses.
A scrambled classified listing shows multiple Virginia properties and services for sale or rent. Items include 119 acres near Hume Heights in Vienna with access to Washington, highland views near Mt. Vernon, Luna Park area, and various farms, suburban plots, colonial estates, and a mountain view villa. Also features a Berryville boarding house, paper hanging and interior decorating services, and a Stanley auto running about for sale through a Frederick address.
Numerous business properties offered for sale along New York Avenue and nearby blocks. Listings describe several lots and buildings at 1342 NWY Ave and adjacents to the corner of 14th, with prices around 10 000 and terms via Stone & Fairfax, 1342 NWY Ave. Includes estates to settle and several appealing parcels near 14th Street.
Multiple lenders advertise loan funds on real estate in the District of Columbia and surrounding states. Offers include 4 percent to 6 percent interest with various terms, immediate attention, and loans secured by DC real estate. Names include Atkinson, Saunders, Fisher, Harrison Realty, Bradley, Hook, and others offering sums from small to large with prompt service.
Railroading notice lists daily departures from Florida Atlantic Coast Line with sleeping car routes from New York to Jacksonville Tampa Port Tampa Thomasville Augusta Charleston and Washington. Connections via N W and other lines to Richmond and beyond. time of arrivals and connections not guaranteed. include offices in Philadelphia and Wilmington. emphasizes limited guarantees and varying schedule.
Train schedule lists daily through sleepers from Washington to Norfolk and Western routes via Raleigh Jacksonville Tampa and Birmingham with dining cars and parlor cars. It covers Pullman sleepers to Atlanta Birmingham Memphis Pinehurst and through connections to Knoxville Chattanooga Nashville and New Orleans with departures around 4:20 am and arrivals through the day.
Railroads section outlines station corner at Sixth and B streets with Pennsylvania Railroad services to Harrisburg Pittsburg and Chicago. Detail includes parlor dining and sleeping cars routes to Harrisburg Altoona Pittsburgh and Chicago with multiple through trains and special 68-hour and Buffalo routes. Notes station telephones, cab service, and general managers.
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