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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
10
Numerous listings offer furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in NW districts near Capitol, with options including front and rear rooms, private baths, heat, gas, and board. Advertisements emphasize proximity to churches, stores, and transit, and feature prices from low weekly or monthly rates for singles, couples, or two roommates.
A degraded hotel notices fragment promoting Hotel Stratford with steam heat electric hot water central location and reasonable rates. Mentions rooms with or without private bath and proximity to Fourteenth Street car line from RR stations. Includes other small hotel listings and prices with sparse details across several addresses.
Multiple listings for furnished and unfurnished rooms in private homes across NW near K and L Streets and Mass Ave, with options including second and third floor front rooms, private baths, hot water heat, and board. Prices range from modest to about 42 per month for two gentlemen, with transients welcomed at several houses. Listings note proximity to the Navy Department, government offices, and public transport, and emphasize clean tables, good surroundings, and private family or rooming-house settings.
A flood of classified room notices seeks furnished, unfurnished, and board options in Northwest and downtown Washington. Young couples, singles, and families request rooms or entire units with heat, light, bath access, and reasonable prices. Preferences include proximity to government buildings, universities, and core neighborhoods, with various BOX contact references for replies. Sessions specify within six miles of certain bridges, near the Treasury and State Department, or near central Northwest districts.
Real estate ad by H J Fisher & Co Inc listing unfurnished houses for rent across Washington DC area. Includes apartment blocks The Highlands The Avon The Sterling The Congressional Chili etc plus many 4 and 5 room flats with baths, kitchens, and services. Includes contact details and price ranges from 25 to 813 per month.
For rent a 10 room and bath residence at 243 SN Street with rent listed at 3250. Key at gut Rent. Owner T. H. Hall.
The notice lists multiple furnished and unfurnished apartments in Washington area buildings. Options include two room bachelor units at The Bachelor on 1737 Host nw with breakfast and valet service. new fireproof units at The Benedick with suites of five large rooms and private baths. and many four to five room layouts at The Windsor, The Virginia, and The Huntington. Other buildings include The Concord, The Wyoming, The Logan, and The Cecil offering salt and lease terms, kitchens, baths, and electric service.
Real estate notices advertise a corner three story brick building with four and five room apartments, bath, and high rent prospects. price around 90,000 with 7 percent yield. Listings also include a 236 investment on Frospent Street NW, a six room modern brick rented to a first-class tenant, and a sixteenth street firm offering rent-to-own plans.
Connecticutt Avenue Terrace offers 2000 feet frontage on a high elevated location with pleasant surroundings near Chevy Chase Circle. Rapid subdivision plans include three homes soon. buy now to secure a prime plot at low prices. Terms $160 to $500 cash, balance $20 to $30 monthly, commission service available through Fulton Gordon Suburban Realty.
Rail service notices for Atlantic Coast Line and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway detail departures, connections, and services from New York to Florida and Virginia routes. Includes through coaches, dining cars, sleeping cars, and entrainment with connections to Washington, Jacksonville, Tampa, and major hubs. schedules reference November 1908 and offices in Washington and Wilmington.
Pennsylvania Railroad and connections list multiple windows of Parlor Dining Sleeping and Observation cars. Harrisburg to Pittsburgh Chicago Indianapolis Cincinnati St Louis and East Coast routes with limiteds and specials. Southern Railway Seaboard Air Line schedules show limiteds to New York, Florida, and the South with Pullman service and dining cars.
The sword of John Paul Jones, given to Navy Department Library by Commander Reginald Nicholson, carries a romantic lineage. It passed from a North Carolina Jones family to Jones, then to Theodosia Burr, to Alston, to Matthew Davis, to Rev. Ducachet, to Commodore Richaleon, and finally to Nicholson. The thirty inch gentleman’s blade features a white brass hilt, wide tang, and copper wire wrapped handle.
The armory will glow with color and music as Mrs Potter Palmer and the ball’s patronesses push for a record charity event. An auction of boxes at Orchestra Hall, led by Charles E. Hutchinson, aims to fund the fourteen benefiting charities with proceeds from $10 tickets.
Hugh L Apple aged 36 longtime Washington Post newspaper route agent dies from skull fracture after being knocked down and dragged by a fourteenth street car. An inquest will be held by the coroner. He leaves a daughter Rose and wife Rose Flora who died nine years ago. Funeral from Carl B Apple residence at 2 PM tomorrow conducted by Rev John M Schick. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Walter Appleton Clark, noted artist and illustrator, died suddenly today of heart disease at his home in New York. Born 1878 in Worcester Massachusetts, he studied under H Siddons Mowbray and William M Chase and won a Pan-American silver medal in 1901. He illustrated Revised Canterbury Tales and contributed to Scribner's Magazine. He taught at the Art Students League and belonged to the Players Club and Downtown Association. He married Annie Host of Greenwich, Conn, who survives him.
The American National Red Cross reports 1000 more dollars subscribed for Chinese famine relief, bringing totals to 5000 to date and promising further liberal gifts. Chinese Minister Sir Ghentung Liang-cheng thanked the U S for support and noted Chinese in San Francisco will send 4 dollars directly to Shanghai relief.
A health ad claims stomach and liver discomfort from overwork and heavy smoking. It praises Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural aid, describing ingredients and benefits and urging inquiries for free trial packages from Stuart Company, Marshall, Michigan.
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