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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1911

Page

3

Apartments Sold in Week's Deals Tie Wilton and Ingleside

Two apartment houses valued at over 720,000 were sold by Moore & Hill Inc. The Wilton at Lamont Street changed hands for 60,000 with the Isabel at 124231 Eleventh Street Northeast as part of the exchange. Ingleside, a three story 21 apartment building on a Lamont street block, brought 140,000 with plans by Wood Donn Deming.

Zada S. Kent Lamont Street Isabel Moore & Hill, Inc Moore & Tit, Inc Wicen Seventeenth Street Ingleside Sixteenth Street Flignald W. Beall Wilton Andrew B. Graham Zada S. Kent Wood, Donn & Deming John H. Nolan

Fine residence to rise at Nineteenth and It streets

A new home for J. H. Purdy will cost over Rs0 and rise on a corner lot at Nineteenth and It streets north west. Architect J H de Sibour has drawn plans for a four story house with yellow brick and limestone trimmings. Willam P. Lispcomb & Co. hold the contract. work starts March 1 with occupancy expected by October.

Nineteenth J. Ft. Purdy Washington Purdy J. H. de Sibour

Ground broken for Bishop Harding house at Mount St. Albans

Ground was broken last week for a new house for Bishop Alfred Harding at Mount St. Albans. Mrs. Susan Evelyn Murray plans to build the home in memory of her sister who died recently. A turnout of friends and clergy attended the ceremony after Bishop Harding spoke. Communion followed in the sanctuary.

Alfred Harding Mount St. Albans Susan Evelyn Murray Cleary Harding

Plans for Normal School No 1 submitted by municipal architect

Municipal Architect Snowden Ashford submitted plans for Normal School No 1 to the board of education. Funded by Congress with 287000 dollars, the two story building will have 30 classrooms, an assembly hall for 400, offices, study hall, library, and 200 foot frontage facing north on Harvard near Eleventh street.

Board of Education Congress Snowden Ashford Harvard Eleventh Street

Homes Near Completion in Clarendon Area

Finishing touches are being put on Charles Hallacher’s new home north of the former Rauscher summer house in Clarendon Virginia. Realty operator W. W. Collings notes that homes for Arthur J. Porter and B. E. W. Ball, the county treasurer, are also nearing completion. Additional residents are preparing to erect houses nearby for R. H. Scroggins A. Wilson Peter Latterner J. W. Slack and George H. Rucker.

Ing Charles Hallacher Clarendon Rauscher WW. G. Collings Arthur J. Porter BE. W. Ball R. H. Scroggins A. Wilson Peter Latterner J. W. Slack George H. Rucker

Theater to Be Enlarged and Improved at Virginia Theater

Architect Fred A. Schneider has been hired to draw plans for enlarging and upgrading the Virginia Theater. The Maryland Cafe next door will close and its building repurposed for theater use. A balcony will be erected a new stage added and exterior improvements completed.

Fred A. Schneider Virginia Maryland Cafe

Otis Place Residence Sold to Investor by R. G. Pleron

W. J. Targent sold through Shannon and Luchs the 9 room two story brick house at 1515 Otis Place NW to Mrs. R. G. Pleron for investment. The modern dwelling built about two years ago, the price understood to be 4600?

Otis Place W. J. Targent Shannon & Luchs R. G. Pleron

Honor the Flag in Every American Home

An editorial from the National Magazine urges every American home to display the flag prominently, tracing the custom to a French wife of a congressman and noting how the practice revived during crises. It contrasts modern homes lacking patriotic display with the Civil War era when flags were common and calls for renewed national sentiment in both homes and schools.

National Washington Curg

Grand Exhibition Hall Opens South of New York City

Washington exposes a new mega auditorium at North Capitol and M streets, largest south of New York. It spans two acres on one floor basement and is fireproof steel and concrete. It can host auto races, plane flights, large horse shows, and will surpass the former Convention Hall with about 8,000 seats.

New York North Capitol M “Streets Washington Horse Show Association Washington Warehouse ‘Company Thomas H. Pickford Sy Durts M Streets Washington Ganeway Ewing

Sister to the Wyoming plans tall Idaho apartment block

Lester A Barr owner of the Wyoming apartment house plans a summer erection of a second eight story Idaho style building. The two twin structures will share a common entrance and form one of the citys largest apartment groups near the McClellan statue and Highlands area.

Lester A. Barr Wyoming Idaho McClellan Dean Highlands

New Factory Under Way on Thirteenth Street Southwest

Foundations laid for a $25,000 Pompeian Company factory at 220 Thirteenth Street southwest. The three story, 27 by 150 foot building will house offices and manufacturing plants and be ready by mid May. Frank G. Piersen designed a fireproof pressed brick exterior interior. Boyle Robertson Construction Company handles construction next to the Bureau of Chemistry.

Thirteenth Street Pompeian Company Frank G. Piersen Boyle-Robertson Construction Company Bureau of Chemistry

Pompeian Olive Products Factory Adjoins Bureau of Chemistry

Advertisement notes a factory for the Southwest to manufacture Pompeian olive products, located beside the Bureau of Chemistry. The notice emphasizes production capacity and regional distribution potential.

Historic mansion on market proposed at Tenth and U

A proposed structure is planned for the southwest corner of Tenth and U Streets NW. The project envisions a historic mansion site redevelopment with new construction pending zoning reviews and city approvals.

Tenth and U Streets

Legal Record of District Court Assignments and Notices

District of Columbia routine docket listing for Monday February 13 1911 includes assignments across EQUITY CIRCUIT CRIMINAL and PROBATE courts. Entries cite case numbers parties attorneys and schedules for Phillips v Ballinger Munsey v Wilhett Bendheim v Tyler and others with multiple firms such as Tucker Kenyon Mecfarland-Lawler Davis-Lambert and Perry & Son. Also notes assignments in probate estates and real property securitizations.

Court of Appeals District of Columbia Thomase R. Rose Supreme Court Equity Court Justice Stafford Jumcs Gould Bendheim Circuit Court Justice Anderson Karr Va Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company Lewis, Fulton & Co McKenney & Flannery Hart Vei Capital Traction Company Attorness Worthington Alexander Wolf R.rloss Perry & Son Schellhorn Va Capital Traction Coman Fbornars, Downing, McNalley, Forrest Dunlop No 15 Shipley Ve. Barranck Attorneys Mackry, Lipscomb, Ryan Glassie American Commercial Advertising Company Louvre Glory Company Wreatley—Peyser

Real Estate Transfers and Lawsuit No 3319

A newspaper page item details Lawsuit No 3319 involving Fidelity and Casualty Company and M G Copeland Company with a $628 figure, followed by Real Estate Transfers listing numerous DC properties in Villa Park, Pennsylvania Avenue and Tenth Southeast, northwest streets, and other wards with varied lot and block numbers and $10 to $1375 figures, naming multiple grantors and grantees such as Yeager, O'Donnell, Roberta, Gertman, Oppenheimer, Hungerford, Ruffner, Wetzel, Bradford, Kite, Cornwell, Strong, Halley, Carmody, Emmert, and Smith.

Villa Park Clira A. Marden Héwin P. M. Yeager Terrence O’donnell Arthur A. Roberta Erenest W. Linaberry John J. Cleary Siroon Oppenheimer George FF. Collins Trustes T. Russell Hungerford Samuel Bo Weed Ernest J. Ruffner Cleveland Plagh David J.dunigan George B. Wetzel Holmbad Manor A. Kenton Muhlemore Ida W. Bradford Twenty-third Twenty-fourth Harry A. Kite Mabel EB. Bailey H Street George G. Cornwell Harry K. Cornwell Sarah DB Douglas V. Cornwell Julia D. Strong American Security and Trust Company George G Richmond Mabel FE Halley Et Air James A Masonic Mutual Life Association Jeasle &. Davies New Hampshire Avenue Twenty-second Street Joseph ML Carmody Myce J. Emmert Katherine IJ. Falconer Fannie Cleary Frederick W. Smith Herbert Smith Wilbur i Smith Caroline F. Smith

Deeds of Trust Entries Across City Squares

Debtors and secured amounts listed for multiple deeds of trust across squares 258 701 6 and others. Names include Rosie A Weber Janean Grinder Simon Oppenheimer Ernst Knorr Tda W Bradford and entities like Oriental Building Association and Matorprice Serial Building Association with varied sums and terms.

Rosie A. Weber Herman R. Howenstein Emanuel Spelch W. J Vickery Sage Janean B. Grinder The Oriental Building ‘Association Houmeat Manor Tda W. Bradford Herbert

The Lightning Gun Plays of Western Outlaws

The San Francisco Chronicle recounts fast-draw gun techniques used by Western gunfighters detailing sightless firing from the hip, rapid holster draws, hammer cocking tricks, and how seconds decide life and death. the piece ends noting fast want ads in The Post classifieds.

San Francisco Chronicle West

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Jt. H. Purdy Bishop Harding Sheridan Circle Harris-Ewing Massachusetts Avenue Frank P. Flint Brewery Twentieth Street Terminal Taxicab Company Arthur E. Merriam Harris Ewing Park Road Moore & Hill Harris Hwing John G. Walker Eighteenth Street Southwest Seag Peary Pueto Alexander Shepherd Sixteenth Street Heights Shepherd Lincoln’s Dagar Circuit Justice Beaman Crook Criminal Court NO Sustice Wright Mondey Clabaugh United States Thomas J. Mullynead Clifford L. Feldhem Justice Gould John W. Irwin Thomas J. Burrell Shennon Norton J. Lewis Harry B. Willson Hix Cornwell National Savings and Trust Company American Savings and Trust Company Comiannugis Jois's Mabel E. Aller Mabel E. Aller Et Rir, Jamet &, To William A. Hill Rignald W. Beall Tual Lifs Association Fideiity and Casualty Quay Ve M. G. Copeland Company Platoff Birney & Woodard L. L. Persens Colorado 25Th St. N.W. Cor St. & Pa. Ave H. R. Howenstein CO F Street N. W Pat
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