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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
26
A dense older rental column listing numerous furnished and unfurnished rooms in Washington with rates from about 10 to 62 dollars per month, many near Capitol, Library, and Navy Yard. Includes warm rooms, suites, singles or en suites, some with baths heat or board, and various addresses in NW and NE sections.
Numerous furnished rooms and apartments listed for rent in Washington, many with heat, bath privileges, and board. Locations span NW and NE streets near Capitol, central circles, and notable avenues. prices range from 25 to 60 per month with options for single or shared accommodations.
A dense Washington DC classified page advertises hotel amenities at Hotel Stratford on Fourteenth Street with sun parlor and billiard space, plus numerous room rental notices across NW and SW streets. Listings specify furnished and unfurnished options, baths, heat, and board, with prices and contact hints.
Unfurnished rooms for rent in multiple northwest addresses near Connecticut Avenue, I Street, Capitol, and Mt. Vernon. Listings include front rooms, basement rooms, and second floor rooms with heat, gas, hot water, bath, and some with private family or public baths. Prices range from about $7 to $20 monthly, with heat and light housekeeping options. locations near libraries, streets, and transit.
A dense classified listing seeks room and board options in Washington DC, Alexandria, and Georgetown. Entries include various configurations from furnished and unfurnished rooms to parlor use, in private families or apartments, with terms ranging from moderate to specific weekly or monthly prices and box-number contacts spread across NW and nearby areas.
A DC Supreme Court decree leads to a public auction of a three story brick dwelling at 3221 I Street Northwest Washington DC. The Union Trust Company trustee offers terms: one third cash, balance in two yearly installments with promissory notes, or all cash. Sale January 7, 1907 at 3 pm, front of premises.
Abbreviated rental notices list multiple apartment options in the 13th street area with various counts of rooms and baths. Offers include heated heat, water, breakfast and valet service, and other amenities. Housing agents and buildings such as The Kenesaw The Connecticut The Concord and The Cecil are referenced with contact points. Specifics include one to five room units, furnished and unfurnished, some including meals, private baths, and housekeeping services.
Classified items seek apartments and rooms in northwest with various specs. Two women want a cheerful four room apartment near Treasury within walking distance. Listings include furnished and unfurnished flats, multiple addresses, and a real estate broker MARTIN BROTHERS at 1925-27 Penna Ave NW offering 19 rooms and bath for rent at 45 W St with a $3259 rent.
For sale listings advertise 50 acres northwest of the city with subdivision or truck farming potential near electric car lines. Prices quoted include 30 per acre for 5 10 and 16 acre plots on railway access near Great Falls Old Dominion rail spur. Northwest Arkansas style land parcels advertised with easy terms and free plats by local real estate firms.
Listing fragment describes sale and rental opportunities including a 24 400 square foot property with brick dwelling and outbuildings priced at 1 10 per foot to prompt buyers. Mentions Julius Bertzberg Kann’s House Furnishing Dept Gale 12 investment 88 Prospects St, Miller Shcmaker Real Estate 325 Wisconsin Ave and Joseph L Weiser Realty Broker 603 F Street. Also ad copy pitching owner financing plans and realty firms Hayes Sharp Realty Co and Fulito R Gordon suburban realty details critiqued.
Timetable details from Baltimore and Ohio and Seaboard lines show departures from New Jersey stations to Philadelphia New York and Atlantic City with numerous Pullman parlor and diner options. Additional schedules cover Atlantic City Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Louisville and southern routes with daily departures and connections through Richmond Washington and other hubs.
Greater Washington Realty Corp advertises residence and residential lots for sale in Berwyn and Laurel. Contact Santas Building at phone 4674 for details about available plots and subdivision options.
James T. Pitt presents a detailed correction to a January issue claim about Richard Waldron Waldron Waldron burial in Arlington. Pitt states Waldron was not buried in the Confederate plot, identifies the deceased as Richard B Welden of Warrenton Virginia, and explains arrangements leading to the interment in Warrenton on January 1.
A mortgage to secure 100000000 in 4 1/2 percent bonds has been filed by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company with the Hudson County register in favor of the Standard Trust Company of New York. The mortgage covers the tunnel property of the Hudson and Manhattan and its subsidiary companies the New York and Jersey Railroad Company and the Hoboken and Manhattan Railroad Company.
Invitations were sent to Admiral George Dewey and Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans to attend the Blue and Gray reunion at Fort Fisher in Wilmington North Carolina. The event marks the Confederate and Federal engagement at Fort Fisher with Evans wounded in the attack. The Fort Fisher Survivors Association issued the invitations for January 16.
Representative Livingston and Harvie Jordan petitioned Postmaster General Cortelyou to issue a fraud order denying the New York Cotton Exchange the use of U S mails. They charge the exchange with debased fraudulent contracts aimed at depressing Southern spinnable cotton prices and ask warehouse inspections to verify grades and condition of stored cotton.
Walter C. Hubbard president of the New York Cotton Exchange asks Cortelyou for copies of any complaints against the exchange. He calls attacks deplorable and defends members as upright merchants of the city and trade. He insists on knowing the charges and vows to defend the institution.
Charles Geasort and Agnes Geasort were arraigned on bigamy charges after a seven months old baby’s body found abandoned near their home earlier. Agnes released, Charles held on 42000 bail as detectives continued the case. The infant’s death was later deemed natural.
Chicago, Jan 2. Captains of industry and union representatives will meet at Mrs Potter Palmer’s residence on Lake Shore Drive this Saturday evening under National Civic Federation auspices. August Belmont may attend. The meeting may seed a Chicago branch of the federation, following a Boston setup. Some labor leaders feared the venue but now favor dialogue with employers.
An advertisement extols charcoal for cleansing the stomach and bowels, improving breath, complexion, and blood. It promotes Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as the best form, claiming safety, health benefits, and a free trial offer from F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
Thief gained entry to the upper story of General Chaffee’s residence during dinner last night and ransacked rooms, stealing family jewelry valued at about 1000 dollars. The loss stems from intrinsic value and sentimental associations. It is reported from Los Angeles dated January 2.
Secretary Wilson of the Agriculture Department, Solicitor George F. McCabe, and Dr. H W Whey chief of the Bureau of Chemistry left Washington last evening to continue their whisky manufacture inquiry. They will visit distilleries in Pittsburg Pennsylvania and Terre Haute Indiana and are expected to be away for the rest of the week.
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