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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
32
A long classified list of furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in Washington District with multiple addresses. Advertises single or en suite rooms, baths, heat, board options, and proximity to Capitol, Library, and Navy Yard. Includes prices from monthly to weekly, various floors, and mentions of transient or permanent occupancy.
Numerous listings describe furnished rooms and small apartments across Washington, D C, with features like heat, bath privileges, and board. Locations include Dupont Circle, White House area, Capitol Street, and various avenues, offering single and double rooms, front rooms, and two-story options with private or shared facilities. Prices range from affordable weekly rates to monthly rents, often with board and responsive heating.
An old hotel ad lists rooms with or without private baths at 14th Street and Monroe Street NW. It highlights sun parlor, billiard room, artesian water, and proximity to a streetcar line. Additional lodging options include furnished and unfurnished rooms with heat, board, and various rates, across multiple addresses in NW and nearby streets, appealing to guests and boarders seeking home-like accommodations.
Unfurnished rooms for rent in a private home scattered around Northwest DC. Listings include single and double rooms with heat, gas, hot water, and some with private baths or floor access. Several near Capitol, Union Station, and M street corridors. prices range from affordable to about 20 dollars monthly.
Broad plea for rooms and boards in Washington area listing multiple requests. Private families in Alexandria Georgetown NW and nearby seek furnished and unfurnished rooms, parlors, or small suites with varying terms. Includes couples singles and a grandmother family, with boxes for responses.
By decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia a Chancery sale is set for January 7 1907 at 3 p m in front of the premises at 3221 I Street NW Washington DC The property is a three story brick dwelling with lot 10 in Ireland and others subdivision Also included is the 6 foot alley fronting the lot Terms call for one third cash and the rest in two equal installments over one and two years with interest At purchaser option there is also all cash The sale is conducted by Union Trust Company of the District of Columbia Edward J Stelwagen president and George E Fleming secretary.
Multiple rental notices offer one two three and four room apartments at locations such as 1737 H Street NW The Kenesaw 16th and Irving streets NW The Virginia 2170 G Street NW and The Concord area Each listing mentions amenities like heat water filtered water breakfast and valet services Some ads advertise furnished or unfurnished options with private baths meals or hotel style services and note rental agents or building names and contact details including C Howard Harding 1326 G Street NW and others.
Classified notices show two women seeking a cheerful four room apartment within walking distance of the Treasury with a price not over $35. Various rental listings follow for furnished and unfurnished units on multiple Northwest addresses, with agents MARTIN BROTHERS and T. H. Ald offering brokerage and occupancy details.
50 acre parcels offered for subdivision or truck farming near the northwest edge of the city. Property features electric car line access, healthy land, and quick sale to close an estate. Listed by Collins-Gerry Co. 681 18th St. NW.
Property items include 24400 feet of ground with brick dwelling and outbuildings offered at 1.10 per foot. Miller Shoemaker Real Estate lists 98,650.quiring two car lines and 8th Street area and a two story dwelling with six rooms for rent at 25 dollars monthly. Real estate ads urge readers to become own landlords via plan with payments.
Rail and parlor car itineraries list departures from New Jersey and Philadelphia to Atlantic City and major East Coast cities. The notice includes Pullman and dining service, several line timetables, ticket offices, and connections, with advisories on sleeping space and Sunday restrictions.
Greater Washington Realty Corp advertises lots for sale in Berwyn and Laurel subdivisions. Contact Santas Building at phone 4674 for details on available residential plots and pricing.
A dense timetable summary outlines multiple railroad services including the Chesapeake and Ohio route via Washington to New York and Florida, with first class coaches sleepers and dining cars. It lists departures for local and express trains, connections through Clifton Forge, Louisville, and Chicago, and regional branches serving Harrisonburg Charlottesville and Bluemont.
James T. Pitty corrects the record on the burial of Richard Waldron Welden once of Warren Rifles Virginia CSA. Waldron was identified as Welden and buried in Warrenton Virginia after verification and arrangements with authorities, with Pitty detailing the sequence from December 27 to January 1.
A mortgage securing 10 million dollars in four and one half percent bonds was filed with Hudson County by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company in favor of Standard Trust Company of New York. The mortgage covers tunnel property and subsidiary entities including the New York and Jersey Railroad Company and the Hoboken and Manhattan Railroad Company.
Invitations were mailed to Admiral George Dewey and Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans of the United States Navy to attend the Blue and Gray reunion on January 16 at Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Evans was wounded in the Fort Fisher assault, and the invitation comes from the Fort Fisher Survivors' Association.
Representative Livingston and Harvie Jordan petition the Postmaster General to issue a fraud order banning the New York Cotton Exchange from using the U S mails. They allege the exchange operates a speculative system with inferior grades stored in New York warehouses to depress spinnable cotton prices and harm the U S cotton trade.
Walter C. Hubbard president of the New York Cotton Exchange asks Postmaster General Cortelyou to send copies of any complaints against the exchange. He defends the institution as a chartered body with merchants of high standing and vows to protect its members from calumny and unfounded charges.
Charles Geasort and Agnes Geasort faced arraignment on bigamy charges after a seven months old child’s body was found abandoned near their home on Third Avenue and Ninety Ninth Street. A Newark-born wife, Jennie Gassert, testified to a prior marriage. The magistrate set $4,000 bail for the husband. the case followed initial police belief of murder, later deemed natural death.
In Chicago on January 1 captains of industry and organized workers will convene at Mrs Potter Palmer home under the National Civic Federation. August Belmont may attend as federation president. A Chicago branch of the federation could follow, modeled on the Boston effort. Initial fear of attendance due to the residence location subsides as labor leaders agree to meet employers in any venue.
A Buffalo physician endorses Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a safe, everyday aid to absorb gases in the stomach and bowels, cleanse the mouth and throat, improve complexion, and purify blood and breath. Priced at twenty five cents a box, the ad invites readers to request a free trial from F A Stuart Co, Marshall, Michigan.
Los Angeles police report an unknown burglar entered the upper story of General A. R. Chaffee’s home during dinner last night. He ransacked rooms and stole family jewelry valued at $1000, esteemed more for its associations than its monetary worth.
Secretary Wilson with McCabe Wiley and Dr Whey depart Washington to continue the whisky inquiry. They will visit distilleries in Pittsburg Pennsylvania and Terre Haute Indiana seeking information. They will likely be absent for the rest of the week.
New York reports Representative George H. Lindsay has been ill with pneumonia after a cold in Washington and is much improved, with his physician optimistic for recovery. In Chicago, the Federal Court of Appeals upheld the ten year penitentiary term for Henry G. Goll, cashier of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, on defalcation charges.
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