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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1906
Page
16
A long catalog of furnished rooms for rent in northwest and southwest Washington. Listings describe front rooms, parlor rooms, and bedrooms in private homes with details on heat, bath, car line access, and weekly or monthly rates. Includes multiple addresses and private families seeking gentlemen or refined tenants.
Numerous listings for furnished rooms in Northwest Washington near Dupont, Corcoran, and the Capitol area. Single and double rooms, suites, and rooms with private baths, hot water heating, and elevator service are offered. Prices range from moderate to 35 dollars weekly with board. some include meals. Inspect and inquire at multiple properties including The Logan, The Everett, and others on H Street NW and surrounding blocks.
A large ad listing many unfurnished and furnished rooms for rent in NW locations. Details include room size, heat, gas, bath, private family preferences, and prices from $6 to $40 monthly. Multiple addresses given 9th to 14th streets NW, plus nearby properties and board options. Includes requests for boarders, and notices from landlords and agents seeking tenants.
Hotel Stratford at Fourteenth Street offers convenient travel from both BR stations with thirteen minutes to the booming center. Electric lights and storm heat provide comfort for guests while billiard and pool rooms, a large sun parlor, and artesian well water enhance leisure, making it a notable lodging option in the area.
Classified rental notices show multiple apartment options in Northwest Washington. Listings include furnished and unfurnished units with two to three rooms, bath, and modern amenities such as steam heat, electric lights, and maid or valet service. Also featured are office suites, various buildings like The Benedice The Imperial The Kent and others with on premises renting agents and pool facilities.
Newly opened hotel apartments offer extensive rooms with steam heat, electric bells, hotel service, and dining facilities. Varied layouts include large drawing rooms and options for families or singles, supported by strong references and moderate terms.
Classified personals offer high cash for worn garments and shoes from several buyers. Multiple notices advertise loans on D C and Maryland real estate at low rates from numerous firms J H Bradley Co Frank T Rawlings Stone Fairfax and others. See 1307 7th St NW 1910 204th Ave and other addresses for contact and terms.
For Rent housing listings from Fisher Co and others. Many DC NW addresses list 9 to 18 room houses, flats, and apartments with prices from $12.50 to $85 monthly. Properties include 2510 6th NW, 1910 G AW, 1200 B Cap, 1428 18th NW, and several near 17th, Q, and Dupont areas. Also mentions rental offices and agents such as Thomas J Fisher Co and Martin Bros with multiple rental options across Gw, NE, and SE sectors.
A dense group of vintage ads touts Washington area business properties available for investment or owner use. Highlights include corner lots on prime streets opposite major establishments, low rents with strong net yields, out of town heirs selling under value, and listings near Ebbitt House and Palais Royal. Also offered are country homes, cash rents, and timberland parcels with detailed specs and contact notes.
Trust deeds dated 1886 and 1900 trigger public auctions of real estate, machinery, and fixtures. The Virginia tract near Columbian Brick Yards known as Jackson Phillips Brick Company Yards sells at public auction with 96 acres and several buildings, plus separate DC lot 912 First Street Northwest offered with terms of one third cash and balance over two years, secured by deed of trust.
Legal notices from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia published January 1908 announce divorce proceedings against Henry J Flynn and Mamie Wilson, with appearance deadlines for Mamie Wilson and publication requirements. Additional probate notices list estates of Willam Santry, Cornelius H Naughton, and Eleanor N Meeds, warning claimants to file proofs by specified dates or be excluded. Proposals for DC sewer and steel projects follow, alongside horse and vehicle advertisements offering a range of carriages and related items.
A flood of classified style notices offers loans, partnerships, and sales. Private party loans of 12000 or 4200 sought, real estate, stock and business opportunities listed, plus sale of a cigar and periodical shop, a horse stock brood, and an animal hospital opening at 709 12th street near Schmid's bird store.
Classified notice proclaims bicycles for sale with cushioned tire and puncture resistant design. Offers Hartford and Diamond puncture-prost reference and price of 195 dollars from Jones Tire Works. Contains garbled extra characters but preserves sale action and vendor.
The article notes a rising value of West Virginia coal and related fuels, with rail lines under construction or planned to unlock vast fields in West Virginia, Southwestern Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky. It cites a surge in capital, major railroad projects like Coal Coke Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio expansions, and large land transactions by Harden, Guiffey, and others, predicting 1906 will bring substantial progress.
New York society notes Gen Theodore A Bingham new police commissioner may mirror Ward McAllister ranking sense and etiquette mastery Mrs Bingham Miss Lucille Rutherford has strong social ties including intimacy with the German Empress. Historic jewels of Mrs Bonaparte seen at White House New Years reception linked to Napoleon II and Westphalian fortune.
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