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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1906

Page

37

Real Estate Boom Grows on Warmer Weather in City

The article notes a surge in real estate activity during the third week of the new year driven by favorable weather and rising confidence in property as an investment. Builders and architects rush plans for residences and apartments across multiple districts, including Peninsula and Petworth, with several developers announcing new projects and sales to prominent figures and investors.

Eleventh Street Caritel Pleamingdale Alk Fox Company, Incorporated N Street New Hampshire Avenue Speilen & Speiden Clarry Wardman Irving Street Kenesaw Avenue Fourteenth Fifteenth Streets Petworth Kennebunk Reality Company Tertrell & Lattle Ninth Ali Allard & Appleby Y H Pakford First Street Heght William T Simmonss Properio BU E Street Modena Pickford WoJckford Thittie Boostreet Rhode Island Amona Moore & Hill Company Harrs Willson Tydecker Avenue Harry Wardman Flagler Senator Brandegee Connecticut K Street Louis E. Bruinger Thirteenth Street Columbia, Heights Carmedy My Third Street G. A. Brooks Harvard Street Columbia Heights F. Kramer W_street Wilige Gibbs & Daniel Sunderland Brothers Margare Clark Otis Plate la Mar Place Edward M. Dulin Harry F. Dunkhurst Sarah FL. J. Goode Waverly Mass Newport Place O Streets Ethel J. Sprague

Legal Record From District Courts Chronicle

Court listings show adjourned sessions in Equity Court No 1 and No 2 under Justices Anderson Stafford and Clabaugh with assignments for January and 1996 dates, plus numerous caseloads across Circuit and Criminal Courts, probate matters, and property liens including Washington Brewing Company, Moxley, and notable estates and deeds in multiple DC neighborhoods.

Court of Appeals District of Columbia Supreme Court Equity Court NO 1 Anderson ‘Bickton Eckton Clabaugh J. McD Carrington Leon Harlow J. W. Gagan Mary Wogarry Atterneyz J M. George Theo. Rupil Alford Orme Atterneya Ns. Jeffords Archer Greene Powell J. A. Johnson Irving Williamson Krauss Dougass & Douglass Wolf & Rosenberg Clark Curtin Equity Court NO Justice Stafford Anderson Ellett Burke G. A. Bentley J. B. Green Baltimore Humane Society Moxley M’ Strasburger L, Eb, Phillips J. J. Hamilton Circuit Court Barnard Kalbfus Byrne Arthur Peter Edwin Forrest Savoy Capital Traction Company HFE Davis Tucker & Kenyon E S. Bailey R. Ross Perry G Thomas Dunlop Brandenburg Abbott W. Mosby Prentiss E. H. Thomas Kohler Palmer Leon Darlington Firemen's Insurance Company of

Deeds of Trust in Several DC Additions

Deeds of trust record multiple loan transactions securing various individuals and entities. Names include John K. Kause Flora K. Knopp Edward Robson Mary E. Barnes Ella C. Middleton Herbert L. Daviseeaux and others. Sums range from hundreds to twenty thousand dollars with terms from months to five years and interest rates mostly six percent, semi annual. Properties listed in Brookland Columbia Heights Holmstead and other DC neighborhoods.

Saratoga Brookland Flora K Knopp John L John L Kause Henry May Henrietta de Courcy Mey Moore and Barbour Agnes C Branders Edward Rorlson Washington Highlands Charles G Taylor Ransel J Byrne Kirby Street Northwast Laura L Dodge William H. Russell W Wallace Chiawell Holmead Manor Percy H. Russell Frank Foer Pleasant Plains Lucy G Barthrong Ithamar P John Joy Basan Moore Barbour H Hayes Burkitt Harry B. Huhn Washington Heights Harry Werdman William D Monroe Harry B Huhn Juda M Burkitt Fourteenth Street Joseph A. Williamson John R Lang Jr Jhn R. Lang, Jr Senford Edie Fourteenth Fifteenth Streets American Secuity and Trust Company J Louis Loose Fort Saratoga John K. Kause Richard Pairo Herbert A. Gil John J. Srésaan John L. Knopp Charles A. Hays Flora K. Knopp Mocah & Harbours Edward Robson Charles F Benjamin Roger T. Mitchell Perpetual Building Association Charles F. Benjamin Roger T. Bitchell Agnes C. Brandes Mary E. Barnes Fred Harry T. Clayton Flavius J. Barnhert William F. Toata Ella C. Middleton Frank Edward J. Stellwagen George E. Wdming Edward L. Hillyer Holmbead Louis H. Meyera William H. Russell Et W. Wallace Chiswell Laura S. Paul Laura L. Dodge Connecticut Avenue Highlands Ithamar P Berthrong Et al Washington Loan and Trust Company John Joy Bdeon Holmfad Manor H. R Howenstein Thomas H S Banes William D. Monrose Louis Wilitge Ernest WH. Daniel Harry Wardman Sanford Edle Edwin L. Wilson Lucas P. Loving John Thomas Lee Albert A Wilson John B Larner District OF Columbia Maryland Intersal J. H. Bradley Company, Inc D. C Frank Trawlings Arlington Fire Insurance Company Tyler & Rutherford (Incorporated Fst. Nw D C Stone & Fairfax F Nw WM H Saunders & CO F St Nw Robert Bd Bradley F Street Walter H. Acker C. A. Baker Metzerott F St A. E. Hogn REED Corcoran Thos. J.eer & Co., Incorporated F. H. Smith CO Bond N. Y Moore & Hill, Inc 14Th St Harrison Realty Coo St. Iw

Old Dominion opening and Aqueduct Bridge traffic relief planned

Real estate transfers show Wardman properties at 207 Eighteenth Street 2418 Highteenth Street and 2190 Fiabler Place with prices 7200 7250 and 4800 respectively. The Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad cost 36000 to widen the Aqueduct Bridge and cars have arrived at Rosslyn. Traffic congestion near the north curve prompts a proposed Prospect avenue extension for relief though Virginia bound traffic via the bridge remains limited.

Homan Eighteenth Street Harry Wardman William E. Lee Highteenth Street L. D. Gaskill Fiabler Place V Street Old Dominion Aqueduct Bridge Great Falls Prospect Avenue Georgetown Virginia

Learned Lesson in Horned Cows and Hats

A lively column mixes jokes about a famed lawyer puzzled by hornless cows and a farmer suggesting horns are used for ax handles and tails for soup. It also recalls a clerk’s self mockery about a missing fictitious name after buying a cheap rain hat and leaving with a mystery package.

John Ritsburg Gazette Taylor

Conscience Fund Receives Over 300000 in Brief Restitutions

A long feature on the U S Conscience Fund notes more than 300000 in two weeks from small gifts and stamps. It recounts varied motives for repayment by individuals described through anecdotes of stamps, letters, and confessions sent to the Treasury.

Sam Eumene Daskam Mr. Daskam Tihai Daya Relef John Smith Carlisle White House Cleveland Tennessee United States Iron Papitan Ilion Treasury Roosevelt Inez Dakota Evetoms Daskam Conscience Fund John Jones C 1 Hood Co Hood Sarsaparilla Lowell Mass Expresa Olrenlir Sane Lofranco Sosiraul San Ee

Presidents' nicknames from Washington to Roosevelt

The Louisville Herald surveys popular nicknames for U S presidents from Washington through Theodore Roosevelt. It notes Father of his Country, Old Hickory, Tippecanoe, Old Tip, and Teddy among many honors, while stressing most epithets arose from respect rather than contempt.

White House Louisville Washington Macistrates Georgius France Fabius Lord Byron Alfieri America John Adams John Quincy Adams Congress William Ewart Gladstone Thomas Jefferson Long Tom Monticello Madisen James Monroe Andrew Jackson Southwest Big Knife New Orleans Martin van Buren Magician Wizard Whisky van King Martini William Henry Harrison van Buren Harrison Gen. Harrison West Tyler Polk Hickory Millard Fillmore Sir Veto Tennessee Andy Grant Sero Appomattox Presié Chester A. Arthur Cleveland Benjamin Harrison McKnley McKinley Bill Roosevelt Teddy United States

Saving Himself and a Laugh at Ancient Fest

A fragment describes a scene from Stendara where Wise defends Jenks by laughing at a joke during a festival. Jenks questions the laugh and Wise asserts it was self defense to prevent a repeat remark.

Jenks

Brand of the Tailless Pig in Pioneer Days

Special correspondence recalls a 1866 Fort Benton branding tale linked to A B Hamilton, Montanas first justice of the peace. The account highlights his sharp aim and the branding methods used by early cattlemen, including unconventional shapes, amid Meagher’s governorship and Hamiltons later sheriff election.

Montana Washington Post Hamilton Thomas Francis Meagher Territory America Fur i Company Fort Benton Chouleau County

Hog brand extends to end of tale in memory of territorial shot artist

A worker named Hamilton branded his hogs to prevent mixups and, from a fence ten feet away, shot the tails off each pig in about fifteen minutes using a 44 revolver. He fired only a few shots and none of the dogs were harmed, earning him the nickname champion shot of the Territory. The tale is included among other columns and clippings.

Hamilton

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