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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1908
Page
24
Numerous furnished rooms for rent in several northwest and southwest locations. Singles and gentlemen preferred with options including board, shared baths, and summer rates. Several listings mention modern apartments, southern exposure, and proximity to landmarks, with prices ranging around 1 to 2 dollars per day or per week.
A long list of rooms for rent across Northwest and other streets in Washington DC. Advertisements describe furnished and unfurnished rooms with or without board, in multiple buildings near Union Station, Census Capitol, and Columbia Heights, with prices ranging from about $3 to $21 per month. Many offer housekeeping facilities, shared baths, and summer rates, targeting transients and permanent boarders alike.
Abundant ad copy details many first and second floor unfurnished and furnished rooms in NW and NE areas, with varying rents from 5 to 22 dollars per month. Includes front rooms, rear rooms, house keeping, baths, gas, water, and board offers. Also lists exchange notices for piano lessons, furniture, and other services, plus notices seeking board and room arrangements near Union Station and Capitol area.
Numerous small ads from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper seeking furnished or unfurnished rooms and board. Frequent targets include private families in central areas, northwest and Georgetown, with terms ranging from cheap to moderate, some requesting strict privacy, water and gas, and proximity to government offices or transit. Many offer rooms for couples, students, or traveling men, some mention music teachers or professionals seeking exchanges, all noting price per month and property box references.
Specializing in moving, packing, and shipping with spacious wagons and first class service. Prompt attention by phone. services offered at lowest city rates. Local firms listed with contact numbers and locations.
A dense old classified page lists storage options renting space for furniture carriages trunks and boxes with separate rooms at multiple addresses in Washington DC. It also advertises furniture buying, repairing, and various services from storage firms and shops including Baum's Furniture, West End Storage, and Haverford Cycle Co along with dental and loan services. The notices mix storage rates and featured items such as household goods and bric a brac.
List of multiple apartment rentals with details on units in The Plaza Rochambeau The Lenox The Highlands The Farragut and others. Descriptions note floor counts room counts baths heating utilities and monthly rents plus available dates from June through October Various buildings offer furnished unfurnished and housekeeping options with on site offices and contact BOX numbers or desk locations for immediate inquiries.
Two young women seek furnished or unfurnished apartments for summer use with reasonable rent. Requests include a mother and daughter, bachelor arrangements, and a married couple without children. Scattered ads list boxes, locations, and rates from $15 to $40 monthly.
Fulton and Galan advertise modern methods to sell parcels of land on Connecticut Avenue Terrace. The notice mentions affordable payments of $20 per month and offers hostal contact by telephone or cell for inquiries.
A fragmented advertisement listing several Northwest D C homes and properties from various sellers. Highlights include a six room brick house, three story brick with twelve rooms, semi detached brick near Petworth, and a Col Heights home. Mentions hot water heat, gas lights, hardwood floors, and nearby streets like Massachusetts Avenue and Thomas Circle. Offers are presented with prices and box office contact references.
Numerous listings for houses and apartments to rent or sublet in northwest Washington DC. Various options include furnished and unfurnished rooms, 7 to 12 rooms, garages, baths, steam heat, and yards. Locations span Holmead Place NW, Euclid Street, Park Road, and surrounding blocks. notable contact references include Mrs Richard Goldbergrough and Treasury Dept. listings. Some ads mention summer rental, short-term occupancy, and references required.
Suburban properties offered for sale and rent near Washington include a Foxall Heights lot fronting Connecticut Avenue with forest shade and lawn, near the new Rock Creek bridge. Langdon area house. two large Petworth lots. suburban cottages and homes with easy terms. Hollywood and Arlington plots. Fairfax and Vienna listings. landlords advertise services, terms, and contact BOX 14 Balaton VA and Cleveland Park area brokers.
Property listings advertise farms for sale in Maryland and Virginia with colonial estates, orchards, grain crops, and water access. Highlights include 495 acres, mixed crops, fenced land, multiple houses, and distant mountains views within proximity to Washington. Also mentions rentals and suburban country properties with ideal farms and rents.
Trustee's sale notices for improved real estate in Washington DC list properties at The Northern Liberty Market and Convention Hall corner Fifth and L streets NW. Descriptions include lot sizes, improvements, and terms: cash deposit, balance in three equal yearly installments with interest. Postponed due to weather to May 7. multiple trustees’ sales and bidders named.
For sale listing mentions various cars and services with prices and details. Includes references to Oldsmobile, Ford, and electric runabout, battery overhauls, repair shop, and a contact in Richman. Faint OCR noise but preserves names like Ford price 650 and Oldsmobile top and lamps.
Classified notices advertise rental and sale of autos including a fully equipped Ford Parson runabout with accessory options and a Reo 387 durable model. Also offered are an Electric Delivery Wagon with new battery and long range, a Four Cylinder Touring Car at three per hour, and various touring cars by Zimmerman and Kenapalle. Listings show contact boxes and office addresses in Washington with phone references.
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