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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1907
Page
19
Classified housing ad lists multiple rental options with varied monthly rates and included utilities. Values shown include rents ranging from 13.89 to 40.09 per month across different units and configurations. Water charges appear in the listing as part of the utility package.
Suburban property listings from Washington offer small and large homes and land from 60 per sere to 2500 pounds. Jota building lots priced 200 to 1500 each. Featured offers include new houses at 2760 and 4500, fine homes around 5800, one acre options, and multiroom brick dwellings near Farragut Square with investment potential. Realty brokers Giles Weller and Fisher promote 15 years of suburban investment focus and several large listings along Seventh Street Northwest.
Auction style real estate notes advertise 12 feet front on Irving Street near Brightwood and Sherman avenues with price "astonish you" from TAIT OMWAKE CG. Cathedral Highlands lot near Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues features transport links, utilities, graded streets, forest shade, price 109 cash 20 monthly or one third cash balance annually with loans for building. Also offers mobile service and plat information. Additional listings describe vacant lot near Th St and R 1 Ave with 25x14 feet, best apartment site, and multiple investment lots near Idth xt north of Tark road plus a P O Box 262 notice.
A fashion guide details summer flannel suits with long coats and wide lapels, deep collars, and three to four-button fronts. It notes preference for gray flannel, the decline of double-breasted sack coats, and new overcoats for rough wear, plus waistcoat fashions and slim trouser fits.
A spring grasshopper plague devastates the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. Destructive swarms from the Kalahari desert darken skies from Gemiston to Krugersdorp, cover streets and trains, kill thousands of insects, and ruin crops. Losses exceed prior years with extensive horticultural and economic impact.
An account from the Independent narrates the February 11 execution of eight prisoners at Khilok. Soldiers and priests accompany the condemned as they face coffins and posts, singing a final protest before volleys kill seven. one survivor, Ivanov, dies after a last shot. The piece ends with a sharp quip about Chicago.
A long survey of Brookville Indiana portrays it as the most open town in the state with unlocked doors open chicken coops and homes. It notes a small police force few arrests a high jail record and a strong moral atmosphere supported by neighbors. The piece highlights German and Irish Catholic settlers colleges, churches, and three banks, describing Brookville as peaceful, prosperous, and unusually moral.
Encouraging him, Stut terton stumbles through a proposal to Miss Bright. She interrupts, insisting he take time to consider before he repeats his feelings, while hinting he may eventually express love. The moment captures a hesitant courtship exchange.
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