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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1918
Page
20
A garbled page of rooms for rent listings in Washington DC area includes numerous private homes offering furnished and unfurnished rooms with meals, private baths, and utilities. Opportunities span Dupont Circle, Columbia Road, Georgetown, and Dupont areas with varying prices and terms for single men, couples, and professionals.
Multiple small ads seek furnished or unfurnished rooms with private baths or shared facilities in Washington DC area. Requests include single rooms for young women and officers, private baths, cooking privileges, proximity to the Treasury area, and near Dupont Circle or Connecticut Avenue bridges. Some ads request references, board, or short-term leases.
A transcribed legal record lists multiple Supreme Court equity division matters with case numbers and attorney names including Gammon Ye Maxwell, John Ridout, D B Anthony, and Percy Metager. Probate and other divisions reference wills dated 1916 to 1917, estates and petitions for registration or administration, and various civil actions such as replevin and damages.
Real estate transfers listed include 4381 Might Street Northwest to Burroughs and others, several parcels on Maryland Avenue, North Capitol, and Petworth, with prices mostly $10 or $33,000 for larger lots. Notable entries: Kennedy Gerd Northeast parcel between North Capitol and First Street, and Chevy Chase Park trust to Antonino Casimano.
A historical deed of trust compilation lists numerous properties in squares and parcels with balances from $1,800 to $7,??, detailing borrowers such as Arthur W. Brown Mabel E. and Mary A. Gunning, with secured sums, terms up to 8 years, and monthly or semiannual payments to various trustees and lenders, including Louis E. Phillige and Edgar D. Turner. The dense OCR shows numerous names, lots, and payment terms across parcels B and original lots, reflecting land security records.
An Associated Press dispatch from Aug 20 in England reports British American aerodromes teaching pilots to reduce fatalities through stronger fuselages and better crash handling. Lieut J Walmaley cites 69 crashes in three years of flying with only minor injuries, noting improved craft lets downed crews survive.
Paris August 31 The radical party executive committees meeting last Sunday adopted a resolution supporting a society of nations as proposed by Frank Gent Wilson. The party will press its members in the French parliament to advocate the plan's realization.
Special correspondence from London discusses Harden's critique of German policy and Hertling's bid for power. The piece argues Belgium bore the burden of German actions, accuses Hertling of evading responsibility, and asserts Belgium must recover sovereignty and independence under international law.
An account of Lizard, a three year old mongrel dog with Irish terrier genes, serving as a British signal courier in France. Despite being gassed and wounded by shrapnel, he has never failed to deliver crucial messages, earning a feared reputation and ashine in a camp for dog nurses. The article highlights other canine dispatch bears and explains training, courage, and loyalty in the dog corps.
Rome reports an enemy mutant boat on Lake Garda was sunk by Italian artillery on the Trentino front. Italian recon patrols captured prisoners in the Posina valley and Val di Avsm, with activity and prisoner captures in the Grappa area. In Albania, Italian cavalry recon forces south of the Lower Agmeni River drove back detachments and captured prisoners.
Amsterdam via London August 31 The German press discusses a permanent defensive fortress in the west. Critics speak of a fortified camp able to repel Allied assaults and extend into enemy territory. Observers say the west front and Germany’s position are now critical.
Pierre Collier, 33, a corporal in the French tank corps, is credited with capturing 700 Germans in action near the Marne. He also seized two field pieces and earned the Legion of Honor for gallantry shown while commanding a tank crew of fifteen Americans. A shell wrecked the tank and forced foot advance. Germans surrendered after a guard duty and flag signal.
The ministry of education selected university and college professors including two women to study in America. They expect to sail from Shanghai soon and will pursue study in the United States.
Paris August 1 A French American force known as the fighting devils dominates near Boissons forcing the Bosches back. The unit blends Foreign Legion French troops with seasoned American veterans commanded by an American general under Foch Mengin and Petain. Both sides praise the other as the “real goods” while Americans and French credit mutual bravery and skill in the hard battle against Fritz.
The Prince of Monaco proposes Monte Carlo as a leave center for American expeditionary forces. The American headquarters study the distance and transportation issues while awaiting necessary preliminaries. Monte Carlo could host 6 000 to 12 000 soldiers and the casino would stay closed to uniformed men.
Gen van Ardenna analyzes why Rheims resists major German assault. He cites a strong garrison of two divisions including colonial troops and vast champagne cellars drilled into chalky soil serving as shelter from artillery and gas. The defenses, a girded perimeter, would allow French forces to defend even under storming attack while clouds over the city persist.
President Poincare of the French Republic visited Italian forces on the front in France and distributed decorations. General Giuseppe Garibaldi, son of the liberator, received the Legion of Honor cross. Poincare spoke in Italian, praising the Italian troops for their defense during the Marne drive.
Real estate firms cope with war drafts as several brokers join the service. Charles W Fairfax of the Real Estate Brokers Association plans a September meeting. Charles A Jones of Fisher Co enters ordnance duties likely to France. others add women to sales staff while Bullivan Mahorney Sullivan Irwin Shank shift to service and construction roles.
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