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Library of Congress1923

Image 14 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), March 12, 1923

W 1 One of Washingtons Industries So tremendous is the business of running the United States Goverment that Washington even to Washingtonians is considered a Government city as applied to industry It is true the Governments one hundred thousand odd employes with a monthly payroll of some ten millions bf dollars is a tremendous factory yet throughout the city are hundreds of smaller industries giving employment to thousands of men and women and turning back in the business channels millions of dollars each year Such an institution is THE WASHINGTON TIMESHERALD Whose Weekly Payroll for 594 Employes Is in Excess of 24000 These 594 employes are for the most part heads of families or at least breadwinners and probably suppbrt 2000 people which is a small community in itself a community spending for the necessities and many of the luxuries of life over a million and a quarter dollars each year Buying Power to be reckoned witha farreaching influence in merchandising real estate and financial circles THE WASHINGTON TIMESHERALD A National Institution With Washingtons Interest Always at Heart will soon move into its new home One of the largest and most modern newspaper plants in the United States is being

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Library of Congress1907

Image 13 of The Washington herald (Washington, D.C.), October 8, 1907, (Anniversary)

WASHINGTON D C TUESDAY OCTOBER 8 3 1907 an TT e rp ee trenminiias a WS 3 ON HERALD Anniversary ONE YEAR OLD Anniversary T i The Washington Herald Enters Second Year WHAT IT HAS DONE i Welcomed to a Field that Waited for It ITS GROWTH IN A YEAR i Story of the Founding of the Cap itals Newest Newspaper and What It Has Achieved During the Busy Period Since Its First Issue Left the PressA Glance Backward Re calling Incidents of Its Birth x Vh ry f Arr This line with which everybody has become familiar the last six weeks is now explained Tre Wasrixerox HerALD is one vear old today 1 Its anniversary finds it no newspaper fledgling but full growna wellestablished institution of the National Capital This it intended to become when the first number left the press October 8 1906 It has the readersover 30000 of them It has the good will of the communitythe hearty good will It is known the country over the most widely quoted Wash ington newspaper i It has a share a generous share of advertising patronage Glance over its wellfilled columns and you will see what the Washington merchants

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Library of Congress1919

Image 5 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), July 18, 1919

r National Newspaper Advertising How When and Where to Use It BY WILLIAM H RANKIN President Wm H Rankin Co New York Washington Chicago COMPETITION to secure na tional markets has become so keen that individual business firms are eagerly searching for new methods by which to domi nate the attention of the public and to dominate it first searching for methods that will give more intensive sales results that can be obtained by any usual form of advertising This method has been found it is National Newspaper Advertising As is invariably the case the new method was found not only to be an acceptable substitute for the old but to have certain superiorities over the old meth od of magazines plus newspa pers The ability of National news paper advertising to create large volume national sales has al ready been demonstrated Many million dollars have already been spent for the United States Government in this way helping to bring to the Government bil lions of dollars in return Mil lions more have been spent in this sort of advertising by com mercial firms and the results they have obtained have been highly remunerative The thing has been tried out

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Library of Congress1930

Image 29 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), July 21, 1930

SALEHOUSES iCenUnaed SACRIFICE SALE IN FIRST COMMERCIAL ZONE MUST BE SOLD Two house 9 room and bath each orl two door from busy corner Those houses are easily worth 130000 Must be sacrificed to settle an estate Price 13750 H R HOW ENSTEIN CO 1315 H St NW SPECIAL BARGAIN Only S2OO Cash Bal Monthly 2634 10th St NE _ OPEN FOR INSPECTION Nearly new twostory brtrk dwelhnt with tarate in this very convenient location lust i north of R I eve cars and busses Don t m miss this chance Original price 8 95P Cur crlct 58250 Drive ou this evening and atif It pver ti K HOWENSTEIX CO 1315 H St NAV Pis 0908 Capitol Hill Corner Home Owner goirg to California offprs his modern folonlal home FOR LESS THAN IOOOO CVERLOOKINO GOVT TRIANGLE PARK AND MD AVE 6 nice bright rooms modern and in ftrst elass condition throughout Colonial porch on front and side brick garage This prop erty is very attractive and will sell quickly Fhone for sn appointment to see WAPLE JAMES INC 1326 14th St N VV ffnrth 006 Chevy Chase 89830 Colonialfront brick home in Chevy i Chase D C on paved street

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Library of Congress1926

Image 59 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), December 9, 1926

AUCTION SALES THIS AFTER NOON j TROV T OWEN A SON AUCTIONEERS j Business Property Large Brick Store and Garage No 3706 Fourteenth st NW At Auction B T authority vested tn us w will ml publi suction m front of the premise on THURSDAY THE NINTH HAT OF DE CEMBER 1926 AT FOUR O CLOCK Pt lot 40 tn oui 2692 improved ns shove Terms Sold suhjeot to a first deed of rit sot sioon 00 due in shoot two and half years with interest at 6 W per rent thp purrhasp prie above said trust to he paid onehslf rash and halanrp as second deed of trust payable 7500 per month with Interest at 61 per rent tn mature in two rears A deposit of 30000 required Conreranrin recording etc at purchasers cost Sale to he closed within thirty days or deposit forfeited THOfl J OWEN A SON Allots d4dds etSu ADAM A WESCHIER A SON Aiisuoneers Trustees Sale of a Twostory Brick Dwelling No Eye Street Northeast By virtue of a certain dead of tru4l re corded in Liber No 5443 folio 14 one of the land record of the Histrirt of Columbia and default havint been

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Library of Congress1908

Image 23 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 31, 1908

THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Business Office 11th 8t and Pannsylrani Avenue Th Evening Star Newspaper Company Eunpcu Office 8 Hejent St London England New York Office Tribune Building Chicago Office First National Bank Euiliiag The Erennjr Star with the Sunday morning edit Ire In delivered by carriers on tlielr own ac count within the city at 50 cent pr month without The Sunday Star at 44 cents per month Br mall postage prepaid Ta11y Snnday Inrlnded one month H cpnts Pally SundaT excepted one month r0 cents Saturday Star one rear 100 8anday Star one year 150 T Pages 118 Part 3 WASHINGTON D C SATURDAY OCTOBER 31 1908 Character of a Store People identify the character of a store with the character of the paper in which they see the stores advertisement nminHnnmi REMARKABLE BUILDING ACTIVITY To those who have not kept in touch with the marvelous development of that remarkablv beautiful and picturesque sec tion a visit to SAULS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF W ASHINGTON will indeed be a revelation ALL CITY IMPROVEMENTS are already installed in cluding CITY WATER CITY SEWERS CITY GAS AND ELECTRICITY All the streets are being macadamized and provided

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