davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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roadhousef' groaned Sally. '"rhey
have q thousand dollars to spend
where Aunt EN- and / haven't q
thousand pennies! They hired q
couple of professional dancers
lately. for instance. A couple Of
SpaniRrds who know the tango and
the"
That's Just what I'm driving
at" interrupted Ted. "All kid
ding aside, Sally, you're the best
dancer ever saw! If you'd do
some exhibition dancing here,
you'd draw the crowds. Not at
first, but pretty soon people
would hear about you.
Put on a sort Of one-act show!
That's the ideal And you could
do 1t, all alone, and It wouldn't
cost you q penny"
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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ferent to it and 10 her. His dark
eyes We're quite cold as he looked
down at her.
mo can't stay tonight, Mile"
he said, I'm sorry"
He went.
Mile followed him a. far as
the brown car, and stood there
talking to him for q minute or
two. But he started the motor
running as il he were in q hurry
to be off. and after bit Sally saw
him raise his hat and wave. Then
Mile came slowly up the steps
and into the house.
1.-THE big High-Hat!' she snap
ped, when she was inside the hall
and closing the heavy oak door
behind her. "Soro at me, ! sup.
pose because / went out q couple
Of times with Davy Davidson
She came close TO Sally, who
was standing in the doorway Of the
dining room.
when your Boy Friends gone,
want to ask your advice about
something" she said In q low tone,
and went upstairs to go back to
bed. She usually rested all day
Sunday.
80 4
It was Ted Sloan who put the
brilliant idea into Sallys head.
Sally had been telling him how
poor business was in the House by
the Side Of the Road, and he him
self had seen how few people came
there that Sunday night.
Your place lacks pepg' eaid
Ted, who knew some of the rules
OF selling, picked up In his own
business OF selling automobiles.
Now, YOU take this place down
the road. the Lark, 40 they call
It."
Don't tank 70 me about that
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What Has Happened So Far:

WIHE music would linger after
night had closed round the pass
Ing ship. Linger softly. terderly
as q caress.
She saw II all in color; violet
dark, blue light OF stars gIinting
down slim. white bodies Of the
ships. Aloneness, q shadow far.
flung, high as heaven Ii high and
very deep.
The image came to her again
and again. It came often when
she stood before the window OF
little interior decorating shop
where she liked to stop because of
the glimpses Of beauty she caught
inside.
The shop belonged to. Frances
Haiden, a brilliant, unconventional
woman, who manager ner affairs
very capably in her own way and
let the rest OF the world go by.
Emily started down the hill to-
ward the shop on the Saturday Of
the picnic. She had seen a piece
Of tapestry in the window the day
before, q noble thing. faded by age
She didn't know that once 1t had
graced the boudoir of a queen.
She only knew that it was bewitch-
ing and she wished to see the soft
colors, melting into each other.
But once outside, green things
beckoned and she turned toward
Herald Hill. There she found
Marty Nolan, sitting alone on q
boulder, looking out across the val.
ley.
She would have turned and gone
back. but he saw her. Without a
word he climbed down and fell into
step beside her.
They turned up North Mountain,
still without speaking, and follow.
ed the trail to the summit. Far
below them the river was q blue
ribbon, undulating gently: to the
anrth Roclxland Lake was spread
like q round mirror. And away in
every direction were the yellows
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TT WILL REPLACE THE DRESS you LOST"

Mrs. Haiden nodded to her and
turned her car. She drove to the
shop and Emily followed her in,
side, thrilled to the finger-tips.
''You like coIors, my dear? I'll
show you"
Back to the dye room they went
where two or three great watts stood
over gas-rtngs and the walls we're
like dozens Of rainboWs caught and
thrown together in q crazy blaze
OF color. There we're blues rang
ing from cieI to ultra-marine; q
conflagration Of reds and orange:
lengths Of silk like forest glades
dappled with gold and green;
others which suggested the rotting
hues Of old.fashioned gardens.
fTO Be Continued Tomorrow
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disregard Of old. accepted orders
Of living an attitude not to be
taken lightly. But upon these she
turned her wise, irnpersonal glance
and they let her go her way with.
out malicious gossip.
Emily thought of all this a. she
waited-remembered her own Curl
osity about the woman whose shop
window so fascinated her.
Yet. as she saw the square, some
what ungraceful figure coming
across the lawn; gray head nod
ding. eyes muslng, she thought,
II spoke TO her only today. Never
before today, but now it seems /.
always have known her. She makes
you feel sort OF easy; no need to
talk q lot. Just sit beside her and
she understands So
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SKY-WRTTING
MACHINE

A TYPEWRITER" for sky
"A writing with airplanes has
been developed. The invention
consists Of tubes projecting from
the lower part Of the plane.
These tubes are so arranged that
any letter Of the alphabet can
be produced. Each tube contains
q series of small parachute flares.
BY this system a message can be
written In the sky in clear let.
ters resembling print. instead of
the script letters now made by
slywriters.
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What Do You KnOU?
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST
Questions on Editorial Page.
Answers to Today's Test:

jerusalem Philadelphia; 3, Mississippi T. Vermont
Richard Artist; Z Singer; Violinist Author he
StarSpanged Banner Orator. Educator; TrueMania
capital Of the Philippine Islands; 49, False-Lncon
buried Springfield ILL., IL FaseRosa Bonheur painted the
Fair; is, TrueWher wrote Barbara Fhie; 16,
Fase-There red stripes in the American Flag.
The Washington times., 1927-11-29

Little pig, please let me in"
said the old big gray wolf.
mo, no, no! Not by the hair
on my chinny, chin, chin!'
said the little black pig.
Very well" said the old
gray wolf,
Il will huff and I will puff
and ! will blow your house in"
The old wolf huffed and he
pulled.
He blew little pigs house in
and ate the little pig up.
CO. :. 9. New. s.rvie. Inc,
The Washington times., 1927-11-29

To "Make-a-Book" of "a pages, cut six
strips Az inches by inches. Fold these
like pages of book. Cut cover from stiff
paper inches by 10. Sew pages into cover
with big stitch.
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Paste Mondays first picture on the out
side Of your book cover. Cut out pages from
strip and paste in your book. Page opposite
cover is page /. Read your story and
color your pictures.
The Washington times., 1927-11-29
This Day in Our History

MARCUS WHITMAN, pioneer and leader il the colonization
M Of Oregon massacred BY the Indians at WauIatpu Ore
together with his wife, two adopted children and other settlers
November %, 1847.
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Origin Of '.Pin-Money'

FDN-MoNEYn the name Of wtes allowance dates back
to the reign Of Charles Of England This monarch received
about the pnmakers this he handed
to his Queen for her private purse.
The Washington times., 1927-11-29

For many mothers Bond
Bread solves the old diff
ficulty Of getting children
to eat . balanced meal.
The home-like flavor of
Bond stimulates young
appetites. They approach
their meals with rest
when Bond is the basic
food. Seeing their Aager-
ness for this wholesome
bread, careful Mothers
seize the opportunity to
combine with it the milk.
eggs and vegetables which
every growing child.
should have.
Because only the purest
and. finest ingredients are
ever used in Bond Bread
the loaf is not only invit-
ing looking, firm and
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Children Never Tire Of
Eating Bond Bread

Bond Bread Is my Children's main food p
writes Mrs. Walter Dempsey, of 1852 Jack
son Street N. E., "and they never tire of
eating it. In between meals they eat it
with butter, jelly, or peanut butter. They
also like it toasted as milk toast-dipped
in egg and milk and fried. They will eat
vegetables on Bond toast where they
wouldn't eat them otherwise. It is their
foundation food and keeps their systems
regulated, thus eliminating the use Of
medicines"
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clcse-knit in texture and
deliciously appetizing, but
it Is easily digestible.
Good digestion makes for
happy dispositions and
You win find Bond Bread
children good.natured as
well as healthy.
Mothers who have kept
on baking their own bread
to be sure Of its purity
and flavor would do well
to read the bond which Is
printed on the wrapper Of
each Bond loaf. It is =
pledge that the food ma
terials in Bond Bread are
the same as she would
use ut home. Every day
more than q million
housewives see this pledge
faithfully kept.
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tTO BE Continued Tomorrow
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Houses for Sale
$3.OOO.O0
$3.50 CASH

New home near Rhodius Park: inside
toilet. gas. wafer sewer; 5000 cash. S25
per month, Call BRIDGES & GRAVES
Co, 237 N. Delaware. Riley $3.50.
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BARGAINS

Oriental rugs: sacrifice; also
walnut breakfast set Eve, Har. 0963.
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MORE FIRES, MORE PAY
-Four Members of Volunteer Depart
ment Face Arson Charges.

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, April 4.-Search
was instituted today for Berger de
wager, former chief of the volunteer
fire department Of Southgate, Los
Angeles suburb, wanted on charges
of arson and conspiracy.
Four other members of the volun-
teer fire squad were arrested late
yesterday on arson charges. They
confessed setting fire to a score of
houses to increase their pay checks,
which are determined by the number
of fire alarms answered, according
to Lieut.. w. S. Christopher of the
Southgate police department.
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PLAN APPOMATTOX DAY
Allied Organizations of G. A. r. Will
Join in Saturday Tvent.

The Boys of Blue" will have their
day at Ft. Friendly, 512 N. Illinois
St., Saturday. 1t will be the cele-
bration of Appomattox day, and the
atmosphere of '63 will fill the air.
Allied organizations of the G. A. r.
will join in the observance.
Frederick E. Schortemeier, Sec.
rotary Of State, will make an address
and ]. Max Young will speak on
Abraham Lincoln"
The sixty-second annual celebra-
ton will open with prayer by Chap.
lain Enoch II. Wood. The Grand
Army chorus will sing old.time
songs. Mary Traub Busch, Mrs.
M. B. Didway and others will pre-
sent musical numbers. j. J. La Fol
lette will preside.
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FIRE MENACES
TWO THEATERS
MunCie Audiences File Out
Without Panic. %
BIZ Times SDecidL

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, April 4.-More
than 1900 persons filed out Of the
Grand and Strand theaters without
panic Saturday night, when are
broke out in the Arch M. Reed book
store, adjoining. Loss to the book
store was estimated at $4,000.
The theaters did not catch fire but
the audiences were told that the
building next door was on fire and
as a precautionary measure.
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SAMARITAN is ROBBED
Ticket Seller Tricked by
Bandit; SIS Taken.

Miss Helen Wells, 1880 Olive ST.
VIII answer no more sick calls" po-
lice said today.
Miss Wells, ticket seller at a thea.
ter at SIS Indiana Ave, lost SIS.
in the role Of Samaritan.
A Negro Sunday night told Miss
Wells that the piano player at the
motion picture house was i'll and de.
sired that she call at her home. The
Negro accompanied her. At Indiana
Ave, and the canal he grabbed Miss
Weils' purse and ran. The pianist
was not i'll.
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Real Estate for Exchange

LOTS. two 40-foot S. front: w. 3tst neal
Elmira. 334 Congress Ave. II. DietZ.
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STUDENT TRIES SUICIDE
Tired of Living" Says High School
Boys Note.

BIZ UHttCd PrCSS
MOORESTOWN, N. j., April A.
Walter Ballinger, 17-year-old high
school student, attempted suicide to.
day by shooting himself through the
breast with a .3S-Caliber revolver.
He was found unconscious in a
shack behind the Moorestown Acad.
envy by a policeman. Physicians
said his condition was critical.
A note addressed to his parents by
the youth said:
I'm sorry to leave you like t
but l was tired of living" he hM
written.
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BARRIERS TO HEAR KICKER

Alvah j. Rucker, formerly city
corporation counsel, will be the
speaker at a meeting of master bar
bers on the roof garden of the Sew
erin Wednesday evening. Music
will be furnished by the Royal Ter
race orchestra. All BARRIERS in the
city, union and nonunion, have been
invited to attend.
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Helm Wanted Female

MIDDLE-AGED lady wanted to keep house
for two elderly people in country: pre-
fer woman having 12-year-old son. Ad-
dress Box b 1865. Times.
CENTRAL BEAUTY COLLEGE: our
graduates pass state examinations easily.
202 Odd Fellow Bldg. Ma. 574S & $500.
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Far and Near

MADRID-Major political changes
are imminent in Portugal, according
10 reliable information received Here.
1t was possible that General Car
mona, now dictator. would relin-
quish his post to accept a diplomatic
post in South America, probably
Brazil.
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Special Notices
ORCHESTRA

CANARY MELODY.
Colored. pieces; wants engag. Ra. 1921.
CARD PARTY--At 1923 Prospect ST.
Tuesday, $50 D. m.
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Musical Instruments
Pets and Live Stock

BABY. CHICKS-Prepaid: Barred Rocks,
, White Rocks, S. c. Reds. White Leg
fancy, SIS. per loo; assorted. Si0 We
also have 10000 brooder chicks at Thorn
town treated with our Kalo tablets. Pellin
der from this ed, Call us or come and
get them at BOYER'S HATCHERY, Indian
apolIs, Ind. tele. Riley $40. B0YER'S
HATCHERY, ThorntOwn. Ind. Tele. 1922.
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MISSIONARY AID

NEW YORK-The Methodist Epis.
copal Church is raising a fund Of
$4,000 for emergency expenses to
missionaries in China who have been
forced by the revolution to flee from
their mission posts.
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STORM RELIEF

PARIS-Several hundred thou,
sands of dollars will be provided N,
the French government for relied
victims of last months cyclone on
the Island of Madagascar.
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Storage and Transfer

ESTABLISHED 1895.
Packing, hauling and storage. Low
prices on city and overland hauling. Phone
us for estimates.
OTTO ]. SUEZ. Main 362S-2353.
Webster 4579-0699-W.
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SPAIN WILL FIGHT

RABAT, MOroccO-Spanish re-
Inducements have arrived i'm Mo-
rocco and Spain soon will launch
punitive expedition against re.
belliOus tribes.
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Houses for Rent

WYOMING. E., S54 4-room semi-mod.
double: toilet inside: wa. pd. DIR. 1881.
18TH. E.. COS: rms; mod. 2-car garage;
suitable for roomers. DAVIS. Ma. 4749.
9TH. w. 123; Groom upper duplex; ga
rage; adults Ran. 0925.
18TH, w, 223: q rooms, double: all mod
ern throughout: S35. Ran. 5692.
COLORED-102S f. 10Th: rooms; cleo
tricity; S12 month. Ran. 0734.
EAST SIDE: dandy arm. double; cleo.
gas: water pd. 2243 Parker. Ma. 17SO.
NEAR Central> Envelope Co., Hawthorne
yard; 7-rm.. mod dou. $50. We. 4S96-M.
5 ROOMS. semi-modern: toilet: cellar: ga
rage; street and alley paved; water paid;
adults Call DReyel 1897
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Automobiles for Sole

CHEVROLET. 1924 touring; good paint;
top and curtains good; worth every cent
we ask, 500: easy terms. STONE CHEW
ROLET CO. $40 E. Washington
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Trucks

FORD truck chasses, four to choose from:
special transmissions; 1925 and 20 mo-
tors: tires good as new, 30x31 u in. front.
33x5 on rear; down payments, $50.
SMITH q MOORE. 52S South Meridian st.
RECONDlTlONED TRUCKS, VARI& &.
KINDS AND SIZES. INTERNATIONNtA
HARVESTED, COMPANY OF AMERICA.
TUCKY. AVE. MAIN $500
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-04
Houses and Flats Furnished

BLAINE. 1928: 4 rooms and bath:
mod. apt. $40 weekly. i. S. SUMME,
AL III. Bldg. Lin. 1897. Ken. 2797.
BLAINE AVE, 1321-23; 2 mod. rms:
bath; newly furn.: bks. from Marmon
Mot. Co; $40 wlkly. Lii 1857. Ike. 2797.
CAPITOL. N, 2354; completely furnished
four-room apt. and bath. Ran. 2747.
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MiscelIaneous for Sale

USED 36in. five sections Ideal steam Sec
tional boilers. Write or call, G. o.
BURTON, Sheridan Ind
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Wanted TO Rent

WANT not less than 5-rm. mod. house on
or near good car line; preferably east or
south. Address Box b 357.
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Business Places for Rent

18th. w. AZ: ideal business location. See
custodian. THE GRANT.
CORNER Northwestern and Eugene: store
room. living quarters; reas. Ran. 2551.
TIN SHOP fully equipped. reasonable rent.
Ran RR4Q
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Legal Notices

FORD touring car. 1923 model: will be
sold at auction, by order OF court.
Tuesday. April IL. at 10 a. m. 10 N.
West st.
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Apartments for Rent

ILLINOIS & 24TH. Apt. 4: rms. & bath:
mod; cd. cond. red. $50. Har. 1042-W.
ILLINOIS, N, 1922; 5 modern all out
side rooms; rent summer $40. winter
SAY 80: l week rent free. Irvington 1000.
IRVINGTON-See this modern broom
apt: clean; large grind: gar. IT. 0656-W.
MARKET and Brush Groom apt: block
from Wash. car; IS week. 421 Hi
nois Bldg. Lin. 1857. Ken. 2797.
OXFORD. N, 30: 5-RM. APT: SEMI
MODERN: GARAGE. WEI. 3415-J.
RUCKLE. 2O04: double: z rms, finished
attic rm.. heat. wa furn.: sos. Wa. 4256.
APARTMENTS FOR RENT. LIN. 1891.
II. II. Woodsmall &c Co., Inc.
1--WE insure everything but the hereafter"
NIGHTS AND HOLIDAYS CALL DIR. 2S40.
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Death Notices

~'-sN~~~N~>>>>>>~'~e~>~>~o >r~>>~>'S'>>'S~~
BRANDT, MRS. EMILY - A., (Green)~a-
Widow of the Rev. B: Brandt OF 81.
Louis Mo-. passed away April 2, at her
residence 20 Orange ST.. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Interment at Leesburg, Fla.
OLIVER, JOHN--Father Of Bertha De
Oliver. Francis Vest OF Norfolk Va;
Charlotte Leaden and Eliza Veaeh, passed
away at his late residence. 2505 Brook,
side Ave. Funeral services Tuesday, 2
D. M, at the home of his daughter, zoos
Upton St Burial Crown Hill. Friends
invited. w. T.. Blasengym in CHARGE
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Miscellaneous Wanted

HOUSE cleaningi Your surplus clothing.
furniture, magazines. papers will help
us to help others. Salvation Army Indus
trial Home. Phone for wagon. Riley
1922. 1877 W. Georgia
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WOMAN, colored; cooking and maid work;
stay nights. Ran. 1854
NURSING-Reliable middle-aged lady:
references. Web. 1437.
WASHING to bring home; experienced
Iaundress. Kenwood 324S.
RELIABLE COLORED WOMAN; for day
WIZ. or laun. to bring home. We. 4541-R
ROUGH DRY washing and ironing to
bring home. Web. 3S76.
EXPERIENCED; colored woman, 3 DAYS a
week; laundry work pref. Har. 3914-R.
GIRL. colored; for maid work or cooking.
EXPERIENCED Web. 07S1.
LAUNDRESS. first-class ref soft water.
called for and delivered. Ken. 27S5.
HOUSEWORK by the day Colored woman.
References. Lin. 1869.
LAUNDRESS; experienced washings to
bring home; work guaranteed. Ke. $3.50.
WOMAN, colored, for general house or
chambermaid Lin. 542S.
LAUNDRY work to bring home; first
class laundress. HAr. 1097-W.
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ON A VACANT LOT
Gives immediate possession of the D.
room bungalow at 4S16 Alexander Ave.
Well built: one-third acre of ground: easy
terms on the balance; located near inter-
urban and bus lines. one block from cor
ner Emerson Ave. and Michigan Rd
LORENZ SCHMIDT & SONS.
Realtors. 144 L. Ohio st.
Main B15 Residence. Try. 0534-M.
FOR SALE-By owner, IL acres, f. 3Sth
and Honey Bee line; all or part: five
room cottage. 37th and Emerson Ave;
flve-room modern double near Brookside
Park: eight-room home on Olney, south of
10Th. Web. 47S5-R
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Situations Wanted Male

MGR. EXP. BEST CAFE
TERIAS; LOCAL REF. C. L. COTHRAN.
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Situations Wanted Female
Managing Housekeeper

Refined widow, 35 years of
car; not afraid of work; prefer
home in country If possible. Ran.
1899, or address Box b 40.
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Real Estate Wanted

TRADE YOUR LOT-As down payment
cottage. bungalow or double. Main 1875
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CHEVROLET

I passenger coupe, 1924: price only 5000:
S75 cash. balance Sl3 per month for l2
months; new paint. reconditioned. no trade.
Evening star., 1927-11-05
PRIVATE BUILDING
OPERATIONS GAIN
~.-
New Projects in District Total
$2,272,680 for 0c-
t0ber.

A considerable increase in private
building operations in the District of
Columbia during the month of October
over the volume reported for Septem-
ber. is shown in the monthly state
ment issued today by Col. John w.
Ochmann, building inspector.
:. The .total value of new projects in
the District, exclusive of Federal op-
erations. was computed to he S2,272.-
ESQ. as compared with S1,774.22O dur
ing September. The October total,
however, was below a number of
months earlier in the year, the August
figure being S3,596,940.
Apartment house construction dur
ing October led the list with five new
structures now under way. estimated
to cost n total of $780, 900. Home
building operations were a close sec
ond with "A total of 1913 new houses of
various types approved, at an esti
mated cost of S761 100. This figure
for new housing is more than double
the similar total for the preceding
month.
The amount for repairs and remod-
cling operations was high, indicative
of the great amount of work being
done here in the moderniza ton and
expansion of many of the older struc.
tlres. The vast majority of the new
operations were located in the North
west section of the city, with the
Northeast in second place and the
Southeast third.
- Permits were issued during the past
month in the following classifications: