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1903 Room for Rent Advertisement

15 Jul 1903, St. Louis Republic newspaper

2642 Washington Ave., St. Louis

source: www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

By Dec 1903 Richard is living in the boarding house at 2642 Washington ave. While we do not know for sure when he moved in, this room-for-rent advertisement might be the ad he replied to.

Directly across the street at 2645 Washington Ave was a Shorthand and Stenography school run by James M. Barnes in the same time frame.