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August 28, 1901
Freeland Tribune
Freeland, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
In a West Philadelphia duplex, two feuding families bid against each other by offering the landlady higher rent to occupy both floors and evict the other, causing her to repeatedly change her mind as neighbors watch curiously.
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Raising the Rent.
There is a little two-story house in West Philadelphia occupied by two families, one on each floor. Of late there has been a marked coldness between them. The family on the lower floor sought out the landlady and offered to take the two flats at a considerable increase in rent if the family above were put out. The landlady complied with alacrity and gave notice for the upper family to get out. They retorted with a counter proposition to pay more rent than the family downstairs and take both flats. So the lower flat family were ordered to vacate. Then the first family "called the raise," and again the landlady has changed her mind. The neighbors are curious as to the outcome.—Philadelphia Times.
There is a little two-story house in West Philadelphia occupied by two families, one on each floor. Of late there has been a marked coldness between them. The family on the lower floor sought out the landlady and offered to take the two flats at a considerable increase in rent if the family above were put out. The landlady complied with alacrity and gave notice for the upper family to get out. They retorted with a counter proposition to pay more rent than the family downstairs and take both flats. So the lower flat family were ordered to vacate. Then the first family "called the raise," and again the landlady has changed her mind. The neighbors are curious as to the outcome.—Philadelphia Times.
What sub-type of article is it?
Family Drama
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Family
What keywords are associated?
Rent Bidding
Family Feud
Eviction War
Landlady Dilemma
What entities or persons were involved?
Lower Floor Family
Upper Floor Family
Landlady
Where did it happen?
West Philadelphia
Story Details
Key Persons
Lower Floor Family
Upper Floor Family
Landlady
Location
West Philadelphia
Story Details
Two families in a duplex feud by offering escalating rent to the landlady to evict each other and take both flats, leading to repeated changes in eviction notices.