Two Stores Destroyed In Oolitic Fire At Dahl & Co and Bataleu
Fire swept second story of the Dahl and Company dry goods and notions store in Oolitic. Mike Bataleu’s adjacent stock and the Bataleu store were burned to the ground along with a back livery stable. The blaze started around 1 a.m. and spread rapidly despite bucket brigades and an auto fire truck from the city. The loss totaled about twelve thousand dollars with limited insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahr & Company Dry Goods
Notion
Oolitic
Mike Bataleu
Dahr & Company
Bataleu
Dahl & Company
Miller Furniture
LO. ‘Qo. F
Dahr
Buck Cain
Noah Rush
Joe Dahl
John McCormick
Miller Furniture Company
Davis Duplex Moving Picture Machine Company Formed
The Davis Duplex Moving Picture Machine Company is incorporated in Indianapolis with $25,000 capital to manufacture film projectors. O P M Davis of this city designed the device featuring a safety mechanism by an Indianapolis inventor. H E B Petty is president, John McFeely vice president, with Davis as treasurer and secretary. J H Snow of Indianapolis serves as legal adviser. Production will start soon likely in Indianapolis, promising 50 to 75 percent easier film handling, steadier projection, and insurance savings. machines priced to match existing models. Also, Miss May Blackburn of Peerless aided at home of sister Mrs Wylie Baker with their four-year-old daughter ill with typhoid fever.
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Davis Duplex Moving Picture Machine Company
Indianapolis
O. P. M. Davis
H. E B. Petty
John McFeely
J. H. Snow
Miss May Blackburn
Peerless
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Chiana
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Rogers
Rogers Bros
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Monon
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Davis Duplex Moving Picture