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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1906
Page
3
Central Union Telephones announces rapid growth with 2,500 subscribers added since October and pledged expanded reach across Indianapolis. The firm touts improved service quality and broader coverage, aiming to connect more homes and businesses to reliable communications.
Real estate columns highlight how telephone transactions accelerate property rentals and sales. Agents coordinate from distant towns, handling repairs, tenants, and negotiations with minimal in-person meetings. The Bell system enables rapid, multilateral settlements, often finalizing deals valued in the thousands without face to face contact.
City notes show Warre Pemberton of the Ameroain Lel ective association denying solvent status while fighting receivership. Local officials report on industial matters, misrepresentation at enlistment, and court actions including fraud charges against EK. Humrhihouse and others. Prosecutions rise as weather affects market weeks.
A citation lists Saxton and wife Jennie in a divorce dispute with allegations that she taunted him and bumped him while blind, alongside a hearing on a telephone company franchise change. The article also notes several corporate incorporations including Goodall Lime Company Bedford and Terre Haute Abstract Company with names of directors and capital stock.
Fragmented notice lists religious services, meetings, visitors, and a Live Stock market section. It mentions sermons at Congregational and Baptist churches, a Friday night gathering, and a boxing or public meeting. Also notes cattle, sheep, and hog receipts with prices and market highs and lows.
Sports notes report Cleveland players proposing a $1000 challenge against any American League club alongside a 14g wager with Detroit. Catcher Gow Criger tells Jim Collins he’s nearing playing weight and ready to return by May 1. Patsy Donovan unlikely to play for Brooklyn this season. In southern games McCarthy Maloney participate.
Manufacturer advertising offers a wide range of professional apparel including physicians coats dentists office lab aprons barbers coats waiter jackets aprons and uniforms. The ad promotes a new 1905 catalog with manufacturer prices and lists contact details for a store and factory in Indianapolis with a phone number.
The People's Outfitting company features an attractive Easter window titled Morning Ready for Easter Services. The display shows a young man and woman in new Easter garments, ready to attend church services in a prettily furnished and decorated room.
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