Trade tour adds reservations for Friday’s car trip
Indianapolis jobbers and manufacturers join an excursion to small towns on Friday with planned entertainments at Connersville Shelbyville and Milroy. A 20 minute reception in Connersville and a Ray house hosts in Shelbyville accompany a tight schedule. Stops are described as courtesy visits with eight to ten minutes per town while six Overland cars and two trucks follow the interurban route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Manu
Indianapolis Trade Association
W. J. Dobyns
S A
Commercial Club of
Connersville
Rushville
Milroy
Shelbyvile
Ray House
Shelbyville
Newsboys
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Trade Association
the Sun
Kothe, Wells & Bauer
George Bauer
W. D. Allison Company
W. D. Allison
American Radiator Company
J. H. Roberts
Indianapolis News
T. G. M. Fisher
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
David Wallace
Indianapolis Book and Stationery Company
W. H. Elvin
Bryce Baking Company
Ellsworth Bryce
Dowling to Speak at First Presbyterian Church
Henry M. Dowling continues a series of Sunday morning lectures for the Business Men's Bible class at the First Presbyterian. Next Sunday will close the series after his talk following last Sunday's topic Socialism and the Church. BLI88 Native Herbs at 225 W Washington St.
Corner Policeman Requests Reduction After Strain
John M. Peake asks to drop from corner policeman to patrolman due to nerve strain at the busy Illinois and Washington Streets crossing. Superintendent Hyland proposes James P. Kerins to fill Peake’s post as the city’s heaviest traffic point sees hundreds of streetcars and thousands of pedestrians daily.
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Ilinois
Washington Streets
Peake
John M. Peake
Hyland
Board of Safety
Sunday theater money lure to humane workers
The Humane Society planned to use charity funds from Sunday theater donations, despite Rev. F C Wicks opposing the move as improper. A committee was appointed to confer with Mrs Gertrude E Oakes who handles the funds and report back. The meeting also sought sites for three additional horse drinking fountains and noted poor conditions of transfer company horses.
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F. C. Wicks
Wicks
The
Humane Society
C. L. Dietz
Gertrude E. Oakes
Burglar Shot At Midnight In Multiple Reports
Mrs Henry Greenwald heard a burglar at a side window shortly after 11 pm and alerted her husband who fired two loads of birdshot from a shotgun at the intruder. Police searched vacant lots and fields for groans but found no trace. A man on a shed roof near 415 North Delaware also fled before officers arrived. Family at 1314 North Pennsylvania reported possible burglars but no evidence was found.
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Henry Greenwald
Gladstone Avenue
Greenwald
Stewart and
Hartsell
Delaware Street
Schlangan
Todd
John T. Dickson
North
Pennsylvania Street
Radamacher and
Oakey
Pneumonia Causes Death of Local Resident
Frank Kinding, 44, who lived at 646 Virginia Avenue, was found dead in his room Wednesday afternoon. Coroner Blackwell's investigation ruled pneumonia as the cause of death.
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Frank Kinding
Virginia Avenue
Kinding
Blackwell
Tariff at Heart of 1912 Campaign, Marshall Says
Gov. Thomas R. Marshall argues in an Indianapolis dispatch that tariff policy is the central issue for the next campaign. He criticizes schedules and asserts Congress has no right to tax or redistribute money, endorsing a tariff for revenue only while warning about corruption and privilege in government.
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New York
Thomas R. Marshall
Indianapolis
Congress
Indiana
Marshall
Steel Trust
Gary
Europe
House
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Undertaker Narrowly Survives Snake Joking Ordeal
Martins Ferry Ohio July 14 George Noble an undertaker was bound inside a coffin with two live black snakes as a prank. He has a history of fear of snakes and after release cannot recognize friends. Doctors fear for his life as he recovers from shock.
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Martins Ferry. O
George Noble
Noble
Burglaries Reported As City Stores And Homes Unveil Thefts
A string of Wednesday night robberies targets J G Hamilton dry goods house at 1201 Southeastern Ave and nearby residences. Shoes, socks, collars, jewelry, shirts and a canary bird are among stolen items. One man misplaces a purse on a drugstore counter after removing a bone for medicine, prompting police confusion.
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J. G. Hamilton
Southeastern Avenue
John M. Gaimney
Pennsylvania Street
Conway
N. Olney Street
Suspect Arrested in Dayton for Tool Heist
William Stossell of 1306 Madison Ave was arrested in Dayton after a police telegram. He faced charges of stealing four micrometers worth 50 from John Huetter’s machine shop at 107 E South St on July 4. Detectives say he left his wife and three children destitute.
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Holtz
Dayton
William Stossell
Madison Avenue
Stossell
John Huetter
E. South Street
Sinnes
Aia Stossell
Saloon Wins License Near City Boulevard Contention
Remonstrators argued the saloon on Indiana Avenue violated a 500 foot rule from Capitol boulevard parkway. County commissioners approved Onis Williams to operate at 329 Indiana avenue triggering a court challenge. Judge Remster will decide if a saloon can be near the boulevard after a park board order forbade such operation within 500 feet.
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Capitol Avenue
Onis Williams
Indiana Avenue
Remster
Circuit Court
Board of Park Commissioners
Board
Motor Company to Use Atkins Building Expansion
Signs of American Motor Company growth in Indianapolis show in expanding by acquiring more E. C. Atkins Company property. The firm leased Atkins property at Illinois and Henry streets for five years at 7250 dollars annually. The American Motor Company plans to stay in Indianapolis for at least five more years.
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American Motor Company
Indianapolis
E. C. Atkins Company
American Motor Company Wednese
E. C. Atkin Company
Hlinois and
Henry Streets
the Motor Company
Atkins
Mill End Sale on Various Fabrics at Main Floor
A mill end sale offers Elwood batiste, French organdies, calico, madras ginghams, and lawn fabrics in multiple colors and patterns. Items include 1214c grade batiste, 12 1 4c ginghams, and satin stripe madras, with yard and two yard quantities priced from 2 to 19 cents, all on the main floor.
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Madras
Linen and white goods sale at Main floor aisles
Pure linen towels and table linens dominate a Main floor sale. Items include extra large hemmed duck towels, Irish damask, Irish damasks, napkins, tablecloths, padding, lawns, waists, and madras waists with prices ranging from 15c to 89c per yard or item, all described in old catalog style.
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E Nee Eee Cease
Mill End Sale Offers Mens Shirts and Hosiery Bargains
Mens percale and madras shirts in several styles, three for 1.35 or each. Lifle and cotton half hose in fancy stripes and plaids, 25c quality, three for 50c. Lisle thread suspenders and summer undershirts, 50c to 75c range. Boys summer underwear sets, 25c each. Main floor aisle six.
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W. Washington Street
Illinois
James P. Kerins
Teg
Continental
Continental National Bank
North Meridian Street
Fred
Warson
Pensylvania Street
Los Main
Walter Ehlers
Feugh
Ihineta
Governor Marshall
New York World
Pal
John Griffin
S. Meridian Street
H. C. Leet
Blaine Avenue
Hattie Dale
Martindale Avenue
By E. Phillips Oppenheim
City Boulevard
American Concern
Eeane
Everett
Jlinens
Pettis Dry Goods
the Leading Trust Company
the Union Trust Company
Office Company’s
E. Market Street
Shubert
Murat Theatre
Coolest Theatre
America
Murat Players
Clyde Fitch
Riverside
New Ballroom
Manolo Family
Backman
Thompson’s
Kansas City
Ball Park
Weber, Butler
Forger
Pierson
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Thompson
Broad Ripple Park
Dental College
Pen
Col
Delaware and
Hio Streets
Hartmann
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