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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1928
Page
15
A Queen remark suggests Santa, like many men, has grown less intense about stockings as he adapts to contemporary styles. The statement contrasts old and new holiday attire, implying shifts in seasonal expectations and gift presentation.
The Bond Electric Corporation formerly Yale Electric moves from Division street to the National Automobile plant on East Twenty second street and opens a storage battery plant in Jersey City for flashlights monoy cells B batteries and other electric articles. The company operates branches in Boston Chicago San Francisco and other cities and has started a national ad campaign with a $10 000 prize slogan. The East Twenty second street plant will be among the country’s most modern once completed with new equipment.
A huge internally illuminated balloon launched for the Hoosier Petroleum Company by Captain G L Bumbaugh of Maryland and Missouri streets. He holds four airflight licenses and the suspended craft rises hundreds of feet, visible for miles with a moonlike glow and the Napso advertisement becoming clear up close.
Residential activity remained solid with homes lots and investment holdings moving well. Deals totaled about 20 000 dollars led by W A Moslander and P J Weihmann Co with multiple house sales including 2033 35 Tipton street and 1321 West Twenty sixth street. A Martinsville Maywood road farm trade valued around 50 000 dollars completed by Paul L McCord alongside other property transfers. Roller skates were known in 1823 but bad roads hindered use.
Arthur Hopkins, a New York theatrical producer, phoned Miss Claire Luce at the Ritz hotel in London from the French Lick Springs hotel. The call lasted three minutes and the transmission was reported as excellent.
The eighteenth annual Indianapolis automobile show will run February 25 to March 2, with John Orman of the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association announcing the event. The show returns to the automobile building at the state fair grounds and features more space for passenger cars, reducing space for accessories.
Scottsburg Ind Dec 15 John W McClain 60 committed death by own action at his home east of the town. He was despondent over financial difficulties from crop failures on his farm. He left a note.
Crescent Excelsior Machinery Company at 3702 East Pratt Street offers rapid heat treating and hardening for hi speed steel tools and dies for local factories. The firm promotes quick service to manufacturing plants and operates furnaces daily, earning nationwide recognition for excelsior knives and spurs designed by N. V. Delvin. The knives use a welded blade design reducing cost by attaching a thin high speed steel blade to an ordinary steel handle.
Baynham and Company at 609 Chamber of Commerce building offers full construction services from excavation to complete projects. The firm specializes in apartment houses and emphasizes quality to advance Indianapolis’s progress. About 300 workers are employed.
D A Gillespie of Logansport petitions the public service commission for permission to buy the Logansport Mon ticello motor bus and transfer line from Kern Transfer Company for 5750 dollars. Kern operates two buses and carried U S mail between the two cities.
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