Coupon books boost traction miles for Union Traction
Union Traction Company of Indiana reports strong demand for new mileage books worth five dollars for four dollars. The tickets cover two or more riders, provide 25 percent savings, and are valid on electric railways and buses for a year. Weekend fares to Northern Indiana lake resorts attract travelers with three dollar round trips on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Traction Company of
Indiana
Gaven Stuart
Indianapolis
Suart
Indiana Lake
Union Traction
Stuart
Indiana Service Corporation
Fort Wayne
Auburn
Waterloo
Lima
New Building Permits Total $430 750 in City
The Indianapolis Real Estate Board reports forty three new residences and thirteen new business projects in the two week period ending Friday. Total value 430 750 with 261 250 for homes and 169 300 for business. Largest permit 100 000 for 121 E Maryland by A W Stackhouse Co Plaza Oil. American Railway Express plans 25 000 addition. Residences include 47 500 25 000 16 000 and 13 800 lots. remaining under 10 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
E. Maryland
A. W. Stackhouse Company
Plaza Oil Company
American Railway Express
Indianapolis
Real Estate Board
Indianapolis Building Permits Fall Short of 1928
First five months of 1929 show total construction value down about 28.1 percent from 1928 and total units down 13.5 percent, while dwelling families fall roughly 10 percent. The Indianapolis Realty Board cites a trend toward a normal construction rate as supply and demand approach balance.
C O F F & Company Aged Firm Noted For Auto Repairs
C O F F and Company at 107 North East Street USA is a long established Indiana firm averaging forty five cars daily. Founded fifty years ago as a tin shop it now repairs fenders radiators bodies and frames with modern equipment. The shop employs twenty men and is run by the founder's sons. William F Off is president Albert H Off treasurer secretary. Phillip J Frick chief foreman has forty three years with the firm. E F Armstrong leads the auto mobile repair unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Off & Company
North East Street
Indianapolis
William F. Off
Albert H. Off
Phillip J. Frick
E. F. Armstrong
Roundup of Women Bootleggers Continues in South
In Little Rock Arkansas and Texas today a sweep of women bootleggers proceeds as deputy prohibition administrator S. M. Gurley says 21 arrests are only the start. Dorothy Benson and Mrs Bonnie Fulmer were arraigned and berated by Justice G W Ragland for defying prohibition rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Texas
S. M. Gurley
Prohibition
Dorothy Benson
Bonnie Fulmer
G. W. Ragland
New apparatus revives drowned at Trouville congress
At the international lifesaving congress in Trouville France a new device revived persons once deemed dead from drowning. Thirty five nations attended the meeting representing broad international interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paris
Trouville
France
Man and wife injured in truck and auto crash
Fred Steinberger 44 and his wife Marie 37 were seriously hurt when Steinberger's truck struck Cecil Ball's machine at New York and Rural streets. Marie was cut by falling glass and suffered a serious cut to the right leg. Both were taken to City Hospital. Ball's wife and their 3 week old baby were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Steinberger
Marie Steinberger
Steinberger
Cecil Ball
Washington, D. C
New York
City Hospital
Ball
Local Property Renovations And Repairs Listing
A compiled notice lists multiple residential and commercial improvements with addresses and estimated costs. Projects include garages, reroofs, additions, remodeling, and building work at sites on South New Jersey Arlington North Meridian Central Barth Perry Broadway College and other streets with costs ranging from two hundred to one hundred fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Richardson
South New Jersey
Arlington Development Company
North Arlington
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Union
Hendrickson
Central
L. M. Pellett
Bartha
Barth
L. Tower
East Moore
H. Berger
North Meridian
A. Wendal
Perry
Mace Realty Company
B. Hauk
Broadway
Hook Drug Company
Illinois
Maryland
E. R. Kord
Moreland
C. Thomas
South Addison
Tragic Farm Accident Claims Life of 4 Year Old Eleanor Snelling
In Rushville Indiana on July 20 a heavy farm implement crushed four year old Eleanor Snelling beneath its wheels. Her death was witnessed by her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ind
Eleanor Snelling
Kingan & Co. One of City's Big Industries
Kingan and Company, pork and beef packers, grew from a Belfast start to a leading Indianapolis industry with branches across the United States and foreign sales. Founded 84 years ago by Samuel Thomas D. Kingan and James in Belfast, the firm opened a Brooklyn branch in 1851, moved to Cincinnati, then Indianapolis in 1862, and pioneered artificial refrigeration in meat cutting and packing a year later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingan & Company
Indianapolis
United States
Belfast
Ireland
Samuel
Thomas D
James Kingan
Kingan
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Thomas Kingan
Indianapolis Auto Top Shop Promotes Skilled Auto Repair
The Indianapolis Auto Top Shop at 919 East Washington Street specializes in auto top body and fender repair. The firm emphasizes a job well done, with a heavy trade in trimming seat covers and cushions, using Duco spray equipment for finishes. Eben Martin and Otto Akin operate the shop, which has run at the same location for eleven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Auto Top
East
Washington Street
Duco
Eben Martin
Otto Akin
Pablo Bank Fails to Open in Jacksonville Beach
The Bank of Pablo in Jacksonville Beach failed to open on July 20. With a capital of 25000 dollars it served mainly week end vacationists and became the twenty fifth Florida bank to close in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Bank
United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Bank of Pablo
Jacksonville Beach
Pablo Bank
Florida
King Alfonso Visits London Air Show in Surprise Stop
King Alfonso of Spain made an unannounced visit to the international air exhibition in London. He paid his admission at the entrance turnstile before officials realized his identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Alfonso
Spain
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Polar Ice and Fuel CO
Washington
Riley
Brannum-Keene Lumber Co
E. Washington
Irvington
Chas. Freihofer Baking Co
E. Merrill
Drexel
Jessup & Antrim Ice Cream Co
Oal
J. L. Hogue Fuel & Supply Co
29Th and Canal Phone
Talbot
Emrich
Artificial Ice & Cold Storage Co
Ohio St
Monon Ry
Superior Rug Cleaners
College Ave
Hemilock
Henry C. Smither Roofing CO
C. &G. Foundry and Pattern Works
Kentucky
Auto Glass
Safety
Francisco
Auto Heaters
Rusco
Perfection Windshield Company
W. Pratt St
Lincoln
Joseph Gardner
Kentucky Avenue
Indiana Asphalt Paving Company (Incorporated
28Th Street
Columbia Avenue
Hemlock
C. C. Shipp & CO
Castle Hall
Indianapolis, Indiana, U. S. A
Union Company
C.off
Houdaille-Hershey Corporation
American Motorized Transport
Chicago
W. Merrill St
Detroit
Toledo
Curry
Curry Construction CO
Building Contractors
Empire Life Bldg
Charles McGarvey
Washington Blvd
Humboldt
Kivcans
Cupants
Adams Plating Company
10Th St
We Furnish Truck Service
J. B. King
South Capitol Avenue
Kingan & CO
City Auto
Wrecking Service
Madden-Dopple Company, Inc
N. Capitol
Circle Tours
Indianapolis Terminal Station
Connersville
Greensburg
Indianapolis & Southeastern R. R
Marmon Motor Car Company
G. M. Williams
South Bend
Toledo, O
Lima, CO
Benton Harbor ST. Joseph, Mich
Mr. Adkins
Lake States General Electric Supply CO. Co.,, Inc
West Georgia
C. O. Warnock
Hoosier Coffee
Indiana Condensed Milk Co
Producers
THE
Hoosier Veneer Company
Indianapolis, Indiana
Missouri
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation
Kingan &Co. Pork and Beef Packers
Central Transfer
STO
S. Alabama St
State and
DeLoss Sts
Drex
R. H. Goodrich CO
USS” Goodrich
Georgia
C. Off & CO
Sheet Metal Contractors
North East St
East Street
Packard
W. 13Th St
E. Washington St
Citizens Motor Car CO
Prine Drexel
E. M. Ryan
D.C
M.C. Fountain Square
Virginis
Blakely Granite CO
New York ST
Harvey B. Martin General Insurance
New City Trust
Han
N. Illinois ST. Riley
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