Desire for Telephone Merger Explained in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS June 13 Reasons for Indiana Bell Telephone Company wishing to merge several small independent firms in the Bell system were explained by B G Halstead attorney for the company in a closing argument before Commissioner Samuel R Artman of the public service commission He noted the Citi zen Telephone company of Columbus and others at Rockville Linton and Clinton would be merged The stocks are already owned by Bell interests Books will be merged and operating expenses reduced by economies The only cost rise would be negligible under the license contract with AT T Distributing the increased cost among the firms would be less than 2 cents a station.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Bell
B. G. Halstead
Samuel R. Artman
Public Service Commission
Bell System
Citizens Telephone Company
Columbus
Indiana Bell
Rockville
Linton
Clinton
Halstead
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Salomy Jane on stage in Nicklo by George Melford
The 49 era tale Salomy Jane unfolds with romance and frontier vigilante justice. A stranger faces hanging for a stage holdup. Salomy kisses him goodbye, Red Pete is hanged, Baldwin dies in a clash, and a mistaken identity chase ends with reconciliation.
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George Melford
Salomy Jane
Red Dog
Red
Pete
Salomy
Baldwin
Madison Clay
Larabee
Clay
Stranger
Notice on fly control and sanitation duties
City board of health directs property owners to remove manure from barns keep toilets clean and screened prevent flies. Waste water must be carried away not poured into open ditches and garbage stored in closed vans with rubbish hauled away. W F Craft secretary.
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City Board of Health
W. F. Craft
New Electric Bricklayer Aims to Cut Building Costs
An electrically driven bricklaying machine in England lays 1200 bricks per hour, tripling output of a human worker. Mounted on rails around walls, it uses a mortar tank and a three horsepower motor. Three operators guide the boom and machine, which completes a wall course before rising to the next level.
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England
Mrs Shields Hosts Dinner at Home on A Street
Mrs John Shields delightfully entertained yesterday with a 12 o'clock chicken dinner at her home on A street northwest. The table was beautifully appointed with places laid for Mr and Mrs Ab Talbott Mrs Stella Dillard and son of Washington Mr Hopkins and Mr and Mrs Shields.
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John Shields
Ab~ Talbott
Stella Dillard and Son
Washington
Hopkins
Shields
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Daily Citizen
BRET _ HARTE
Nicklo
S.S.S
Benes
Standard ‘Oil Company
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Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
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B Sts
Joe Gerin
Joe Vonderschmitt
Chris Myers
Page & Rector
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Jones Wright
Lyons
David D. Terhune
Stevenson Bros
Flighthand
Simo
Esson
Pan
Fashion Hat Shoppe
C. H. Hanger
California
Poe, Johnson & Fuller
City Transfer CO
Dixon & Hannum
V. C. Chinn
V. Bull
Dentists Telephone No
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