Insurance Inspector Probes Fire News From New York
An insurance inspector traveled from New York this week to inquire about the fire mentioned in last week's advertisement and visited local contacts seeking details.
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1905
Page
2
An insurance inspector traveled from New York this week to inquire about the fire mentioned in last week's advertisement and visited local contacts seeking details.
The Old Bird meets Trev at a door in a Fire King's district, with Trev surprised by a firemen uniform. John and Samantha stage a slapstick greeting, Trev becomes warm friends as they head out, the Old Bird winks, and the Inspector senses heat as they approach a dwelling.
Anecdote describes a stove named the Old Reliable Special praised for holding fire 10 days and burning various coal types. A visiting man tests sales pitches at No 9, noting long heat distribution and lack of clinker, and plans to send stoves to Nancy Anne McFadden in Sullivan via Bill.
The Old Bird guides through a big store featuring folding beds, iron and wood beds, bedroom suites, cots, couches, tables, bookcases, wardrobes, safes, and kitchen items all sold on easy payments. He boasted of better deals than New York and promised to mail orders. staff promised same prices for mail orders as in person.
A scanned record shows numerous names and figures for county expenses. Items include receipts from Sullivan Telephone Co. and various suppliers, salaries for officials such as A.G. Curtis and Wm. Bridwell, and payments to McCammon Bailey Yeager and others. The page lists sums for jail infirmary clerk auditor office coroner’s inquest and road and poor relief expenditures. Notable names: A.G. Curtis R. L. Bailey J. W. Woile & Son and Haddon and Chambers.
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