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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1903

Page

9

Vital Statistics July 31 Deaths and Births Listing

Vital statistics for July 31 show multiple births and deaths. Entries include Horace and Amelia Wilson at 1108 Weet Twenty, a girl. Alilon and Edna Gruner at 2 Wyoming, a girl. William and Mabel Peacock at 18 South Temple, a boy. Harry G. and E Mc Brown at 6% Coty, a girl. and others. Deceased include Kriel, Emelia H. Smith, Charles Myers, Pigeee heed, Virginia Burtin, and Charles Herold Daying. Funeral for Daying set Friday at 1 p.m. residence 417 North Davidson. Maddison, Ind., papers please.

Horace Amelia Wilson Alilon Sheldon Edna Gruner Wyoming Lillie Neim Vinegirt Marandia Nive West Vergirl Mwillian Mabel Peacock South Temple Charles Lory Hunt New York Linetrl Louelia Koster Bertha Minter River Harry Emc Brown Coty Kriel Emelia H. Smith Charles A Myers Blaine Keuth Columbia City Hospital Virginia M. Burtin Skirvin South West Charles Herold Daying East Tenth A. M North Davidson Gee Maddison, Ind

Funeral Directors and Monuments Notes

A mix of old funeral directors listings with addresses and phone numbers, followed by a legal notice in Marion Indiana. The estate case for Carrie L. deceased involves Gustav G. Schmidt filing recounts and a September hearing. also a trademark filing for the Indianapolis Brewing Company with description of its bottle mark and seal affixed by Albert Lieber.

Gustav G. Schmidt Tor Carrie Li Aeid Gustav G, Schmidt Harvey, Pickens Cox & Kahn Indiana County of Marion Indianapolis Brewing Company Cor Eee Vondoa Ag Indianapolis State of Sa'd Indianapolis Brewing Company Kevit Court Kion County State of Indiana Polls Brewing Company Ees Indianapolis Brewing Comee Eeenpeie Ae S. A Itnese Indianapolis Brew Company Rane Albert Lieber Albert Lie Indianapolis Brewing Eee

Proposals for Clothing and Equipage Supplies Sealed

Sealed proposals for clothing and equipage supplies are invited by the Chief Quartermasters of Chicago. Bids due Aug 6 at 11:00 a.m. to supply at Chicago Boston or Philadelphia depots. Domestic production preferred. blanks furnished on application. Envelopes marked Equi Supplies. Miller, Quartermaster. Also Indiana Prison bids for labor by prisoners at Michigan City for four contracts of 300 men each for six years from Oct. 1903, with bids due Aug 1, 1903. Warden Reid to oversee contracts. $100 guarantee required.

Offee Chicago Boston Philadelphia Indiana State Prison Michigan City Ind Ana Board of Control Contracta Board of Control Board of Care James D. Reid Leingey Priven Etree Et D. Reld Warden

Sunday Church Services Across Local Fellowships

Local churches publish their Sunday gatherings with times, ministers, and topics. Notable listings include First Baptist at New York and Pennsylvania streets with morning and evening sermons, Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal, Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal, Roberts Park M B Church, First and Second Presbyterian, Mayer Chapel, Tabernacle Church, and midweek Bible studies and youth programs.

First Baptist Church New York Pennsylvania Thomas J. Villers A. Hanley Cleveland E. A. Hanley D. D Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Central Gn Twelfth Street H. W. Reet T. A. Goodwin Epworth League Meridian-Street Methodist Episcopal Church Joshua Stansfield J. H. Martin Moore's Hill Roberts Park M. B Delaware Vermont Streets EF. Bacon Epworth Tangus First Presbyterian Church Sixteenth Streets M. L. Halves Mayflower Congregational First Presbyterian Churches BH. A. Bartlett Bible School Society of Christian Endeavor Second Presbyterian Church Vermont Owen Davies Odell Mayer Chapel Cormer West and Catherine Streets W. T. Seyfert Reer Tabernacle Church Meridian Eleventh Streets J. Cumm

Financial ads and help wanted in Indianapolis notice

Classified page notes mortgages insured by Frank Sawter and Coans Money on mortgages. Rooms for rent and housekeeping rooms at 614 North Alabama. Help wanted include commercial traveler with $24 weekly, district office managers at $21 weekly, and U.S. Army able-bodied men. Also agents sought for Life of Leo Catholic publication and selling maps from George F. Cram. Various companies listed with addresses in Indianapolis and Chicago.

National Dearborn St Chicago Colonialcu Caxton Cton Ridg Chic U. S Army United States Ainance North Illinois St Iunapolis Ind Land & Oarms Naval United States Poe Monsignor O'Reilly Internation- Re Publishing Co North Fourth Street Philadelphia

Pensions for Veterans Certificates Granted to Indianians

Long list of named Indiana residents receiving pension certificates with varied amounts from 2 to 55 dollars. Names include Clyde Masour Em M Vernon Rob Simpson Charles Neal John Awane Jason Jollis George Hatti Arthur Household Rodolphus Iachin Claus Bowlen Charles Hillhouse Daniel Campbell Thomas Mayes Lennington M R Allen Albert Creelin Irwin Lurch Peter Grant William J Lauser Jacob Hochsteller Alex Walker Romeo Prindle Mathias Harter James Luster Frank Woodward Linda Wright Richard Morris F Caldwell Louis Arbuckle Mary J Mack Elizabeth Burlingame Anna Jackson Jones Martha Byrne Margaret De Gemberli Jane Ruby Larkin OConnor Nancy Davis James Coulter William Moran Frances Corns Louise Lationenit John Hoffman William Lawes Jacob Swartzenheld Lewie Oliver Carson Campbell Engle and others listed with varied pension sums.

Clyde Masour Em M. Vernon Simpson Charles Neal John A. Wane Jason F. Jollis George Hatti Charles H. Hughey Arthur Household Rodolphus Iachin Claus D. Bowlen Charles A Hillhouse Ea Dunbar Robert Kert Daniel ‘Am Charles Humphrey John A. Beall Stephen D. Saylees Alien Edwards C. C. Jones Mary Sheperd Isaac N. Conway H. M J. BH. BR. WicNees Alex. M. Scott M. J.doctor Isaac Rinehart Harrison Weeden Wiliam Rutledge William 1St Charles Pyles Burton Fuller William A Mohan John T. Anderton Hubert W. Pemberton Oliver Banks George T.ee F. M. Hannell Philip Barth M. E. O'Connor Alex. A. Wilson March Tucker Albert A. Jones Samuel Scott David Scotten Sanford William F. Nestelhut Isaac Bee . Moore Isaac Brennaman Aeure Thomas Stevens William H. Adkins Ose James O'Conner Thomas Johnson William Pa Dell Luther X Garrett Charles O. Alltop George T. Fackett Jacob Hochsteller Alex. Walker L. J. Cottingham Romeo M. Prindle Mathias Harter James §. Luster Frank Woodward Linda Wright Richard A. Morris F. ‘Th Caldwell Louis Arbuckle James 1. Ize Mary J. Mack Mary J. Denton Aig Elizabeth J. Hoffman Anna Jackson Jones Martha E. Byrne Margaret de Gemberli Janes J. Ruby Lacy Stane Nels Whaley Laura S Gilkey Alexander de Hart William Mathews Isaac Alexander Wesley Bives John D. Wiseheert George W. Faris Nancy C. Davis James C. Coulter Wiliam F. "Moran Frances M. Corns Louise Lationenit John H. O. Hoffman William J. Lawes Jacob Swartzenheld Lewie Oliver Linms J. Carson John H. Campbell Frederick A. Engle

The Inevitable Word in a Bookman August Palimpsest

The passage laments how great lines endure beyond time and social noise while noting how untaught voices near the street can rival scholar effort. It contrasts martial, faith hymns with crude, heartfelt chimes and ends by mentioning Meredith Nicholson and the August Bookman.

Meredith Nicholson

Railroads Thrive in July Amid Record Freight and Traffic

July proves exceptional for U S railroads with traffic managers predicting a 24 percent rise in freight and passenger movements. Evansville Terre Haute purchase by St Louis and San Francisco creates a north south link, expanding Chicago traffic flows and boosting regional competition.

Railway officials and freight operations update

The article reports on personnel changes at several railroads including A Robertson retirement from the middle division of the Wabash, Hillard elected Evansville & Terre Haute treasurer, and Colonial Trust Company named transfer agent. It notes new equipment tests on Wabash, earnings and taxes for Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe, and plans for a Indianapolis to Fort Wayne and Toledo road with subsidies. It also covers Santa Fe Southern Pacific passenger interline changes, Miss Bertha Ruffner’s passenger bureau leadership, Erie spending authority for 4 million, and rate moves by Chicago Great Western and Soo Line. It ends with Chicago Rock Island Pacific bond plans agains 250 million maturing 1908.

Rea Pennsylvania London Edward Zurp Big Four Kansas City D. G. Reid Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Richmond Norfolk & Western S. B. Liggett Pennsylvania Lines West William Shaw Pennsylvania Railroad Barnard Peoria & Eastern M. A. Neville Daniels New York Central Nia Falls Santa Fe Pueblo Denver H. M. Bronson Chicago Pullman Company J. P. Morgan Pennsylvania Lines Pittsburg Pennsylva Voluntary Relief Association C. E. Schaff Bir Four T. E. English The Erie Mahoning Youngstown A. Miller Cairo Harrisburg Lil Panhandle Indianapolis Knightstown Union Station Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Delphos Mandale Fort Wayne Cincinnati T. W. Demaree G. L. Wall R. H. Wallace Huntington J. D. Anthony M. D. Schaff Traveling Engineers’ Association WC. Thompson Association Rome, Watertown Ogdensburg W. Mudd Moberly A. Robertson Wabash Knight Templar Cc. W. Hillard Frisco Evansville Terre Haute Charles A. Jones Colonial Trust Company New York Evansville & Terre Haute Company Kimball Lyon Linton Union Pacific EB. Clark Chicago & Alton A. W. Thomas Central of Georgia H. G. Landrey Cotton Belt George Rusch CC. C. Spaulding St. Louis San Francisco Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Toledo W. H. Ogan Mojave Southern Pacific Bertha Ruffner Tourist Information Bureau Miss Ruffner W. L. der Salmanca Bucktooth N. Y Columbus Concord Derr Mayehe Chicago Great Western Soo Line Montreal Great Western Chicago Grand Trunk Davenport

Buckle Street Improvement Provokes Reader Letter

A reader laments the Buckle Street renovation in Indianapolis, describing a trenches to concrete and brick paving project that left the street a rough, shifting desert. The piece humorously notes delays for icemen milkmen and pedestrians, urging inquires to a local clubwoman and taxpayer.

Indianapolis Journal Buckle China Buckle Street Indianapolis

Armenian Wedding Highlighted at Bethany Park Event

Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Bethany Park July 31 reports a cool day during the State Sunday-school convention program. Rev. Newman urged Sunday schools as evangelistic tools while noting age-based conversion trends and praising a live superintendent approach. Night program featured Armenian wedding on stage with local youth participation.

Indianapolis Journal Bethany Park Charles B. Newman Third Christian Church Indianapolis Newman Enty John C. Robinson van Dyke William Dissbetty Vincennes Paul E. Richard Edwards Bedford L. L. Carpenter T. J. Legg George C. Wyatt Disciples of Indiana Detroit P. Mendall Columbus Alta Wyatt Mary Harris Huff John Baptist Butler College C. B. Deweese Lexington J. A. Beattie Hiram College J. F. Findley Chicago

Escapade of a Chicken at Acton Park Becomes Parkside Feud

A humorous incident at Acton Park features Dr Wilbur F Sheridan Rev Robb Zaring and two preachers chasing a runaway chicken that spoiled a family supper. Nearby John Steeg nearly drowned after a swimming mishap and was saved by companions. A chaotic scene of croquet, startled cottagers, and crowd watching followed the pursuit before the chicken was caught and supper recovered.

Acton Park John Steeg Journal Buck Creek Steeg Wilbur F. Sheridan Robb Zaring Sheridan Prin Dr. Brown Lulu Tyler Gates Monsiuer Beaucaire Dr. Sheridan Christ John Dpal

Acton News Notes at the Park and Local Guests

R I Richardson of Cincinnati plans a Sunday at the park along with Miss Della Reed of Greensburg and guests including Mrs W D Meads of Meridian Miss Ivy Smith of Irvington and Mr and Mrs Adams of Shelbyville plus Misses Bess Trout and Ethel Adams. New arrivals at the hotel list T W Northcote and M L Northcote of Edinburg Rev D A Robertson and wife Mrs Thomas B Adams and Miss Aurilla V Hess of Shelbyville. A commended Journal editorial urges action to curb pollution of White River and Misissinewa from strawboard mills oil wells and related wastes with calls for enforcement under existing laws and better public sentiment.

R. I. Richardson Cincinnati Park Della Reed Greensburg W. D. Meads Meridian Ivy Smith Irvington Mary D. Smith Adams Shelbyville Bess Trout Ethel Adams T. W. Northcote Edinburg M. L. Northcote D. A. Robertson Acton Thomas B. Adams Aurilla V. Hess Indianapolis Journal Journal White River Mississinewa Hartford City Albany Eaton Jonesboro Indianapolis Indiana E. D. Moffett Ind

Real Estate Transfers in Marion County Indiana

Instruments filed for record in Marion County Indiana for 24 hours ending 5 pm July 31 190%. List includes Frederick A Clark to Minnie Bott Lott Hubpeth et al Sams 1 suburban lots and Englewood additions to Cyrus Bart and others. Several transfers involve Johnson Washington Street add Lincoln Park add West Indianapolis and Merrill's Sub Lots with amounts up to 3 500 and 1 900 dollars. Transfers total 450.06 plus 5 700.00 with several small sums and noted ad ditional property transfers and dwellings or structures listed along Congress Avenue New Jersey McCarty streets Talbott avenue Hillside avenue and other city blocks.

Recorder’s Marion County Indiana Frederick A. Clark Minnie B Hubpeth Et Theocenoera Land Company Jessies Phebe A. Hardesty Jesse Jones Cyrus C. Bart Englewood Oreery John G. McCullough Charles W. Mendenhall E. Wright Isaac Harris City of Indianapolis Minda Db Dye Henry Sted Johnson & Ie Washington St Dougherty Et al Felix T. McWhirter Les F. Rerepla F. Berat Et “Ux Margaret Oeorst Cineines & Chicago Steaight Nce Frank E. Stone E. Martindale Isaac CC. Walker Moore Toutham’ S CMR Waldemar Koerner Antoinette Reid Merrill Ener Falgueses Koerner Drake Nelson D. Brayton A. Pe E. M D. R. Johnean John EB. Osborn Elk North Ee Henry G. Miller Edward Fink B. Martindale Lincoln Park Wilnaghby George Walling Tohanies S. McArthur King’s Sub Bryan's Sceeseerseerrses Grace Maya Rudolph S Friteche Lot Frederick Heisner Indianapolis Inao E. Stout Rudolph Stache Frederick Reisner Indianapolia

Indianapolis and Meridian Streets Transit Timetables

Timetable fragment lists first and last cars between Martinsville Mooresville and Shelbyville, with arrival times 2:25 am 3:20 pm and service from 5 am to 11:30 pm. Includes connections at Indianapol is and intermediate stations on the half hour until 10:90 pm and notes weekend intervals and special Sunday schedules.

Magnolia Building Kentucky Avenue South Capitol Ornderson Marton Alexandria Elwood Tipton Anderson Muncie Indianapolis Andereson Stemite Carsreenfield Greenfield Kentucky Indianapol Martinsville Moores Mooresville Ares Penns Eaves Colless Ndianapolis Southeastern Traction CO Nnianapolis Shelbyville Careigale Cope Wa Jinter Meivyville

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