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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1901
Page
14
The Indiana Oil Company controlled by substantial Indianapolis businessmen will start drills within weeks on 1040 acres of oil lands. Shares are 20 cents, fully paid and nonassessable. Dividends expected once four wells operate. Comparable neighboring companies yield about 60 percent yearly.
A temperance day at Bethany Park featured Mrs Frances Beauchamp of Lexington Ky speaking at 1045 on The Defeat at Al and stressing drink as national calamity. The afternoon diamond medal contest honored Nellie McFarland Mamie White Josie Dyke and Miss Osleyke. A boys camp report, a choir concert, and a large Prohibitionist group formed followed. A family of five generations expected next week and a canoe race concluded the day with Chauncey Dowden first and Harry Cole second winning tobacco prize.
Bethany Assembly faces debt but soon gains a rescue plan as undisclosed donors pledge a thousand dollars each to stabilize finances. The group will pay down the debt, expand grounds, and improve facilities with work starting after the current assembly. A stockholders meeting is set for next Wednesday to elect officers and a new board.
Good attendance marked Acton activities as Mrs Amanda Smith, a noted colored evangelist, delivered a noon address on Faith Hope and Charity. She seemed distressed after an accident in Chicago hampering her voice. a second lecture was scheduled for later this afternoon with her journey continuing from Chicago.
The note states three wells within six rods yielding 300 barrels per day and reports more than five hundred such wells within a two mile radius, indicating extensive oil activity in the area.
Expert judge H L Dort endorses Kern field as a unique pay oil belt with no dry holes. He cites US Russia field studies and Bakersfield exploration, noting California oil costs around 4 cents per barrel to produce. Company offers stock holders full cash refund of purchase price before dividends, selling about one eighth in first three days. Officers listed Cruse Akin Clark Hubbell.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Downey will be assisted as Dr. Henry Martin prepares to present an address. Preparations by management anticipate a large crowd for today’s sessions, with attendees expected to stay through Monday morning.
Misses Jessie and Daisy Peine are guests of Miss Edith Wheeler. Miss Emma Ervin returns from a week's visit to friends in Indianapolis. Mrs. Amanda Smith will stay over until Tuesday to assist Mrs. Anna Downey.
Winona Lake prepares for the Bible conference starting August 17 with a robust program. Notable figures include Endsley of Purdue and Elfers of Indiana University, plus correlative pastors and evangelists sessions led by Rev. Hallenbeck and Dr. Munhall. Musical features directed by H. G. Smyth and several notable hotel arrivals are listed among attendees from Indiana and nearby states.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Lafayette Indiana reports morning sermon by Rev B F Inez Ambria on The Creation and After Creation. Miss Sarah Peters returned missionary from China spoke to children. Rev B F West from Penang Malaysia addressed attendees. Lectures and love feast scheduled. speakers include Prof J B De Motte Greencastle and Rev Demetrus Tillotson Lebanon. In LaPorte talks on The Dawn of Christianity ended with J E Conant on The Work of the Holy Spirit and other speakers.
R Parker of Muncie directed the concert as the convention plans to adjourn tomorrow night after a sermon by Rev J E Conant. The main sermon will be delivered by Rev C M Carter of Muncie.
A summary of residents return from distant towns and nearby visits. Florence Cothrell comes back from Harrodsburg while Fred Brinkmeyer returns from Elkhart Lake and Alice Benton Scott leaves for reasons not specified. Mrs. Robbins temporarily in Richmond and Mrs. Eastman to visit Maxinkuckee. Augusta Hunter to perform a dramatic recital at St Pauls. Mrs Ashbrook returns from Cambridge Springs. the Stuckey family touring Winchester for about four weeks. The State Board of Tax Commissioners meets tomorrow with no docket. Ladies of the G A R circle plans a Tuesday gathering. Pentecost camp meeting extends to Tuesday. Chapel services as usual. Muir Millinery seeks capital increase to 20,000 dollars. Rev Allen B. Philpott to preach Sundays at Centre Christian Church. his sermon titled Sacredness of Common Things. Charles Perry, 14, injured by a dairy wagon on East Washington. A gasoline stove tank blast on East Minnesota prompts a fire call. no damage. Prof W H Freeman to address Grant County Alumni at Marion Aug 17 and Horticultural Society in South Bend Aug 27 on forestry relations to industries. Oliver Hogan of Phoenix Accident and Sick Benefit Association granted two months leave. William H Wheelock to run local office during absence. Deputy A G Cassius C Hadley and wives and Thomas Swain and wife go to Bear Lake for 3–4 weeks. Hadley will work on murder case briefs.
The Indianapolis and Brightwood employes of the Big Four held their annual picnic excursion to Terre Haute yesterday. Three trains carried 2,681 persons, mostly women family members. They gathered at the fair grounds but many visitors spent most of the day in the city.
Dr J Rilus Eastman departed from New York yesterday aboard a voyage to Germany where he plans extended study. Henry W Lawrence leaves for New York today and will sail to London with intentions to visit Germany and Paris before returning after five weeks.
Frank Gardner aged forty seven of 238 Martindale avenue died yesterday at home. The funeral will be held tomorrow from the family residence. He was a member of the Tribe of Ben Hur Arrius fears No 5 which will attend the funeral bodily.
Major John E. Miller explains the surge in demand for veterans discharge certificates as homesteaders flood Oklahoma Territory. Laws let soldiers count wartime service toward landholding terms, prompting many to seek proof of enlistment from other states or nations. The adjutant general’s office averages 2.59 certificates annually, indicating many discharges are lost.
George Bernard, renowned American sculptor from New York with Hoosier roots, spent hours in the city en route to South Bend to confer with the soldiers' monument committee. He plans another Indianapolis visit next week to discuss the Harrison monument. His Paris training with MacMonnies precedes his Pan-American Exposition fountain groups.
Central Labor Union organized after John Blue assisted saw-handle makers at Atkins saw works to form a union. About thirty seven members currently in the new body, with most city workers in that trade. Officers include President George Keerner and Treasurer Wesley Sulgrove. Delegates to Central Labor Union Frank Dacey and Bert Blough, and Labor Day committee Bert Cruzan.
A new marble cutters and helpers union was formed yesterday in the city. The group held a meeting and elected officers with John Le Page as president James Seybold as vice president H C Smith as secretary William Weir as treasurer Lee Oglesby as business agent and named delegates to the Central Labor Union John Le Page Thomas Pagne to the Central Labor Union and Joseph OToole Lee Oglesby to the Labor Day committee. The next meeting is scheduled Saturday at 2 o clock at Central Labor Union Hall.
Work on a twenty mile interurban electric road from Greenwood to Shelbyville starts immediately with a route survey set for tomorrow and operations targeted for next spring. Estimated cost is 350000 dollars. Power house will be on Sugar creek midway between Greenwood and Shelbyville. Hogue Graden of Greenwood will handle grading and construction, with work to begin within five days. Officers include President J T Polk Greenwood secretary E A Robinson Indianapolis treasurer Eugene Robinson Rock Lane and general manager A R B Hogue Greenwood.
The Grand Hotel manager reports W. M. Gridley registered during the State encampment as an advertising agent from St. Louis and ran a $41 bill paid by a bounced check. He promised to return to correct it, but a Chicago letter said the check came from the wrong bank. A physician who tried to cash a $5 check for him learned Gridley owes 2 cents after issuing many checks. He is about 40, well dressed and claims past newspaper positions seeking a general advertising agent post.
Goldie Smith, repeatedly arrested for associating with Negroes, was arrested after suffering head wounds treated at City Dispensary. She says a colored woman unknown to her stabbed with a hat pin and vowed to take her life this afternoon. Police could not locate the assailant.
The Belvidere House on Third Street Northwest near Pennsylvania Avenue is described as the only hotel in the world patronized exclusively by Indians. Landlord Benjamin F Beveridge has studied Indian appetites and tribal tastes, claiming to know what each tribe prefers and how meals should be prepared.
The Union Oil Company of Bakersfield says it closed a contract with Spreckels Sugar Refining for 800000 barrels of Kern River Oil to be delivered at San Francisco for 1.33 a barrel, equal to 86c at the wells. The piece urges buying stock now to capitalize on rising prices and suggests a few hundred dollars can yield income if invested.
A table outlines how select California oil stocks advanced in three to eight months after starting purchases. It notes Indiana Oil Company offers similar upside potential for buyers, highlighting quick gains opportunities.
The Belvidere dining room sits in the basement with a single long table and sturdy tableware. Native travelers, often from the same tribe, share rooms and sleep together amid powwow like late night gatherings. Interpreters visit during ceremonious calls as tales of war deeds and treaties resurface in a ritual recounting.
An old promotional piece extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for lung troubles, claiming many cases improve or recover after doctors said no help remained. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. Cora L. Sunderiai of Chaneyville Maryland praising the medicine and the accompanying advice in Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser.
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