Want Ad Seekers and Legal Notice in 1900s Journal
A 21 year old seeks a position with advancement in bookkeeping shorthand and typing and can supply references. Classified section urges readers to use Sunday Journal want ads for buying selling or trading. Legal notice outlines a stock meeting August 23 to discuss a merger forming the Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western Railway Company with large capital and bonds secured by mortgage.
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Indianapolis
Decatur & Westernway Company
Incinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railway Company
George R. Balch
Journal Directory Listing of Local Businesses
A compact directory excerpt lists Elevators Reed y Co as passenger and freight specialists with repairs and supplies. Funeral directors Frank Blanchard with lady attendant. Florists Benter Mann Bros at Mass Ave and Del., patent lawyers Thompson R Bell Indianapolis. Sale and livery Stales Horace Wood. Peerless Foundry stove repairs 710 week st. Wall papers H C Stevens New Style Wall Paper Senate Ave with multiple phone numbers.
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Reedy & CO CO
Ie Funeral
Frank Blanchard
Delaware St
Bentermann Bros
New No
Mass
N. del
Thompson R. Bell
Ingalls
Senate
Surprising Passenger Earnings Boost Eastbound Rates
Big passenger earnings surprise officials as Western roads plan to lower passenger rates to the East. July revenue shows increases of 5 to 12 percent across Indianapolis lines, with Imi leading last year’s figures. Rail traffic grows as trolley lines also prosper, signaling a broader travel uptick and stronger freight car demand.
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Western
Indianapolis
Imi
Central States
Chicago
St. Louis
Rail traffic notes and locomotive orders update
Westerners aim to travel east as cheaply as westerners. A Stevens of Chicago & Southeastern cites 50 to 60 cars of oats and wheat daily on new coal traffic. Several railroad men, managers, and engineers arrive in the city. Pressed Steel Car builds 200,000 pound cars for Monongahela line. Atlantic passenger engines shipped from Schenectady with more due next week.
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Washington
America
Pressed Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Cc. E. Schaff
Big Four
City
E. S. McGrimsey
Chicago & Southeastern
Muncie
Ind
Wabash
St. Mary’s River
Indianapolis
Erie
Galion
Marion
Bradford
Allegheny
Salamanca
Hornellsville
Chicago
Hocking Valley Road
Charles Stilz
Union Station
W. G. Moore
Wisconsin Central
Moore
John W. Carter
Louisville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Columbus
New York Central
Harlem
Shelby
Rensallaer
A. Stevens
L. Liston
Union Pacific
W. C. Laird
Chicago Great Western
H. Miles
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Monongahela
W. C. Arp
Vandal
B. P. Humphrey
Assenger
Lake Shore
Kansas City
Granville
Pullman Company
Pullman
Indiana
California
Knights of Pythias
W. M. Cluis
Rock Island
New Orleans
Mr. Cluis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
W. H. Rogers
United States
Boston & Albany
Boston
Albany
Springfield
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Providence
R. L
Panhandle
Logansport
W. H. McDoel
Monon
New York
Vincenes
Mooresville
Ands
J. P. Morgan & Co
Georgia Central
St. Louis
San Francisco
Morgan & Co
Southern Pacific
Toledo, St. Louis & Western
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Hocking Valley
Pere Marquette Transportation
Detroit
The New Franchises Controversy in Indianapolis
Letter from JOHN M. KITCHEN of Indianapolis dated August 5 urges councilors to curb secrecy and haste in granting street railway franchises. He questions legality and equity of allowing freight on New York Street and cites an 1899 act permitting suburban lines access to city tracks, demanding protections for churches federal building and taxpayers.
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The
Indianapolis Journal
New York Street
Said Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Illinois Street
Federal
Common Council
John M. Kitchen
Indianapolis
Van Horne Son Contracts Typhoid Fever in Cuba Trip
R. R. Van Horne son of the Cuban railroad president, who was sent to Swineburn island yesterday from the Curituba, has developed typhoid fever. Arrangements are being made to transfer him to a Manhattan hospital for more exclusive care.
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NEW _YORK
R. R. van Horne
van Horne
Swineburn Island
Curituba
Cuba
Manhattan
August Afternoon Echoes in a Quiet Stream
A quiet August afternoon scene speaks through a drowsy stream and ripening orchards. The poem notes dusted thistles, tender gloom in after-flowers, and silent robins as crickets and locusts lament summer’s end. William Dean Howells reflects on seasonal decay and memory.
Fiancee Found at Holiness Camp in Acton
An Acton Holiness Association gathering reports a curious event as a man seeking a wife stays at the park. He and his fiancée attend meetings, then depart by train amid a crowd at the depot after a farewell kiss. The scene closes with social notices of guests and local activities at Bethany Park Bethany Park Indiana.
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Holiness Association
Acton
Fowler
C. F. Brooks
Ohio
Miss Stone Captivity Tale Draws 9000 at Winona Lake
Ellen M. Stone the American missionary concluded her captivity narrative at Winona Lake drawing about 9000 people within hearing and a large surrounding area roped off. She notes 172 days in captivity with deprivations including soap and careful use of a small toilet soap lasting three months. She did not address oath bound claims about naming captors.
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Warsaw
Ind
Ellen M. Stone
Winona Lake
Winona
Miss Stone
Madame Tsilka
Pike Family Reunion Honors Milestones at Bloomingdale Glens
The eleventh annual Pike family reunion at Bloomingdale Glens drew sixty six members from Indiana and Illinois. It marked William Tomlinson and Martha Pike Tomlinson's fiftieth wedding anniversary and Stephen Pike's twentieth marriage anniversary. Stephen Pike, Park County auditor, was re elected president. A State Normal outing from Terre Haute and several visiting groups attended.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomingdale
Ind
Pike
Bloomingdale Glens
Indiana
Illinois
William Tomlinson
Martha Pike Tomlinson
Stephen Pike
Glens
Park County
State Normal
Terre Haute
The
Professor Byers
Professor Macbeth
Veedersburg
Danville
Liberty Bell Jubilee Singers
Romance at Acton Park Seeks Widow With Money
An elderly man at Acton Park during a summer assembly, about sixty five, wore a long white beard and a Prince Albert coat. He claimed to be a common man and announced he sought a widow with money to support herself. He spent hours telling his troubles to bystanders, eager for introductions and ready to state his intentions once a match appeared.
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Acton Park
Acton
Prince Albert
Local Wholesale Trade Active As Sweet Potatoes Appear
The wholesale trade shows vigor across fruits vegetables and groceries. Fruit supplies for canning swell with peaches plums and pears abundant at reasonable prices while Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes arrive. Poultry eggs stay strong though butter remains unsettled. Iron and hardware trade is good and traveling salesmen report rising orders as the month progresses.
Army Orders Briefed From Washington Aug 5
Washington dispatch lists transfers and assignments in the army including First Lieut. Howard W. Beal to Fort Columbus and Col. George H. Burton to Governor's Island, plus numerous lieutenant promotions to regiments at Fort Leavenworth and various duty postings, with an detail on ordnance officers, retiring boards, and fleet movements to the Philippines and New London for equipment and maintenance duties.
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Washington
Adjutant General's Office
Howard W. Beal
Fort Columbus
George H. Burton
Governor's Island
Department of the St
Frederick W. Mills, Jr
12Th Inf
7Th Inf
Co. L
Fort Leavenworth
General Service and Staff College
Leighton Powell
David A. Snyder
Inf
Frederick W. Sibley
Albert C. Dalton
26Th Inf
Lorrain T. Richardson
Kent Browning
Stephen O. Fuqua
Vincent M. Elmore, Jr
F. W. MacManus
Benjamin R. Wade
George E. Goodrich
Charles W. Barber
Edwin S. Hartshorn
F. Clark R. Elliott
William P. Screws
Ralph B. Lister
Harry E. Comstock
William R. Standiford
Edward Burr
Corps of Engineers
Charles L. Cooper
Cav
Henry H. Adams
George E. Bushnell
Philip G. Wales
David C. Shanks
George B. Walker
Denver
Ordnance
New London
Conn
MacArthur
John C. Butler
Jack Rogers Birnie
Ira MacNutt
Lawrence L. Bruff
William W. Gibson
Charles B. Wheeler
William S. Pierce
Samuel Hoff
William H. Tschappat
Edward P. O'Hara
Tenth Cavalry
Thomas
Fort McKenzie
Wyo
Fort Washington
Fort D. A. Russell
Third Cavalry
San Francisco
Philippines
Price of Lime Advanced in Chattanooga Market
Chattanooga Tenn August 5 news reports a lime price hike from 16 to 22 cents per bushel after a suspected Southern Smokills combination. Limemakers say higher machinery costs wages and other expenses drive the increase.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Real Estate Ad Promotes Indiana Title Guaranty Service
An Indiana title company advertises title assurance for real estate deals. It claims no abstract needed, securing the transaction with reasonable fees. The firm reads Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Company located at 129 East Market Street.
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INDIANA _ TITLE GUARANTY AND LOAN COMPANY
East Market Street
Lockerbie Street Fair Opens Tonight for Fresh Air Mission
Lockerbie street sweeps completed and stalls set for two night fair to raise funds for the Fresh Air Mission. Attractions include fortune-telling tents, fish ponds, a vaudeville show with Karnata Messing Lancaster Porter Oakes and others, with excursions every five minutes and live music both nights.
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Lockerbie
Fresh Air Mission
Mr. Karnata
Sam Messing
Ralph Lancaster
Harry Porter
Charles Oakes
Miss Lewis
Emma Messing
Joe M
Nellie Wales
Anna Newton
Elizabeth Ives
Leseras
Claire Peck
Automo
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Mason Paul Brown
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Frank
Nannie Perkine
Charles Z. Luding
Bruner
Summers
Corntella Brown
Miars
Jessie A. Carr
Bessie Wiles
Deatha
Mary Harry
North Senate
Charles Anderson
East Thirteenth
Russel
William White
Ener Rich
North Capitol
Nancy F. Thompson
Eee Martin
Matilde A. Martin
Gary Martin
Capitol Avenue
North Park Christian Church
Twenty-ninth Street
Ken Wood Avenue
Smythe
William H
Washington, ‘el
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Crown Hill
Ee Flanner & Buchanan
Kregelo
Delaware St. le
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Fletcheray
W. D. Allison CO
Alabama
H. P
Nicholson File CO
Arcade Works
Anderson
G. Reynolds
Gregory & Appel
Lemcke Siedling
A. DE _SOUCHET. FINANCIAL
C. F. Sayles & CO
Jos. Co. Y & CO
Law Building
Indianapol
Williams & CO
Enn Engineering
Joseph H. Dennis
Ncer and Surveyor
Bellefontaine St
Giacapolis
Ets i Tetas P Sparedotice
Joseph Gardner
Kentucky
Indianapolis Whecking CO
Wis Connelly
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Sunday Journal
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G. M. Meriick
Gen
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Sen Eee
Renee
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railroad Co
Dee
Warne Township
Marion County
Peru
Journal
Cincinnati
Richmond & Muncie
Reyburn’s Grove
Lazarus
Indianapolis, Decatur & Western Railroad
Graves
Decatur
Flo
William Dean Howells
Christian Women's Board OF
MIS
Bethany Park
Christian Women’s Board of Missions
Tabernacle
Mattie Burgess
Bilaspur
India
Effie Cunningham
A. C. Hopkins
Kokomo
8. K. Jones
Ben Davis Creek
Vincennes
Bloomfield
W. O. Darnall
Lebanon
Treasury
Earnest Wiles
Ann Arbor
Mich
Virginia
Kansas
Calcutta
Anna R. Bourne
Elsie Gordon
Vangie Morgan Smith
Omaha
Franklin
8. K
Oxer
Ahmed Nagar
Bombay
Kentucky University of Lexington
United Mission Studies
Burgess
O. A. Burgess
Mattie Pounds
C. C. Smith
Zonetta Vance
Emma B. Robinson
J. A. Ever
Henry O. Pritchard
Walter Howe
Moffett
T. J. Moffett
Frank Wells
Emma Ryan
Zella L. O'Hair
E. Edyth Starr
F. G. Hazelregg
L. D. Braden
Lizzie Thomson
Marie Braden
R. M. Thomas
Allen Davis
Greensburg
Varnice Williams
Shelbyville
Earl Chapman
Arkansas
Charles Robinson
Harold Beach
M. R. Hunt
J. R. French
St. Paul
H. C. Webb
Frankie Pickerell
Jessie Linton
Ruth Marshall
Hanna Marshall
Louise Marshall
Louis Budenz
Elmer Marshall
Edith Wheeler
Elizabeth Scruggs
Hoop
Harry Wheeler
Buck Creek
Matinee
Spring Lake Park
Peceas
Randells
Cloverleaf
Edythe Kinney
Jerome and Meredith
Ernie Wel
Henry Kent
Apair Ban
Europe
Basso Valley
Ola Hayden
Ol’tendore
ARMY
Hay
Timothy
Prarie
Wagon Market
Coal and Coke
Blossburg
Jackson
Kanawha
Pittsboro
Raymond
Winifrede
Luhrig
Brazil Block
Reen County
Mack
West Virginia
Connellsville
Droge
Pp & W
Castile
Ailée
Bernesey
Cadetto Capitol
Farwell
Fitchville
Hope
Linwood
Lonsdale
Pepperell
Allen
Arnold Jong
Hamilton Fancy
Mertionse Pinks Incy
Pacific Fancy
Simpson's
Simpson
Berlin
Mewarts
Warren
Slater
Genesee
Ickings
Amoskeag Acal
Ilige
Lenox
Oakland AF
Portsmouth
Zee
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Wise Ever Sa
Amoskrag
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Harmony
Stark
Ugie
Java
Arioss
Lion
Jersey
Caracas
Gates
Ridgewood
Cassia
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Carolina
Iron and Steel
Paige
Ste
Duchess
Aiden Buuen
Erate
Cirman
Plume
Indiana Gems
Messina
To . OA
Ohlins
Georgia
Steraph Inc
Aiao
Columbia Hartford
COLT
GEO, Merritt & CO
Washington St
Lockerbie Street
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