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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
9
Births listed include Carrie Finy and Louisa Reimer with addresses in Alabama and West Arizona, plus Clara Kluger and Ettie Brown giving birth to girls and boys in Indianapolis area. City records note several elderly residents and funeral notices follow with Tutes-Tewiler and Son Undertakers and Adams and Krieger. Real estate and miscellaneous ads, sales, and job notices concludes the segment.
Legal advertisements announce the appointment of an executor for an Indiana estate and invite sealed bids by Marion County Board of Commissioners for an arch bridge project on Shelbyville Road. Details include location in Franklin township, required bond, and bid acceptance until 1 am Thursday. Also notices to heirs and creditors request final settlement filings and show cause time in Marion Circuit Court.
Sunday church listings show multiple denominations with service times and locations. First Baptist Church and Central Christian Church outline morning sermons and midweek prayers, while Central Avenue and Meridian Street Methodist churches detail sermon topics and class schedules. First Presbyterian hosts union services and bible school, with Second Presbyterian and Tabernacle Church providing additional pagi services and youth programs. A note on Journal business directory items follows the church notices.
STORAGE The Ui n Transfer and Storage Company offers first class storage with crating and packing at corner East Ohio and Union. Phones 725. LOST A white bull terrier named Tobe weighs about 35 lbs with brindle spot on right eye. Reward for return to 2423 North New Jersey Street. LOST A large sunburst diamond brooch dropped into alley east from Pennsylvania Street between North and Walnut. Flat 5 Glencoe 27 N Penn Street. FINANCIAL Insure with Frank Sawyer. C F Sayles & Co 127 East Market. NOTICES Joseph Gardner tin iron skylights furnaces Ken nedy Ave 322. FURNACES guaranteed to heat. Hawkins 114-116 Virginia Ave. Henry Taylor & Co 8 N Senate. WANTED Traveling salesman for Indiana headquarters in this city Box 785 Journal.
Real estate transfers and instrument filings in the Marion County Recorder's Office for the 24 hours ending August 7 1903 include numerous parcels in Indianapolis and surrounding suburbs with total transfers and dollar amounts listed. A separate note reports Governor Durbin approving Ohio’s requisition for John Scott, wanted in Madison County Ohio for grand larceny, to be returned.
A lyrical vignette narrates Main Street as it wanders from crowded shops to open countryside, pausing at a garden gate, a public square, a blacksmith, and a brook bridge. The stroll ends among walnut shade and meadow grasses, a slow transition to idyllic country calm.
The article explains how engineering plans on major railroads include cost and profit forecasts. It notes Pennsylvanias practice, claiming improvements must show at least 12 percent profit, with precise calculations for grade reductions and alignments.
Joseph Ramsey, president of the Wabash, refutes reports linking the Wabash and Mr Gould to eastern expansion. He states no New York project exists now and denies ties to the Whippany River Railway and Reading Lancaster and Southern acquisitions. He notes future developments may place New York as eastern terminal but no current talks.
Rail executives report July freight tonnage above last year with local traffic driving gains. Chicago to St Louis double track upgrades eyed for the expo. Wabash forms Washington access via Dublin, while wage boosts of 12 to 15 percent ease threatened strikes. Interchange talks with electric lines spark new freight strategy discussions.
Governor Durbin and a three member commission did not pick a site at yesterday's conference. Three sites are under favorable review including a Crawfordsville pike tract of 85 acres at about 85 dollars per acre and an 80 acre Plainfield inter urban tract listed around 100 dollars per acre. The governor said a decision time is not yet clear and the panel will tour several state institutions before plans are submitted.
The Delaware County Board of Children’s Guardians plans to reinstate Leona Braan at the Indianapolis Institute for the Blind after her expulsion from Delaware County. The blind student left for Kokomo in disgrace but was found nearly starving by Kokomo’s Mrs. Jump. The board seeks her return to the Indianapolis school citing unjust treatment.
Dr James Carter announces a full Carter ticket for the upcoming city election with six tickets including Democratic Prohibition Socialist and Carter slate. Republicans and Democrats set a sixty day poll next week as Logs and Reach organize. Prohibition candidate George Hitz seeks disgruntled party members to join precinct committees.
State Geologist Blatchley returned from Vincennes where a gas and oil well reached 1,800 feet without results. Drillers consider quitting, yet Blatchley urges patience noting gas and oil are found after Trenton rock is struck. He predicts Knox county may yield if drilling reaches about 2,500 feet.
Walter Hawkins, jailed on charges of stealing 135 dollars from his roommate's trunk, was bound over to the grand jury with a $1000 bond. Jesse Tinsley, who reported the loss, swore out the warrant and says he will fight the case against his former friend.
Park commissioners oppose Riverside Park trackage by the Indianapolis Logansport Chicago Railroad south of the Big Four line. Park Superintendent J Clyde Power states south-of-track alignment would damage the park by razing a hill, injuring the golf links, and cutting trees. North-of-Big Four alignment faces less damage and may be adopted if agreement cannot be reached. Next Park Board meeting is August 14 with railroad representatives expected to present their case and objections to delay franchise approval unless an amicable agreement is reached.
The Board of Public Works advanced resolutions to improve Blake Street with flint rock macadam from Walnut to Indiana avenue and from Walnut to New York street after a deputation of Blake Street residents protested the plan. The action followed a citizen delegation seeking reconsideration of the proposed material and route.
Readers heard about opening week attractions at Park Theater with Lincoln J. Carter's Les Tueur et to Little Waits and The Scouts Revenge. The remonstrators demanded street improvement past the tracks to Washington Street, while petitions for wooden block paving to Washington Street were filed with the board yesterday.
Bids opened for cement walks and curbs on Yandes street from Twenty-second to Belt railroad with bidders Marion Caldwell J D Hoss F M Lackey Central Construction Co and others and for gravel roadway and curb on Sherman Drive with Indianapolis Construction Co Central Construction Co and others also listing a gravel roadway in first alley east of St Peter street and cement walks in Station street plus bids for no bids received on Pine street sewer and completed improvements on Maryland street Arbor avenue and Twenty-ninth street. Petitions filed and referred for wooden block roadways on Blake street from Washington to New York and from New York to Walnut and from Blake street to Indiana avenue.
The article recounts the David and Goliath story from I Samuel xvii as a vivid battle of faith versus fear. It contrasts Saul’s fear, Eliab’s narrow view, and David’s divine courage, noting David’s preparation, reliance on God, and use of a sling. It also places the tale in broader lessons about modern “giants” and national deliverers.
Discussion of Christian service from Romans 1 1 17 stressing personal salvation and purity before soul winning. It urges receiving grace and apostleship, being established in gifts, and partnering with God, with examples of warning signs from history and Whittier quotes on eternity and character building.
Passenger care leaves Penni and Washington streets with hourly service. Last car at 11:15 p m Saturdays and Sundays run at 1:80 3:00 4:30 6:... Express routes from Georgia and Meridian to Green Song at 9:00 a m and 3:20 p m. Service covers Indianapolis Shelbyville and intermediate stops with various times listed, including special Sunday schedule.
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