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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1901

Page

9

Vital Statistics and Local Advertisements

Vital Statistics December 12 lists many names and addresses for births and deaths in Indianapolis area. The page combines furnace repairs, metal work, wrecking services, loans, building materials, and professional ads for florists opticians patent lawyers surgeons and funeral directors. It also notes prop listings and a job ad seeking a real estate department manager.

Civil Service Reform League in Boston Report

The National Civil-service Reform League opened its twenty first annual meeting in Boston after an executive session. D C Gilman presided as reports highlighted wartime restorations and the merit system abroad. Everett F Wheeler urged specialized exams while Eliot Schurz Gilman and Foulke spoke on reform and public service. Roosevelt was praised as a strong ally and leader.

Boston National Civil-service Reform League D. C. Gilman Baltimore Friends of Civil-Service Reform War Department Philippine Islands League Civil Service Commission Roosevelt Friends of New York Everett F. Wheeler Randers Theater Cambridge Eliot Harvard Carl Schurz Daniel C. Gilman William Dudley Foulkes Stoughton Hall Massachusetts Madhenla William Dudley Foulke Indiana National Civil-service Commission America

Per Diem Car Detention Charge Aimed At Gould Lines News

A report cites J W Midgley asserting U S railroads lost 210 million in 191 year due to poor car handling and plans a per diem detention charge to improve freight car utilization. George Gould tours railroads and outlines potential new lines from Arkansas to Louisiana with electric trains and ties to Missouri Pacific network.

J. W. Midgley Western Freight Asociation United States Midgley Chicago Midgely George J. Gould Gould New York Utah Texas Arkansassa Lake Providence Louisiana Texas & Pacific Mississippi River New Orleans St. Louis New Orleans & Northwestern New York City Java Arlosa Lion the Jersey Caracas Gates Columbia Windsor Ridgewood A Phoenix A Empire A Ideal Golfer Ridgewood Cassia Navy Tb. c Carolina

California Midland railway and steel works plan announced

An Eastern syndicate owning Madeira County iron mines intends to invest about 15 million dollars to build smelters a steel plant and a shipyard in California A railroad named California Midland from the mines to San Francisco Bay is proposed with construction starting next year Gen W H Hart confirms details The syndicate members are unnamed

San Francisco Madeira County The California Midland San Francisco Bay Chronicle W. H. Hart

New Businesses Form in Indianapolis Area Firms and Directors Listed

The Fisher Automobile Company of Indianapolis incorporated with 10000 dollars capital to deal in autos carriages bicycles and more with Horace L. Hewitt Carl G. Fisher and Merton H. Bintley as directors. Nearby Ham and Home Building and Loan association also incorporated with varied capital and listed directors. Fifteen or twenty girls at the Co B Cones overall factory fainted. inspectors found faulty gas engine exhaust pipes venting fumes under the workroom windows and ordered extensions to the roof.

Joseph Gardner Kentucky Ave Teleaotice Indianapolis Wrecking CO Cornell Donald Central Passenger Association W. G. Purdy Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific William B. Leeds Mr. Purdy J. H. Moore D. G. Reid Purdy New York James J. Hill Northern Pacific Railway Company Northern Securities Company Great Northern Mren Northernacific Chicago & Northwestern West Pacific Coast Thomas H. Quill Chicago Great Western Pittsburg Quill Indianapolis Pennsylvania Lines Columbus Huntsville Ala Chamber of Commerce Winchester Tenn Jamestown Bowling Green Litchfield Aberdeen Miss Southern Securities Company Capital Trenton N. J C. Frederick Smith John R Turner Edward B. Hawkins Edward P. Magoffin Walter H. Band East Grange T. E. Bradbelt Central Passenger Association of Chicago Chicago Rauh Union Stockyards Canadian Pacific Railway Maine Atlantic Pacific Mattawampkeag Vanceborough Maine Central Princeton Canadian Pacific Ilroad Greenville E. D. Fulton Uniontown P. B. Crosby Marietta Muskingum River Zanesville Parkersburg West Virginia Coal Felds J. T. Blair Carnegie Railroad Lake Erie Fisher Automobile Company Horace L. Hewitt Carl G. Fisher Merton H. Bintley Indianapolis Council Knights of Columbus Home Building and Loan Association Shirley M. D. Welsch A. 8. Houck D. Gabrille J.C. McCain B. L. Byrket E. B. Byrket C. W. Chamberlain Ralph Wilson C. W. Bousley Greene County Coal Company Terre Haute David Ingle David Ingle, Jr J. Smith Talley G. Ed Talley Mount Vernon Coal and Mining Comany Incorporated E. B. Schenk G. V. Menzies Jacob Behrich Louis Keck Louis Wasem Jacob Cronback Henry Lehnar Co. B. Cones Overall McAbee Harry State Board of Health

Property Transfers On City Streets This Week

Jane W Jones sold property on North Senate avenue near Twenty eighth street to Harry H Harrison for 2500 dollars. The St Clair Real Estate Company bought Margaret B Venns residence on North Meridian street near Walnut for 16000 dollars. Richard Cox sold his property on Cornell avenue near Seventeenth street to Albert H Mills for 3500 dollars.

Jane W. Jones Senate Avenue Twenty-eighth Street Harry H. Harrison St. Clair Real Estate Company Margaret B. Venn Meridian Street Walnut Richard Cox Cornell Avenue Seventeenth Street Albert H. Mills

Rush County man dies in West Michigan streetcar

George Munt of Rush county died suddenly yesterday afternoon in a West Michigan streetcar of heart trouble. He was sixty five, living four miles south of Knightstown, on his way to visit a friend on Blake street. The public schools will close for the holidays in December and reopen January 2. Teachers will decide on entertainment for lower grade children on the closing day, and have planned something new.

R. P. Sanderson Motive Wer Seaboard F. H. McGee Peoria & Eastern Panhandle Columbus Woodstock Loree Baltimore & Ohio Salt Lake Utah Great Northern New York Central Tts Capital New York, New Haven & Hartford Wheeling & Lake Erie The Wabash Navarre Volney T. Malott F. R. Barlow Harry Miller Benjamin McKeen Vandalia Pittsburg Lake Erie United States J. B. Rucker Louisville & Nashville Ito John C. Wood Indiana Illinois Iowa Detroit Monon Florida Louisville French Lick John McClurg J. A. Barnard Urbana C. B. Robertson Lake Erie & Western Indianapolis Michigan City C. G. Robinson John H. Berrickman Norfolk & Western Rail Company George Munt Rush County West Michigan Knightstown Blake Street

Union Meeting Aims to Enforce Sunday Closing Law

Union of Grocery Clerks holds meeting at 1111 Shelby Street tonight to organize a citywide movement. They seek to enforce the Sunday closing law as the effort expands through the city.

Shelby Street

Train Strike Fatal? Charles Rosemeyer Injured at West Tenth Crossing

Charles Rosemeyer of three miles west of the city was struck by a P. and E. fast train at the West Tenth street crossing yesterday evening. His buggy was demolished and a gash was cut in his body.

Charles Rosemeyer City West Tenth Street

Market Churn Lowers Prices as Trade Drops in Several Lines

Trade has fallen off across multiple lines with softer vegetable prices and firmer fruits. Potatoes weaken while apples, cranberries, and citrus hold steady or rise. flour, cereals, and dried fruits remain firm. Grain receipts rise but demand softens, wagon market shows easier corn and hay prices, and wholesale trades signal cautious activity amid holiday demand.

Florida

St Cecilia Society Vaudeville At St Pauls Church

A large audience attended a St Cecilia Society vaudeville at St Pauls Episcopal Church in the Jones room. The program featured one act sketches, instrumental and vocal solos, with Mrs Walter Fogate praised for "Violets" and other songs. Fort Wayne attorneys planned Supreme Court arguments on Fort Wayne charter bills.汇. American Tribune New Colony Company aims to open its Archer County Texas city in January. L F Wilson transfers 0,000 acres to the company.

St. Cecilia Society St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Jones Walter Fogate Wright Nevin Rogers Secrest Pickaninnies Mabula Reuben Rhodes Eliott Perkins Walter Evanson Eliott Perkins, Jr Frances Kingsley B. B. Bales Susan Ralph Abbott Fort Wayne Supreme Court Robert Taylor J. B. Harper W. J. Vesey Allen Zollars J. M. Barrett W. H. Shambaugh American Tribune New Colony Company P. H. Fitzgerald Archer, County Texas L. F. Wilson Kansas City Colonization Company Archer County

Marion county circuit judge candidates emerge in race

William Bosson announces candidacy for circuit judge of Marion county while James A. Pritchard is named as a lone hopeful for the judgeship. Booth Tarkington supporters hint at a possible bid for state office. A large crowd attends the Phoebe Society Christmas fair in Tomlinson Hall benefiting the Protestant Deaconess Hospital. The Turnverein girls classes perform calisthenic demonstrations for entertainment.

William Bosson Marion County James A. Pritchard Alona Booth Tarkington Phoebe Society Tomlinson Hall Turnverein

Indiana Title Guarantee Company Public Notice

Title Insurance men demand that investors avoid real estate purchases without guaranteed titles. Do not invest in Real Estate unless the title is guaranteed by the Indiana Title Guarantee Company, 12 Bust Market Street.

Od Pan Commencaties Ve Indiana GU Santy Cri Vis. Company Bust Market Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

Vital Statistics Frank Della Hawkins Leura Street Sarah McKinney Martha Avenge Christin Lillie Kilgemetz Applegate Henriette Kichner Reynolds Street Ami Rees Holtz Wright Street Elizabeth Helleway North Mrnet Eirt Ward Willie Werner West Washetrent Boy Ide Wiegand Church Street Betelia Cowsill Temple Avenue Preskort Elizabeth Lown South Harding Street Glena Seneta Hendricks Othile McKitley John EB. Robinson Gertrude Webb Clarence Ed Susie K Mostma Max Fhireman Martha Frances Alien Withetta Oakiey South West Street Een Melvina Keen North West Street Max Berkowitz Virginia Avefur Ee Culley Thomas J. Culley Daniel B Margaret A. Culley Fu i Charles Culley Keystone Avenue A. Diener Washington Delaware Flanner Ee Real Estate W. & Greyver Majestic Ee PO Rent—Sre Boor, Gregory & Appel KRENT Eson & Juss United Repewriters and Supplies Co., & Manu Bright & Davidson Lombard Exin Bright & Davlagon Sarah Eliott H. Black Bachart H. FP. W. Co Alabama Ohio Street Union Insurance Royal Company W. A. Grever Anderson Fire and Tornado Insurance Roliyn Hawkins Virginia Ay. Bae Manhattan Anti-Trustee Manhattan General Agency Washington St Pinancial F. Sayles East Market Street Joanness Law Commission D. W. Coffin Lombard Ding Joan W. A. Ajestic Imertgase Marken Financial Leanne Librunes Oan Stevenson Building Washington Street Podtans Hospital Dee Bith Adelf Scherres Eet Issiane Volta Reldy & CO Pasnes New Ano Bertermann Bros New No Mass. Av N. del Rouse & Mayhew Monument Place Leek Wy Atent Fk T. Silvius & CO N. Pennsylvania St Thomas St. Bell Ingalls Block W. H. Lockwood Ats Lemcke Building Stegmeir Bros Oyster Cine House W. N. Ullinois St Both We Horace Wood Circe Pel Peerless Foundry CO Meek St H. C. Stevens Si N. Senate Frans Seanceard Delaware St Progressive Company Blight & Davidson Lombard Building J. H. Davidson Journal Office Executive Council Messrs. Foulke the Tribune Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer Stratton & Storm Company Hirschhorn, Mack & Co United Cigar Manufacturers Leosen Cuba Porto Rico McKinley Memorial Association Eveland McKinley National Memorial Association John Ireland Henry Watterson Andrew Carnegie Corrigan Frank H. Sargent Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Henry A. Vandyke Princeton University P. M. Arthur Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Bishop Potter Don M. Dickinson J. M. Buckley Christian Advocate John Mitchell United Mine Workers Wiliam H. Crane William B. Clarke Corbin Hun R. C. Kerins Secretary of State Union of Grocery Clerks Hay Trimathy Goa California Coal and Coke Siper Cone County Tsburs Slack Jackson Abel West Virginia Ingnelisville Hocking Valley Castile Andruscog Perkley Cabot Pepst Cumberland Dwight Anchor Farwell Hope Linwood Lamente Peabody Sac Pepperell Pep Fea Nie Androscogs'n Andin Atlantic A Argyle Sue Boott C Buck's Head Cliftencee Constitution Sige Carlisle Dwight Star Great Falls BE Great Falls J. Sc Mill Fime Indian Head She Pepperell KR Androscoggin Andrescoggin Allen Dress Etyies Allen TR Allan Robes Sige American Indigo S.c Arnold Tong Arnola Luc Cocheco Fancy Hamilton Fancy Merri Pene Simpson Simpson Edwards D&c Wastic Slater Genesee Wee. Tren Sirataht Srades D Steel Bank Best Straits Labrador West Virginia Malaga Davis Kentucky New Alsike Alfaifa Timothy Oxire Mr. Fitzgerald Texas Colony McLean Dr. J. H. PicLean Medicine Co Wilfred Clark and Company Werner and Reider Lotta Gladstone Pete Baker Raymond and Caverly the de Maths Ines North Bison City Quartette Biograph Tog Gether Kathryn Kidder Molly Pitcher Madame Sans Gene Edmond Hayes McFadden Delaware Sts Rice & Barton’s Gaiety Company Rose Hill Folly Co Grand Opera Maurice Grau Gounods Opera Suzanne Adams Bauermeister Bridewell Messrs Salignac Bars Declery Gilibert Dafriche Journet Mr. Flon Wagner Mines Gadski Schuman-Heink Diegel de Muhlman Edouard de Reszke Walter Damrosch Theodore Thomas Starr Plano Newton Reo Building Pennsylvania Obiestree Fitzgerald Aldine Tzgerald Wichita Falls Denver & Gulf City News Notes Marion County Agricultural and Hereticultural Society Statehouse R. V. Hunter Grace Presbyterian Church Christian Endeavor Society Ladies’ Union of Plymouth Church Oneida South Iinois Street Kentopky-avenes Yesterdaing G. Claffey Pery Phoebe Society's Fair
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