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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1902
Page
9
A jumble of names and addresses appears with parcels, obituaries, and classified lines. It includes death notices for Carlisle and references to local services, a burglar proof claim, and various real estate and business ads along with stray dogs and loan offers.
A Chicago Daily News report claims a major merger uniting Erie Lehigh Valley Reading Jersey Central and more, with a Morgan led holding company pooling stocks as a single treasury yet Morgan disputes the story calling it unfounded. Meanwhile Illinois Central announces a confirmed double tracking from Memphis to Fulton expected within a year enhancing regional rail capacity. Frisco executives travel to New Orleans amid talks to enter via Arkansas Louisiana routes and to acquire Port Chalmette terminals and other riverfront assets.
At a Chicago meeting of Western and Southwestern passenger association secretaries five merchants associations pressed for identical spring and fall meeting dates with reduced rates. The bid, likely to be considered at the January 6 bi monthly meeting, faces limited grant prospects as retailers argue simultaneous stock purchases are impractical. Meanwhile, incorporation papers filed at Carbondale for the St. Louis & East Shore Railroad outline a main line from East St. Louis through multiple counties to Fort Gage, with branches tapping coal fields and kaolin deposits, connected to Gould interests. Freight offices of C H D and Indiana Decatur Western will consolidate in Indianapolis under A D Evans and J B McNeely, aiming to reduce costs. Central Freight Association issues a 292-page 193 classification with an index to new rules.
For sixty days past miners on the Indianapolis and Vincennes have been loading 13 to 150 cars per day. J. H. Cooke, an engineer on the Cairo division of the Big Four, is spending holidays with relatives in this city. Dr. J. F. Wagner of the Pennsylvania relief department has returned from a two weeks East vacation. George L. Bradbury, ex-vice president of Lake Erie & Western, has been resting at his Chicago home. J. A. Barnard, GM of Peoria & Eastern, reports the line lacking three or four men and fears impacts on coal. The Continental Limited on the Western route made the Monday run.
Railroads announce delayed freight rate changes to Jan 15. Antipass orders cost Western lines $560,000. H F Bicknell and wife winter in Miami plan spring return to work. Pennsylvania delays fifth VP while charter changes loom. Frisco, Lake Erie & Western move roundhouse, wage calls rise. Frisco branch new service Jan 1. Big Four Florida train Jan 5. Passenger lines expand Chicago to Sault Ste Marie and Florida through services January 12. Santa Fe suspends annual passes. through trains to Florida routes announced. Reid named Chicago Rock Island chair. Pereana rebuild under Prince and Carpenter with staff shifts.
A United States treasury official in Washington recommends washing bank notes and other paper currency. He argues bankers should adopt the practice, noting notes are often dirty and oily and may carry germs, and that a simple soap and water cleaning would improve circulating money.
A Philadelphia Record salesman notes perfumes affect people differently. Selection should follow careful study of one's temperament. Violet extract may agitate some, while others feel affection. Hellotrope attracts those who dislike fuss, yet may distress others in strong environments.
A fragment reflects on how scents divide people, noting some are annoyed by any perfume while others cannot live without it. It ponders the varied reactions to fragrance and calls the effect of fumes “queer” in its impact on different natures.
Household Words outlines the queen consort's distinct legal status from the king, noting she is not his equal, can transact business, incur debts, and bear property in her own name. It covers her immunity from certain taxes, potential debt liability, limited political power, and historical privileges including coronation rites and royal revenue. It also describes the rare cases where she could act in state, and the peculiar whales privilege.
Four people hear a man recount a bizarre tale of attempting to write a novel for a small weekly. He narrates how illness and editor demands forced an accomplice to finish the story, leading to a surprising outcome.
Local markets report little change in quotations with provisions weak and likely to fall. Eggs and canned goods rise slowly, flour and hardware hold strong. bananas oranges and tropical fruits steady. The grain market remains active with 58 cars inspected and track bids showing mixed red and white wheat and various corn grades, wagon market prices listing timothy and clover hay per ton.
The page lists wholesale prices for poultry and produce including young turkeys at 12c, hens 8c, cocks 4c, ducks 5c, cheese at various regional prices, eggs firm at 2c per dozen, beeswax, wool grades, hides and tallow, and extensive listings for candy, nuts, coal products, drugs, fabrics, flour, coffee, sugar, lard, bacon, and seeds. It reflects general commodity pricing and wholesale dealer quotations.
Instruments for record show transfers in Marion County Indiana ending December 30 1902 including Willoughby en Wane to Cory O Connell Lot McChesne Outlet 156 Worth 1000 dollars Fisher to Hagga Blk 12 Beaty add part 3 Foster to Piel Bros starch Co nw Sec 4 etc total transfers 21 with 14 000 dollars plus 2 000 美元 1 500 dollars and 1 550 dollars in consideration names include Martha J Fisher Claude B Phinney William Churchman Julia Eastman and others with properties on Fletcher's Fletcher's 2d Add Foster's 24 Add and Losey's corrected subs and various street adjacencies.
The notice lists hourly train schedules for Indianapolis routes, with departures from Indianapolis to Shelbyville Greenwood and Franklin Martinsville and Mooresville, detailing first and last cars, intermediate stops, and time-card changes effective January 1. It mentions ticket outlets at Huder's store and E. E. Ensley pharmacy and notes hourly service patterns from Union Station.
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