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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
8
Marriage license notices list Walter A. Johnson and Hazel Le Clair Soln men. Death brief for McDaniels age one. Monuments and funeral directors advertised with firm names and addresses. Classifieds include for rent and sale listings, loans, loans on mortgages, and warehouse storage. A card ad promotes a miracle tincture.
Directory items list funeral directors opticians florists patent lawyers and more with services and contact details. Churches across New York and Pennsylvania streets outline services Sunday school cantatas and sermons while job ads invite workers and professionals.
Certified copy of decree summons sale of Lot 102 Metestrs South addition Indianapo lis Marion County Indiana to satisfy $596 00 plus interest and costs. Sale Saturday June 12 1903 10 am to 4 pm at courthouse foot. Also rents and profits for up to seven years. Second notice for Lot 21 George W Here second addition Indianapolis Indiana at 10 am to 4 pm same day. Both sales proceed for Interstate Building Loan and Investment Association. Sheriff of Marion County. May 21 1903.
Marion County Superior Court appoints Howard Young as receiver in case between Thomas A. Fletcher and South Indianapolis Improvement Association. Creditors must file verified claims with 3rd floor Lemcke Building, Indianapolis within 30 days with copies of supporting documents. Hawking & Smith represent the receiver.
The Journal offers weekly prizes for the best business themed illustration to attract advertisers. Submissions must be 18x18 inches on Bristol board with India ink, artist name and address on back, cash return for nonaccepted drawings, and return postage provided. Also seeking state agents and reliable manufacturers to expand territory and cover own expenses.
Legal advertisements announce two public auctions in Marion County Indiana. First, Sophia Well vs Jacob Heckel et al requires sale of rents for up to seven years on Hubbard Martin dale and McCarty subdivision land to satisfy a 619.19 debt plus costs. Second, William L Coons vs Sarah W Gallahue involves a 25.99 debt with costs. Lot four in Parry's subdivision of 82 in Julian Johnson and Good's addition, Tryington, Indiana to discharge the decree. Both sales held at Marion County Courthouse, Indianapolis, on the specified June dates.
The stockholders are notified that the annual meeting will be held at the company office on Thursday June 12 at 1 o clock for the election of directors and other business. Secretary George R Balch announces the call. Massage services advertised include sea salt vapor and sulphur baths at 240 Indiana Ave.
Injunctions enforce tariff adherence, expanding the Monon control into Chicago access via Southern Railway and Louisville & Nashville. A new 15,000 mile through system links the Great Lakes, South, and Midwest, boosting passenger freight interchange and direct routes to the Atlantic seaboard.
The report details Tennessee Central seeking court relief and Missouri Kansas & Texas executive Rouse returning east after Colorado. It covers Indiana Decatur & Western’s $7,000 Decatur depot, the Huron & Western Railway’s planned belt line role, Big Four speedups, Missouri Pacific Denver service, pension coverage at Philadelphia Reading, wage increases at New York Central, Great Northern leadership changes, freight-rate shifts, and Panama Isthmus rail competition with Tehuantepec line remarks from J C Allen.
Michael Mahoney of 514 Buchanan street, a 72 year old huckster, lost his horse and wagon with about $15 in provisions yesterday afternoon near South Delaware street. A boy named Edward Lyons and two others returned a horse and wagon, but the vegetables were gone.
The Army and Navy Journal reports Maj. Edwin F. Glenn denies a Manila newspaper claim that Roscoe Conklin, a stenographer with the Fifth United States Infantry, was deported from Samar for selling confidential information. Conklin remained with Glenn in Samar and later in Manila, continuing in his service for months. the journal regrets the misimpression and the error. A poem excerpt from John Ruskin is appended.
Local markets show steady activity with strong price levels for coffee sugar and canned goods. Green beans and green peas are plentiful and prices fall while oranges bananas and strawberries stay firm. new potatoes rise and old stock clears. Wheat and oats vary with receipts high. wagon market prices stay stable.
R G Dun and Co reports improved outlook from South Africa peace and rising foreign markets but notes no price advance on steel rails for 190, as pig iron is scarce. May railway earnings up 6.5 percent. domestic orders strained by labor disputes and hesitancy to book delivery in 192. Structural materials and railway supplies constrained. Quiet in hides and textiles with strong leather prices and brisk footwear sales.
Bradstreet's tomorrow predicts strong crop prospects and heavy railroad earnings despite light grain tonnage. Bank clearings run high even as speculative dullness and fewer failures persist. Boer war end may boost exports while coal strikes and potential Virginia bituminous disputes depress industry.
Banking figures show a decline in clearings as the holiday week delays transactions in New York. Financial centers report reduced activity with slower payment flows compared to prior periods.
Boston reports a more hopeful wool market with concessions paused and cheap wools absorbed. New wools are sold in sample lots with modest profit, London firm on a 10 percent rise, and Western stocks partly sold with full support of prices.
Margaret Taylor abducted over four years ago returned to Cincinnati with her parents and brother Edward aged three. The homecoming drew reporters and neighbors while focus shifts to the extradition of Aunt Clara Taylor in Italy and possible pardons for Frances Taylor and the grandmother.
Washington Post reports a Chicago editor was dismissed amid speculation about the earnings of notoriety. The piece notes a public fascination with celebrity wealth and references the Bryan cash register as a provocative symbol.
The Journal on May 15 published a complete description of the Soldiers' Monument in a durable illustrated souvenir. It includes a facsimile of James Whitcomb Riley's manuscript poem The Soldier and Riley's hymn The Messiah of the Nations, both tied to the dedication. Price ten cents, mail or in person at the counting room.
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