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Newspaper

The Indianapolis Journal

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1902

Page

9

Vital statistics October 8 births records list names

Thomas and Ellen Ean welcomed a 1134 girl? Bilward and Lotta Hucourt report a 3708 Glen Drive birth. Quver and Martha Bell 412 Binke report a girl. Albert A. and Susie Lawrence 129 ee Lovermor G. and Alberta Dawson 1240 Bell. Sone and Sarah Stewart 239 Yandes report a boy.

Thomas Ellen Ean Bilward Lotta Hucourt Glen Drive Quver Martha Bell Binke Gil Albert A Susie Lawrence Ee Lovermor G Alberta Dawson Bell, Sone Sarah Stewart Yandes Boy

Journal Business Directory Classified Items

A dense list from an early 20th century journal page notes various services and job ads across categories. It lists elevator firms, funeral directors, florists, patent lawyers, livery stables, stove repairs, wallpaper, jewelry, and barber colleges. Several WANTED notices call for office staff, waiters, barbers, dry-men, and mixed labor, plus naval and marine corps recruitment details with eligibility requirements and contact locations.

Barber College Chicago Indiana U. & Army United States Seavea Cncepetas Stewarts Naval Ier Sayles Ohio St Indianapolis United States Marine Corps Naval Service Cuba Porto Rico Manilla Guam Ee Eciaent Board Pea Cal Aera Eee U.larine Corps Seaton Pennsylvania

E and T Annual Report Highlights Rail Earnings and Coal Data

The Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad report shows a surplus of 74 654 for the year with gross earnings per mile at 8 992 and a 5 74 percent rise in tonnage. Freight revenue per train mile rose 4 9 percent while passenger receipts climbed 5 99 percent. Equipment upgrades include automatic couplers and air brakes. steel rails contracts worth 37 000 and 261 miles of eighty pound rails are planned. The Reading Company directors approved the year end report, showing total gross receipts of 61 347 193 and a surplus of 1 374 406 for three companies, with coal traffic dynamics reflecting shifts in anthracite and bituminous tonnage and a miners strike impact.

Inc Evansville & Indianapolis Reading Company Philadelphia & Reading Railway Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company Coal and Iron Company Addi

Freight rate cuts ripple through Chicago Western lines

Freight rate reductions by Chicago Great Western cut steel and iron rates from Chicago to the Missouri river from 27 to 15 cents, and from St Paul to the same from 16 cents, signaling intensified pressure to absorb weaker lines. A railroad official predicts absorption by stronger lines, while President Stickney is not inclined to sell cheap. Local notes cover Wabash shop plans, Big Four construction at Brightwood, and traffic concerns across multiple lines.

Chicago Great Western Chicago Missouri River St. Paul Stickney

New railroad destined to connect Indianapolis and Fort Wayne

Indiana corporate notices list the Fort Wayne and Southwestern Railroad Company formed with 125 000 capital to build a 124 mile line from Indianapolis to the Ohio line near Hicksville through Marion Hamilton Tipton Madison Grant Huntington and Allen counties. L A Smart of Cleveland leads with 1000 shares. W H Ogan of Tipton holds 237. Directors include Ogan Smart Booth Jones Sparnhurst. Other incorporations include Indiana Burial and Protective Association Knightstown Merchants and Manufacturers Association Rex Oil and Gas Company and Lehigh Portland Cement Company of Pennsylvania with Indiana investment and local agents named.

Fort Wayne & Southwestern Railroad Company Indianapolis Fort Wayne L. A. Smart Cleveland W. H. Ogan Tipton Ind Isaac Booth D. W. Jones J. F. Sparnhurst Indiana Burial and Protective Association Evansville Joseph Schaefer Edmund M. Schaefer W. Edward Mathis Joseph Lantz Knightstown Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association Incorporated Knightstown Robert Silvers B. F. Overman F. J. Vestal John A. Sample Charles M. Risk Frank E. Tritt George W. Williams Rex Oil and Gas Company Incorporated Alexandria J. J. Miller C. L. Fess Kent W. Hughes Lima Lehigh Portland Cement Company of Pennsylvania Indiana Thomas J. Brooks Bedford

Y M C A in Japan Progress Report Dinner Talk

Dr. A Sasamori of Nagasaki and T V Helm of Indiana Y M C A discussed Christianity progress in Japan at a Commercial Club dinner. They noted 54 college Y M CAs and 10 in cities, 1400 converts from John R Mott meetings, and urged funds to build halls in Nagasaki and other cities.

A. Sasamori Nagasaki Japan Young Men's Christian Association Commercial Club Indiana T. V. Helm Sasamori John R. Mott Smiles Indiana Y. M. C. A Women's Foreign Missionary People’s Congregational Church Christiania Norway

Indiana Wage Earners Report Shows Most Wages Steady

A state statistician study based on 3462 wage earners finds 74 percent had no pay change last year while 837 saw raises and 60 faced cuts. Home ownership, life and accident insurance, foreign birth, and marriage rates are noted, alongside age and gender distributions, average daily wages by skill and industry, and typical work hours. The report concludes with a local property sale: a ten room Hill avenue double dwelling sold to James M. Parkhurst, who exchanged deeds with Charles T. Boyer.

Indiana Hill Avenue Charles T. Boyer B. F. Cline James M. Parkhurst Parkhurst Mr. Boyer Eleventh Street West

Henrys fall with six beer bottles raises questions

The report notes Mr Henry Jones fell down the steps last night carrying six beer bottles. A follow up questions if he was hurt, answered with no injury cited and a remark that the beer remained in a bin.

Mr. Henry—Jones Mrs. Henry Mr. Henry

Local wholesale trade shows steady volume across lines

Local markets remain unusually steady with strong demand since the month’s start. Groceries show one price change in navy beans. dry goods firm. leather trades healthy though prices steady. vegetables and potatoes easing. fruits plentiful with variable quality pricing. eggs poultry butter softer. grain receipts light but higher wheat and oats bids. wagon market quotes firming but stock light with corn oats hay prices listed.

Wreck Timothy Hay

The Jobbing Trade Price List Chronicle

Wholesale price table for diverse goods from turkeys and butter to eggs, hides, candies, nuts, coffee, coal, drugs, dry goods, and farm produce. Includes per unit costs, weights, and regional price variations for markets in New York and surrounding areas.

New York Brick

Forest commission seeks funds to restore John Brown house

Albany October action by the forest fish and game commissioners proposes permanent improvement of the John Brown house at North Elba and asks the Legislature for a $1500 fund to carry out the work.

Albany Forest, Fish and Game Commissioners John Brown North Elba

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