Indianapolis, Indiana city directory, 1909, Part 1

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American Central Life Insurance Co. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SL SONORATILL RAMS

OFFICES COMPANY'S BUILDING

CentralUnion Telephone Co.

GENERAL OFFICES

Telephone Building, Indianapolis

THE LARGEST EXCHANGE THE BEST SERVICE

Direct Long Distance Lines to All Points In the United States Costis the Missouri River

CAPITAL STOCK, $60,000.00

ESTABLISHED 1857 Indiana Business College,

Lafayette, Logansport, Kokomo, Anderson, Marlon, Muocia, Richmond, Columbus In

OUR EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT

Headquarter for Bookkeepers and Stenographers. Tels., New 1181. Main 5675. The INDIANA BUSINESS COLLEGE of Indianepolis is the

CentralBusiness College

HOLLIDAY BUILDING, CORNER ALABAMA AND CHIO STREETS Telephones, Now 5976. Bell, Main 45.

ORIE BUSINESS COLLEGE POURTH FLOOR WHEN MEDG. Either Phosc 1254

ATKINS SILVER STEEL SAWS

"FINEST ON EARTH"

A PERFECT SAW FOR EVERY PURPOSE

MAIN OFFICE and FACTORY, INDIANAPOLIS

Gc 977.202 In3p 1909 1358783

M. L

VAL SCHAAF, President HERMAN F. SPRANDEL, Secretary

GENEALOGY COLLECTION

Indianapolis Manufacturers' & Carpenters' Union

Directors-Charles Laver, C. F. G. Meyer, Henry Wiese

Manufacturers of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Door and Window Frames, Brackets, Mouldings, Etc., Flooring, Ceiling, Rough and Dressed Pine, Poplar and Ash Lumber, Flooring Worked, Lumber Sawed and Dressed to Order. Also Dealers in

Frame Lumber Shingles and Lath, Newels Balusters and Job Turning Estimates Furnished

Both Phones 590

Factory & Office, 201, 203 & 205 South New Jersey Street

Indianapolis, Indiana

3 1833 01975 1590

DEAN BROS.

STEAM PUMP WORKS

Manufacturers of PUMPING MACHINERY for All Purposes

TENTH STREET Near North Senate Avenue

Durable Duplex Boiler Feed Pump

Simple Boiler Feed Pump

Hydraulic Pump

Central Station Boiler Feeder

4318

Mine Pump

DEAN BROS.

STEAM PUMP

WORKS.

Power Pump

DEAN BROS.

STEAM PUMP

WORKS

Combined Air Pump and Jet Condenser

For Reliable Business College Facts Always PHONE 499 OR WRITE E. J. HEEB, PRES.

INCREASE YOUR SALARY BY ATTENDING, DAY OR NIGHT, THESE FAMOUS COLLEGES (CONSOLIDATED)

Indianapolis Business University Bryant & Stratton Business College Indianapolis Business College When Business College National School of Illustrating Indianapolis Telegraph Institute Indiana Shorthand College

POSITIONS FOR ALL GRADUATES

Heeb's Helping Hand

trains you and secures the highest salaried positions as Stenographer, Bookkeeper, Telegrapher, Illustrator, Cartoonist, Court Reporter, Private Secretary. Don't enroll elsewhere until you call Phone 499 or write for my proposition.

B Y Indianapolis USINESS UNIVERSIT Founded 1850. Twenty Years Under Heeb Management

FOR ALL BUSINESS COLLEGE INFORMATION

PHONE 499 ALWAYS

ADDRESS E. J. HEEB, PRES. OFFICE 82 WHEN BLOG., 34 N. PENNSYLVANIA ST.

NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS

Law, Illustrating, Cartooning, Shorthand, Bookkeeping Pharmacy, Etc., by Mail

Always Address E. J. HEEB, Pres. or Phone 499 Home Office: Indianapolis, 341% North Pennsylvania Street

STUDY LAW Day or Night

Two School Years' Time Completes Three Years' Course. Diploma Admits to Practice in Local and Federal Courts

INDIANAPOLIS COLLEGE OF LAW Secretary's Office, 34% N. Pennsylvania St., Room 82, Phone 499

MODEL STOVESANDRANGES.

HOME MODEL TO- RANGES

STOVE COMPANY

MANUFACTURERS

MODEL

STOVES& RANGES The World's Most Economical Stoves

MODEL BASE BURNERS AND GASOLINE STOVES

CATALOGUE AND PRICE LISTS FURNISHED ON APPLICATION

KENTUCKY AVE, and HENRY ST., INDIANAPOLIS

The Popular Price Department Store

EVERYTHING IN

Dry Goods, Home Furnishings and Wearing Apparel for Men, Women and Children AT A LESS PRICE than YOU PAY ELSEWHERE

Now in Our 21st Year as the

Greatest Value Givers of Indiana

The Home of Real Bargains

The Star Store 360-370 W. WASHINGTON ST

A Store for Men as Well

Women

"In Union There is Strength"

A number of years ago a corps of the ablest commercial college men in the State realized that if they would consolidate their schools and conduct them under one general management, it would enable them to have the best equipment, an expert teaching force, and to maintain an absolutely practical and up-to-date employment department, all of which would be for the best interest of the stu- dent; hence the

IndianaBusiness College

Nine Schools, LAFAYETTE, LOGANSPORT, KOKOMO, ANDERSON, MARION, MUNCIE, RICHMOND, COLUM- BUS and INDIANAPOLIS.

When you get ready to take your business course, call and inves- tigate the equipment and methods of the INDIANA BUSINESS COLLEGE; in which all subjects pertaining to business are taught. For detailed information, write, call or phone NEW, 5876; BELL, MAIN 45. The INDIANA BUSINESS COLLEGE of Indianapolis is the

CentralBusiness College

Holliday Building, Alabama & Ohio Sts., Indianapolis

PIONEER BRASS WORKS

J. H. BRINKMEYER, President CHAS. C. MILLER, Vice-President

418-424 South Pennsylvania Street INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

Castings from Brass, Aluminum, Phosphor Bronze Manganese Bronze Fittings for Water, Gas and Steam Bronze, Bell Metal, White Metal, Babbitt Metals Brass Tubing, Rod Sheet Wire

SOLE OWNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF DEED'S METALLIC PACKING. RICE PATENT HOSE COUPLING

REPAIRING AND JOB WORK PROMPTLY DONE BOTH PHONES 618

THE INDIANA BANK FURNITURE AND MANUFACTURING CO.

DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF

Bank, Office & Store Fixtures, Show Cases, Special Furniture, Veneered Doors & Fine Interior Wood Work

Office and Factory, 2353 Cornell Avenue NORTH OF 23d STREET, INDIANAPOLIS. NEW TELEPHONE 6210

United States Gypsum Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF

ADAMANT, DIAMOND, PROGRESS & IMPERIAL WALL PLASTERS

Both Phones 1410. 920 East North Street, Indianapolis, Indiana

McNamara-Koster Foundry Co. FOUNDRY

All Kinds of Heavy and Light Gray Iron Castings

408 to 412 S. Pennsylvania St. Both Phones 1593 Indianapolis

ENGRAVER AND DIE SINKER

GEO. J. MAYER

BOTH PHONES 1386

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Steel Stamps, Badges, Checks, Burning Brands, Door Plates, Door Numbers, Check Protectors, Numbering Machines, Etc ..

Brass Signs and Box Printing Plates No. 36 S. MERIDIAN ST. Ground Floor Indianapolis, Ind.

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Contains a complete list of Apartment Houses, Public Buildings, Halls, Theaters, Asylums, Hospitals, Parks, Street Railway Routes, Fire Alarm Signals, Etc.

PRICE, 25 CENTS Offices, American Central Life Building, 6-8 East Market Street

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GEIGER & PETERS

Architectural Wrought Iron and Wire Works

MANUFACTURERS OF GRILLE WORK, BANK, OFFICE AND STAIR RAILINGS, ELEVATOR ENCLOSURES AND CARS, FENCES, FIRE ESCAPES, FIRE SHUTTERS AND ALL KINDS OF IRON WORK.

DESIGNS AND ESTIMATES WILL BE CHEERFULLY FURNISHED

321-323 SOUTH ALABAMA STREET

NEW PHONE, MAIN 6072 OLD PHONE, MAIN 3639

Office Phone, New 3152 Residence Phone 3533

S. SCHUCK

REAL ESTATE Fire Insurance, Loans & Rental Agent Investments in Indianapolis Property a Specialty

2629 W. Michigan Street

Indianapolis, Ind.

ERNST MELAUN Ornamental Iron Works

SPECIALTIES:

Hammered Leaf in Iron, Copper and Brass, Fine Grille Work. Bank and Office Railings. Elevator Enclosures and Cars, Etc. Art Metal Work for Interior Decoration.

316-318 DOWNEY ST.

TELEPHONES New 9874, Central Prospect 1878 INDIANAPOLIS, IND

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Indianapolis Office

320-324 American Central Life Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Both Telephones

for

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BARBEE WIRE and IRON WORKS -

OFFICERS FRANK M. CARY, PRESIDENT GEO. K. RIX, SEC'Y AND TREAS. W. W. STEELE, SUPERINTENDENT

MANUFACTURERS OF

Plain and Ornamental WIRE AND IRON WORK

Steel and Iron Fences, Iron Gates and Cemetery Arches, Roof Crestings, Tower Finials, Weather Vanes, Hitching Posts, Step Railings, Oat Mangers, Hay Racks, Water Troughs, Stall Guards, Gutter Drains and Traps, Window Guards, Balcony Rails, Fire Escapes, Vases, Fountains, Aquariums, Lawn Rollers, Settees, Chairs, Carriage Steps, etc.

HEAVY WIRE WORK

Steel Wire Residence Fences and Gates, Cemetery Fences and Gates, Elevator Guards, Partition Railing, Wire Stall Partitions, Heavy Window Guards, Bank and Counter Railings, Jewelers' Guards, Balcony Railings, Summer Houses, Asylum Guards, Jail and Asylum Cages, Wire Signs, Wire Gates, Heavy Wire Store Front Doors and Guards, Grave Guards, Tree Guards, etc.

A general line of Plain and Ornamental Wire Work made with Steel Channel Frame, Galvanized, Painted, Bronzed or Plated in all Styles of Finish.

MEDIUM HEAVY WIRE WORK

Flower Stands, Window Guards, Skylight Guards, Wire Signs, Counter Railings, Chairs and Set- tees, Grave Guards, Tree Guards, Summer Houses, Lawn Fencing, Nursery Fenders, Stove Guards, Spark Guards, Trainers, Trellises, Coal Screens, Sand Screens, Barrel Covers, Counter Guards, Wire Cloth, Nettings. A general line of medium heavy wire work usually made with round rod frame.

LIGHT AND "WHITE" WIRE GOODS (Painted, Galvanized, Plated or Retinned Work)

The "Hoosier" and "Shaw Improved" Calf Weaners, Dog Muzzles, Ox Muzzles, Hens' Nests, Trays, etc. Waste Paper Baskets, "Acme" Letter Trays, Mail Baskets.

WIRE MATS

We manufacture the National "Rigid Frame" and "Perfect Flexible " Wire Mats, Stock sizes, also special sizes to order.

PLATING, COPPER, NICKEL AND BRASS

Of Every Description. Old Work Made New. Chandeliers, Stove Attachments, Surgical Instru- ments, Tools, Harness and Carriage Ornaments, etc., Replated.

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Office and Factory, Lafayette, Indiana

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TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON WORK

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229=231 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis

Telephone New 850

New Phone 1344

Old Phone, Main 4614

T. ROCH

ARCHITECTURAL IRON AND WIRE WORKS Ornamental Window Guards, Gates, Office Railing, Stairs, Steel Structures, Fire-Proof Doors, Shutters, Fire Escapes, and General Wrought Iron Work

225 East Pearl Street Indianapolis, Ind.

Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n

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Indianapolis, Indiana city directory, 1909, Part 1

Author: Publication date: 1855 Publisher: Polk Number of Pages: 1658

Author:
Publication date: 1855
Publisher: Polk
Number of Pages: 1658