Polk's Indianapolis (Marion County, Ind.) city directory, 1901, Part 1

Author: R.L. Polk & Co
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Indianapolis : R.L. Polk & Co.
Number of Pages: 1330


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MONON RAILWAY.


IN COAL CO.


THE


HENRY EITEL. PRESIDENT JOHN H. HOLLIDAY, VICE-PRESIDENT HOWARD . FOLTZ, TREASURER. CHARLES S. MCBRIDE, SECRETARY


UNION TRUST COMPANY


OF INDIANAPOLIS


CAPITAL (Paid Up) $600,000. SURPLUS, $180,000.


Office, 118 and 122 (Company's Building) East Market St.


Authorized by law to receive and execute trusts of every character, from Courts, Corpo- rations and Individuals. Lends Money on Mortgages and Collateral. Acts as Bondsman in probate business. Buys and Sells Securities. Interest paid on time deposits.


ndiana Trust Co.


Capital, Stockholders' Additional Liability,


Surplus,


$1,000,000. $1,000,000. $85,000.


OFFICES, INDIANA TRUST BUILDING


Indianapolis B usiness Universit Y


BACKED BY A HALF CENTURY OF UNEQUALLED SUCCESS.


THE ONLY PLACE IN THIS CITY GIVING A COMPLETE BUSINES'S TRAINING Its Students Get the Highest Salaries.


Day and Night Schools. N. PENN. ST.


7. P.o. See Page 4. E. J. HEEB, PRES.


INDIANAPOLIS COLLEGE OF LAW 1V


COURSE LEADS TO DEGREE AND PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS.


OFFICE 79-80 WHEN BLDG.


SEE PAGE 4. Day and Night Schools.


F. C. ATKINS & CO.


INCORPORATED


MANUFACTURERS OF


ESTABLISHED 1857


SAWS AND TOOLS


OFFICE AND SALESROOM, 402 SOUTH ILL NOIS ETTE


GLE ADV. OPP PAGE 1272.


INDIANAPOLIS


Gc 977.202 In3p 1901 1358775


Brown Market Sti 2


N


VAL. SCHAAF, President.


HERMAN F. SPRANDEL, Secretary.


GENEALOGY COLLECTION INDIANAPOLIS MANUFACTURERS'


AND CARPENTERS'


Directors ...... FRED. SCHMID. C. P. G. MEYER. CHARLES LAUER. CHRIST KARLE. PRED. PRANGE.


UNION


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


FRAME LUMBER, SHINGLES AND LATH. NEWELS, BALUSTERS, AND JOB TURNING.


Telephone 590.


Estimates Furnished.


FACTORY AND OFFICE, 201-203-205 SOUTH NEW JERSEY STREET.


Indianapolis, Ind.


3 1833 01975 1517


1


3


Dean Bros. Steam Pump Works,


LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE 9


TENTH STREET (OLD FIRST STREET), NEAR NORTH SENATE AVENUE BON ER FEEDERS. FIRE PUMPS, DUPLEX PUMPS, DISTILLERY PUMPS, AIR PUMPS and CONDENSERS. ... UUM PUMPS, BREWERY PUMPS, RAILROAD WATER STATION PUMPS, PUMPING MACHINERY FOR ALL PURPOSES. Send for ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.


1


25,000 STUDENTS SENT OUT


And more are wanted to meet the constant calls for its graduates. Our students obtain larger salaries by from $200 to $1,000 a year more than others do.


Indianapolis Business UniversitY


Is backed by more than half a century of unequalled success in highest grade business education. It is the only one ever made permanent and reliable in this city. It is the only school in this city giving a complete business education. Prepares thoroughly and quickly for positions in business houses, railroad offices and government service. Bookkeeping, shorthand, teleg- raphy, commercial law, penmanship, banking, illustrating. OPEN ALL THE YEAR. ENTER ANY TIME.


USINESS UNIVERSIT Y Day and Night Schools


Call or write for Catalogue and full information.


28 to 40 N. Pennsylvania St. (Opp. P. O.) E. J. HEEB, President. WHEN BUILDING- BOTH PHONES 499.


NIGHT LAW SCHOOL


Those who have enjoyed or know of its superior instructions commend it in the highest terms.


FULL COLLEGE COURSE LEADING TO DEGREE


And to admission to practice In state and Federal courts.


You can complete the entire course while pursuing your regular occupation. The best features of the three favorite methods, The Text Book, Lecture and Case Methods, are combined in our select system of teaching.


A HIGH-GRADE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL


Many of the great law schools of the country are night schools. No law school in the United States, whether day or night school, does better work.


INDIANAPOLIS COLLEGE OF LAW


Day School from 8 to 12 a. m. Night School, -. 30.


For Catalogue of Courses, Officers and Faculty and full information, call at office or write,


79-80 When Building, 34 N. Pennsylvania St. (Opp. P. O.)


5


Home Stove Co.


over


MODEL


MANUFACTURERS


MODEL STEEL RANGES, STOVES & HOLLOW-WARE


CATALOGUE AND PRICE LISTS FURNISHED ON APPLICATION


117-119 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind.


CHARLES F. PIEL, President and Treasurer. HENRY W. PIEL, Vice-President. A. L. H. MESSMER, Secretary and Manager.


The Piel Bros. Mfg. Co.


MANUFACTURERS OF


CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES


GO-CARTS, RATTAN AND REED CHAIRS AND NOVELTIES.


Madison Avenue & Ray Street Indianapolis, Ind.


BOTH PHONES 650.


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New Telephone Company


RESIDENCE TELEPHONES, $24.00 PER ANNUM BUSINESS TELEPHONES, $40.00 PER ANNUM -


LARGEST EXCHANGE IN INDIANAPOLIS BEST SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS RATES THE SAME TO ALL NO PARTY LINES


For Full Information Call MANAGER TELEPHONE No. 2


7


PIONEER BRASS WORKS


... Founders and Finishers ...


Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of


BRASS GOODS


Castings from Brass, Aluminum. Phosphor Bronze, etc. Brass Tubing and Rod, Sheet Brass and Wire, Water, Gas and Steam Supplies on hand.


REPAIRING AND JOB WORK PROMPTLY DONE.


Manufacturers and Sole Owners of Deed's Metallic Piston Rod Packing and Rice Patent Expansion Ring Hose Coupling.


Both Phones 618. 418=424 South Pennsylvania St.


GEO. W. MILLER.


ED. DICKINSON.


G. W. MILLER & CO. Carriage and Wagon Builders


Rubber Tire, Repairing and Job Work a Specialty.


130 and 132 East New York Street.


INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


8


MORTON PLACE LAUNDRY


ANNA R. MEYER, PROPRIETRESS


WORK


CALLED FOR AND


DELIVERED


OLD


TELEPHONE


27772


1901 and 1903 Central Avenue Indianapolis, Ind.


OTTO J. SUESZ UPHOLSTERER


MATTRESSES MADE OVER ... STEAM RENOVATOR.


MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF MATTRESSES A FINE LINE OF SAMPLES TO SELECT FROM.


HOUSEHOLD GOODS PACKED FOR SHIPMENT.


Furniture repaired and upholstered. Chairs caned and all kinds of willow work done. Furniture varnished. Porch chairs painted and enameled.


Phone 2353.


Cor. Massachusetts Ave. and Delaware St.


9


Mt. Jackson Sanitarium


Mineral Baths, Electricity, Massage, Etc.


This water is a good appetizer, increases the flow of bile, checks constipation. stirs up torpid liver, and thus makes it an excellent remedy in cases of rheuma. tism, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and for liver. blood. skin, kidney and stomach troubles.


UNEXCELLED FOR HOT AND COLD BATH


C. W. SMITH, Chemist.


Physicians and attendants of both sexes. Home comforts. Moderate prices.


BOTH TELEPHONES. Address MT. JACKSON SANITARIUM, Indianapolis, Ind.


HENRY LANGSENKAMP. WM. LANGSENKAMP, JR.


LANGSENKAMP BROS, BRASS WORKS


Tel. 121. FOUNDERS AND


FINISHERS


HEAVY AND LIGHT CASTINGS IN BRASS, PHOSPHOR BRONZE, ALUMINUM, ETC.


SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO REPAIR WORK.


SHEET BRASS, BRASS TUBES AND RODS. 138-142 E. Georgia St., near Delaware, Indianapolis.


IM LANGSENKAM MANUFACTURER INDIANAPOLISINO


BAUER ENGMANY S


Wm. Langsenkamp


Coppersmith


MANUFACTURER OF


BREW, JACKET AND CANDY KETTLES, DYE CYLINDERS. COILS, SODA FOUNTAINS, ETC.


Also Dealer in Sheet Copper and Brass, and Copper and Brass Tubingand Rods


ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.


Corner Georgia and Delaware Streets Telephone 121


10


ELECTRICAL NGINEERS


A PPLIANCE ND ELECTRICAL


C OMPANY ONTRACTORS


E. E. RINES, PROPRIETOR.


SUPPLIES FROM MANUFACTURER DIRECT TO CONSUMER


COMPLETE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS. REPAIR WORK SOLICITED.


Crescent Wire and Cables. AGENTS FOR - K. K. Weather-Proof Wire. ( Safford Arc Lamps.


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Gilmore Incandescent Lamps. Steel Electroduct. Lined Conduite.


Phone 2215.


142 South Delaware Street ... Indianapolis, Ind.


McNamara-Koster Foundry Co. FOUNDRY AND PATTERN SHOP


All Kinds of Heavy and Light Gray Iron Castings. Particular Attention Given to Job Pattern Work.


408 TO 412 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET TELEPHONES, OLD 1593-NEW 790. INDIANAPOLIS.


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ITEN'S DYE HOUSE=


LADIES' AND GENTS' CLOTHING CLEANED, DYED AND REPAIRED


Fur and Seal Work a Specialty.


Dry Cleaning. Work Called for and Delivered.


BRUSSELS AND MOQUET CARPETS DYED


47 Monument Place, Indianapolis


R. KINKLIN'S Wig and Costume Bazaar


Rooms 1 and 2, No. 9 North Meridian Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Largest Assortment of Costumes and Wigs for Ladies and Gentlemen


TO RENT FOR MASQUERADE BALLS,


SOCIETIES, CHURCH ENTERTAINMENTS AND THEATRICALS OF ALL KINDS. WIGS FOR SALE AND MADE TO ORDER.


MASKS AND GREASE PAINTS FOR SALE. PRICES REASONABLE.


Ribbon Badges and Banners Made to Order.


Old Phone 2575.


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REWARD! $100 For a Watch I Can't Repair. -


TUIT


Have Your CLOCK Called for and Delivered If not Running.


Fine WATCH, JEWELRY and MUSIC BOX Repairing


Chas. F. Whitaker


Old Phone 2740. 32 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis.


EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL TOURS


Personally conducted parties to Europe during the Summer season, and to the Orient in the Winter. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1901. For particulars address MRS. M. A. CROSLEY, 502 BEDFORD AVE., BROOKLYN, N. Y., or 308 EAST FIFTEENTH ST., INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


Illustrated Itineraries Furnished Free Upon Application.


ENGRAVER AND DIE SINKER


GEO. J. MAYER


MANUFACTURER OF


Seals, Stencils and Rubber Stamps


Steel Stamps, Badges, Checks, Burning Brands, Door Plates, Door Numbers, Check Protectors, Numbering Machines, etc. BOTH PHONES 1386. CATALOGUE FREE.


No. 15 SOUTH MERIDIAN STREET (Ground Floor), INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


ALBERT MINTER Manufacturer of and Dealer In


Tight Barrel Staves


South End California Street


NEW TELEPHONE 655. Circled Heads, Square Heading and Cooperage.


12


Royal C. Hammer


CABLE ADDRESS : "HAMMER" INDIANAPOLIS.


MERCHANDISE BROKER


GENERAL STATE AGENT


Gulf Coast Artificial Ice Company, Mexican International Baled-Day Company, Santo Domingo and Nicaragua Maritime, International and Interocean Oriental and Occidental


Canal Steamship and Dock Company, Monterey, Casmania, Singapore and Cape Nome Trading, Transportation and Whaling Company


Office, 29 South Meridian St.


13


BEE WIRE & IRON WORKS


MANUFACTURERS OF


BARBEE


WIRE AND. .... ..


IRON WORKS


OFFICERS FRANK M. CARY, PRES. AND TREAS. CEO. K. RIX, SEC'Y AND MCR. W. W. STEELE, SUPERINTENDENT.


LAFAYETTE, IND.


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 Gnards, Bank and Counter Railings, Jeweler's Gnards, Balcony Railings, Summer Honses, Asylum Guards, Jail and Asylum ('ages, 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, Galvan- ized, 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 Settees, 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, Hen's 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.


We publish Illustrated Catalogues covering all the above line of goods, When inquiring for catalogues or prices always state the kind or class and approximate size or quantity of goods you wish to purchase.


CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION


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W. W. WINSLOW, Proprietor.


R. A. LLOYD, Secretary and Treasurer.


Indiana


INDIANA


PAVING BLOCK


BRAZIL, IND.


Paving Brick and Block Plant


MANUFACTURERS OF STREET PAVING BRICK AND BLOCK. CONTRACTORS FOR STREET PAVING.


This Company has the finest bed of shale, the largest capacity, and makes the Best Paving Brick in the United States.


OFFICE, I HUBBARD BLOCK, Cor. Meridian and Washington Sts. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. TELEPHONE 1190. BRICK WORKS AT BRAZIL, IND.


Wrought Iron Bridge Company


W. W. WINSLOW, General Agent.


Office, I Hubbard Block, S. W. Corner Washington and Meridian Sts. TEL. 1190. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


THE BEST BRIDCE IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. Builders of Steel, Iron, Wood and Combination


RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY BRIDGES


Viaducts, Girders, Roof Trusses, General Structural Work, Turntables, Iron Wharves, Etc. Dye Forges, Eye Bars and Upset Rods a Specialty.


THE FRED DIETZ CO.


1102 MADISON AVENUE,


MANUFACTURERS OF- -


WOODEN PACKING BOXES.


P.60 DIỆT2 IMPROVED TAUCA


PAT. JULY 25, 1596.


Factory and Warehouse Trucks.


Send for Catalogue.


Tel. 654.


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INDIANAPOLIS


CITY DIRECTORY


ASSOCIATIO


BON PUBLICO


AMERICAN


FOR


1901


DIRECTORY.


PUBLISHERS


REGISTERED


1890


FORTE


EMBRACING A COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS, PRIVATE CITIZENS, A DIRECTORY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS, CHURCHES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BENEVOLENT, LITERARY AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS, INDIANA STATE C GOVERNMENT, ETC. 1


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A NEW MAP OF THE CITY AND SUBURBS F WITH STREET GUIDE


ALSO


A CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY


VOLUME XLVII. 1.


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PUBLISHED BY R. L. POLK & CO. 9-10 FITZGERALD BUILDING, CORNER MONUMENT PLACE AND MARKET STREET.


Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1901, by R. L. Polk & Co., in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.


ALLIED PRINTING


TRADES


UNION LABEL


COUNCIL


INDIANAPOLIS


THE HOLLENBECK PRESS, INDIANAPOLIS.


INTRODUCTORY. 1358775


The publishers of the Indianapolis Direc- tory present to its patrons the annual issue for the first year of the twentieth century. They and their predecessors have been doing this over forty years. In a broader sense than most will imagine, the Directory is the history of Indianapolis. If the historian had no other data he could write the commercial and industrial de- velopment of the city.


The Directory of 1901 contains 76,775 names, compared with 74,370 in 1900-a gain of 2,405-a considerable town of itself. Long experience has shown that there are 234 inhabitants to each name in the Directory. On this basis the population of the city at the beginning of the year was 211,134; a year ago it was 204,518-a gain of 6,616. The gain the year previous was 7,214 on this basis. Thus Indianapolis's gain in pop- ulation year by year exceeds the popula- tion of scores of prosperous cities in the State that resent the implication of be- ing country towns.


The United States census gives Indianap- olis a population considerably under the estimate of the Directory, nevertheless we are confident our estimate is nearer the population of the real Indianapolis to .. day than is the count of the Census Bureau. The real Indianapolis, which is part of the life of the city, is not bounded by the arbitrary lines which make the divisions and subdivisions which


constitute the incorporate city. Con- sequently our estimate covers more territory. Then there are many eling men who live more of their time ill trav- Indianapolis than elsewhere,


but are counted in the census elsewhere and hun- dreds of young men and women find em- ployment in Indianapolis who appear in the census of the places in which their parents live. All these the Directory embraces in the population of Indianapolis. Above all, the long-trained canvassers of the R. L. Polk & Co. are far better qualified to make a searching canvass than are the most in- telligent men who have had no experience in such work. For these reasons we insist that the real number of human beings con- stituting the population of the actual In- dianapolis is to-day nearer 211,000 than are the figures of the federal canvass.


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The past year has been a most prosper- ous one for Indianapolis. Its industries have held the rapid pace set in 1898 and 1899. Idle people there have been and idle people there will always be so long as human beings fail to recognize that occu- pation is not the greatest blessing that comes to man, but the compulsory idle are few indeed. The volume of business has been large all the year. The clearing house reports show a large increase in the local volume of money over the return of 1899. While there was complaint early in the season of 1900 of contracted building op- erations, fifty-four business buildings and blocks were erected and 786 dwelling houses were added to the homes of the city. The fact that 535 of the residences added to the homes of the city the past year are classified as one-story cottages proves that home builders and owners are increasing in Indianapolis more rapidly than any other class. In the prosperous conditions of the city, none has more of hope in it than the Increase of the home owner. It is an eco-


¡ nomic fact that nothing so much contrib- utes to the public welfare, to soundl com- munities and good citizenship than home owning. Another feature of the building the past year is found in the building of twenty-nine flats, brick except six. This fea- ture of the larger cities seems to be very popular in Indianapolis.


During the year three of the interurban electric lines have been completed. One of these has brought the city into hourly connection with Anderson, Muncie and other important towns of the gas belt. Al- ready the impetus of the more frequent op- portunities to pass and repass has brought the most populous region in close connec- tion with Indianapolis. Thus the real In- dianapolis has been extended miles beyond the limits of the present Directory, making it no hazard to predict that ere long the real Directory of Indianapolis and its suburbs will include all the territory drawn to its center by the lodestone of traffic and intercourse.


The census gives Indiana a population of over 2,500,000, of which Indianapolis is the industrial, political and social center more than is the capital of any other Western State. In other words, Indianapolis is the center of a population nearly as large as that of the thirteen colonies which fringed the Atlantic coast and where our forefath- ers establish the American Repu lic. With the methods of agriculture in ve 'e in Eu-


rope, Indianapolis, long before the new century is old, may be the cente of double the present population and a city with double the present population. Such a growth would fitly follow the miracle of the Indianapolis which in three-quarters of a century has risen out of the morasses of White river.


The census of 1900 has shown that Indian- apolis has grown during the past decade more rapidly than any city of its class in the country, surpassing in population some of those which have made far great- er pretension.


With such a record as the forty-six vol- umes of the Directory which have preceded this have made of the development of a great city from ą country town, the pub- lishers, in the forty-seventh issue which they now place in the hands of its patrons, feel warranted in predicting the steady growth of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Calling attention to this volume, the publishers feel confident that the thousands who purchase it and the tens of thousands who use it will find it more complete than any of its predecessors- a more perfect measure of the commercial and industrial life of Indianapolis. It is a source of gratification to the publishers to know that the Directory is indispensable to a clientage that embraces the life and activity of the city-that it is of reál use to more thousands than any book which they open.


At the same time that the publishers feel a pardonable pride in giving the public so valuable a book, they gratefully recog- nize their increased obligation to the peo- ple of Indianapolis for their liberal patron- age and for their courtesy to those who have represented them in the preparation of the Directory.


R. L. POLK & CO.


TABLE OF CONTENTS.


Page.


Abbreviations 139


Additions and Removals.


138


Asylums, Hospitals, etc. 107


Bands of Music.


122


Banks and Bankers .. 108 tions 113


Board of School Commissioners.


104


Builders' Exchange


103


Building Associations 10:)


Cemeteries 110


Churches and Sunday Schools.


110


City Officials


103


Public Parks 129


Public Schools 131


Railroads 129


Schools 130


Secret and Benevolent Organizations 132


Street and Avenue Guide. 71


69


Fire Department 104


General Directory


139


Indiana State Government. 102


Insurance


117


Labor Organizations 117


Libraries


118


Ward Boundaries


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.


Abel & Doyle .. .1190


Adams Joseph R. .1238


Adkinson L M & Co ..... left bottom lines


Advance Electric Co.right bottom cor cards


Advance Transfer and Parcel Delivery ..


.left top lines


Aikins & Welman. 1163


Aikman & Schwert. .1161


Aldag Harry W ... 1206


Aldag Paint and Varnish Co .. 1239


Allison James A ..


1189 and 1244


Allison W D Co.


.1249


American Bonding and Trust Co.


right bottom cor cards and 1144


American Detective Assn.


opp 1172


American Laundry Co. left side lines


American Novelty Co. 1132


American Ornamental Iron Works Co .. 1135


American Tent and Awning Co


1136


Chicago Colortype Co.


opp


American Toilet Supply Co. .1282


Anderson A L Mnfg Co .. .1151


Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn.


right top lines


Anson-Hixon Sash and Door Co ..... opp 1224 Armstrong Park Land Co. 1258


Arrick Clifford .. 1205


Atkins E C & Co .. front cover and opp 1272


Aughinbaugh W M Caramel Co ... 1164


Baker-Vawter Co.


opp


1132


Balke & Krauss Co.


left top lines


Barbee Jno T & Co. 1289


Barbee Wire and Iron Works.


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Craig Ed J ...


1152


Barnes-Crosby Co.


1184


Baron George 1279 Dalton & Merrifield. left top lines


Barry W B Saw and Supply Co ...... opp 181 Barton W E.right bottom cor cards and 1144 Bass & Woodworth. left top Ilnes


Bates Charles Edgar 1133 Bauer H C Engraving Co.


left top cor cards and 1184


Baumhofer F H.


1193


Beck Wm.


1226


Bee Hive Paper Box Co. 1240


Bell Thompson R. 1242


Bertermann Bros


opp 200


Binford L & Son.


right bottom lines


Blaker Gilbert H.


1173


Dorrah Bros.


1151


Booth Benjamin.


.left top lines


Bosdorfer George H. 1285


Braun Julius


1256


Brinker & Habeney .1147


Bruce James P.


1137


Buchanan Joseph W


1155


Burford Wm B opp 248


Butler College .opp 253


Buttz Frank C ..


.1288


Capital National Bank.


.backbone and left top cor cards Capital Rubber Stamp Works ...


.left bottom cor cards and 11


Capitol Carpet Cleaning Works. 1154


Capitol City Shoeing Shop ... 1202


Capitol Lumber Co .. right bottom cor cards Carleton Thomas L. 1253


Cash R Milton


1250


Castor Bros.


opp 271


Central Law Union .. 1163


Central Lumber Mnfg Co


opp


1222


Chandler Henry C ..


1185


1218


City Club


opp 281


Club Stables


.1220


Coburn Coal Co.


.embossed line front cover


and 1161


Coburn Henry Lumber Co.


1251


Columbia Coal Co.


1161


Commercial Electric Co. 1178


Connell Thomas & Co ..


1253


Co-Operative Carriage Co


1155


Coppock Bros. top stencil end


Coull & West


1238


Cousins G E & Co.


opp 310


Crosley Marion A Mrs 11


Darrow Ben L.


right side lines


Day Thos C & Co.


right top cor cards


Dean Bros Steam Pump Works. 3


Dell Frank M.


.right bottom lines


Depurator Medical Institute


.1248


De Vore Co ..


opp 344


Dickason L T Coal Co. 1160


Diener August ...


.front stencil edge and opp 1231


Dietz Fred Co The.


14


Dohn Wm ...


1225


Donnelle Dorothy 1198


Du Bols Edouard


.1214


Dunn John C ...


.1253


Eaglesfield Win Co ..


.1162 and 1251


East Stephen H ...... right bottom cor cards


118


Miscellaneous Information 102


Miscellaneous


Societies and Organiza-


Musical Societies 122


Newspapers 123


Police Department


106


Post Office


124


Public Buildings, Halls, etc .. 126


Classified Business Directory. 1131


Clubs


115


County Officers 107


Courts 115


Federal Officers 110


Street Railway Routes.


Street Railways


130


Supreme Court


102


Township Officers 107


Trust Companies


108


Page. Medical and Dental Colleges and Soci- eties


67


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.


Elder Wm L ... left top lines, p 1148 and 1258 Electrical Appliance Co .. 10


Electro-Therapeutic Mnfg Co ... .1246 gating Co right side lines


Ellis & Helfenberger ..... right bottom lines Ensey O B .. .left bottom cor cards


Enterprise Foundry and Fence Co. .right bottom lines


Enterprise Odorless Vault and Sink


Cleaning Co. 1286 Iten Emma


Evans Wm R.


1276


Farrell J S & Co. . left bottom cor cards


Fatout Herbert K. 1181


Fatout Hervey B.


1159


Fertig & Kevers


.1237


Financial Exchange The.right top cor cards


Foster Lumber Co. 1252


Franklin Engraving Co.


opp 1218


Frenzel Bros. opp 422


Friday John W.


1261


Fulmer E P & Co.


.1257


Gardner Joseph ..


left top cor cards


Gioscio G & Co.


1171


Glenn Bros.


1167 and 1168


Globe Pattern Works.


Greyer Wm A ..


opp


462


Hall J S. 9


Hall & Hill.


.backbone and opp 477


Hamilton Sanford P


.1278 and 1282


Hammer Royal C. 12


Hammond Typewriter


right bottom cor cards


Hann John B ..




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