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dispensed at all hours by competent assistants' Mr Raffensperger who was born in York, Pa., has resid d in Indianapolis for some time, since early youth. He is a courteous gentleman, very popular in professional and social circles He is a prominent member of the Marion County Drug Association, a director of the Plymouth Building and Loan Association, a 32d degree Mason, Mystic Shrine, also of the Knights Templar and the K. of P. A conspicuous feature of Mr. Raffen- sperger's popular pharmacy is a superb soda fountain from which delicious soda with pure fruit syrups is drawn
EMPIRE THEATER.
Indianapolis is most assuredly keeping pace with the demands of modern times for costly and well-equipped places of amusement, and we have to-day a theater which is second to none in the country for the beauty of its interior decorations and furnishings, and the em- ployment of all modern conveniences and improve- ments. We refer to the Empire Theater, which closed its inaugural season about the middle of May, and will reopen August 15, 1893. This handsome structure was erected last summer by Messrs. Jungclouse & Schu- macker at a cost of nearly 870,000, capital being fur- nished by the Hencks Opera House Company of Cin- cinnati, and the architectural designs by Oscar Cobb, the well known theatrical architect of Chicago. The house opened on Labor Day last, and business during the entire season has been phenomenal. The seating capacity of the theatre is in the neighborhood of 2, 100, with a stage 35 feet deep and 85 feet wide. Ample means have been provided for the public in case of fire. there being twenty-two exits, and this theater is con- ceded on all sides to be the safest and most popular amusement resort in the city. It is located at the cor- ner of Wabash and Delaware streets, convenient to all the hotels and street car lines. The house is heated by steam, and supplied with a large number of electric lamps, and is acknowledged to be as complete in all its appointments and conveniences as modern ingenuity and skill can devise. The theater is under the personal direction of Mr. James E. Fennesy, assisted by Mr Charles Zimmerman, while Mr. Harry Thompson has charge of the treasury department. Under the man- agement of so able and experienced executive staff we prophesy a future career of abundant prosperity and success for the Empire Theater, and believe the efforts put forth to meet the approbation of the public will. as in the past, meet with the hearty support and patronage of our citizens.
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GEO. J. MAROTT.
The wholesale and retail establishments of Indianapolis in all lines of trade compare very favorably with those of any other city of its size in the country, and in some lines they excel all others in the United States. This may truthfully be said of the magnificent footwear em- porium of Mr. Geo. J. Marott, located at 26 and 28 E. Washington street, which it is needless to say is regarded with pride by all our citizens. The ground floor and basement are utilized for business purposes, and the
ceiling is frescoed in the most artistic style and rows of incandescent electric lights are placed along the cornice and these with the 130 incandescent lights hanging from the ceiling, cause the establishment at night to as- sume a marvelously beautiful appearance. The furni- ture is of the most elaborate and comfortable kind, the settees and opera chairs being richly upholstered, and the footstools of the latest design, being finished and up- holstered in equally elegant style. Everything that can add to the attractiveness of the place or conduce to the comfort of patrons or facilitate the transac- tion of business, has been installed. The stock comprises foot- wear of all the latest styles for ladies, gents, misses, youths and children, and is com- plete in every depart- ment. Mr. Marott is direct importer of ladies' satin, silk, Rus- sian and Austrian slip- pers of the most artistic appearance and the finest workmanship. He is a thorough master of the business in all de- tails, its having served as a clerk in his father's shoe store for several years before inaugurat- ing his present establish- ment in 1885, and as he is personally conversant with the requirements of the best class of trade, he has every qualification for success in his fund- amental line of trade. A large wholesale as well as retail business is transacted covering the city and state, and the mail order system has been called into requisi- tion throughout the central and western states. Mr.
palatial and splendid appearance of the former with its twenty foot ceiling and mirrors and plate glass show windows with mirrored canopy tops, amaze the stranger, and impress him with the remarkable spirit of enter- prise everywhere apparent. The decorations are in oak finely finished, and the shelving which extends from floor to ceiling and runs the whole length of the store, 120 feet, convey some idea of the enormous stock, averaging about 35,000 pair and valued at over $60,000, always carried. The center pillars are completely cased in mirrors, reflecting the elegant surroundings, and the
Marott is a native of London, England, and came to the United States eighteen years ago. He is still a young man, yet by his exceptional business ability, his sterling integrity and enterprise, he has placed himself at the head of the largest retail house of its kind to be found in the whole of the United States.
ELI LILLY & CO.
No department of commercial enterprise in Indian- apolis is of more direct value and importance to the community at large than that in which the practical manufacturing chemist brings to bear his professional skill and experience. In this connection the attention of the reader is directed to the representative Indianapolis concern, known as Eli Lilly & Co., pharmaceutical chemists, whose magnificent laboratory and offices are located at 132 to 140 East McCarty street in this city. This extensive and prosperous business was established in an humble way in 1876 by Mr. Eli Lilly, and occupied a small room, 18x36 feet in dimensions, in the rear of where now stands the new Commercial Club Building, and who conducted it until 1881, when it was incorpo- rated under the laws of Indiana with a capital stock of $160,000. - The executive officers are Mr. Eli Lilly, president, who is also president of the Commercial Club, one of the governors of the Board of Trade and is also prominently identified with numerous other local interests; Mr. Jas. E. Lilly, vide-president; Mr. Evan F. Lilly, secretary and treasurer; Mr. Josiah K. Lilly, superintendent. These gentlemen have had great ex- perience in this line and hold a very prominent position, while they possess in a high degree the expert profes- sional skill requisite for the chemical composition of their highly endorsed pharmaceutical preparations. They have developed an extensive, influential and per- manent patronage, not only with the wholesale and re- tail drug trade, but also with the medical profession, with which no house stands in better favor, owing to the purity, reliability, quality and general excellence of their different chemical specialties and preparations. Their immense trade covers the United States, Canada, and Europe. It is one of the largest houses in the United States. They have a London office and employ in this city 130 assistants, a branch house at Kansas City, which is their Western supply depot, and it carries a larger pharmaceutical stock than any house west of the Mississippi river. All the manufacturing is done at the Indianapolis laboratory. The ever increasing business of the house caused the company to remove from the original location to larger quarters at 36 South Meridian street, and finally in 1881 to their present premises, which were enlarged in 1885, and now cover an area of 85,000 square feet in floor space. The equipment of this vast establishment is perfect. There are two main buildings, each 40x180 feet, including four stories and basement, connected by a central building containing thegeneral offices. There are thirty-two manufacturing departments, besides the stock, bottling, wrapping, order, shipping and storage departments, each a model
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of perfect system and management. The company maintains its own machine shops, manufacturing its own appliances for making preparations, all their lithograph- ing, publishing and printing also being done on the premises. A large dynamo plant feeds 300 electric lights, the place being heated by steam and the water supplied from the company's own works. The offices are elegant and luxurious, fitted up elaborately in mas- sive antique oak. Besides there is a magnificently stocked library, a department of analysis, assay and chemical research, a herbarium, a department of micro- scopy and botany and a museum of materia medica. They manufacture fluid extracts, powdered and solid extracts, concentrations, abstracts, gelatin-coated pills, also sugar-coated, pink granules, digestive ferments, veterinary hypodermic tablets, elixirs, compressed lozenges and tablets, hypodermic tablets, wines, tablet triturates, standard tinctures, granulated drugs, effer- vescent salts-ever, thing in fact demanded in the trade. The specialties are succus alteraus, anti-syphilitic and alterative; elixir purgans, cathartic and laxative; pil aphrodisiaca, glycones for constipation, garbazin to disguise quinine, caf-acetanilid, antipyretic, anodyne and hypnotic. All preparations bearing the name of Eli Lilly & Company are accepted by the trade as stand- ard articles, possessing all the qualities claimed for them by the company. The highest standard of purity and excellence is maintained throughout, quality being the first consideration of this great house which has built up an enormous trade and an enviable reputation based upon the most enduring of foundations.
THE INDIANA FARMERS' SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.
One of the most flourishing and useful financial cor- porations in this state is "The Indiana Farmers' Sav- ings and Loan Association" of Ft. Wayne, Ind., organ- ized only in November, 1892, and has already secured a membership running into the thousands. The plan of this association is the most profitable for its members ever devised. It gives them the largest returns that are legitimately possible, and secures to borrowers, loans to any amount, at only 4 per cent. The associa- tion shares can be subscribed for in amounts to suit, each share representing a paid-up value of $100. By the six and a half year plan, 70 cents a month is paid for seventy-eight months, or less, according to maturity, making the total investment only $55.60 to secure $100. The ten year plan requires a payment of only 40 cents a month, making the total investment but $49. Every member is entitled to a loan at rates which cannot be
obtained elsewhere. This association will lend at 4 per cent, and repayments can be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. To the wage-earner or farmer, this association is safer and more profitable than any savings bank. It issues paid-up stock worth at maturing $100, for $50 a share, and pays 8 per cent interest on same semi-annually, matures in about sixty- five months if not drawn out. known and responsible citi- The officers are all well zens as follows: President, Mr. Pleasant Bond, general agent for the Penn Mutual Life; vice-president, Mr. George W. Stubbs, attorney and farmer; secretary and treasurer, Mr. John B. Hann, the well known real estate agent and contractor; attor- neys, Messrs. Urmston & Warrum, and appraisers, Messrs. William C. Smock, ex-county clerk, Henry W. Redpath, M. D., and Howard Smock, merchant. The money is loaned at 4 per cent per an- num, and all mortgages taken by the association are non- r negotiable, offering absolute protection to the stockhold- ers. The officers and advis- ory board are men of the highest standing, and those seeking a loan or desiring to accumulate their savings in the most profitable manner, should communicate with the secretary, Mr. Hann. Stock has been taken and paid-up, and Prof. Garvin, who examined the books, satisfied himself of the plan as being the best.
ing exponents of the art. They formed their present copartnership in 1892, and at once took a prominent place in the trade, the work turned out from their estab- lishment soon attracting attention on account of its uniform excellence in every particular. With Messrs. Brink & Hohl tailoring is not a mere trade, it is an art, and they take the same pride in turning out good work as does the painter or sculptor. No careless work is
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BRINK & HOHL.
A leading and popular firm of merchant tailors in Indianapolis is that of Messrs. Brink & Hohl, whose place of business is at 27 Virginia avenue. Although young men, Messrs. Louis H Brink and Albert C. Hohl have had an extensive, practical experience, and enjoy an excellent reputation for the high character of their goods and workmanship. They have a professional reputation which is not confined to any particular sec- tion of the city, and which ranks them among the lead-
sent out by them. Special pains are always taken even with the smallest details. The same care shown in the execution of the work is displayed in the selection of materials. The firm import their own goods, and have always the latest patterns in stock.' Every attention is given to the cutting and fitting of wearing apparel, which is done under the immediate supervision of the partners, and they number among their regular cus- tomers many of our leading citizens. The premises utilized are 20x100 feet in dimensions, neatly fitted up. and present a very attractive appearance.
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THE HUBER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Farm engines and threshers in this progressive age have reached a high state of perfection. Skill and science have been used to make them what they are to- day, and among the various kinds on the market it is safe to say that none combine all the merits and ad- vantages of the engines and threshers manufactured by the Huber Manufacturing Company, whose extensive plant is at Marion in this state. The company was in- corporated in 1875. Its officers are all well-known representative, substantial business men. The president is Mr. E. Huber, an inventor and founder of the busi- ness; A. J. Brackett, vice-president; S. E. Barlow, treasurer, and E. Durfee, secretary. The capital stock is $500, 000, all paid in, and the company is conducting business upon a sound substantial basis. Thirteen acres of ground are owned and occupied by the company, and sixteen large buildings located thereon perfectly equip- ped with special machinery and appliances for manu- facturing purposes, also storage and warehouses and lumber yards afford every convenience and bring into requisition the services of 600 skilled artizans. The rail- road facilities are also of a superior character. The company manufacture the world famous new Huber traction, standard and semi-portable or skid engines and the new Huber threshers, which possess many merits peculiar to themselves, and have never failed to demon- strate their efficiency and superiority wherever intro- duced. They are made of the very best materials, ac- curately and carefully put together, and warranted as represented in every respect. As an evidence of the popularity of the engines and separators, we desire to say that the number made and sold in 1891 reached 1,200 engines and 10.000 separators and that in the state of Indiana alone 123 engines were disposed of and 147 separators. This is a splendid showing and at once a guarantee that they are the best machines of the kind on the market. Branch houses and agencies have been established in all parts of the West and South, and in Indiana there are eighty-three local agencies. The branch in this city is in charge of Mr. H. A. Davis as manager, a live wide-awake business man of standing in the community. His office and warehouse, a corrugated iron structure, 36x50 feet, is at 78 South Tennessee street, where he has a large stock of engines and threshers, also repairs attachments and parts. A native of Constantine, Mich., Mr. Davis has resided in Indianapolis since 1889, and is one of the leading agricultural machine men in the city. He is popularly known and an active member of the K. of P. He employs traveling salesmen on the road, a number of workmen in the warehouse, and by his energy and enterprise has built up a large trade.
CHARLES E, DUVALL.
Indianapolis has several mercantile establishments which compare favorably with anything of the kind either in New York or Chicago, and among the number is that of Mr. Charles E. Duvall, wholesale and retail dealer in draperies of all kinds, silk and lace curtains, oriental rugs, portieres, window shades, etc. Tbe busi- ness was established three years ago by Mr. Duvall. who
CHARLES E. DUVALL.
is the recognized authority in this branch of trade, and wbo has had not only an unusually wide range of prac- tical experience, but has manifested the soundest judg- ment and correct taste in the gathering together of this magnificent stock. Mr. Duvall was for twenty-five years with Mr. Roll in the carpet trade, and thus possesses a wide circle of influential connections. His store is con- veniently located at 44 North Illinois street, and is thus but a few doors north of the Bates House and the fash- ionable thoroughfare of the city. The premises, which are 100 feet in depth, are most elaborately and artistic- ally fitted up and decorated, being draped with all styles and patterns of the various goods, producing a most ele-
gant effect. The show window is " a dream " of artistic taste, while the interior is equally attractive in its every detail. In draperies and the richest fabrics of the loom for decorative purposes, he carries a complete and very valuable stock, gathered from all quarters of the globe. The Orient, Turkey, Italy and France, while in finest grades of East Indian and Turkish rugs, Japanese goods, etc., no such stock as this has ever before been shown west of New York, and the buyer, Mr. Griggan- heims, is now in Yokohama. This is ac- knowledged to be the headquarters here for mattings, linoleum and oil cloth, window shades of all kinds, including store shades, to order. In connection with this Mr. Du- vall shows a variety of beautiful patterns of parquet flooring, wood carpet, fret and grille work, etc., acting as agent for John W. Boughton, of Philadelphia, Pa., the oldest house engaged in this business, all of which he is prepared to lay at most moderate prices. He has just taken an $800 contract for the drapery and grille work for the private residence of Mr. Frankie. Mr. Duvall has had nearly thirty years experience in the difficult work of fine house furnishing, and can make many highly valuable suggestions to customers. He is prepared to contract for and undertake the entire furnishing of houses, insuring harmonious. treatment, and the introduction of draperies, rugs and furni- ture that will match the mural decorations. The leading citizens of Indianapolis and of the state are found among his permanent cu . tomers, while he has developed a flourishing wholesale trade. Importing direct as he does from Japan, India, France and the East, he has the rarest and most stylish goods, those of intrinsic value, both as to materials and ar- tistic treatment, and is fully prepared to offer substantial inducements as to price and qual- ity, which cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Mr. Duvall was born in this city and is one of her most respected business men, an active member of the Commercial Club. and a merchant whose enterprise has secured to Indian- apolis an establishment without a duplicate west of New York.
LOUIS G. DESCHLER.
The difficulty of obtaining a first-class cigar is one that the citizens of Indianapolis need never fear as long as they have such excellent smokers' emporiums as that of Mr. Louis G. Deschler, which are the leading repre-
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sentative cigar stores in the city. They are three in number, and are respectively located at 51 North Penn- sylvania street, 68 West Washington street, and in the Bates House Rotunda; they were opened on different dates, the latest established being the first mentioned, in July, 1892, having been in the Bates House fifteen years. Mr. Deschler, although still but a young man, being only twenty-seven years of age, has had an extended and practical experience in the cigar trade, and by his urbane and courteous manner, has made hosts of friends and secured a large and permanent patronage. He has achieved a great and deserving success, having from the start made it an undeviating rule to handle only the finest goods in every grade. His establishments are noted as headquarters, both with wholesale and retail trade, for strictly first-class reliable cigars, which are preferred in the future after one trial. Mr. Deschler has the handsomest stores in Indianapolis. They are models in every way, and are fitted up with Russian leather covered divans, light oak fixtures, marble and hardwood mantels, electric lights, open fireplaces, and all conveniences that can enhance the pleasures of the consumer of the weed. Mr. Deschler is a direct im- porter of fine Havana and Key West cigars, while he has always in stock the choicest brands of American manufacturers. He makes a specialty of box trade, and hundreds of our leading citizens are among his regular customers.
THE AMERICAN INSTALLMENT COMPANY.
The introduction of what are known as installment goods houses has proved of inestimable value to all housekeepers of limited means Among the leading con- cerns whose operations and very extensive and whose branch stores and agencies are to be found in all the principal cities of the United States is The American In- stallment Company, importers, jobbers and dealers in household specialties. This flourishing company was incorporated under the laws of Ohio in July, 1892, with a capital of $100,000. Its head office is in Columbus, Ohio, and its executive officers are Messrs. P. H. Cooney, president, and O. E. D. Barrow, secretary. The Indianapolis branch was opened in 1892 and has since been under the able and enterprising management of Mr. G. W. Beeler, a gentleman eminently fitted for his responsible position. He has built up a large and steadily increasing business, which necessitates the em- ployment of some thirty agents in this city and its suburbs. The premises are at 29 Virginia avenue, 18x 100 feet in dimensions and the stock carried is very large, including all kinds of household specialties, such as rugs, clocks, wringers, lace and chenille curtains, pictures, albums, and general house furnishings, which
are sold on the installment plan. The company are ex- clusive agents for the celebrated Stone wringer through- out the United States, and they do a large jobbing trade. Mr. Beeler is a native of Marion County, Ind., and has been a resident of this city for the past fifteen years. He is a member of the I O. O. F. and a popular and much esteemed citizen. Mr. Beeler represented the Adams Company for nine years. He located their store at Hartford, Conn., and was manager there for six and one-half years.
WM. ARCHDEACON.
Prominent in this city is the house of Wm. Arch- deacon, manufacturer and dealer in pickles, vinegars, mustards, catsups, etc , whose office, factory and ware- rooms are located at 284 West Washington street. Mr. Archdeacon established his business in 1881, being the leader in introducing many important specialties to the market which have been received with great favor and have since came into general use. The whole of a com- modious structure, three stories and basement in height and 25x200 feet in dimensions, is utilized for business purposes. The best known methods are invariably fol- lowed, the steam process which is so generally used find- ing no favor here, and all packing, bottling, etc., being done by hand. As a consequence the productions of the house are known the world over as being of the highest grade and of the most delicious flavor, while their con- dition, no matter how great the distance, is simply pe - fect. The specialties are stuffed Spanish mangoes, Boston chow chow, Auntie Hull's Chili sauce and Tomato catsup. Archdeacon's Sugar Coloring and Arch- deacon's Fumee for use with Bologna and other sausages. These articles are prepared according to special recipes from the finest ingredients and are popular favorites wherever introduced. Pickles of every description are prepared here in the best known style and delicacies such as spiced pigs' feet and tripe, whole or cut, are cooked tender and cured with fine herbs and white wine vinegar, while grated horse radish is ground fresh every day and the finest Indiana home-made maple syrup and rock candy syrup are always kept in stock. A full assort- ment of everything coming under this general heading in bottles, barrels or kegs is carried and a very large and flourishing trade is transacted. Mr. Archdeacon is a native of New Jersey and when quite young he went to New York city and some years after to Chicago, where he was in the employ of the Kingan Packing Company. He is an expert in the details of his business and having a personal acquaintance with the best classes of the trade he is enabled to exactly suit their requirements in the most efficient way. The telephone call is 325.
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