Polk's Indianapolis (Marion County, Ind.) city directory, 1919, Part 16

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Publication date: 1919
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Asphalt Shingles-Green or Red slate surface.


Wire Cable and Manila Rope in all sizes carried in stock for immediate delivery.


Everything in Contractors' and Build- ers' Supplies.


Distributors for Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co. in Central Indiana.


Prompt Deliveries Guaranteed to any part of the city or state.


LILLY HARDWARE COMPANY, 114-118 E. Washington St.


Shepard Hardware Company TINNERS


Roofing, Guttering, Spouting and Repair Work Furnaces, Hardware, Paints, Oils Glass and Pumps


2862-64 CLIFTON STREET, INDIANAPOLIS Tel. North 1357


R. L. POLK & CO.'S (1919)


147


HARDWARE


GARLAND STOVES AND RANGES


The World's Best


GARLAND HOT BLAST COAL RANGES GAS RANGES FURNACES


STOVES and FURNACES Largest Variety in State


Garland Combined Coal and Gas Ranges Champion Combined Coal and Gas Ranges Crown Combined Coal and Gas Ranges Retort Self-feeding Soft Coal Heater Garland and Quick Meal Gas Ranges


CHARLES KOEHRING Your Old Stove as Part Payment Tel. Prospect 85, Auto. 51-593 878-882 VIRGINIA AVE.


CHAS. MAIER


Dealer in HARDWARE, TINWARE, STOVES, PUMPS PUMP REPAIRS, ETC. TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK; ROOFING, GUTTERING and SPOUTING a SPECIALTY Paints, Oils, Varnish and Glass. Paint Brushes, Screen Doors, Wire and Poultry Netting. Watches and Jewelry. Agent for Chi-Namel.


Phones: Store, Belmont 579, Auto. 39-786; Res., Belmont 901 2104 W. Michigan St. Indianapolis, Indiana


S. S. RHODES & SON


(C. R. Rhodes, Successor)


Hardware, Lumber PAINTS AND GLASS Agents for Sherwin-Williams Paints


STORE 340 West Washington St. Phones : Main 890 ; Auto.28-690


LUMBER YARD Corner South California St. and Big Four Railroad


Who sells it?


The Classified Business headings in theCity Directory will tell you. The City Directory is the most complete local Buyers Guide available to residents of any city. CONSULT THE CITY DIRECTORY R.L. Polk & Co. Publishers


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


148


HARDWOOD FLOORS


HARDWOOD FLOORS


Manufactured and Laid Complete


REFINISHING H. V. COOK CO.


A SPECIALTY


854 Massachusetts Avenue


PHONES: AUTO. 21-999 MAIN 4735


The Eaglesfield-Stewart Company Manufacturers Hardwood Flooring


STRIPS, BORDERS AND PARQUETRY


920 Dorman Street


Indianapolis, Indiana


THE MAGNET THAT ATTRACTS


P


ROY A


ARSON


L JOOK


SATISFIED PATRONS


Main 6716 Established 1907 Residence, North 7252


ROY A. PEARSON


HIGH-GRADE


HARDWOOD FLOORS PLAIN OR PARQUETRY Manufactured, Laid and Finished Complete


Price-My Claim. Quality-My Pride. Service-My Aim


505 LAW BUILDING


HAT MANUFACTURERS


Ladies' and Men's Hat Renovators


Panama Work a Specialty


MULLER Indianapolis Hat Bleachery


Renovators and Manufacturers of Men's Ladies', Misses and Children's Hats Cleaning, Dyeing and Bleaching Soft and Stiff Hats Reblocked


26-28 KENTUCKY AVE. Phone Main 6179 INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


R. L. POLK & CO.'S (1919)


HIGH GRADE


HARD WOOD


149


HAY AND GRAIN


Office and Elevator: Tels. Main 349, Auto. 39-143 Uptown Office, 414 Board of Trade Bldg. Tels., Main 593, Auto. 24-871


Belt Elevator & Feed Co.


Headquarters for Hay and Grain, Flour and Feed of All Kinds


Elevator, W. Washington St. & Belt. Ry. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE


CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH


HEAVY HAULING


New Phone 28-567


Circle 5038


A. H. THOMPSON


Contractor, Excavating, Hauling Sand, Cinders and Gravel


1040 W. NEW YORK ST.


INDIANAPOLIS


HOLIDAY GOODS


Eugene C. Dolmetsch, President Herman H. Sielken, Vice-President


Otto Keller John G. Ohleyer, Secy. and Treas. George Hofmann


The E. C. Dolmetsch Co.


Incorporated IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF TOYS AND FANCY GOODS DRUGGISTS' AND STATIONERS' SUNDRIES 219-221 South Meridian Street


Directory Libraries


[ Every Polk office has a library of directories of various cities. These are maintained for the convenience of our patrons, and they are con- stantly supplying information of many different kinds to people who come to use them.


[ City Directories are City Catalogs. They contain a list of everybody and everything within a city. Many of the more progressive concerns buy directories of various cities as they are issued for mailing list purposes.


R. L. POLE & CO., Publishers


NEW YORK DETROIT CHICAGO


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


150


HOME FURNISHINGS


THE C. B. HOWARD CO.


RUGS, CARPETS, MATTINGS, LINOS, LACE CURTAINS, WINDOW SHADES, ART AND NOVELTY FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERY, DRAPERIES, WALL PAPERS


14-16 EAST WASHINGTON STREET INDIANAPOLIS


PHONES: Main 339; Auto. 21-539


CABLES: "Howard's", Indianapolis


HOTELS


Hotel Williams


NEWEST-FIREPROOF


Indianapolis - - Indiana


Washington Street, Opposite State Capitol Building One of the most handsomely furnished hotels in the Middle West. Rooms with bath at popular prices-$1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 a day. A Real High Class Hotel


MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE


CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS


OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH


ICE


Daily Capacity, 150 Tons Storage Capacity, 8,000 Tons


Artificial Ice and Cold Storage Co.


Wholesale and Retail Dealers in ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL ICE FAMILY TRADE A SPECIALTY - 100 WAGONS Three Yards-Commercial Fuel Co .- Coal and Coke 337 West New York St. Main 430, 431, Auto. 24-730


I AM LOOKING FOR SOME ONE LIKEWISE


SOME ONE IS LOOKING FOR ME


IF I HAVE SOMETHING TO SELL AND I AM NOT LISTED IN THIS DIRECTORY UNDER THE PROPER HEADINGS


! LOSE A CUSTOMER


R. L. POLK & CO.'S (1919


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ICE CREAM


Auto. 23-199


Main 2666


JAY-AN-AY Ice Creams and Fruit Ices


Fancy Ice Cream in All Flavors and Forms, Suitable for Service on Any Occasion Manufactured by JESSUP & ANTRIM ICE CREAM COMPANY 713-715 North Illinois Street, Indianapolis


Ballard Ice Cream Co.


Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE ICE CREAMS


BEST SERVICE BEST PRICES, BEST GOODS


Phones-Main 410 and 1152; Auto. 22-410 and 22-710


315 North Alabama Street


THE Indianapolis Creamery


Manufacturers of


Velvet Ice Cream


FRUIT and WATER ICES Wholesale Milk, Cream and Buttermilk


937-939 FORT WAYNE AVENUE Phones Main 1532, Auto. 22-532


The Directory is the Common intermediary between the buyer and


the seller. R. L. Folk


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


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152


INSURANCE


NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN


Pays Large Annual Dividends, thereby Furnishing Protection at Lowest Net Cost, and Guarantees Large Loan, Cash and Other Value in Its Policies


Assets Over Four Hundred Fourteen Million Dollars Insurance in Force, $1,680,936,546.00 Small Expense and Low Mortality


Dividends Paid in 1918


$13,737,772.59


Death Losses Paid in 1918


18,149,721.45


Total Income in 1918


78,028,516.05


Total Disbursements in 1918


57,789,268.24


Insurance in Force in Indiana, Dec. 31, 1918


43,129,982.00


New Insurance Reported During 1918 in Indiana


4,241,700.00


Total Real Estate Loans, Dec. 31, 1918, in Indiana


8,410,044.25


Total Death Losses and Endowments Paid in Indiana


9,470,246.78


CALL, WRITE OR PHONE TO SEE OUR NEW POLICIES


Corporation, Partnership, Monthly Income and Individual Endowment and Life Plans and the New "65's"


PINKUS, MILLS & PINKUS


GENERAL AGENTS


Phones Main 1245; Auto. 23-245


Sixth Floor Occidental Building Indianapolis, Indiana


Corner Washington and Illinois Streets


R. L. POLK & CO.'S (1919


153


INSURANCE


Organized 25 Years Ago in Indianapolis Located in Its Own Home Office Building


THE STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


OFFICERS


H. W. BENNETT, President C. F. COFFIN, Vice-President


J. I. DISSETTE, Second Vice-President


ALBERT SAHM, Secretary-Treasurer R. W. McBride, Counsel of Loan Dept. C. H. BECKETT, Actuary WALTER HOWE, Auditor W. C. BOBBS, Chairman Executive Committee C. B. McCULLOCH, Medical Director


DIRECTORS


H. W. BENNETT W. C. BOBBS J. I. DISSETTE W. J. MOONEY ALBERT SAHM F. D. STALNAKER R. W. McBRIDE H. M'K. LANDON C. F. COFFIN


$18,458,500


Deposited with the Auditor of State for the Sole Protection of Policyholders $1,750,000 More Than the Amount Required by Law


UNPARALLELED GROWTH


1895


Admitted Assets S 18,300 4,126,682


Reserve and All Other Liabilities $ 15,868


Admitted Surplus S 2,432


1905


3,521,365


605,317


1915 16,239,141


13,761,687


2,477,454


1918


20,364,664 17,750,543 2,614,121


The Growth of Oak-The Solidity of Granite


DIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


154


INSURANCE


THEODORE STEIN, JR.


... Insurance ...


REAL ESTATE RENTS AND LOANS


General Fire Insurance Agency


241 LEMCKE ANNEX INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


PHONES


Auto, 21-237


Main 1237


R. L. POLK & CO.'S (19


155


UNION


INSURANCE


COMPANY OF INDIANA


H.H. WOODSMALL & CO.


State Agents, Casualty Department WOODSMALL FLOOR


Local Agents, Fire Ins. Department FIDELITY TRUST BUILDING


We Insure Everything but the Hereafter Managers Ind. Employers' Reciprocal Association Ind. Coal Operators' Reciprocal Association NET COST COMPENSATION INSURANCE


AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE


anh Jeff O CEERI


RMEA


COLLISION MARMON TRUCK American Automobile Insurance Co.


NDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


156


INSURANCE


GOOD INSURANCE IS A SHOCK ABSORBER


W. E. BARTON


500-502 Indiana Trust Bldg.


Phones-Auto. 21-677, Main 8044


INSURANCE


Accident and Health Automobile (All Kinds)


Contractors' Liability


Elevator Liability Owners', Landlords' and Tenants' Liability Public Liability


Teams Liability Physicians' and Dentists' Liability


Workmen's Compensation Burglary Messenger Hold-up Hold-up of Private Citizens by Footpads Fire Use and Occupancy Automatic Sprinkler Leakage Tornado


SURETY BONDS


Public Official Judicial Probate Depository


Indemnity Contractors


Agents Brokers


Fraternal Orders Labor Unions


Officers Employees


Bonds Required by City, State and Federal Governments


Trade Associations


(Bonds of all kinds)


Gen'l Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp., Ltd., of Perth, Scotland (U. S. Branch) Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. The Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance of London New Jersey Fidelity & Plate Glass Insurance Co., of Newark, N. J. Mercantile Insurance Company of America, New York, N. Y.


INCORPORATED 1851


BERKSHIRE


Life Insurance Company


PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS


Represented in Indianapolis by


FRED C. HORNE JOHN S. WININGS


EDWARD HARMAN H. E. SCHMITT


Indiana Agency 614 Merchants Bank Bldg. Main 536-TELEPHONES-Auto. 25-218


R. L. POLK & CO.'S (191


15.7


INSURANCE


INDIANA NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


THE BEST IN LIFE INSURANCE


Insure in a Home Company


OFFICERS-C. D. Renick, President; C. E. Henderson, Secre- tary; Virley R. Rudd, Treasurer; W. E. Thornton, M. D., Med- ical Director; E. E. Leiendecker, Asst. Secy. and Cashier.


DIRECTORS-G. C. Brooks, C. E. Henderson, C. D. Renick, S. C. Renick, Virley R. Rudd.


HOME OFFICE


316 North Meridian Street INDIANAPOLIS


Reserve Loan Life Insurance Co.


-OF-


INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA


GROSS ASSETS, March 1, 1919


$4,282,380.43


Reserve Liability (approved securities deposited with Audi-


tor of State) 3,658,861.42


Other Liabilities


271,952.11


TOTAL LIABILITIES $3,930,813.53


GROSS SURPLUS-


Set aside to protect dividends. $ 78,032.60


For protection of policyholders


273,534.30 351,566.90


$4,282,380.43


Death Claims Paid in Twenty-four Hours of Receipt of Proofs


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


158


INSURANCE


THE CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


OF HARTFORD


One of the fine old New England Companies. Has an honorable record covering nearly three quarters of a century.


You can secure dependable information and protection through this agency. In addition to the usual forms of policies, we issue OLD-AGE PENSIONS, PARTNERSHIP AND CORPORATION INSURANCE-INHERITANCE TAX INSURANCE, INCOME INSURANCE


JAMES A. BAIRD, General Agent for Indiana 1021 HUME-MANSUR BLDG. CITY AGENTS-F. Wayland Donglas, C. Otto Janus, C. C. Crumbaker


The Belt Automobile Indemnity Assn.


(Licensed and Bonded)


Every Kind of Automobile Insurance Hundreds of Satisfied Policy Holders SAFE AND INEXPENSIVE PROTECTION


Telephone Main 5250


H. G. DOUGHERTY, State Manager 923 HUME-MANSUR BLDG.


Bridges-McGaw Company Auto. 25-677


Main 213 821-824 LEMCKE BLDG. General Agents for Indiana for MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY of Baltimore, Md. ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE


Including Workmen's Compensation, Automobile, General Liability, Steam Boiler and Flywheel, Burglary, Plate Glass, Elevator, Teams, Water Damage, Sprinkler Leakage, Life, Health and Accident, Fire and Tornado ALL KINDS OF SURETY BONDS


Including Administrators', Executors', Guardians', Receivers, Employees' Fidelity, Fraternal, License and Revenue, Commissioners for Sale of Real Estate, Public Officials' and Contractors' Bonds


U. S. FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.


FOSTER & MESSICK


MANAGERS


Fletcher Savings and Trust Building


Telephones: Main 6100, Auto. 24-409


SURETY BONDS CASUALTY INSURANCE


R. L. POLK & CO.'S (1919)


159


INSURANCE


HERBERT E. FIEBER


JOHN J. REILLY


FIEBER & REILLY


INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE, RENTALS AND LOANS


124 North Delaware Street


NOTARIES PUBLIC


Telephones:


Old, Main 878, Auto. 28-278


"OLD and TRIED"


Falls


Insurance Co.


Assets $8,000,000


Harvey B. Martin


Branch Manager 305-6-7 City Trust Building Indianapolis


Main 1829 Automatic 23-729


ALL LOSSES RECEIVE PERSONAL AT- TENTION-PAYMENTS MADE FROM LOCAL OFFICE


GREGORY & APPEL


(Incorporated)


INSURANCE


RENTS REAL ESTATE :: LOANS


500 FLETCHER TRUST BLDG.


Auto 28-295


Main 995


ANI


TFORD


HARTFORD SERVICE FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS


AUTOMOBILE, BURGLARY, PLATE GLASS AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE


CHARLES M. BURTON, Mgr. for Ind. 1414 MERCHANTS BANK BLDG.


Main 4091 Auto. 23-467


DIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


160


INSURANCE


Indianapolis Life Insurance Co.


ISSUES ALL KINDS OF POLICIES At Lowest Net Cost


FRANK P. MANLY, President 300-312 Board of Trade Bldg.


J. R. RAUB, Secretary Indianapolis, Indiana


529-530 Occidental Bldg.


Main 5443


Inter-Southern Life Insurance Co.


LOUISVILLE, KY.


CLEAN, STRONG and PROGRESSIVE


Over 414 million dollars for sole protection of policy holders. Com- pound Option Policies guarantee 4% compound interest on coupons- non-taxable. Total disability, double indemnity for accidental death.


For Liberal Co-operative Agency Contracts-SEE J. W. Thompson, Mgr. Cent. Ind. PEERLESS CASUALTY CO., HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE


Organized 1871 Life Insurance Company of Virginia RICHMOND, VIRGINIA


Has won the hearty approval and active support of the people by its promptness and fair dealing during the 48 years of its operation. Its Policies are all on the NON-PARTICIPATING plan, are clear and definite in their provisions and their values are absolutely guaranteed. All claims paid IMMEDIATELY upon receipt of Satisfactory Proofs of Death. Total Payments to Policyholders since Organization, over $21,988,834.00 GEO. F. HALL, Superintendent 506-7-8 Fletcher Savings & Trust Bldg. Indianapolis, Ind.


LONDON & LANCASHIRE INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA


Fidelity and Surety Bonds


Automobile, Plate Glass and Burglary Insurance "PERSONAL SERVICE"


D. K. EHNES, State Agent


303-304 City Trust Bldg Indianapolis, Ind.


Home Office: New York Main 1712


R. L. POLK & CO.'S (


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INSURANCE


1851


Low Rates-Annual Dividends 1918


Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.


of Springfield, Mass.


Corporation and Individual Life and Endowment Policies


WARD H. HACKLEMAN, Manager


704 Fletcher Savings and Trust Building Main 15; Auto. 26-675


Indianapolis, Ind.


Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Indiana LOWEST RATES


Meridian Mutual Fire Insurance Company


HOME OFFICE INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA


A HOME INSTITUTION-PROFIT SHARING POLICIES ISSUED Safety Fund Deposited with State Insurance Dept. for Protection of its Members SECURE OUR RATES AND TERMS FROM YOUR LOCAL AGENT


Organized July 15th, 1884 Incorporated August 5th, 1884;


Mutual Fire Insurance Company


OF INDIANAPOLIS


A STRICTLY MUTUAL COMPANY


OTTO WAGNER, Pres. ALBERT KRULL, Treas.


ALBERT F. MEYER, V .- Pres. CHARLOTTE D. RIESS, Sec. Office N. E. Cor. Washington and Alabama Sts., 2nd Floor Net Assets, $461,477.00; Amount of Insurance in Force in Indianapolis, July 15th, 1918, $5,816,600.00


Telephones Central Main 1038 Auto. 26-538


(Chartered 1835)


New England Mutual Life


INSURANCE COMPANY


Of Boston, Mass. OLDEST AND BEST


Issues All Forms of Life and Endowment Insurance Income Policies Payable Annually, Semi-Annually, Quarterly or Monthly WM. L. HORNE, General Agent


400 Indiana Trust Building Phones: Old, Main 3826, Auto. 23-540


INDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


162


INSURANCE


PAN- AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


CRAWFORD H. ELLIS, President


Full Paid Capital


$ 1,000,000.00


Insurance in force 51,970,811.00


Legal Reserve on policies


4,688,059.56


Total Resources


6,570,000.00


Our Policy Contracts are attractive and contain provisions for additional pro- tection, such as Double Indemnity and Total Disability benefits.


Some attractive Agency openings in Indiana for Life Insurance Salesmen of ability and good standing in their communities.


Address: J. H. LaSance, Agency Director


13th Floor City Trust Bldg. Indianapolis, Indiana


GEORGE W. PANGBORN (Established 1890) GENERAL AGENT FOR INDIANA


Workmen's Compensation, All Classes of Liability (including Automobile) Burglary, Personal Accident and Health Insurance, Automobile Fire and Theft, Property Dam- age and Collision Insurance, Parcel Post, Marine and Tourists' Baggage Insurance, Plate Glass, Steam Boiler and Fly Wheel Insurance, Fidelity and Surety Bonds and Fire Insurance.


CHARLES B. HAUK, Assistant General Agent


MARK W. PANGBORN, Special Agent E. J. FULTON, Special Agent


Telephones: Auto. 21-140, Main 140


1203-06 Fletcher Trust Building Indianapolis, Ind.


All Claims Adjusted and Paid Through This Office


The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.


1847-Philadelphia-1919


W. A. COURTRIGHT, Gen. Agt. 715-716 Merchants Bank Bldg. Indianapolis, Ind.


E. J. SCOONOVER CASUALTY INSURANCE


Fidelity and Surety Bonds, Workmen's Compensation, all forms of Liability Insur- ance; Plate Glass, Burglary, Health and Accident Insurance


Atuomobile Insurance a Specialty


Phones: Auto. 28-150, Old Main 5627


709 Fidelity Trust Bldg. Indianapolis, Indiana


R. L. POLK & CO.'S (191


163


INSURANCE


JAMES H. WEYER


STATE AGENT FOR INDIANA LONDON GUARANTEE AND ACCIDENT CO., LTD. NEW AMSTERDAM CASUALTY CO. (Fidelity, Surety and Plate Glass Department) All Forms of Casualty Insurance, Fidelity and Surety Bonds and Plate Glass Insurance.


1105-9 City Trust Bldg.


Phones, Main 685


Long Distance, Main 7308


WILLIAM F. WOCHER


INSURANCE EXPERT All Lines of Insurance Written Specialist in Rate Reductions, Policy Forms


GENERAL AGENT LONDON GUARANTEE & ACCIDENT CO., LTD. NEW YORK PLATE GLASS INSURANCE CO.


Phones: Main 3998; Auto. 24-806


8th Floor City Trust Bldg. Indianapolis, Indiana


INSURANCE IRON WORKS


Phones Main 1407 and 1427


American Estates Co., Inc.


EDWARD H. YOUNG, President.


INSURANCE In all Forms. EDWARD H. YOUNG, Home Office General Agent CENTURY LIFE INS. CO., Indianapolis.


Auto. 61-660 Old, Woodruff 92


T. ROCH ARCHITECTURAL IRON AND WIRE WORKS


Ornamental Window Guards, Gates, Office Railings, Stairs, Steel Structures, Fire-Proof Doors, Shutters, Fire Es- capes and General Wrought Iron Work


Cor. North and Dorman Sts. Indianapolis, Ind.


More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Lists of the Directory than any other medium on earth.


NDIANAPOLIS CITY DIRECTORY


164


JEWELERS


CARL L. ROST The House of Quality Everything in the Way of Fine Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware


We design and make Jewelry of every description. Bring in your Rings and have them made over in modern up-to-date mountings. We are sole agents for Gebhardt's Solitaire Cluster Diamonds No Plated or Flled Rings Sold Here 25 NORTH ILLINOIS STREET, INDIANAPOLIS The Sign of this Street Clock in the middle of the Block


Emblem Rings, Charms, Buttons


Diamonds


Diamonds, Loose and Mounted


DEALERS IN WATCHES, all Makes and Grades, PRESENTATION GIFTS CHESTS OF SILVER, TEA SETS, TROPHIES


Golf and Tennis Prizes Clocks


Julius C.Walk& Son. INCORPORATED. 5 and 7 East Washington St., Merchants Bank Bldg.


Jewerly, Makers of Pieces to Order Designers, Engravers


LITHOGRAPHERS


DIRECT ADVERTISING - - CREATIVE PRINTING


LEVEY PRINTING COMPANY THE SHIELD PRESS


NORTH SIDE OF STATE HOUSE SQUARE


PHONES


AUTO 3448-11 MAIN 1064


LEADING LITHOGRAPHERS AND STATIONERS


Don't Knock-Boost


SELECTED


If you want to live in a kind of a town, Like the kind of a town you like, You need'nt slip your clothes in a grip, And start on a long, long hike. You'll only find what you left behind, For there's nothing that's really new; It's a knock at yourself when you knock your town, It is'nt your town-its You-


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LOANS


We Have Sold MORTGAGES


on REAL ESTATE for FORTY-SEVEN YEARS


Our Mortgages Do Not Shrink Nor Vary You Always Know What Interest You Will Receive


No Investor Has Met a Loss on a Mortgage Bought From Us


See Us or Write Us About Them


THOS. C. DAY & CO.


709-715 FLETCHER TRUST BUILDING


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MONEY LOANED at LEGAL RATES


ON FURNITURE, PIANOS, LIVE STOCK, ETC. No Advance Charges, Easy Payments Telephone Us For Our Rates and Methods of Loaning Phones: Auto. 27-432; Main 2983


AMERICAN LOAN COMPANY Successor to East Market St. Loan Co.


205 Law Building 134 East Market Street


Established 1912


Indianapolis Securities Company


DEALERS IN High-Grade Real Estate Mortgages


We buy and sell Mortgages, Notes and other Approved Securities. Also sell Homes on Easy Payments. We buy Indianapolis Real Estate when the price is Right. Real Estate Loans under $1,000 our Specialty. Our Preferred Stock pays 7 per cent. Non-assessable-Non-taxable.


Home Offices, 305-307-309 Law Bldg. Main 2314; Auto. 24-952


LUMBER


Brannum-Keene Lumber Co.


ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL AND COAL


When you are ready let us figure your bills


Estimating Office Phones, Old, Irvington 404, 405 and 406; Auto 61-665 Main Yard and Mill, East Washington and Belt


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Any Business Any Locality R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers NEW YORK DETROIT CHICAGO


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LUMBER


H. B. BURNET, Pres.


F. L. BINFORD, Sec .- Treasi


BURNET-BINFORD LUMBER COMPANY


Superior


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Millwork


30th STREET and CANAL


Complete Stock of LUMBER


Electrically Equipped PLANING MILL


Truck Delivery Service


PHONES North 500 Auto. 49-151


INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


Maas-Neimeyer Lumber Co.


LUMBER


21st and 22nd Streets


PLANING MILL


Timbers, Joists, Etc.


Bell Phone, North 4284 and 4285 Auto. Phone, 41-316 and 41-317


West of Monon Railroad


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Capitol Lumber Co.


MAIN OFFICE


1712 W. New York St .- Belmont 83; Auto. 39-705


YARD No. 2 Monon and 49th St .- Washington 133; Auto. 77-246


YARD No. 4 Belt and E. 10th St .- Woodruff 202; Auto. 61-145


THE LARGEST LUMBER COMPANY IN THE CITY 4 Yards-2 Planing Mills


UNEXCELLED MILL WORK


E. L. DYNES, PRES. G. E. POHLMAN, SEC-TREAS.


Dynes-Pohlman Lumber Co.


MOST MODERN PLANING MILL IN THE STATE


E. 28th St. and Monon R. R.


BELL TELEPHONE NORTH 212 AUTOMATIC 42-432


JAS. T. EAGLESFIELD


Everything in Lumber


EAGLESFIELD-HILL LUMBER CO.


Let us help you with your BUILDING PROBLEMS. With our long experience and expert workmen we are able to work out your details in the most perfect and economic manner


Yards and Planing Mill at 21st and Northwestern Phones: North 701; Auto. 41-566


FOSTER'S LUMBER SATISFIES


FACTORY AND CONCRETE FORM LUMBER A SPECIALTY :: SHINGLES AND ROLL ROOFING


R. S. Foster Lumber Co. 343 WEST PRATT STREET


AUTO. 24-554


MAIN 254


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O. D. Haskett Lumber Co.


(O. D. HASKETT, President)


WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LUMBER AND MILL WORK


High Grade Mill Work ::


Motor Truck Delivery


25th Street and L. E. & W. Ry. Indianapolis, Ind.


Phones: Old, Woodruff 114; Auto. 44-324


H. M. MOORE, President


ROSS S. HILL, Secretary and Treasurer


Bell Telephone, North 1100 Automatic 41-326


INDIANAPOLIS LUMBER CO.


EAST 30 - ST & MONON R. R. INDPLS IND.


Successors to Dynes Lumber Co.


High-Class Planing Mill Work Everything in Lumber


Wm. F. Johnson Lumber Co.


"LUMBER MEASURED BY THE GOLDEN RULE" MILLWORK :: BUILDING MATERIAL :: COAL


Old Phones, North 7000 and North 7001; Auto. 41-776 Nineteenth Street and Monon Ry.


Two Million Feet Shed Capacity for Entire Stock New, 52-243-PHONES-Old, Prospect 7400


Lewis-Forbes Lumber Co. Wholesale and Retail


We Solicit Inquiries for Car Load Quantities From Our Yard or Direct from Mill


Office and Yard Shelby Street and Belt Railway


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LUMBER


Long-Knight Lumber Co. W. W. KNIGHT, President and Treasurer


Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers Specialties, HARDWOOD, VENEERS, CYPRESS


Office and Yards, 1025 Lewis St. Mill, E. Pratt & Belt R. R. Phones, Woodruff 591; Auto. 28-206


MARION COUNTY LUMBER AND COAL CO.


LUMBER-COAL BUILDING MATERIAL


KENTUCKY AVE., MINNESOTA AND REISNER STS.


Old Tel., Belmont 12 : : New Tel., Auto. 23-520


Michigan Lumber Co.


Augustus Coburn :: Henry C. Aufderheide Wholesale and Retail LUMBER AND MILL WORK WHERE YOU GET QUALITY AND SERVICE 939 E. ST. CLAIR ST.


Phones Main 766 Auto. 28-166


S. S. RHODES & SON (Clarence R. Rhodes, Successor)


LUMBER


DOORS, SASH, INTERIOR FINISH, SHINGLES, ETC. LET US ESTIMATE YOUR ENTIRE BILL FOR BUILDING PURPOSES Yard Cor. South California St. and Big Four R. R. OFFICE, 340 W. WASHINGTON STREET PHONES: MAIN 890; AUTO. 28-690


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