Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1948 — Page 11

= Phone Company _| Hartmann Furniture Store: Pushes Expansion Built Success Fram 1893

- Sion L Horse-drawn vehicles helped Présen officers’ are! Solis ro o Lie the business of the Hartmann Stewart, president: LB. Slewltt -. _ ? { Furniture Store, 317 E. Shing- | eneral manager Exchanges, 5 Stories wn st. wtp Ll nl Sines its’ purchase by Stewart's Indians Bell Telephone Co. com-| ‘The business has. occupied the Radio, the stock. of the Hartmann » another year with construc-|{same building ~ since 1893 When siore has been ° expanded, The . | tion crfws hard at work atop its Charles L. Hartmann {ook over the store's 1947 sales record was the go | main building. at Meridian and New store from his former employer. ' ‘pest in its history. LR : 4 '

York Sts. and work nearing com- In 1043, just a half century after| eesti he had taken ownership, Mr. Hart-| SOUR MILK CUTS RUST

ss Landlord’; Ladies’ C ats ~ $3.98"; |

New Years | In "A tenant 3 Sy landlord for after { pletion on twa neighborhood ex- ow! : \ . changes. ve {mann sold the “store to Stewart's Sour milk will rem ve fron rust ; “But still holding tap position in| Radio, Inc. ./ + |trcm white goods, a od

the company's construction and en} r pm mm me

ee e next. few years the]. Headlines of New Year's Day, 19487 system completely on of New Year's Day, 1898, en foot. The amusing legends attached |.

The entire structure was jacked|. up and went about a foot an hour, during working periods as it moved ta its new foundation. | 4 | Five new stories are now being “ladded to the phone company’s building, part of which is the sade | old Mtructure which was faced about. The first telephone came 40 ‘In<| dianapolis in 1877 when Cobb “aid!” Brahjam, coal dealers, erected Wa line from -their offices on Market, | St: to their coal yard at Christian. | Ave. and Delaware St. Soon after la packing house ran i. line from: downtown to their plank |

i Today twell as 50 years agol |

to the rabbit's feet said: ‘Dey do say dar am heaps o' luck in pay an bm espe » ck 1 5) 1) got New Year's Day was not without| | = ; Ua teligious Sipects. cts. “A week of a Golden Anniversary year for(Bioer observed by the : these firms for whom 1808 was a Sixt Christian Ohurehyt 3 Jase ; : . adn hopes for Divine guidance in usher- = whe housingsproblem of the daYling in the New Year. New Year's ier orig n dB Miller. “MT.|Day was observed as the 60th anEdward McCa : Oniginng | niversary of .the celebration of his in which he ey Fu) jeaon St. first mass by Pope Leo XIIL “The Stn by the owner ag Hine: a8 moved day was observed by Catholics over : was occup it . im The ‘he world and especially in’ Rome.” 8 ying it as tenant.’ And the day was the 85th birth-|" un reported. Its report continues. gay anniversary of “Spofford El

CHECKERBOARD — Shown

For More Than 62 Years : TS duv ing, I ar ae, ¥aSTyler, one of the earliest sewers, ¥ 0 ULC TY chert In 1878 the Indiana Distric - ip ‘ : tana Tousen . in London, where the austeniy.| ; ailed | - = : 3 I ges. The Role and snaking up AP story, SE, ron obviously = includes : Re pet or i, over tna ite : x be Berman juries which re-imyier took advantage of the 00} shortage of material, is-Paul de lines, Then the fire department] “ . Progressing with Indianapolis dure ited “were calculated as worthicacion to boast that th a s backl nd practically [took up the phone idea and ran , {about $5000 damages in a suit fled ony ¢ ere. were|’ Lange s backless and | | connecting lines between its h ing the past 50 years, the MER-. y oe " ~~ |by Mr. Miller against his landlord.” y two men now living in the| bosomless evening dress, Of joonec nes between louses. | Ni : ; 3 P 1 OF INDIANAPOLIS : Lotro Coolie Who LAO Seen ere Jager vivid pup tunis ond lime. i Jn Ji the Cehtral Uniok Tele- ~~ “CHANTS NATIONAL BANK and f A ‘ N. ‘ 2 - than he had, John H. P, Nowland | pid {phone Co. was\formed and later be- N ~FOMPANY - 54 2 ri ny “Giant Clearance Sale,” adver-land Gen. T. A. Morris, | wool crepe, it's to be worn came a subsid of American; 3 the INDIANA TRUST CO} ¥ vod : wean s See 8 PW aston ao A turkey-| But that was not Mr. Tylei's| is ony malching gloves, 8 Telephone and Telegraph Co. . have grown in size, strength and : ik \ the : Able c worth cents wasionly claim to fame. Th satal. TOW teathers in ihe air and & | A few years later « reorganization kita’ i umps! has serv men and ‘women of : cut to 12% cents; big turkish towels continued: : : aisle} self-conscious look. move resulted in dissolvihg of Cen- service. They have kept pace with ro tral Union and in 1921 the purchase the economic and social growth of

were priced down to a dime and| “He recalls he organized the first

ndals! 3” America with fine clothes Tailo - |“every woman" al ncn | : D i : red- n's coat in our house, brass band the city ever had. s- Pearson S Store 3 Be Intienapalis Te our city by aiding and advising busie

regular prices $5, $6.50 i 4 . . 5, 030 0d 77 Ver rad Jurdred doliafs were uised uy) in full service. ness, industry sad individuals. Toe

. : : atents! : to-Measure . . . through its own stores sone Pk bargain a Smerigtion and - he was sent. to : d ih po . (Cincinnati to buy instruments and h day, the MERCHANTS NATION located from coast to coast. In addi -" {drawers of god. muslin, pot ehieap, uniforms. Two golts of green sloth S I eal standard Life , {DIANA TRUST yh gasly Sewwors made for & cheap{were purchased and the last uni- 5 : SN BANK andthe INDIAI k sale the ones we sell the year!form y ; Ls - sizes but . tion, over 1,200 other Retailers... round.” ‘These were sacrificed at nants of bath bolts, Then it was| MWSiC Company Assets Up 50 Pct. | 3 COMPANY represent aver 136 in all In every state of the Union 12 cents a pair, two-inch hem, discovered they varied slightly in| Founded in 1873 J The Standard Life Insurance Cao. . ears of combined commercial-and os ’ EE Sliter of tucks, yoke band, strings shade and Lewis Walk, father of] sp pe asia 00-18 qs/0f Indiana, with home offices in Rust experience. When you do busi- ; ‘in . . _..iJulius Walk, jeweler, had to : 2 Arson . | Indianapolis, shows: in its 13th an«| . Sa yt \ i : help to make the KAHN TAILORING . ae oe Sei . Sopa: the half and half uniform.” yours old today Cy vith report that it has total assets ; ness “with too, fnsiugens you, li Eo " ; J ew Year's Eve. ju : »d Pres - grow. {0 246.855 at the close of busi-| i st facilities an \. : / COMPANY of Indianapolis he of the from items in “The Swirl of Sor A Wiis box Hire Appeal llargest chain music and furniture ness yesterday. . | ; joy complete wo . os ooh on { 7 7 nrpeis hn ciety” column of The Sun prede-|a clue to-the Torr tors ne gives ctores began-in 1873, when George] In commenting on the annual re- : every modern banking service: MN largest Made-to-Measure firms In 1) > cessor to The Indianapolis Times. “Joe Doaks hus pot a o those iv, Pearson decided that Indianap-iport released today, Harry V. Wade, X ; ia ; er ; “Mr. and Mrs. Julius Pratt gave vert” ads. Th CAl-'lis was a better business 1OWR president, said, “The year 1047 has. = : LL 2 a0 TUE ¥ . country! TEE ie a dance for their daughter, Lois.” |Gensluleiter, he one a Ib than Pittsburgh, Pa. {been an excellent one for Standard 79 i HE ME H ANTS BG == AN / : Toe : mL mi gave a New Pa, cured & valuable horse i. ett 2 music Bsiness I Piss 1Lite in. évery department of its] : ; v | No : ? ears’s e reception in its new fluenza by using Salvation Oil \burgh and opened one ‘business, The admitted assets of Hf pa #4 3 | No.2 : | on i, Del { i | ; N : : ‘Massachusetts Ave. and AWAre the company showed a magnificent | ATION AL NK

: ; home: The charmingly original ” ) ! CRD) \ 5 party favors “were ney. A (ng 108 nde vag. prophetic # |St. His first stock consisted of 8év- increase of over 50 per cent during : ¢ gi ” 3 C ” N— the greeting ‘Welcome, 8' 10/in the entire paper, in the Ii © | eral square pianos and some Organs-ithe year. Smee 4 The First National Bank in I : : v 4 ’ . ght of ba ot V ie . od - ' : =~ which was attached a small rabbit's 1947 fashion developments | Today, as the company starts on| “Insurance in force climbed to an 5s —————— n : z ee edlloTiay nie Teter wo coors 1s 15th. year, iv operates Tour stores all-time high of over $16,200,000, FSTARUISHED } : : of women in refusing Fed a. In Indianapolis; two in Terre Haute, and during the last year new paid-| Ke J * Sach waists Into’ size. 18 Sorts. [OTC 10 14 Porte, Goshen, EIKhart.|for business totaled $9,887.045. Vol- | Altied with “Here's to the girl with the new Anderson, Marion, Muncie andiuntarily, the management of the : — shape,” it salds “Long. -ma she Richmond and does a business in company has established = other THE INDI AN A : F : y [rises of $5 fillion & your, |strong reserves, beyond the legal, : : “She is the best | - | It also maintains: & four-story ones, that serve as an added bls! : | oC pa : et yal archivist BES 1 311 8. Missoust {wari of safety ior policyholders: | TRUST COMPANY ee illustrates more plainly than any- |" a Mr. Wade stated that Standard | I . oo = Romy that the day. oF the inde-| ger OR 8. MiggeAt project was iis Life-enjoyed ‘w very favorable mor<| __ “The First Trust Company in Indiana = ~ pendent woman is at hand. Women $500,000 expansion. and remodeling | tality rate In 1947, and that the; CHARTER No; 1 = no longer dress to please the men— program, complete last spring. | company's’ gross earnings were ap-| 7 : RTER Neo; ma has ‘ces he | Five years after establishing the proximately 4 per cent in spite of| - oe oi ioral Mr. Pearson’ pura the- problem faced in meeting the, WH / : ; Co Cg yp SrowaL TIACER, stitanet i and. " MEMBERS FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORA ron Ho Mise’ worien = will no | pai Gl ied oo ; hi ; ; " [tion in°26 N. Pennsylvania St. a ees fio Five years after -that, he purYear's Day, 1698. ' {chased“the piano business of Charles : Soehner in 19 N. Pennsylvania and : incorporated it in his own. In 1888, Polar Ice Co expanding business made it neces-| . sary for Mr, Pearson to move into. : the J. C. Wright building. . © Further expansion led Mr. PearShore , gar S son to buy the Smith & ‘Nixon Co. / 70 YOU AND THE NA 10 ; ; | The company expanded outside of 5% e wwe WS Tl / N a ; The Polar Ice & Fuel Co. In jts Indianapolif to set up its Indiana , 0 $4 years of operation-has-become-a- branches IIE

TANDARD Live : : personal tribute to the business | r Se { " u ¥ fWinee Jntg its fourteenth your acumen of Heriry L. Dithmer Sr. Davidson’s Large |

| ST i ADY with am impressive record of growth, strength : Mr. Dithmer bought the former : ‘ 000 \ and service. During 1947 achievements were again Shover & Dickson plant, located in Buyer of Raw Furs.

davidioh's

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64 Years.. py history-making dramatic years, #n ‘which davidson’s Indiana Fur Company Ras grown from a tiny fur shop to

one of the largest and finest-in the Middle West,

outstanding. The confidence of the public in the . |p alley near Wabash and Erie Sts. , Davidson's Indiana Fur Co. 112,

company remained unabated as evideiiced by the | and organized the present fim. He moved it nine years later to present E. Washington St, was founded 64

Po aids IR BEE "NY WAV increase - of - insurance in force.to_more than | j H - $48.300,000, Admitted assets climbed above the - {quarters at 2000 Northwestern Ave. Years ago. ET J - $6,000,000 mark and other phases of our business There are six modern plants here| Until five years ago, Davidson ee —— .s, hE v fon, Brothers handled ly furs until

showed correspondi healthy increases; There and-others in Ft. Wayne, Mar ngly y ) Muntele, ‘Anderson, Huntington, they added Vassar Gu cloth coats

PEA ma follows. a of the company's remark ge PB : eble quick: picture pany . Greensburg, Rushville and New Al- and suits. - . pps Hany VU. Wade |vovy. |" The firm is one of the largest buy- | Pre : ; Snack foods, canned goods, frozen ers of raw furs in Indiana. ~ ” = i Ps IDENT meats and chickens are sold in| Besides the Indianapolis store, the 1 193s 8 ! - n three stores known as “Picnic Bas- firm operates stores in-Richmend, 2 1937 1939 = 11 1943 1945 1947 kets” and located at 27th and Cor- Lafayette and Evansville. | : ifins (5 ‘Always first with i 2 ¥ “| The the newestl Cov : i

$118,500 $6,138,000. $14,493,000 3 $4,7, 18: $26:454,020 $36,317,204 $48,300,000 nel 8a. Ios 3 orl Senate Ave. AVERAGE T0900 ACRES |

The firm also is a large dealer, The average size ranch in “North

| TL o¥ ; - in coal. {Dakota is 1000 acres. 5 oT a | IRON—STEEL—METALS STINY $533 SISIN0 LESAN $3,125.47 — p— ) = SHEETS and STRIP This growing with Indianapolis Nas ECE BARS and SHAPES ~~ | © boon a great adventure sews : st possible : ' ok 8 | BE AMS proudly serve three generations of 4 program _- FINANCIAL STATEMENT — DECEMBER 31, 1947 - | the women of Indiana Thiough &- ie as fast as Assets in, Liabtlities : al : CHANNELS changing world of fashions. x: available, ) Bons orien rea estate loans SLINOTION Legh reserve for policyholders... ceus. $.364T01.00 HN EB - ANGLES Though our memory is long, our i 3 : le pak Preferred Hock mar a aaa . 2,004,274.46 _ Policy claime—proof not complete... ..oa..ve 23,340.00 : hy { . wr : i} 3 3 Nome office or Sb pm Ha Atle. , ip in pila) diiqends and und wEiel 500.120.00 - PL ATES ; ‘ spirit is light-hearted and our kT : tre e Fe S8tate under amortized lease $3,768.68 Rt for rive A mid 4 16,854.09 .® EY " ; ) | J “if patronag poor ar erases 40,504.52 Premiums Paid in AVANCE. ......oocssirsins 1,421,003.18°5 } . styles as fresh as the New Yearl- § rstanding Cash in banks ates “ 960,124.00 Supplementary. contracts and miscellaneous. . 308,824.46 RAIL - Ji 8 a 2 Vwaiay deferred and unéollected Janu Total. TASDIUUOR + sue sovasanssiines ses woe 1 37 , o . come 108 © J oo man BARRE i a | : iwemsy | Cy EE pa Ags your price- Total Admitted Pe invasion ity ly sod oman 3” A B ORI N STEI N : : Home of exclusive Vasser Guild fe coal a eT end * 1k jo ROM St Fao i de JARD CE CO. i % aie" | 3797 wasmivaren'se LIFE INSU ! 2 Ae INDIANAPOLIS | SR oH pid WASHINGTON BOULEVARD ©" INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA |} " ik RS OF SATREAGIORY. ” i y or RS AND a iat \ i as jo a ey I mp Eh Se a mo i BC Kr. BEA OE AA mee : 5 San Muka Ot N. Mudie, E. M: Wie, John L. Rihardon, Us Sgr, Charles E Sith Joba J. Todor} (oo 0g Po

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