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History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Harry G. Bills, the president of the Riverview Packing company, was born in Indianapolis, October 15, 1875, the son of Edward and Mary (Sindlinger) Bills. The father was born in Kentucky and came to Indianapolis when he was a young man, securing employment with A. Baber & Company as a livestock man. He remained with this firm until his death, which occurred at the age of fifty years. His wife, who was born in Indianapolis, is still living at the advanced age of seventy-three years. They were the parents of two children, Harry G. and Mrs. Albert Neukom, of Terre Haute, Indiana. Harry G. Bills received his elementary education in the graded and high schools of Indianapolis, and then matriculated in the Bryant & Stratton Business College. With the completion of his studies, he accepted a position with his uncle, Peter Sindlinger, delivering meat. He worked at this for a time, and for ten years thereafter he traveled about the country for Morris & Company, of Chicago. He then became the representative of the S & S Company, the predecessor of Wilson & Company, and continued in this work for a time, after which he returned to Indianapolis for a year. February 9, 1905, he and his brother-in-law, Otto Boettcher, bought out the store of William Bick on East Washington street, which they sold in October, 1923. For the first few years he experienced considerable financial difficulty in the management of the store, but perseverance and a dogged determination to succeed at last brought him out from the shadow of financial catastrophe. He then organized the Riverview Packing company, operating on a small capital and killing but a few head of cattle a day in a building that had floor space twenty feet by forty feet in size. This venture, too, was in dire financial straits, but the same fortitude that had come to his rescue in the previous enterprise redeemed his last venture from failure. The business is now one of the successful concerns of its kind in Indianapolis, and over five hundred head of hogs and fifty head of cattle are killed each week. Mr. Bills was married on April 14, 1897, to Edith Boettcher, the daughter of Fred Boettcher, who immigrated from Germany at the age of fifteen years and conducted a meat market on Washington street opposite the courthouse. To Mr. and Mrs. Bills has been born one son, Harry G., Jr. In fraternal circles, Mr. Bills is a member of the Masons, being a Scottish Rite Mason. He also holds membership in the Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Hoosier Athletic Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Academy of Music. Politically, he is an independent voter, exercising his franchise as he sees fit.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Dory C. Blacker, well and favorably known in business circles at Indianapolis, has been a resident of this city since his sixteenth year. He was born at Thorntown, Indiana, October 28, 1888, and completed the public school course there. Largely dependent upon his own resources, in 1904 he came to the state capital and went to work for the J. F. Dormady Candy Company, and after learning the confectionery business, embarked in the same for himself at No. 347 Indiana avenue. It was here that he first began the manufacture, as a side line, of the special delicacy that has brought him fame and fortune which is known all over the country as Blacker's Chili Con Carne, an appetizing food product in which the chili pepper is an ingredient. The almost immediate success of this preparation led to his disposing of his confectionery business in order to give more attention to his other line, which he has developed into a very important business. He now has a large factory situated at No. 43 South Cronin street on the corner of Maryland, which is sanitary in every way, being government inspected, where employment is given to a small army of workers that insure the daily output of 43,000 cans of chili con carne, and an additional output of both cans and barrels of chili seasoning. Although Mr. Blacker's plant is only fourteen months old, the business has been so ably managed that its products have become popular and find ready sale all over the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Blacker's enterprise has later been further shown by his putting on the market a special preparation of the well known chili bean, the pungency and heating qualities of which, in its natural state, make it unacceptable to palates unaccustomed to it. These objectionable qualities have been so treated in Mr. Blacker's plant that only a mild appetizing chili flavor remains in the valuable legume. This plant is the only one exclusively manufacturing chili products, north of Austin, Texas. At the present time Mr. Blacker is operating four chili parlors in Indianapolis, these being situated at No. 555 Massachusetts avenue; No. 542 Massachusetts avenue; Nos. 44-46 West Ohio and No. 134 South Illinois street. He has built up these concerns through his own enterprise and has additional interests that now demand a part of his attention, having the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle agency at Indianapolis, and being vice president of the Little Giant Washing Machine company of Chicago. Although more active in the business than the political field he is a watchful, earnest citizen of Indianapolis and a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to the fraternal order of Elks and to the T. P. A. organization, and is a Thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He married Miss Lillie Fredrick, a native of Kentucky.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Robert White Blake, D. D. S. , who is a recognized leader among the members of the dental profession of Indianapolis, was born in Marion, Ohio, August 25, 1883, the son of Herbert E. and Carrie (Cameron) Blake. He is a scion of one of the oldest families in America, the first of the Blakes coming to the American Colonies in 1672, and his grandfather, Orville Blake, who was a pioneer Baptist minister of the then Western Reserve country. He married a Miss White, a descendant of Paragon White whose parents came to the New World in the Mayflower and who was born shortly after their arrival in this country. Emerson White, President of Purdue University in 1880-86, a great uncle of Dr. Blake, was the author of White's Arithmetic, a book that was widely used in the schools a few years ago, and he was the father of Charles and William White, the former of whom eventually became governor of West Virginia and the latter of whom eventually became a prominent banker of Parkersburg, West Virginia. Herbert E. Blake, father of Doctor Blake, graduated from Hillsdale College and from Hiram College, receiving high honors from the latter institution, and he was then ordained a minister of the Baptist faith. He then became a member of the faculty of Western Reserve University, during which time he wrote the History of Wyandotte County, Ohio. He died in 1890 at the age of thirty-eight years. His wife, Carrie Cameron, who is still living in Urbana, Ohio, is a descendant of Eli Whitney, the justly famous inventor of the cotton gin, and three of her brothers served in the Union army during the Civil War. Robert White Blake removed with his parents to Urbana, Ohio, when he was a small boy, and there he obtained his preparatory education in the graded and high schools, being graduated from the latter in 1902. For six years thereafter, he was employed as a railroad accountant, but not finding the work to his liking, he gave it up to study dentistry, to this end becoming a student of the Indiana Dental College. He received the degree of doctor of dental surgery in 1913 and at once went into active practice in Indianapolis, where he has since been prominently identified with his profession. During the World War, he served on the draft board and was one of the five dentists who had the work of giving free dental attention throughout the state of Indiana, a work in which he was highly successful and efficient. With the signing of the Armistice and his consequent release from duty, he returned to Indianapolis to resume his interrupted practice and has met with such success that he has gained an enviable name not only among the citizens of Indianapolis but also among his professional confreres. He maintains offices in the Hume-Mansur Building. June 3, 1914, Dr. Blake married Gladys Gainey, of Indianapolis, who is well known in musical circles, for she sings in the Jewish Temple and the Presbyterian Church. Doctor Blake is a member of the Indianapolis Dental Society, Indiana State Dental Society and American Dental Association, also, Delta Sigma Delta, a national professional dental fraternity of which he is a life member. He is also a member of Mystic Tie Lodge F. & A. M., a charter member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club and a member of the First Baptist Church.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Robert Irvine Blakeman, D. D. S. , one of the foremost dentists in Indianapolis, was born in Columbia, Adair county, Kentucky, March 11, 1868. He received his early education in the public schools of his home community and in the Columbia Christian College. He then matriculated at the Indiana Dental College and received his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from that institution in 1889. During the ensuing year, Doctor Blakeman was in active practice in Indianapolis, but at the end of that time, he went to Paris, France, where he became associated with Dr. E. A. Bogue, who was one of the most prominent men in the dental profession. He remained in Paris for three years and his work in this connection won him the distinction of being elected an honorary member of the Revei des Societes Humanitaires et Philanthropiques, an honor seldom conferred upon foreigners. In 1893, Doctor Blakeman returned to the United States and for another year was associated with Doctor Bogue in New York City. This association which lasted for nearly five years with a man who was then and still is regarded as one of the leading doctors in the dental profession was excellent training for the young dentist and paved the way for the successful career that has been his. In 1895, Dr. Blakeman returned to Indianapolis where he engaged in the active practice of dentistry, devoting himself to work of a general character. He has come to be recognized as one of the most able as well as one of the most successful dentists in Indianapolis, and he maintains offices at 605 Hume-Mansur Building. On April 18, 1896, Dr. Blakeman married Harriet Ketchell, of Indianapolis, and they have two children: Julia Rive, the wife of J. D. Thrailkill, of Chicago; and Robert Irvine, Jr., who graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1923 and is now attending the Harvard School of Business Administration. Dr. Blakeman is a member of the Indianapolis, Indiana State and National Dental Societies, the First District Dental Society of New York, the American Dental Club, of Paris, the Highland Golf and Country Club, and the Woodstock Country Club. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

C. H. Brackett, president of the Hoosier Casualty Insurance company, has been a resident of Indianapolis for more than a quarter of a century, has watched with interest and as opportunity has offered, has taken part in the city's development, and is numbered with her honorable business men and representative citizens. He was born at Hannibal, Oswego county, New York, October 30, 1855, son of Watson and Ann (Teller) Brackett, the latter of whom was a native of New York. Watson Brackett, was born in Massachusetts and died at Hannibal, New York, in 1875, where he had been a merchant for forty years. C. H. Brackett received his educational training at Hannibal and afterward worked on a farm until he was twenty-two years old, but since then has had little to do with agricultural life. About 1867 he went to Jackson, Michigan, where, for two years he was in the shipping and setting up department of the Empire Drill company, displaying such business capacity that the company then sent him on the road to appoint and handle their agents. After establishing a branch office at Louisville, Kentucky, he remained in charge there until 1896, when he came to Indianapolis as secretary of the Columbia Relief Fund of this city. Subsequently he became interested in the Hoosier Casualty Insurance company, one of the old line reliable organizations of the state, and some time later accepted its presidency. For fourteen years he has served as treasurer of The Health and Accident Underwriters Conference and has also been treasurer for several years of the Insurance Economics Society. He is likewise president of the Mid-West Insurance company, an Indiana organization. He is an active member of such civic bodies as the Chamber of Commerce, and belongs to the Hoosier Motor Club. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club. In 1895 he married Miss Minnie C. Belser, of New Albany, Indiana, and they have had two daughters: Mildred, who died in childhood, and Virginia, Mrs. Norman Green, of Indianapolis, Mr. Green being agency supervisor of the Hoosier Casualty Insurance company .

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

John J. Briggs, M.D. , one of the eminent physicians and surgeons of Indianapolis, is specializing in surgery, and he is also president of the Silvertone Stucco company, and of the Locomotive Feed Water Purifying company. He was born on a farm four miles west of Greenwood, Indiana, December 1, 1882, and there he was reared. After attending the local schools and Center Grove high school, he entered the medical school of the University of Indiana, and was graduated therefrom in 1906, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. During 1906 and 1907 he was interne of Saint Vincent Hospital, and later was chief assistant to Doctor Ford, chief surgeon of the Big Four Railroad. For some years Doctor Briggs has specialized in surgical cases, and he is surgeon for Armour Packing company, Lake Erie Railroad,. Big Four Railroad, Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad, Elgin Motor company, and is head examiner for the New York Life Insurance company, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance company, the Lincoln Life Insurance company of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the Merchants Reserve of Indianapolis. He belongs to the Columbia Club, and his family belong to the Catholic church. In 1908 he was married to Lillian, daughter of Frank Ittenbach of Indianapolis, president of the Ittenbach Cut Stone company, who died in 1910, having been one of the prominent men of his city for a number of years. Doctor and Mrs. Briggs became the parents of the following children: Mildred C., who is thirteen years old; John Frank, who died in 1914, aged two years; Helen Virginia, who is nine years old; and Mary Jane, who is seven years old.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Otis James Briggs, A.B., D.C., Ph.D. , president of Central Scientific College of Chiropractic, is one of the leading exponents of his school of medicine in Indianapolis, if not in the country. In spite of the advance he has made, he is still a young man as he was born December 26, 1892, in Saratoga county, New York. His early education was acquired at Oakwood Seminary, a Quaker institution, and he later was a student of Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, from which he was graduated in 1917, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He took his degree of Master of Science from the medical school of the Western Reserve, in 1919, and that of Doctor of Philosophy from Universal College of Science, Washington, District of Columbia. In 1921 he received the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic from The Original College of Chiropractic of Fort Wayne, Ind. Doctor Briggs was an instructor at Ross College of Chiropractic at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and vice-president of Peskin College of Chiropractic prior to organizing Central Scientific College of Chiropractic at Fort Wayne. In October, 1922 he moved his institution to 962 North Penn street, Indianapolis, and subsequently to its present location, 359 North Illinois street. This college is operated under a federal charter, and is incorporated under Act of Congress, legally recorded in Washington, and confers the degrees of Doctor, Master and Philosopher of Chiropractic. The subjects taught in the regular three year resident course include: anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology, toxicology, histology, gynecology, psychology, salesmanship, nerve tracing, palpation, spinal analysis, chiropractic neurology, hygiene, symptomatology, principles and philosophy of chiropractic and technique of chiropractic. The Central Scientific College News is issued monthly, and the college holds mid-winter educational review courses for chiropractors. Much of the present prosperity and standing of this institution are due to the untiring efforts of Doctor Briggs, who, in addition to his own exertions in its behalf, has been able to gather about him a coterie of able men high in chiropractic, and graduates of this college begin their work with a prestige that is a valuable asset. Since coming to Indianapolis Doctor Briggs has become a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Knights of Pythias, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The Methodist Episcopal Church is his religious home. He married Miss Ethyl Williams of Winchester, Indiana, and they have two children: Otis James, Jr., and Jeanette Wildas. Doctor Briggs has just completed the National Organization known as American Drugless Association, an alliance of all drugless healers. This organization will some day take the same official stand as the American Medical Association for the medical men. It was also through his efforts that the College of Drugless Physicians was organized whereby all drugless practitioners may be legally called Drugless Physicians. This will soon be under full swing and help wonderfully for cooperation among all men in the field of Drugless Therapeutics.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Alfred Birney Brown, who has been intimately identified with the meat packing industry in Indianapolis since 1888, was born in Rush county, Indiana, March 10, 1871. He was given his early education in the public schools of his home community, but gave up his educational career at the age of eighteen years to become an employee of a packing house. When he was sixteen, he went to Missouri where for a time he was also engaged in packing, with which he has ever since maintained a life-long connection. In 1888, he sought a larger field in Indianapolis, and at that time became a member of the Indianapolis Abattoir company. He developed a highly prosperous packing business, and in 1907 became vice-president of the firm of Brown Brothers. This has come to be recognized as one of the leading concerns of its kind in Indianapolis, and its success is in no small measure the result of the life-long experience of Mr. Brown in his chosen work. It operates on a secure financial basis, and the volume of its business increases yearly. Mr. Brown resides on a farm of ninety-three acres situated on the Martinsville Inter-urban line. The place is one of the model farms of the community, all the buildings being thoroughly sewered and a modern hog house and dairy having been erected. Although Mr. Brown makes somewhat of a specialty of hog raising and raising Holstein cows for dairy purposes, his knowledge of agricultural methods has made the farm one of the valuable properties in his locality. In 1897, he was united in marriage with Mertie Hobert, one of an old Quaker family, and to this union have been born six children: Alfred E., Robert H., Lewis Victor, Catherine Clair, Bernice E., and Donald E. In fraternal circles Mr. Brown is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, as is his son Robert H. He belongs to the Christian Church, and takes a deep interest in all of its affairs.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

John Hampden Holliday. Among the distinguished men of Indianapolis who have left the impress of their individuality upon the journalistic, financial, social and philanthropic affairs of the community, none is more worthy of mention in the history of Indiana than the late John Hampden Holliday, for three quarters of a century an honored resident of this city. His labors not only constituted a potent factor in the moral education and commercial growth of Indianapolis, but his progressive spirit was evident in many ways, and his career indicated a man ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities. The career which closed with the death of Mr. Holliday was typically American, and is most interesting and significant, for never was a man's success due more to his own native ability and less to outward circumstances. His life was actuated by high ideals and spent in close conformity there with, and the story of his life cannot fail to interest and inspire the young man who has regard for honorable manhood and a appreciation for wise and intelligent use of opportunity on the part of the individual. In his home, in social and in public life, he was kind and courteous, and no citizen of Indianapolis was more respected or enjoyed the confidence of the people or more richly deserved the regard in which he was held. Mr. Holliday was born in Indianapolis, May 31, 1846, a son of Rev. William A. Holliday and Lucia (Shaw) Holliday, who were born respectively, in Harrison county, Kentucky, in 1803, and Boston, Massachusetts, in 1805, and were both worthy representatives of prominent, old established, American families which date back to the Colonial epoch in the history of our national republic. Rev. William A. Holliday was a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Martin) Holliday, who were both of Scotch-Irish ancestry. They removed from Kentucky to Preble county, Ohio, in 1806 and from thence, in 1815 to Wayne county, Indiana, after which Marion county, as then constituted, became the permanent residence of the family. Samuel Holliday was associate judge of the Marion County Circuit Court, and officiated at the trial of Hudson Sawyer and the Bridges, in 1824, for murdering Indians, who are said to have been the only white men executed for this crime. Reverend William A. Holliday was for many years an able minister of the Presbyterian Church. He was a graduate of Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and of Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey. In 1833 he became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis and later served other churches. For a number of years he was also engaged in educational work, being a professor in Hanover College when compelled by ill health to give up his activities, dying in 1866. His wife survived him until 1881, when she also passed away. John Hampden Holliday obtained his early education in the public schools of Indianapolis, and in pursuance of higher academic studies he then entered the Northwestern Christian University, later known as Butler University, at Irvington, in which he continued as a student for four years. Later he was matriculated in Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, and was graduated from that institution in 1864 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Later his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. Imbued with the patriotism characteristic of the true American, and, with a love for the freedom which he believed all men should enjoy, he enlisted shortly before his graduation in the One Hundred and ThirtySeventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, one of the hundred day regiments, and his command was assigned to duty in middle Tennessee, for a period of four months. At the expiration of his term he re-enlisted for three years in the Seventieth Infantry, but was rejected by the examining surgeon on account of too light physique. In 1866 Mr. Holliday entered upon his career as a newspaper man. He first secured a position on the editorial staff of the Indianapolis Gazette. Later he engaged with the Indianapolis Herald and the Indianapolis Sentinel, besides which he was local correspondent for the New York Herald, and the Journal, the Republican of Chicago, as well as the Cincinnati Gazette. In 1869 Mr. Holliday founded The Indianapolis News, which had the distinction of being the first two-cent paper established west of the city of Pittsburgh. It is scarcely necessary to state that the exigencies and conditions of the time and place did not render possible the exploiting of a paper according to the present metropolitan standards obtaining in the Indiana capital, but The News marked a distinctive advance in the local journalistic field, and under his able and resourceful administration it was brought to a place of distinctive precedence in comparison with papers in other cities, of the middle west. Its growth was consecutive and substantial and under the active management of Mr. Holliday during the long period of nearly a quarter of a century it was developed into one of the essentially great dailies of the country. The mechanical and commercial facilities were kept up to the standard by the expansion of the business and the growth and progress of the city, and the editorial policy was ever definite and assured. The paper was free from vacillation, marked by exalted public spirit and regulated by principle rather than expediency. Mr. Holliday continued in active association with The News as editor and principal owner, until 1892, when impaired health virtually compelled his retirement from the work in which he had been so successful and in which he had done much for the promotion of the best interests of the city, the state and the nation, and The Indianapolis News today stands as a monument to his memory. In May, 1893, Mr. Holliday effected the organization of the Union Trust Company of Indianapolis, which is now one of the most substantial and important institutions of its kind in the west and which, under the most effective administration, exercises functions of unequivocal value and beneficence. Mr. Holliday became the first president of this financial institution and served in that capacity until 1899, when he resigned the position and became associated with William J. Richards in the establishing of the Indianapolis Press, of which he was editor until 1901, when the paper was consolidated with The Indianapolis News and Mr. Holliday severed his active association with newspaper work. In June of the same year he was again called to the presidency of the Union Trust company, of which he had continued one of the principal stockholders, and his time and attention was afterward given largely to the affairs of this corporation. He served as president until 1916, when he became chairman of its board of directors and filled that position until the time of his death. He was also a director in a number of other banking and industrial concerns and a member of various educational and benevolent organizations. His affiliations with charitable and benevolent institutions were numerous, and he was ever active in all matters tending to the public good. He was treasurer of the Indianapolis chapter of the American Red Cross since its organization and had been connected with the Red Cross before the Indianapolis chapter was formed. For twenty-five years he was president of the Indianapolis Charity Organization Society and was a member of the Board of State Charities. He was one of the oldest members of the Presbyterian Church, and a ruling elder for many years. He was also trustee of the Presbyterian Synod of Indiana, a director of the McCormick Theological Seminary of Chicago and a trustee of Hanover College. Mr. Holliday was also a Mason of high standing and had received the honorary Thirty-third degree in Scottish Rite. In honor of his many attainments and achievements, Wabash College conferred an honorary degree of LL.D. on him in 1916. During the World War he was a member of the Marion County Council of Defense. He was also president of the Indiana, Pioneer Society, ex-president of the Indiana Society of Sons of the Revolution, and a charter member of the George H. Thomas Post, Grand Army of the Republic, the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Indianapolis Literary Club and the University Club. He likewise belonged to the Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Beta Kappa, college fraternities. A man of unusual public spirit, interested in local affairs and proud of his native city, Mr. Holliday was a strong factor in the furtherance of any measure which has for its aim the advancement of the people or the betterment of existing conditions. In both civic and philanthropic activities, his efforts contributed materially to the betterment of the community, and in the promotion of charitable movements and all matters tending to the public good he was an active and unostentatious worker. Outstanding among his numerous contributions to civic progress in Indianapolis was the donation, together with Mrs. Holliday, of their country estate on White River, north of Crow's Nest, to the city for use as a park. This gift was announced December 21, 1916, and reservation was made that it was to be retained by the estate until three years after the death of the last survivor, himself or Mrs. Holliday. The estate consists of eighty acres of beautifully planned ground with a quarter of a mile of water front. The consideration named in the grant was the "natural love and affection borne by the grantors for the city of Indianapolis." The gift of $25,000 to the Emmerich Manual Training high school for establishment of a scholarship as a memorial to his son, John H. Holliday, Jr., was another of Mr. Holliday's notable contributions to Indianapolis. His son, a First Lieutenant in the United States Army during the World War, who died December 23, 1917, while stationed at Washington, was graduated from the Emmerich Manual Training high school in 1901. Mr. Holliday's donation was with provision that interest from the $25,000 was to be used to advance the cause of scholarship in the school from which his son was graduated. From the beginning of his era of prosperity Mr. Holliday recognized the responsibility his wealth brought him, and he endeavored with a broad-minded philanthropy to discharge them ably and generously, but in his dislike of pageantry or display, many of his gifts were never made known to the public. Upon the death of Mr. Holliday, his pastor and hundreds of his friends and associates were replete with tribute to his successful career and noble character, but space in this publication does not permit US the pleasure of inc1uding them. Although unostentatious in manner, he had hosts of warm friends, and was prominent in both business and social circ1es. In his life were the elements of greatness because of the use he made of his talents and opportunity, and because his thoughts were not self-centered but were given to the mastery of life's problems and the fulfil1ment of his duty as a man in his relation to his fellow man, and as a citizen in his relation to his country. In business life he was alert, sagacious and reliable; as a citizen he was honorable, prompt and true to every engagement, and his death, which occurred October 20, 1921, removed from Indianapolis one of its most valued citizens. Mr. Holliday was married November 4, 1875, to Miss Evaline M. Rieman; of Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of Alexander Rieman and Evaline (Macfarlane) Rieman, who were members of prominent old established families of that commonwealth. To Mr. and Mrs. Holliday were born seven children: Alexander R., a civil engineer of Indianapolis; Mrs. Lucia Macbeth, of Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Evelyn M. Patterson, of Evanston, Illinois; John H., Jr., a mechanical engineer who died in military service during the World War; Mrs. Mary H. Mitchell, of New York City, who, in 1917-18, was engaged in Young Men's Christian Association service overseas; Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hitz and Mrs. Katherine H. Daniels, both of Indianapolis. Mrs. Holliday still maintains her home in Indianapolis, where she is surrounded by hosts of warm friends, and is greatly admired for her sterling qualities and social and philanthropic activities. She always enjoyed the ful1est measure of her husband's confidence, and was closely associated with him in their labors ,for furthering useful, helpful and elevating institutions. Her kind heart and sympathetic nature is evident in many ways, and her friends, who are as numerous as her acquaintances, entertain for her the warmest regard.

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History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Arthur V. Brown. Among the men prominently identified with the financial interests of Indianapolis, as well as with the civic and social life of the city, few have gained so high a reputation for ability and keenness of discernment as has Arthur V. Brown, president of the Union Trust company. He is not only a shrewd and reliable financier but has gained distinction as an able and successful lawyer, and well deserves a place in the front rank among the leading business and professional men of the community. He is a scion of prominent old established Indiana families who settled in Marion county more than three-quarters of a century ago and were active factors in the early civic, political and educational annals of this commonwealth. Mr. Brown was born at New Bethel, Marion county, Indiana, March 17, 1863, and is a son of Dr. Samuel M. Brown and Mahala S. (Brady) Brown. Doctor Brown was born at Abbeville, South, Carolina, May 23, 1823, and was a son of John Brown, who was a man of sterling qualities and progressive spirit and spent his entire life in that state. Doctor Brown had the advantage of a good education and, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he early matriculated at the Cincinnati Medical College, from which he was duly graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In May, 1848, he established himself in the practice of his profession at New Bethel, Marion county, Indiana, and for fifty-seven years was an active practitioner at that place. His professional work was ever discharged with a keen sense of conscientious obligation and he gave his long and useful life to the unremitting service of his fellow men. He kept in close touch with all that research was bringing to light in the field of scientific knowledge in his day, and as a man of marked intellectual activity, his labors gave impetus to the medical profession of this county. He was twice married, his first wife being Mahala Brady, who died in 1866, leaving five children, of whom Arthur V. was the youngest. She was a native of Marion county, and was a daughter of Henry Brady, who came to Indiana from Ohio in 1819, and for many years was one of the sterling characters of this commonwealth. He was a soldier in the War of 1812; was highly educated, and was a school teacher, a civil engineer, a justice of the peace and served in both houses of the Indiana Legislature. Doctor Brown married for his second wife Marilda McCaughy, and to this union were born four children. Arthur V. Brown obtained his early education in the public schools of his native town and later entered Butler College from which he was graduated with the class of 1885. His predilection being toward that of the legal profession, he later entered the law office of Harrison, Miller & Elam, at Indianapolis, where he pursued his studies under most advantageous circumstances and with diligence. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, and soon afterward established himself in the practice of his profession in this city. He possessed all the requirements of, the successful lawyer and was soon accorded a liberal clientele. As attorney for the poor in the criminal court, and later Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and from 1891 to 1895, County Attorney, he rendered valuable service to the county and state. His professional work eventually brought him connections in financial and real estate interests, and he gave up the active practice of law to devote his time to financial matters. His first banking connection was as a director in the Indiana National Bank and as the largest stockholder in the Union Trust company of Indianapolis. In 1915 he became vice-president of the Union Trust company and in 1916, when the late John H. Holliday became chairman of the board of directors of that institution, Mr. Brown was elected president, in which capacity he has since served with ability and sagacity. Although the scope of his work has always been broad, Mr. Brown is also loyal and public-spirited in his civic attitude, and gives generously of his time and means to charitable movements and all matters tending to the public good. He is a trustee and chairman of the Building Committee of Butler College, to which institution he has given unsparingly of his time during recent years. He is also a member of the John H. Holliday Memorial Committee, the Indiana State Bar Associations, the Chamber of Commerce, the University Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Country Club, Woodstock Club and the Sigma Chi college fraternity. In the Masonic fraternity he is affiliated with Marion Lodge No. 35, F. & A. M., the Scottish Rite and the Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a trustee of the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church and president of the Board of the Methodist Hospital and Deaconess Home of the State of Indiana and treasurer of the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for children. Mr. Brown was married January 8, 1896, to Miss Katharine F. Malott, daughter of the late Volney T. Malott and Caroline (Macy) Malott, and they have three children: Volney M., Arthur V., Jr., and Katharine M.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Elmer H. Brubaker, M.D. , well known in medical circles of Indianapolis, was born in Preble county, Ohio, November 10, 1868. His public school education was received in the graded schools of his home community and in the Camden high school from which he was graduated in 1886. Having decided upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he entered the Physio Medical College of Indiana, and was graduated therefrom in 1896 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine and at once engaged in the active practice of his profession. He located first at Newcastle, Indiana, and continued to perform the duties of his calling in that town for fifteen years. In 1911, he came to Indianapolis where he has since been in active practice with a success that has won him recognition as one of the most able physicians in the city not only in the eyes of the people but also by the members of his profession. Doctor Brubaker is on the staff of the Methodist Hospital and maintains offices at 518 Bankers Trust Building. He has taken post-graduate work at the Chicago Policlinic, at St. Louis and various other cities. He has been twice married, taking Martha Flory for his first wife in September, 1890. To this union were born two children: Marie, who is the wife of Thomas B. Loer, of Newcastle, Indiana, and who has one child, Janet; and Russell J., who is associated with the Courier Publishing company, of Newcastle. In 1916, Doctor Brubaker married Mrs. Ella Runyan, of Indianapolis. He has gained an excellent reputation throughout the city for the way in which he handles the cases which are placed under his care. Doctor Brubaker is a member of the county, state, and American medical associations, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Athenaeum. He is a Mason and holds membership in the Knights of Pythias. His home is at 4316 Broadway.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Charles S. Bruno. The name of Bruno has long been connected with the fruit industry of Indianapolis, and its present representatives, Charles S. and Nuncio Bruno, are conducting one of the largest wholesale fruit and vegetable houses in the city, under the firm name of Bruno Brothers. Their father, Vincent Bruno, was for many years a fruit dealer here, and the sound reputation he gained for honesty and square dealing, is sustained by his sons. They were both born at Indianapolis, and their home city gave them their education, and they are graduates of Manual high school. Following his graduation, Charles S. Bruno put to practical use the knowledge he had obtained at school, and for five years worked as a bookkeeper and stenographer. During this period, however, he was looking ahead to the time when he could have his own business, and when he felt he had saved a sufficient amount of money, he and his brother established themselves as Bruno Brothers, and since 1915 have built up a fine connection. Their first location was at Number 41 South Delaware where they began in a small way. Later they acquired the premises at Numbers 43 and 45 the same thoroughfare, and then, during October, 1921, moved to their present building, Numbers 235 to 239 East Maryland avenue, where they have floor space of 4,800 square feet, and premises admirably adapted for their purpose. Charles S. Bruno is a man of liberal views with regard to public questions in which he takes an intelligent interest as all good citizens should. He belongs to Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, and the Indianapolis Traffic Club. The Catholic church holds his membership.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

William F. Buschmann, the president of the Wm. Buschmann company, dealers in retail groceries and meats, was born in Indianapolis just back of the present location of his business, October 12, 1865, the son of William and Katherine Buschmann, the latter of whom was a native of Ohio and died at a comparatively early age. William Buschmann, the father of our subject, came to Indianapolis in 1854 and engaged in the grocery business for himself on the Bluff Road. Later he went into partnership with Severn and Brown in the same line of business, the store being located on the present site of the Erdlemeyer drug store. At that time the street car line terminated at that point and the cars were drawn by mules. In 1871, he built the present place of business with a frontage of 120 feet. At first a portion of the building was occupied by the Ward Brothers Drug company but the rapid expansion of the business made it necessary to use the entire building for the grocery and meat business. Mr. Buschmann operated the business independently for a time and then took a Mr. Rentsch into partnership and still later a nephew of Mr. Buschmann, August Buschmann, became a member of the firm. William F. Buschmann, when he had attained his majority in 1891, went into the mercantile business with an uncle, August Buschmann. The death of his father occurred in 1893, and seven years later a stock company was formed for the handling of the grocery business and it was at that time that our subject became associated with the business of which he is now the president. Although the company now handles only meat and groceries, milk and milk supplies were formerly a part of the stock carried by the firm. The company has won for itself in the commercial life and history of Indianapolis a place that can never be filled by any other, not only from the fact that it is one of the oldest established concerns of its kind in the city but also from the consideration of its wide business activities based on a fair policy and on a secure financial footing. The present officers of the company are: William F. Buschmann, president; August W. Buschmann, vice-president; Herman A. Schlender, treasurer; and Emil Thiele, secretary. In fraternal circles, Mr. Buschmann is a valued and popular member of the various Masonic bodies, being a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Murat Temple of the Shrine.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Charles Webster Jewett. It is given to but few men to achieve that measure of success which has come to Charles Webster Jewett, of Indianapolis, ex-mayor of this city, and now one of its successful lawyers. He has the distinction of being the youngest man ever elected to that office. He was born January 7, 1884, at Franklin, Indiana, the son of Rev. Edward P. and Mary (Aten) Jewett, the former born in Wayne county, this state, the latter at Franklin. Rev. Edward P. Jewett has a state wide reputation as a minister of the gospel, and is now in charge of the Morris Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Indianapolis. He and his wife became the parents of two sons and a daughter besides Charles Webster Jewett: Chester A., Russell P. and Mary, all of whom are graduates of De Pauw University. When Charles Webster Jewett was two years old, he moved with his parents to Shelbyville, Indiana, and there, at the age of seven years, he started to school. A short time thereafter the family moved to Paris, Jennings county, Indiana, where he also attended school, and then in turn went to live in Kent, Morristown, Milroy and Greenwood, Indiana. While at the last named place, he entered Franklin high school, upon the completion of which he entered Franklin College. In the fall of 1904 he entered DePauw University as a sophomore, and was graduated in 1907 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He thereupon entered Harvard Law School, taking the full course in that college, finishing the course in 1910. In the summer of that year he returned to Indianapolis, was admitted to the Indiana bar, and formed a partnership with Carl H. Weyl which has endured to this day. He has always taken a vital interest in clean politics, and the Republican party owes many of its local victories to his efforts. In 1913, he formed the Republican Union in Marion county, an organization of the younger Republicans which brought together the progressive and stand-pat elements of the party in this county . His influence in the party was already making itself felt, and in 1914 he was elected chairman of the Marion County Republican Central Committee. This selection proved fortunate, for the campaign was managed in such a way that the entire Republican ticket was elected. In 1916, he was re-elected to the office, and the majority which the Republicans piled up in Marion county carried Indiana into the Hughes column and elected a Governor and State Republican ticket. In 1917, having been nominated over Samuel Lewis Shank, Mr. Jewett was elected mayor of Indianapolis by a plurality of 3,600 votes over Dick Miller, the Democratic candidate, and Lew Shank, who had formed an independent "home rule" party. It has been written of Mayor Jewett's administration that he entered the mayor's office with the city deeply in debt and in a chaotic financial condition. He borrowed money to meet the payrolls of the city, and after serving four years, left it in first class financial condition. He adopted modern, up-to-date economy methods, both financial and administrative. Among his many accomplishments were an elaborate and comprehensive track elevation plan, practically completed; motorization of the fire department, making for increased efficiency, and reducing materially the fire insurance rates of Indianapolis; modern equipment for the ash and garbage department, now serving as a model for other cities; the divorcing of the fire and police departments from politics; the establishment of a woman's branch of the police department, now copied extensively by a number of other cities; the adoption of a complete budget system, saving the city a large sum of money annually; the establishment of a recreation department, which after two and a half years was rated by the National Board of Recreation at Washington as the third greatest in the United States, being outranked by New York and San Francisco. He conceived the War Memorial plan and was its untiring champion and defender until the project was established and assured, bringing to Indianapolis and Indiana the national headquarters of the American Legion, and the most magnificent and elaborate memorial structure in America. It is a well-developed and comprehensive civic plaza of splendid grandeur and beauty. Mr. Jewett went out of office with a state-wide reputation of honesty, integrity and efficient city government. He also has always been interested in athletics, and during his collegiate days won his letter at De Pauw in football, baseball and track. In 1911, he was married to Elizabeth Daugherty, daughter of Hon. Hugh Daugherty, president of the board of trustees of De Pauw University and vice-president of the Fletcher Trust & Savings company. Mrs. Jewett was graduated from De Pauw in 1907 and from Wellesley in 1909, and is a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. Mr. Jewett is vice-president of Jewett & Company, a bond house composed of Chester A. Jewett, Russell P. Jewett and himself; a director of the Fletcher Savings & Trust company; director of the Fletcher Joint Stock and Land Bank; owner of the Arlington Place Stock Farms, one of the largest pure-bred Poland China stock farms in the world, located just six miles from Indianapolis; is a trustee of De Pauw University; and his religious connection is with the Meridian Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally and socially he belongs to the Masonic Order, Scottish Rite, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Royal Arch; the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Knights of Pythias; Loyal Order of Moose; Fraternal Order of Eagles; the Columbia, University, Country, Indianapolis Athletic and Contemporary clubs; the Chamber of Commerce; the Board of Trade; Sahara Grotto; Dramatic Club; Century Literary Club; and is president of Epsilon Province of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

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History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924

Harry Colby Kahlo, son of Charles and Cornelia Kahlo, was born at Defiance, Ohio, June 6, 1869. The family moved to Logansport, Indiana, in 1871, where they resided until 1881, at which time Charles Kahlo was appointed United States Consul at Sydney, Australia, where residence was maintained by the family until July, 1888, when they returned to the United States, the parents taking up their residence in Indianapolis. During 1887 and 1888, having completed a grammar school education, Harry C. Kahlo took up the study of dentistry in the office of a prominent American dentist in Sydney, and after serving an apprenticeship of eighteen months, immediately upon his return to America, entered the New York College of Dentistry in the fall of 1888, from which institution he was graduated in 1890, the youngest member of his class. He began the practice of dentistry in Indianapolis, April 1, 1890. Desiring to pursue further his professional education he entered the Indiana Medical College, (now the medical department of Indiana University) in the fall of 1890 and was graduated a Doctor of Medicine in 1892, having received his two professional degrees prior to his twenty-third birthday. He practiced dentistry continuously for nearly nineteen years, during which time he acquired a large clientele, and likewise occupied a prominent position among his colleagues through college and convention work. He was president of the Indiana State Dental Association during 1905. On April 18, 1906 he was married to Ethel Frances Havens, the family comprising one son born in 1907. On January 2, 1910, he entered the Wholesale Dry Goods concern of Havens & Geddes company, taking up primarily the duties of the advertising department, in which work he had taken a considerable interest through some business associations he had had during his professional life. He realized that his value to the mercantile business necessitated the closest analysis of details, and the constant application of energy which he considered his most available asset. At the end of ten years he found himself in possession of large responsibilities in the general management of the business. In the early months of 1921 he conceived the idea of a large reunion of the customers of the business in commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the continuous association of Mr. Havens and Mr. Geddes in the Jobbing Dry Goods business. The occasion took the form of a large merchandise fair, which was held August 29-30-31, 1921, and which was said to he the largest merchandising event of the kind its the history of the Wholesale Dry Goods business in Indiana. In 1917 Mr. Kahlo was elected vice-president of the company, which position carried with it the duties of general management of the plant, and following the death of Mr. Havens which occurred March 1, 1922, he became president of the company. Mr. Kahlo has never taken an active interest in politics, though he served as secretary of the Columbia Club for three years. Apart from his executive duties he has given liberally of his time and energy in matters of civic importance, and particularly those interests which relate to the betterment of the under privileged. During the early years of his business life, he took an active interest in the various branches of Masonry, and devoted considerable time to club activities. Latterly his chief interest has centered on the Rotary Club which, as is well known, provides opportunity for service, as well as recreational enjoyment.

History of Indiana From Its Exploration to 1922
With an Account of Indianapolis and Marion County Vol. IV
by Logan Esarey
Dayton Historical Publishing Co
1924