The directory roll of 1916–17 — the town's trade entire

1916–17 · POLK'S INDIANA GAZETTEER, READ WHOLE

Polk's canvass catches the town at its railroad-age fullest: forty-one names. The header first: "NEW CARLISLE. Population, 650. On the L. S. & M. S. Ry., 13 miles west of South Bend, the county seat. Has a bank and a weekly newspaper. Tel., W. U. Exp., Am. and Wells Fargo & Co." The roll, by trade: marble — M. K. Beall; dentist — Isaac W. Borden; wallpaper and paints — Charles J. Brockway; harness — Charles C. Carney; furniture and undertakers — Cutler & Cutler; dry goods — Davidson & Porter; garage — Ray V. Evans; grain — Farmers Grain Co; cigars — E. L. Field; hotel — Charles G. Fisher; physician — Frank H. Foster; milliner — Florence Gudmunsen; grocer — Edward H. Harris; wholesale meats and produce — C. M. Hauser; ice — Hudson Lake Ice Co; grocer and meats — J. W. Jones; meats — Ed Kinney; livery — S. I. Lauver; printer — Edward L. Mandlin; pumps — James W. Miller; grocer — J. L. Miller; newspaper — the New Carlisle Journal, Harry Roloff publisher; milling — New Carlisle Milling Co; wagonmakers — Ordung & Cunningham; clothing, furnishings and shoes — Charles G. Phillips; grocers, crockery and notions — Rapp Co; contractor — E. J. Sandmeier; hardware and farm implements — Guy R. Smith; auto repairer — Orville E. Smith; grocer and hotel — Wm. J. Smith; cigars and confectionery — J. E. Stephens; restaurant — Wade & Son; drugs and notions — Francis D. Warner; physician — Joseph B. Waynick; paperhanger — E. B. Williams; hardware and lumber — Zeck Bros; and the bank — First National Bank, carried in the banks file. Two hotels, a garage and an auto repairer, a livery and wagonmakers standing in the same roll: the roll is the horse-to-automobile transition caught in one canvass, and it is the fullest single picture of the town's trade the record holds before the modern association roll.

Sources:

1. Polk & Co., Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory 1916–17, New Carlisle entry (LDSGenealogy transcription, part 45), read whole first-hand. Spellings as transcribed; the archive.org page image is the verification settler for any garbled name.