Carroll County IAGenWeb

R. L. Polk & Co.'s Iowa State Gazetteer
1912-1913
Directory for Carroll County

Transcribed by Sheryl on August 7, 2022

COON RAPIDS. Population, 1,084. An incorporated town located on the west bank of the Middle Coon river and on the C., M. & St. P. Ry., in Carroll county, 23 miles s. e. of Carroll, the county seat, and 66 n. e. of Des Moines. It is lighted by electricity, has 6 churches, excellent educational facilities, 3 banks, an opera house, creamery, flour mill, 2 grain elevators and 2 weekly newspapers, the Enterprise and the Citizen. Grain, produce and live stock are largely shipped. Tel., W. U. Exp., W., F. & Co. A. C. Steele, postmaster.

Alex & Son (Otto and James F), contrs. 
ALTFILISH A F, Propr Hotel Royal. 
Atteberry Thomas, barber.
Bank of Coon Rapids (responsibility $500,000), Warren Garst pres, John Smith cashier. 
Blanchard & Smith (Otha Blanchard, Chalon E Smith), tobacco.
Bleaksley Claude E, general store.
Bouge Daniel, propr Lyric Theatre.
Bower & Banford (George Bower, John Banford), live stock. 
Bowman George, auctioneer. 
Browning Charles C, lawyer and ins.
Brutsche A, pres Coon Rapids National Bank and propr Coon Rapids Creamery
Cash Clothing Store, M G Hufferd propr.
Caswell Carl F, painter and billposter. 
Charles Frank A, lawyer. 
Citizen The, W H Rickerson publr. 
Coon Rapids Creamery, A Brutsche propr.
Coon Rapids Electric Light Co, Samuel D Henry propr. 
Coon Rapids Enterprise, S D Henry publr.
COON RAPIDS GARAGE, C W Henry Propr, Full Line of Automobile Supplies, All Kinds of Repair Work, Good year Tires, Vulcanizing, Tubes and Casings. 
Coon Rapids Lumber Co, Myron B Keister mangr. 
Coon Rapids Milling Co, Jacob J Taylor propr.
Coon Rapids National Bank (capital $25, 000), A Brutsche pres, John G Schreck cashier.
Coon Rapids Opera House, C E Duffy manager.
Coon Rapids Telephone & Electrical Co, M M Cooney mgr. 
Cooney Merrill M, lawyer and insurance. 
Cory Thaddeus, drayage.
Cushman Mrs Richard, carpet weaver.
Danes L R, dentist.
Davenport Benjamin, notions.
Davis Wm, furniture and undertaker.
Davis & Smith (Fred Davis, Raymond Smith), restaurant.
DIAMOND LIGE, Propr Hotel Diamond.
Dixon Joseph, live stock.
Duffy Charles B, drugs.
Duffy C E, mngr Coon Rapids Opera House. 
Fairmont Creamery Co (Omaha, Neb), C V Ford mngr.
Farmers Elevator Co, Fred Gotch mngr.
Farmers' Scale Co, John Heater mngr.
First National Bank (capital $25,000), E McDonald pres, A F Greenwaldt cashr.
Ford Carl V, mngr Fairmont Creamery Co.
Garst E & W (Edward and Warren), general store.
Gibson Grace, pantatorium. 
Gotch Frederick, mngr Farmers' Elevator Co.
Grosenbaugh J J, grain and coal.
Hampton Joshua C, furn and undertkr.
Harris Charles M, real est and ins.
Heater John, mngr Farmers' Scale Co. 
Hendricks Charles B, grocer. 
HENRY CHARLES W, Physician and Propr Coon Rapids Garage. 
Henry Samuel D, publr Coon Rapids Enterprise and propr Coon Rapids Electric Light Co. 
Hilgenberg W H, ice.
Holliday George W, real estate. 
HOTEL DIAMOND, Lige Diamond Propr (Twenty Years in the Hotel Business). Modern Appointments for the Comfort of the Commercial Men.
HOTEL ROYAL, A F Altflisch Propr, Newly Furnished, Electric Lighted, Special Attention to the Traveling Public.
Hufferd M G, propr Cash Clothing Store.
Jewell Harrison E, physician. 
Johnson Virgil M, carpenter. 
Jones Fulton C, hardware. 
Joyce W T Co The, Peter Vanderloo mngr, lumber and coal. 
Keister Myron B, mngr Coon Rapids Lumber Co.
Kinser E O, r r, exp and tel agent. 
Leonard J A, dentist. 
Marinette Frank, poultry breeder. 
Mevis Augusta, milliner.
Mitchell H E, meats.
Morris Cyrenius E, apiarist.
Mueller H J P, coal.
Muller Wm, drayage.
Patrick & Bump (Abraham H Patrick, Ernest A Bump), hardware. 
Patterson Joseph, photographer. 
Pingrey Fred, live stock. 
Rickerson W H, publr The Citizen.
Royer Drug Co (inc), Edward McDonald pres, J D Royer sec and treas. 
Scott George D, grocer.
Shafer James E. wholesale produce.
Shaver Z L, implements and harness.
Smith William, well borer.
Smith & George (Mabel Smith, Jennie George), milliners. 
Speicher & Raugh (Frank Speicher, H F Haugh), general store.
Taylor A C & Co (A C Taylor, Edward Morgan, W Updike), hardware,
Taylor Jacob J, propr Coon Rapids Milling Co. 
Taylor Thomas, livery. 
Tucker J E, jeweler.
Van Dyke Mrs H C, milliner. 
Walsh Wm, meats.
Wolfe C E, physician.

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