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ABBOTT
Population, 50. On the M. & St. L. Ry. in Etna township, Hardin county, 12 mi north of Eldora, the county seat, and 5 from Ackley, the nearest banking point. Has an Evangelical church. T., W. U., Exp., Adams. N. R. Knight, postmaster.
Farmers Elevator Co, grain
Gimer W T, hotel
Johns Jesse, live stock shipper
KNIGHT N R, General Store
ACKLEY
Population, 1,750. Settled in 1865, is located on the M. & St. L. Ry., and on the Illinois Central R. R. (depots mile apart), in Etna township, Hardin County, 16 miles north of Eldora, the county seat, and 92 northeast of Des Moines. Has asphalt paved streets, 6 churches, has excellent public and high school system, the Sacred Heart Academy, municipally owned electric light, water works, fire department, 3 banks and an excellent newspaper, The World-Journal. Ships live stock, grain, butter, eggs and produce. Exp., Adams and Am. Telegraph and telephone facilitics. George F. Althouse, postmaster.
Ackley Creamery, Martin & Hadley proprs
Ackley Light, Heat and Power Co (city owner), Wm Sauter mngr
Ackley Mercantile Co, A J Redeman mngr, general store
Ackley Savings Bank (capital $10,000), S Y Eggert pres, S S Trainer cashier
Ackley Telephone Co, James Whitesides
ACKLEY WORLD-JOURNAL (weekly), G F Althouse Publr
ALTHOUSE GEORGE F, publr The Ackley World-Journal and Postmaster
Artis A E, produce
Bakker Peter C, furniture
Barger Herman, bus and dray
Beach Burt C, drugs
Berg & Timm, milliners
Binger N P, agt Ill Central R R
Bleeker Irving, cashr Rath State Exchange Bank
Breniman Elbridge M, physician
Bunte & Son (Henry and Chris), auto garage
Bush Wm, blacksmith
Carstens Bros (Henry A and George L), hardware
Coordes Ludwig E, insurance
Croot John B, well driller
Dentel George, general store
Deters H, county supervisor
Doepke Charles J, hides
Doepke & Butts (C H Doepke, Wm Butts), shoes
Eiler Daniel, lawyer
Engebretson O C, garage
Farmers Grain & Elevator Co, George Wolfe, mngr
Farmers State Bank (capital $25,000), George Wagner pres, F C Henningsen cashr
First National Bank (capital $50,000), S Y Eggert pres, S S Trainer cashr
Fisher L & S, blacksmiths
Frantz Albert D, photographer
Frantz & Son, moving picture theatre
Frudden Lumber Co, C E
Frudden mngr George A T, billiards
Goettel & Son (Wm H & F G), general store
Gresslin Wm C, auto garage
Hanig George, cement blocks
Hawkeye Oil Co, S F Kruse mngr
Heetland Henry H, farm implements
Heffelmeier & Kreimeyer (Fred Heffelmeier, August Kreimeyer), hardware
Heinz Bros (Richard and Wm), hardware
Henningsen F C, cashr Farmers State Bank
Hoffman & Keninger, automobiles
Hotel Ackley, Fred Dauffenbach propr
Jacobs Charles, poultry breeder
Kachelhoffer Victor E
Knickerbocker Roller Mills, Roosevelt Bros proprs
Kopacek Frank J, restaurant
Kramer Charles, coal and junk
Liston George, restaurant
McGreevy Frank J, lawyer
Mannis, John T, cement blocks
Mapes Bert, house mover
Marshall & Mullane (Wm Marshall, John Mullane), clothing
Martin Frank J, general store
Meyers Ed, agt Adams Exp Co
Miller H E, meats
Miller John J, physician
Motsch Joseph, shoes
Nelson John F, agt M & St L Ry
Peterson Andrew, tailor
Plummer E L, restaurant
Probasco R L, dentist
Rath R C, dentist
Rath State Exchange Bank (capital $50,000), W T S Rath pres, Irving Bleeker cashr
Roberts John S, lawyer
Roeben Wm, notions
Roosevelt Bros, flour and coal
Rosengren M W, vet surgeon
Roth Drug Co
Sacred Heart Academy, Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary in charge
Saucer Wm H, marble works
Scales John H, lawyer
Schrader Frederick, auctioneer
Schwinger Fred, drayage
Sherratt John, jeweler
Standard Oil Co, Otto Grobe mngr
Thielke Henry, harnessmaker
Thornton James W, physician
Townsend & Merrill Lumber Co, R Steffen mngr
Trainer Fred E & Co, grain
Trainer S S, cashr Ackley Savings Bank and First Natl Bank
Trey Bernard L, furniture
Vietor N M, live stock
Wade & Son, grain elevator
Weaver Frank D, drugs
Wille Angust, whol produce
Young W A, real estate and insurance
ALDEN
Population, 900. An incorporated town located on the Iowa river and on the Ill. Central and C. & N W Rys, (depots 19 miles apart), in Alden township, Hardin county, 21 miles northwest of Eldora, the county seat, and 75 from Des Moines. Was first settled in 1850. Has 4 churches, good schools, a public library, water works, an opera house with a seating capacity of 400, 2 banks and a weekly newspaper. The Times. Tel., W. U. Exp., Am. H. E. Button, postmaster.
ABC Telephone Co, Geo Stringer, agent
Alden Co-operative Creamery, E C Edwards secretary
Alden Mutual Telephone Co. F L Spencer president, F E Furry secretary
Alden Public Library, Kittie E Catlin librarian
Alden Times, C C Sheaffer publisher
Allen Clarence, thresher
Allen C W, plumber
Allen John F, drayage and oil
Beemer F W, harness
Benshoof Oliver S, hardware
Bertness Perry, agent C & N W Ry
Bigelow Fay, real estate and insurance
Bigelow George O, boat builder
Bigelow B F, cashier State Bank of Alden
Brotherton Clifford G, news dealer
Bushman A F, furniture
BUTTON H EUGENE, Lawyer, Insurance and Postmaster
Cavana C L, real estate
Chaffee M B, poultry breeder
Clinker C, restaurant
Cox L S, real estate
David Joseph W, physician
Engelking S C, dairy
Farmers Elevator Co, Wm J Hager mngr
Farmers Savings Bank (capital $25,000), Wm Whisler pres, W H Miller cashr
Fincel C, agt Ill Cent Ry
Fuller J B, hog breeder, 2 mile
Furry Charles L, general store
Groner George W, livery
Hale-Roberts Stone Co
Harp O M, billiards
Hoskin & Birdsall (John Hoskin, Chas A Thos Birdsall), flour mill
Hoskin, Pritchard & Beach (John Hoskin, Edgar B Pritchard, Maurice Beach), general store
Hotel Alden, A C Martin
Hunt Edward, express
Hurst T H, dentist
Idso Alfred, meats
Iowa Falls Electric Co
Johnson, Jonathan, physician
Jurgensen W T, general store
Lawton T J, restaurant
Miller W B & Son (W B & C C), lumber, coal and poultry
Miller W H, cashr
Farmers Savings Bank
Moore C S, veterinary surgeon
Morris & Werdebaugh, autos and garage
Orpin Bros, gardeners
Orpin George, veterinary surgeon
Page L A Lumber Co
Parker & Sharar (L Parker, Fred Sharar), live stock
Pettenger A D, cream station
Radabaugh C E, real estate
Rehm Adam C, contractor
Ries Bros, drugs
Rural Home Telephone Co, Ole Nelson pres
Seidenber Frank, physician
Sheaffer C C. publr Alden Times
Spencer F L & Co, general store
Spettler & Pendleton, notions
Standard Oil Co. T P Berringer mngr
Star Theatre, Hurst & Pettenger proprs
State Bank of Alden (capital $35,000), J N Birdsall pres, G F Bigelow cashr
Urmson C J, hardware
VanVoorhis E B, real estate
Walton S L, wagon maker Warman C E, farm implts and autos
Warman David, live stock breeder
Wood Carrie, milliner
CLEVES
Population, 50. On the C. R. I. & P. Ry, in Etna township, Hardin county, 12 miles n. of Eldora, the judicial seat. Has a bank. Exp., U. S. Tel. W. U. Telephone connection, S. Janssen, postmaster.
Chukker M, exp and tel agt
Cleves Creamery Co
Cleves Savings Bank (capital $10,000), G Ludemann pres, J J Ludemann cashr
Gerdes A N, agrl implts and hardware
Goldsmith W, confectioner
JANSSEN S, General Store and Postmaster
Ludemann J J, cashr Cleves Savings Bank
Peters D J, grain coal and lumber
ELDORA
Population, 2,750. The judicial seat of Hardin county, is an incorporated city located on high table land 1 mile from the Iowa river, and on the M. & St. L and C. & N. W. Rys, (depots 1 mile apart). 27 miles northeast of Marshalltown and 80 northeast of Des Moines, it is lighted by electricity, has water works, a thoroughly organized fire department, excellent sewerage, a park covering 15 acres, churches of the Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, German Lutheran and Methodist denominations, a fine public school system, a public library, an up-to-date hospital, 5 banks, brick, tile and sewer pipe works, foundry, gasoline engine works, grist mill, bottling works, planing mill, etc. Two weekly newspapers, the Ledger and the Herald, are published. The Iowa Industrial School for Boys is located 14 miles west. Fire clay, brick clay and an excellent quality of building stone in inexhaustible quantities can be had within a mile of Eldora, and situated as it is in the heart of one of the finest agricultural and stock raising sections of the State, it is a most desirable location for manufacturers and business men. Tel., W. U. Exp., Adams and Am. E. S. Thompson, postmaster.
Adams Ray V, photographer
Allen Jennie Mrs, news and confr
Ames Bess, milliner
Arnold D J, Mr and Mrs, chiropractors
Baker Wm C, flour and feed
Barnes O M, county treasurer
Bartle & Sweeney, Otis Hall agt, oils
Bateson Harvey E, furn and undertkr
Beman & Aylesworth (H L Beman, D P Aylesworth), restaurant
Berninghauser August, clothes clnr
Boylan Calvin, county auditor
Brown Bros, foundry
Brown Dry Goods Co (P F Brown)
Brown James L, shoes
Brown Vinton T, tailor
Brown & Ostheimer (W H Brown, Elmer Ostheimer), feed barn
Brownell C Freeman, insurance
Bushnell C E, billiards
Cameron JC, lawyer
Carpenter Nathan S, lawyer and county supervisor
CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK (Capital $50,000), J F Hardin Pres, N R Van Avery Vice-Pres, L W Harris Cash
Clark Bros (Chas and Myron B), bus line
Conger Posting Co, John Conger prop
Crossan A W, cashr First Natl Bank
Darzes Louis, confectioner
DeVries L, meats
Diehl George E, insurance
Doud Charles P, county recorder
Dunn E W, county engineer
Edgar Fred J, jeweler
Edick C S, blacksmith
Eldora Bottling Works (S H Wood)
Eldora Creamery Co, (Herbert Soballe)
Eldora Herald (weekly), Howard E Moffett publr
Eldora Hotel, Theo Heun prop
Eldora Motor Co (George Gerding, W E Rickord)
Eldora Mutual Telephone Co, Thomas Larson pres, Vera Snyder sec
Eldora Pipe & Tile Co, C A Reaver mgr
Eldora Public Library, Mary E Wheelock librarian
Eldora Steam Laundry (Claude Modlin)
Eldora Water Works (municipal), Wm Cowell supt
Elliott W S, osteopath
Fannon Hilles W, general store
Feike L V, dentist
First National Bank (capital $50,000), W J Murray pres, W E Rathbone v-pres, A W Crossan cashr
First Trust & Savings Bank (capital $10,000), W J Murray pres, A W Crossan cashr
Flagg Joseph, dairy
Frazier Arthur, agt M & St L Ry
Froning E F, grain
General Collection Co, W H Soper prop
Gethman Charles C, physician
Gherke Max R, sheriff
Glenn J F, drugs
Graham Bros (Charles C and Edward), sheep breeders 2 mi e
Grand Theatre, M W Moore prop
Haas C M Co (Charles M and R W Haas), dry goods
Hadley J H & Co (J H Hadley, V L Brown), pianos
Hall L A, chiropractor
Hall & Ward (John A Hall, Louis G Ward), shoes
Hamilton Albert L, dentist
Hardin County Abstract Co (Aymer D Davis, J L Cameron)
Hardin County Ledger (weekly), Sherman W Needham publr
Hardin County National Bank The (capital $50,000), D M Moser pres, H H Turner cashr
Hardin County Savings Bank (capital $25,000), D M Moser pres, H H Turner cashr
HARDIN JAMES F (Member Abstracters' Assn of Iowa) Abstracts, Mortgage Loans, Fire Insurance and Pres Citizens' Savings Bank
Hardy & Heun (S U Hardy, Arthur Heun), agrl implts and automobiles
HARRIS LEMUEL W, Cashier Citizens' Savings Bank
Hays Charles L, lawyer
Herrald Fletcher H, dentist
Heun Theodore, bicycles
Higley E B, produce
Hollied C H, florist
Horton Fred W, dentist
Huff & Davis (Herbert A Huff, Amer D Davis), lawyers
Huffman J F & Son (J F and Evert), furniture and undertakers
Humphrey Hotel, Mrs Ora Quinlan prop
Iowa River Light & Power Co, S L Adams mgr
Iowa Training School Band, George H Iliff director
Iowa Training School for Boys, W L Kuser supt
Iowa Training School Library, Mrs. Susan Iliff librarian
Janssen Henry, agricultural implts
George H, general store
Jones Edgar H, physician
Jones Guy W, clerk of court
Jurgerson Rober, blacksmith
Kennedy Bros (M D and T P), real est
King David O, physician
Knapp Merton, grocer
Koeneman Eugene O, physician
Landis Julius A Mrs, milliner
Larson Bros (Thos and Enoch), clothing
Larson Thomas, hardware
Leslie W G & Co (W G and G W Leslie), jewelers
Lettow W G, produce
Lovell & Schofield Lumber Co, W R Schofield mgr, lumber and coal
LUNDY, PEISEN & SOPER (Edward H Lundy, D W Peisen, W H Soper), Lawyers
McCusky James, baker
McGrath & Rochester, billiards
McNeil & Blackmun (Fred J McNeil, Raymond Blackmun), clothing
Maple Park Poultry & Dairy Farm
Mrs H W Emeny prop
Marsh Wm E, physician
Martin Bros, live stock
Meader George, billiards
Minton W H, wall paper and paints
Moon H J, blacksmith
Morse Nathan C, physician
Moser Bros (Charles and S D), lumber and coal
Nazett Hill H, automobiles
Near Frank S, livery
Needham Sherman W, publr Hardin County Ledger
Newcomer J D Co, Carl S
Newcomer pres, J D Newcomer sec and treas, loans
Niquist D M, physician
Nissen John, meats
Norgaard Ann, county nurse
Oldham Bert D, marble works
Parks Wm, restaurant
PEISEN D W (Lundy, Peisen & Soper), Lawyer
PEISEN J W (Peisen & Welch), Certified Public Accountant
PEISEN & WELCH (J W Peisen, CPA, C E Welch, CPA). Certified Public Accountants, Members American Institute of Accountants
Phelps C D, vet surgeon
Reed John D, drugs
Robb & Son (B D and E P), grocers
Rumbo C A Mrs, milliner
Ryan & Follett (Charles O Ryan, Hobart Follett), real estate
Saver, Stephen, livery
Schwark Henry, cattle breeder
Scurry James F, grocer
Shafer C E, restaurant
Sheller D P, grocer
Shumacher Bros (Wm and Charles), grocers
Smallpage John B, notions
Smith Claude J, tailor
Smith Robert E, harness
SOPER W H (Lundy, Peisen & Soper), Lawyer
Speers C H, wall paper and paints
Standard Oil Co, G W Williamson agt
Starr George A, drugs
Stauffer & VanAvery (Charles H Stauffer, Nelson R VanAvery), hardware
Steinberg Albert (USA), lawyer
Stoddard Blanche, county supt of schools
Swift & Co, R H Lewis mgr, produce
THOMPSON E S, Postmaster
Turner H H, cash Hardin County National Bank and Hardin County Savings Bank
Tyler Grant, poultry breeder
Valline A E, dairy
Vilmont V H, grain, ice and coal
Wallace Joseph, live stock
Ward George W, lawyer
Weaver Jarvis C, 2d hand goods
WELCH C E (Peisen & Welch), Certified Public Accountant
Welsh Lawrence K, agt C & N W Ry
Whitney & Jensen (E G Whitney, H P Jensen), hardware and plumbers
Wilcox Myron D, grocer
Williams W R, county attorney
Wilson A P, real estate
Wiltse Freal, veterinary surgeon
Winchester Hotel, Lee Miller prop
Winnett J R, physician
Wisner's Opera House, H W Emery mgr
Wood Carleton L, feed barn
Wood Miles B, bottler
Young Warren H, physician
BUCKEYE
Population, 200. An incorporated town on the C. R. I. & P. R. R., in Buckeye township, Hardin county, 18 miles n. w. of Eldora, the judicial seat. Has Congregational and German Evangelical churches and a bank. Improved farm land averages $175 to $225 per acre. Exp., Am. Telephone connection. Geo. H. Balley, postmaster.
Ackerman Charles, hardware and farm implements
BAILEY GEORGE H, Postmaster
Bowie L L, physician
Buckeye Mercantile Co, George H Bailey sec, general store
Farmers' Elevator Co, grain
Fee A M Mrs, restaurant
Fleagle H S, cashr State Bank of Buckeye
Fordyce E H, general store
Janke A H & Son, general store
Kephart Wm, cigars and billiards
King Frank, billiards
Letton E J & Co, live stock
Lightfield Charles, automobiles
Lightfield F H, hardware
Lowry C E & Son, grain
Nolte Fred, hardware
Norris A E, restaurant
Reynolds A E, drugs
Rodgers Auto Co
Shanger C J, r r, exp and tel agt
Shull Lumber Co, lumber and coal
State Bank of Buckeye (capital $25,000), W V Shipley pres
Wiringa Henry, livery
Wonderland Theatre, Charles Nolte propr
COTTAGE
A discontinued postoffice in Hardin county. Has rural delivery from Iowa Falls.
ELLIS
A discontinued postoffice in Hardin county. Has rural delivery from Iowa
Falls.
GARDEN CITY
Population, 150. On the C. R. I. & P. Ry., in Concord township, Hardin county, 22 miles southwest of Eldora the judical seat. Has a Lutheran Evangelical church and a bank. Exp., Am. Tel., W. U. Nels A. Nessa, postmaster.
Central Iowa Grain Co
Christian S F, r r exp and tel agt
Farmers' Elevator Co, grain
Farmers' Savings Bank (capital $15,000), A N Drake pres, L G Nelson cashr
Fosse O C, restaurant
Herested & Knutson, general store.
Nelson L G, cashr Farmers Savings Bank
NESSA NELS A, Hardware, Implements and Postmaster
Sobyst M L, dray
Sobyst & Peterson, grocers and meats
GIFFORD
Population, 150. A village at the crossing of the M. & St. L. and C. & N. W. Rys., in Union township, Hardin county, 6 miles south of Eldora, the judicial seat, and 4 from Union, both of which places afford banking facilities. Exp., Adams and Am. Tel., W. U. Ada B. Seim, postmaster.
Erickson Erick, hotel
Fuller R A, restaurant
Fuller R A Sand & Gravel Co
Holthuis H, r r, exp and tel agt
Marshalltown Pipe & Tile Co
Moore H C, grain and coal
Mutual Telephone Co
SEIM OLE, Grocer
HUGHES
A discontinued postoffice in Hardin county. Has rural delivery from Eldora.
Hughes Co-operative Elevator Co
Lynk G A, general store