Post Offices listed for Ida County, Iowa: Battle Creek, Galva, Holstein, Ida Grove, Struble

Ida County, Iowa, County Seat - Ida Grove

County Officers: Auditor - William Jones, Clerk of District & Circuit Court - Isaac Bunn, Treasurer - E. C. Hellman, Sheriff - F. A. Eastman, Recorder - W. J. Scott, Superintendent of Schools - Mrs. A. H. Smith, County Surveyor - T. S. Snell

BATTLE CREEK - A village on the Maple River branch of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, in Maple Township, Ida County, 7 miles southwest of Ida Grove, the county seat, and 146 northwest of Des Moines. It contains Presbyterian, Adventist and Methodist Episcopal churches, good schools, a flouring mill, a bank and a weekly newspaper, the Battle Creek Times (republican). Grain and live stock are shipped. Telegraph, Western Union Express, American Express, Population - 450. Mail, daily. John Nott, Postmaster
Bassett, Adam, banker and town treasurer
Battle Creek House, Hugh Smith, proprietor
Battle Creek Times, S. W. Young, proprietor
Baxter, Hector, shoemaker
Baxter, Miss Nellie, dressmaker
Beckwith, Frank H., proprietor Northwestern hotel
Bogardus, N. L. assessor
Boles & O'Gorman (John M. Boles, Michael O'Gorman), blacksmiths
Boon, Charles, mason
Bowman, S. H. & Co. (of Odebolt), lumber and coal
Campbell, Romeo, live stock, 1 mile north
Churchill, Wickliff E., hardware
City Hotel, George A. Glenn, proprietor
Conn, James, livery
Cook, Wm., meat market
Daniels, Rev. A. G. (Adventist)
David, E. B., real estate
Durst, Henry, flour mill
Ferguson, Walter A., principal public school
Freewartha, Rev. James (Methodist)
Glenn, George A., Proprietor City Hotel
Graeser, B., physician
Haworth, Howard, harnessmaker
Holt, A. W., barber
James & Manning (Wm. H. James, Truman O. Manning) general store
Johnson, Miss Cassie, milliner
Joy, Samuel, live stock
Keenan, John A., grain and farm implements
LeClare, Rev. G. F. (Presbyterian)
Lund & Soesbe (C. P. Lund, James Soesbe), live stock
McIntosh, George W., furniture
McKown, A. V. & Co. (Amos V. McKown, Herbert W. Cheeney, Andrew A. McKown), hardward, groceries and farm implements
Merritt, Solomon J., physician
Morgan, Jerry J., live stock, 8 miles northwest
Morrison, Peter, carpenter
Northwestern Hotel, F. H. Beckwith, proprietor
Nott, John, notary public, town recorder, and news stand
O'Daniels & Miller (Henry H. O'Daniels, Jacob Miller), meat market
Page, J. S. & Co. (Joseph S. Page) grain
Preston, Lorenzo, mason
Rickman, Otto, painter
Riedesel, John L., general store
Roberts, J. M., mayor, justice and jeweler
Rogers & Fletcher (Joseph I. Rogers, Dennis Fletcher), carpenters
Rowland, David C., physician
Ruggles Brothers (Aquila and Clarence), hardware
Runyon, Loring L, real estate dealer and agent for the Iowa Railroad Land Company
Selfeld, Christian F., saloon
Smith, Henry S., harnessmaker and shoes
Smith, Hugh, proprietor, Battle Creek House
Smith, John H., insurance, loan and real estate
Smith, M. J. (Peter Amerman, agent), lumber and coal
Snyder, John F., restaurant
Soesbe, James, justice of the peace
Underwood, James M., druggist
Virgil, Charles H. marshal
Walter, James C., lawyer
Warnock, Frank C., physician
Warnock, Samuel, lumber, coal and grain
Weaver, Robert B., general store
Wilcox, Oscar, mason
Wilson, Noah, carpenter
Wilson & King (Daniel L. Wilson, Erwin A. King), farm implements
Youll, James, wagonmaker
Youll & Barrick (John Youll, Alfred A. Barrick), blacksmiths
Young, Seth W., proprietor Battle Creek Times

GALVA - A postoffice on the Sac City branch of the Chicago & Northwestern railway, in Ida County, 14 miles northeast of Ida Grove, the county seat, and 8 northeast of Holstein, the nearest banking point. Population, 25. Amercian Express, Mail, daily.

HOLSTEIN - A flourishing village on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, in Ida County, 18 miles northwest of Ida Grove. It contains 2 churches, good schools, a bank, and several special and general stores. Ships grain and live stock. American Express. Population, 450. Mail daily
American House
Back, W., saloon
Bliesman, Peter, saloon
Bohuson, Peter, wagonmaker
Bowman, S. H. & Co., lumber
Boszhardt, George H., justice of the peace
Boszhardt House
Boszhart, jeweler
Brechwald, J. meat market
Butterfield, P. F., lawyer
Edger, Dr. J. C., physician
Gleason, A. J., saddle and harnessmaker
Goss, Fred, live stock
Green Bay Lumber Co., lumber
Gregory, E. M., saloon
Grinmuer, Wm., carpenter
Hallam, Reed & Co., bankers and real estate
Hoeck, H., boot and shoemaker
Holstein House
Holstein & Co., lumber
Hutton, W. F., printer
Jensen, S. T., druggist
Judiesch, W. F., teacher
Keith, G. W., blacksmith
Kessler & Kunz, meat market
King & Lund, farm implements and hardware
Krumtum, C. W., photographer
Loveless, W. S., barber
Manson, F. S., grain dealer
Martin, W. V. & Co., furniture
Meyer, Julius, carpenter
Meyers, W. H., physician
Mitchel, Wm., carpenter
Paustian, Otto, dry goods
Purscell, J. H., livery
Reeser, Claus, painter
Rehling, S. H., painter
Silliman & Howard, grain
Sindt, W. V., general store
Smith, F. & Brothers, grain elevators
Stoebner, Herman, carpenter
Stolley, Peter, blacksmith
Sugsch, T., tailor
Thode & Brothers, general store
Thode, H. & Co., grain dealers
Williams J. R. & Co., druggists
Wilson, T. H., saddle and harnessmaker
VanDohren & Dussel, hardware
VanDohren, Nic, carpenter
Zeman, C. J., general store

IDA GROVE - The judicial seat of Ida County, is a flourishing incorporated town, on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, 143 miles northwest of Des Moines, and 22 northeast of Mapleton. First laid out in 1877, it now contains Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Catholic, German Methodist, Lutheran, and Episcopal churches, a graded school, 3 banks, 2 flouring mills, one operated by steam, the other by water-power, a new court house, the usual number of professional men, special and general stores, blacksmith shops, etc., for a place of its size, and 2 weekly newspapers, the Maple Valley Era (Republican) and the Ida County Pioneer (Republican). Improved prairie land is worth from $35 to $50 per acre. Shipments corn, oats, and live stock. Stages daily to Holstein; fare $1. Population, 1,700. Telegraph, Western Union Express, American Express, Mail daily, Charles N. Clark, postmaster.
Amen, James J., cashier, Ida County Bank, and town treasurer
Archer, Rev. F. M. (Baptist)
Babcock, Daniel A., grocer
Baker, Dr. Albert T., coroner
Ball's Hotel, George Schiller, proprietor
Barnes, George F., assessor
Batholomew, Noah, general store
Bartram, John F., shoemaker
Bassett, Wm. H., carpenter
Baxter & Rule (James R. Baxter, Henry W. Rule), bankers
Beaver, Wm. F., blacksmith
Bender, Mrs. M. J., milliner
Bender, Wm., grain and coal
Bender, Wilson, laundry
Bishop & Robinson (James Bishop, R. D. Robinson), carpenters
Boland, Edward, boots and shoes
Boughton, Beldin, carpenter
Bowman, S. H. & Co. (Samuel H., Wm. C., and Bradley C. Bowman), lumber and coal
Bowman, Wm., live stock
Boyce, Henry, billiard hall
Boye, John, restaurant
Brannan, Thomas, justice of the peace
Brechwald Brothers (John and Jacob), meat
Briggs, George W., variety store
Brockman, Charles, blacksmith and farm implements
Bronson & Mead (Eugene C. Bronson, Frank G. Mead) druggists
Brown, D. & Co. (Dennis Brown), Ream's estate, flour mill
Buchanan, Edward, lawyer
Bunn, Isaac, circuit and district clerk
Burd, L. T., attorney and counselor-at-law. collections a specialty
Burns, Frank, mayor and real estate
Burns & McKinney (Frank Burns, Henry McKinney), lightning rods
Carpenter, George E., marble works
Case, George A., jeweler
Clark, Charles J., loans, real estate and abstracts
Clark & Hubbard (Henry D. Clark, George C. Hubbard), insurance and real estate
Cobb, George A., grocer
Collet, Theodore A., physician
Corbin, George W., blacksmith
Crawford, Thomas, carpenter
Cronk, G. B., principal public school
Curry, Egbert B., painter
Curry, John, furniture repair
Curtis, Benjamin F., mason
Davis & Smith (Mrs. Eva Davis, Mrs. Belle Smith), milliners
Dennis, Samuel, auctioneer
Dessel, C. & Co. (Conrad and Richard), general store
Drake, Cicero H., physician
Driscoll, D. F., abstracter with C. J. Clark
Eastman, Frederick A., sheriff
Ewart, Charles, physician
Farmers' Home, John Schmidt, proprietor, charges reasonable, good accommodation; feed barn in connection
Farquhar, Wm. C., shoes and clothing
Faus, Cyrus R., carriagemaker
Feuster, R., physician
Fischer, F. C. & Co. (F. C. Fischer, Wm. A. Noble), lumber and coal
Foster Brothers (Henry W. and Wm. P.), photographers
Fox, Rev. Peter (Protestant Episcopal)
Freeman, Ellis C., cashier, Maple Valley Bank
Freeman, John G., president, Maple Valley Bank and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
Frey, John A., dentist
Frink, James A., editor, Maple Valley Era
Gardiner, H. A., live stock
Gibbs, Clayton A., restaurant
Gray & Berry (Matthew M. Gray, L. A. Berry), lawyers
Green Bay Lumber Co. (of Carroll), lumber and coal
Grosvenor & Clift (David A. Grosvenor, Charles M. Clift), drugs and books
Haar, Rev. G. (Lutheran)
Hallam, Albert, real estate
Hallam & Beach (John T. Hallam, Berry Beach), skating rink
Haller & Gallagher (Lewis Haller, Patrick Gallagher), livery
Harmsen, Albert, saloon
Harvey, George, veterinary surgeon
Hauschild, Henry M., grain
Hawk, John B., marshal
Heilman, Dr. Elwood C., county treasurer
Hepner, Wm., carpenter
Hester Brothers (Gilbert L. and Barney), harnessmakers
Hilman, Harry, auctioneer
Hilman, Mrs. P. H. & Co. (Mrs. P. H. Hilman, Mrs. C. H. Cowles), milliners
Hilts, Walter C., land and insurance with C. J. Clark
Hubbard, Wm., furniture
Huff, Clarence, lawyer
Ida County Bank, Noah Williams, president, James J. Amen, cashier
Ida County Bible Society, R. J. Pierce, secretary
Ida County Pioneer, George T. Williams, proprietor, circulation 1,700
Ingman, Luke D., dry goods
Jarchow, Wm., saloon
Jensen, Christian A. L., jeweler
Johnston, Albert J., livery
Jones, Wm., county auditor
Jones, Wm. M., general store
Jordan, Benjamin P., grocer
Karterman, Monroe R., physician
Kiner, F. F., lawyer
King, Erwin A., hardware
King, George W., flour mill
Kissinger & Roberts (Charles A. Kissinger, Walter Roberts), livery
Koker, Mahlon D., meat market
Lainson Brothers (George J. and Frederick J.), barbers
Lainson, Wm., carpenter
Lamson & Haller (John Lamson, Frederick Haller), general store
Leathers, W. M. & Co. (Wm. M. Leathers, Harvey Lewis), clothing
Lemke, Rev. John (German Methodist)
Lusk & Davis (Frank A. Lusk, Hall J. Davis), general store
Lyman Brothers (Charles D. and George S.), blacksmiths and wagonmakers
Lytle, John, mason
McGiffin & Frink (James Q. McGiffin, James A. Frink), lawyers
Macomber & Macomber (James H. and Charles S.), lawyers
Maple Valley Bank, John G. Freeman, president, Ellis C. Freeman, cashier, George H. Freeman, assistant cashier
Maple Valley Era, J. A. Frink, editor, circulation, 1,500
Marsh, Charles D., veterinary surgeon
Miller, Jay D., lawyer
Mitchell, Wm., farm implements
Moore, Charles W., livery
Moorehead, Giles C., physician
Nason, Joseph, carpenter
Norton, Rev. (Catholic)
Parratt, Thomas M., meat market
Pierce, Herbert B., books and stationery
Pritchard, Moses C., harnessmaker
Pritchard, Mrs. M. C., milliner
Rasch & Entveen (Henry Rasch, John Entveen), tailors
Reed, Ephraim M., livery; proprietor, stage line to Holstein, fare $1
Riddle, George M., lawyer
Roberts, Walter, real estate
Rollins & Bradshaw (Charles W. Rollins, Homer S. Bradshaw), lawyers
Ross & Tincher (Wm. P. Ross, Orville Tincher), barbers
Saquety, John, painter
Satterley, Edwin, painter
Sauer Brothers (Julius and Martin), hardware
Scanlan, Patrick, railroad, telelgraph and express agent
Schiller, George, proprieter, Ball's hotel
Schleiter Brothers (Alfred and Oscar), general store
Schmidt, John, proprietor, Farmer's Home
Scott, Wm. J., town and county recorder
Shearer, Robert T., lawyer
Shoemaker, A. X., real estate
Smith, Rev., A. E. (Presbyterian)
Smith, Mrs. A. H., county superintendant of schools
Smith, Mrs. Belle, photographer
Smith, C. D., live stock
Smith, John T., shoemaker
Smith, Samuel H., live stock
Smith & Gilbert (Ambrose H. Smith, Julius C. Gilbert), hardware
Snell, Thaddeus S., county surveyor
Somers, John W., drugs and books
Spotswood, Thaddeus C., restaurant
Stough, J. H. & Co. (James H. Stough, George W. Walton), furniture
Stricker, Charles W., cigarmaker
Sult & Cairns (George H. Sult, Thomas J. Cairns), general store
Thompson, John, mason
Tibbetts & Thompson (Frank W. Tibbetts, Samuel B. Thompson), grain and farm implements
Todd, David, painter
Tremaine, Orlando G., physician
Waite, James W., harnessmaker
Wasser Brothes (Lot E. and Reuben S.), grocers
Wilcox, Wm. M., insurance, loans, real estate and abstracts
Williams, Edd C., deputy sheriff
Williams, George T., proprietor, Ida County Pioneer
Williams, Noah, president, Ida County Bank
Witters, George S., lawyer
Woodworth, Rev., L. H. (Methodist Episcopal)
Worcester, Isaac A., roadmaster, Maple River railroad