ARTHUR Population 180. On the C. & N. W. Railroad in Blaine Township, Ida County, east of Ida Grove, the seat of justice.  Has a Methodist church, a newspaper, the Advertiser, and a bank. Telegraph Western Union, American Express. Telephone connection.
I. N. Boyer, postmaster

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Northern Grain Co., L. A. Cady, manager, flour and feed
Peterson, Frank, drayman
Skinner, H. D., physician
Tile, F. W., meats
Trans-Mississippi Grain Co.
Volz, Edward, painter and paper hanger
Volz, L. C., carpenter
Woodmen Hall, G. E. Clifford, manager

BATTLE CREEK Population 575. An incorporated town located on the C. & N.W. Railroad on the Maple River, in Maple Township, Ida County, 7 miles southwest of Ida Grove, the judicial seat, and 146 miles northwest of Des Moines.  It is surrounded by an excellent farming section and has Danish Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, a graded public school, 2 banks, a weekly newspaper, the Battle Creek Times, ships grain, livestock and produce. American Express, Western Union. Telephone connection.
Isaac Hassler, postmaster

Battle Creek House, Samuel E. Thomas, proprietor
Battle Creek Savings Bank (capital $25,000), Alexander McHugh, president, D. H. Hedrick, assistant cashier
Battle Creek Times, E. F. and J. S. Peffer, publishers
Bell, Robert G., restaurant
Bowler Brothers (Herman and Henry), livery
Bunz & Delbert (William F. Bunz, Herman Delbert), farm implements
Christensen, E. A., general store
Churchill, Wickliff E., shoes
Clark, George H., lawyer
Cole, Fern M., physician
Conn, Carl E., physician
Conn, John T., veterinary surgeon
Crawford, Alexander, meats
Cubbage, F. O., auctioneer
Derr, Louis, clothing and jeweler
Driver, Rev. George E. (Presbyterian)
Eatherton, Benjamin O., restaurant
Farmers’ Lumber Co., Henry Dressel, manager
Fresse, C. A., meats
Geiger, Mrs. W. G., poultry breeder
Grahm, Mrs. Lee A., photographer
Green Bay Lumber Co., S. C. Moller, manager
Gripe, Mose, bowling alley
Hansman, Fred, proprietor, Windsor Hotel
Hassler, Isaac, postmaster
Hood, C. F., hog and poultry breeder
Howind, Fred, harness
Huggenberger, Alfred F., flour mill
Isenberger Brothers, cattle breeders
Iowa Telephone Co., V. W. Sylvester, manager
Keenan Brothers (John A. and Charles T.), hardware
Kephart, Maggie, dressmaker
Kinnear, David, tailor
Lloyd, J. F., barber
McKibbin, George P., dentist
Maple Valley Savings Bank (capital $25,000), W. H. James, president, H. J. Snover, cashier
Meents, T. Edward, furniture and undertaker
Miller, Ira V., livery
Montgomery, John T., insurance
Nailor, George H., livestock breeder
Northern Grain Co., Emil Storch, manager
Peffer, A. E., cattle and hog breeder
Peffer, E. F. & J. S., publishers, Battle Creek Times
Preston, E. G., cattle breeder
Reese & Carsten (Henry Reese, Henry Carsten), saloon
Riedesel, Albert M., general store
Rogers, Joseph, carpenter
Smith, Ada, milliner
Smith, John M., horse breeder
Smith, William T., insurance
Soesbe & Tillotson (James Soesbe, C. F. Tillotson), livestock
Spoots, William H., grain and livestock
Stickel, Charles E. A., general store
Stoez Brewing Co., August Brodersen, manager, saloon
Stoiley, H. Fred, blacksmith
Stone, Carson, barber
Storck Brothers (Manuel H. and Daniel B.), hardware
Swift, Charles H., physician
Sylvester, V. W.  & Co., Vinton W. Sylvester, manager, drugs
Taylor, Charles A., blacksmith
Thomas, Samuel E., proprietor, Battle Creek House
Tillotson, C. F., restaurant
Trans-Mississippi Grain Co., J. B. Brown, manager
Wakeley, H. J., railroad express and telegraph agent
Wilcott, V. D., horse breeder
Wilcox, Oscar P., mason
Windsor Hotel, Fred Hansman, proprietor

GALVA Population 500. Dating its settlement from 1882, is an incorporated town located on the Maple River and on the C. & N. W. Railroad, in Galva Township, Ida County, 14 miles northeast of Ida Grove, the judicial seat, and 60 miles east of Sioux City.  It has Christian, German Lutheran and Methodist Episcopal churches, a graded public school, 2 banks, water works and a weekly newspaper – the Galva Tribune.  Ships grain, livestock and produce.  American Express, Western Union Telegraph. Telephone connection.
C. F. Burger, postmaster

Ackert & Lank (Cornelius Ackert and John M. Lank), hardware
Balch, Benjamin I., dray
Balgard &  Lund (Peter Balgard and John Lund), blacksmiths
Baumgardner, Benjamin F., barber
Baumgardner, Irving E., agent, C. & N. W. Railroad, American Express and Western Union Telegraph
Bilby, Amos M., physician
Burger, Charles F., postmaster and cigars and stationery
Challmann & Leas (William R. Challman and John E. Leas), grain elevator and stock breeders
Collins, Robert J., furniture and undertaker
Commercial House, A. H. Stone, proprietor
Crowley, M. L., grain and coal
Davis, Charles A., swine breeder
Eyrich, Lawrence, saloon
Farnsworth, David W., physician
Freyer, Theodore, blacksmith
Galva Drug Co., Whitten Brothers, proprietors
Galva Union Elevator Co., George Brown, manager
Galva State Bank (capital $25,000), Bryon E. Whealen, president, George B. Whealen, cashier
Galva Telephone Exchange Co., Robinson Baxter, president, H. M. Walters, secretary and superintendent
Gummow, Henry R., painter
Gummow, Mrs. William, boarding house
Gustine & Son (B. S. and William), meats
Higgins, Alfred S., photographer
Hochstrasser, Hugh, justice of the peace
Hogan, Thomas, lawyer and publisher, the Tribune
Hoops, William, restaurant
Jansen, Christian, carpenter
Johns & Williams (George Johns and Homer Williams), livestock, 6 miles north
Jory, Rev. F. S. (Methodist)
Joyce, W. T. Co., Fred Meggers, agent, lumber and coal
Kellogg & Son (Herbert and Harry O.), dray
Kitchen, H. G., livestock
Lank, John M., auctioneer
Lank, Mrs. J. M., music teacher
Leas, John, mayor
Lindgren, France, farm implements
Lindquist, F., real estate
Maas, Rev., H. A. (Lutheran), teacher, Lutheran School
Mantz, William M., watchmaker and marshal
Marmet, J. W., general store
Millen, Charles, drugs
Miller, Jacob A., real estate and insurance
Miller, Samuel, mason
Otto, Fred H., farm implements
Qucal, J. H. & Co., lumber
Remshaw, F. L., principal of public school
Rhodes, Herman, harness
Riggs, Cyrus, carpenter
Sommemeyer, Charles, shoes
Stone, A. H., proprietor, Commercial House
Stern, W. A., livery
Tribune The, Thomas Hogan, publisher
Walters Brothers (Harry M. and George W.), hardware
Wents, John & Sons Co., general store
Westcott, D. J., general store
Western Elevator Co., C. A. Malden, agent
Whealen, George B., insurance
Williams, C. D., veterinary surgeon
Woodward, Q. A., attorney-at-law, office Ida Grove

HOLSTEIN Population 900. Located on the C. & N. W. Railroad in Ida County, 14 miles northwest of Ida Grove, the county seat, and 167 miles northwest of Des Moines.  It is a stirring town, and has Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist Episcopal churches, a graded public school, 2 banks, an opera house, water works, creamery, telephone exchange, municipal gas lighting system, roller flouring mill, grain elevators, machine shops, and a weekly newspaper, the Advance. Ships grain, livestock, butter, eggs, and produce.  Telephone connection. Telegraph Western Union. Express American.
W. H. Nolte, postmaster

Advance Rural Telephone Co., W. F. Hutton, proprietor
Advance Weekly, W. F. Hutton, publisher
Allen & VanPatten (J. L. Allen, C. E. VanPatten), hardware
Ardmore Stock Co., livestock breeders
Arp, P. N., whole and retail liquors
Aarp & Watke, livestock
Back, August, saloon
Back, Edward M., livestock
Back, William M., livestock
Baumgardner, Mrs. Mary, milliner
Bertelsen, Jens Jr., farm implements and harness
Bochmann, Herman H., dealer in farm implements, wind mills, pumps, buggies, wagons, and threshing machines
Bochwaldt, M. F., livestock and meats
Bowman-Kranz Lumber Co., Henry Gloe, manager, lumber and coal
Brechwald, Ferdinand, meats
Brechwald, Philip, meats
Buckley, Charles S., swine breeder
Buhman, William, billiards
Contine Brothers & Stevenson, livestock breeders
Cizek Brothers (William J. and John A.), general store
Clifford Hotel, Al Haegele, proprietor, gas light and steam heat in every room, headquarters for Traveling Men, free bus to and from all trains
Crane, George H., physician
Danker, Henry M., house mover
Detrick, William E., photographer
Drake, Nathan F., livestock breeder
Drews, William & A. H., jewelers
Dunbar, H., livery
Edgar, Joseph C., physician
Edgar, Nelson, physician
Ewoldt, Hans, carpenter
Ewoldt, Henry P., carpenter
Foote, Charles L., blacksmith
Gabriel, Rev. E. H. (Lutheran)
Gellert, Theodore, dray
Gleason, Mrs. Mary, notions
Gloe, Henry, poultry breeder
Greve Brothers (John D. and Paul F.), general store
Griffin, R. A., principal of town schools
Grozkrenger, Fred, saloon and livestock
Haegele, Al, proprietor, The Clifford Hotel
Hansen, Hans C., furniture
Hansen, Thade, hardware and implements
Hanson & Calhoun (Christian Hanson, Isaac Calhoun), livery
Harrison, John, mason
Height, Peter, mason
Henry Brothers, drugs
Hinz, William, bowling alley and billiards
Holstein Gas Illuminating Co. (city owners)
Holstein Lumber Co. (capital $30,000), R. H. Smith, president, J. C. Kuchel, secretary and treasurer, lumber and coal
Holstein Savings Bank (capital $30,000), J. W. Reed, president, C. J. Wohlenberg, cashier
Holstein Telephone Co., John Wentz, President, W. F. Hutton, secretary and manager
Holstein Water Works (city owners)
Hopkins & Hubbard (H. H. Hopkins, A. W. Hubbard), creamery
Huss, Harry, saloon
Huss, Julius, carpenter
Hutton, William F., publisher, Advance
Inter-State Elevator Co., S. O. Jackson, agent, grain
Iowa Telephone Co., Holstein Telephone Co., local managers
Jess, Henry, clothing
Judiesch, Alice, music teacher
Keck, Rev. H. A. (Methodist)
Kind, Otto H., tailor and marshal
Knuth, Fritz, shoes
Kuehnle, Charles, barber
Loop, Cornelius H., dray
Loop, Emma, dressmaker
Loop, Reimer, restaurant
McClanahan, Thomas, Western Railroad Express and telegraph agent
McGuire, Patrick, auctioneer, real estate and breeder of road and draft horses, correspondence solicited
Mayer, William F., carpenter
Neubeauer, Otto, painter
New State Telegraph and Telephone Co., Holstein Telephone Co., local managers
Nolte, William H., postmaster and dog breeder
Northwestern Deposit and Investment Co., J. T. Walker, president, Simon B. Gillmore, secretary, loans
Paulsen, Claus, carpenter
Paustian, Otto, general store
Petersen, John, wagonmaker
Rassmus, A., cigar manufacturing
Rea, Frank H., produce
Rennfeldt, William, confectioner
Rice, Daniel, mason
Roush, Valentine, flour mill
Ruppel, Jacob, barber and dog breeder
Ruser, Claus, painter
Schaar, Peter, saloon
Schenbley, Louis, mason
Schuppman, William, hotel and justice
Schnarr, Otto, painter
Schneckloth, Henry C., blacksmith
Schneckloth, Henry, machinist
Smith, Amasa A., dressmaker
Smith, A. F., furniture and undertaker
Smith, Mrs. Malinda, dressmaker
Steffen, Adolph, barber
Stegeman, Charles, painter
Thielmann, Fred D., general store
Tourgee, John B., lawyer (successor to R. H. Smith), Commercial Law and Insurance
Trans-Mississippi Grain Co., August Herrig, agent
Furner Hall, William Schippman, manager
Untiedt, Julius, painter
VanDohren & Drost (Theresa VanDohren, Anna Drost), milliners
Voelkers, Mrs. C. L., music teacher
Voelkers, Charles L., jeweler
Vollmar, Holst, saloon
Walker, Dr. John T., physician
Warneas, T. T., swine breeder
Watke, Henry, billiards and bowling alley
Wents, John Sons & Co, general store
Western Elevator Co., J. E. Seitz, agent
Wheatley, Robert P., insurance
White, Peter P., attorney and counselor-at-law, real estate, insurance and collections
Williamson, Oliver L., dentist
Winter, George W., harnessmaker
Wohlenberger, Carl J., real estate and insurance
Workman, John, restaurant
Wunder,William, restaurant

IDA GROVE Population 2,000. An incorporated city, located on the C. & N. W. Railroad, in Ida County, of which it is the judicial seat, 150 miles northwest of Des Moines, and 89 miles southeast of Sioux City.  Id Grove is the trade center for one of the richest agricultural and stock raising sections in the state.  It has churches of the Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Church of God, Free Methodist, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian denominations, good schools, fire department, 2 opera houses, 3 banks, 2 flour mills, a broom factory, a handsome court house, elevators, electric light plant, and 2 weekly newspapers, the Ida County Pioneer and the Record Era. Ships grain, flour, livestock and general produce.  Telephone connection. Express American. Telegraph Western Union.
W. U. Barney Johnson, postmaster

Anderson, Lipton & Co. (responsibility $300,000), Robert Lipton, president, Ed G. Bowman, cashier, bankers, collections, Iowa farm loans a specialty
Anderson, William J., agriculture implements
Angle & Damerow (Lee Angle and Fred A. Damerow), wagonmakers
Babcock, Mrs. Fred, florist
Babcock, F. D., the Grain Shippers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association, home office, Ida Grove
Barnes, Detrich C., saloon
Barnes, Harley, printer
Bassett, W. H., carpenter
Baxter, Reed & Co. (capital $100,000), James R. Baxter, James W. Reed), bankers
Beaver, William A., blacksmith
Bender, Wilson, restaurant
Berger, Bert, barber
Besore & Son (Calvin F. and Jacob H.), dentists
Black, Rev. W. A. (Methodist)
Blair, William S., real estate
Brannan, James E., bicycle repairer
Brannan, T. S., lawyer and justice of the peace
Brechwald Brothers (John and Ferdinand A.), cigar manufacturers
Britch, Charles A., barber
Brown, Clarence A., dentist
Brown, Elizabeth, dressmaker
Burger Brothers (Burt A. and C. W.), barbers
Burger, Mrs. J. S., hair goods
Chaffee, Mrs. A. B., milliner
Cheney, Herbert W., real estate, loans, insurance and notary public
City Hotel, W. H. Moore, proprietor
Clark, Albert B., dentist
Clarkson, Frank P., publisher, Ida County Pioneer
Cobb, George A., livestock and dairyman
Cole, Otis H., dray
Cole, Timothy, carpenter
Colom, William & Son, hardware
Conn, J. Emmett, physician and coroner
Costello, Rev. John (Catholic)
Cubbage, Edward W., livestock
Cummings, Rev. G. M. (Presbyterian)
Derksen, Herman, baker
DeVries, William R., lumber and coal
Dvorshak, John, shoemaker
Eell, Nettie, dressmaker
Eisenhuth, Matison D., laundry
Elser & Son (William and Edward), carpenters
Ferguson, W. I., proprietor, Hotel Ferguson and Real Estate
Fish, Adalaska C., clothing
Flater, Fred, dray
Fredendoll Inventment Co. (C. P. Fredendoll, J. B. Koppenhaver and W. E. Johnston), real estate and loans
Geimmel, J. L., grocer
Goff, W. P., osteopath
Good, Christian M., grain
Graham, Lee R., photographer
Grain Shippers’ Mutual Fire Association, home office, F. D. Babcock, secretary
Grand Opera House, James E. Easton, manager
Gray Brothers ( A. H. and W. F.), real estate, loans and insurance
Gray, Rev., W. F. (Baptist)
Green Bay Lumber Co., Bert Smith, manager
Gregg & Pruyn (William Gregg, Minot Pruyn), shoes and men’s furnishings
Groth & Son (H. and A. H.), grocers
Hagler, J. C., county superintendent of schools
Hansen, Mrs. Bella, milliner
Hartley, Alexander, cattle breeder
Hazlitt, Harry, publisher, Ida Grove Record-Era
Heilman & Son (Elwood C. and Ernest S.), physicians
Hersman, J. H. & Son (J. H. and A. R.), furs
Hester, Barney M., harnessmaker
Hitchings, Miss Carrie, dressmaker
Holulihan, Thomas J., physician
Hotel Ferguson, W. I. Ferguson, proprietor
Howell, Benjamin F., harness maker
Hoyer, C. W., county clerk
Hubbard, George C., abstracts and insurance
Ida County Pioneer, Frank P. Clarkson, publisher
Ida County Telephone Co., Ed Moorehead, manager
Ida Grove Commercial Club, Frank P. Clarkson, secretary
Ida Grove Concrete Stone Co.
Ida Grove Electric Co., J. W. Reed, president, F. A. Lusk, secretary
Ida Grove Exchange Bank (res $100,000), E. P. Smith, president, Leonard S. Smith, cashier
Ida Grove Milling Co., P. H. Simmons, manager
Ida Grove Record-Era, Harry Hazlitt, publisher
Jensen, Christian, A. L., jeweler
Johnson, A. J., house mover
Johnson, Barney, drugs and postmaster
Johnson, Peter, tinsmith
Johnston Brothers (Wm. E. and A. C.), lawyers
Johnston, Edward, plasterer
Karterman, Monroe R., physician
Keehn, Boslough & Beck (Joseph F. Keehn, W. W. Boslough and W. F. Beck), barbers
Kegrice, John W., jeweler
Kegrice, Mrs. J., music teacher
Keitgets, Nicholas, tailor
Keith, E., bakery
Kepford, Rev. A. E. (Church of God)
King, G. W. & Son (George W. and George L.), flour mill, grain and ice
Kortum, P. C., barber
Krick, James M., restaurant
Kurz, Daniel, shoemaker
Lamson, John, plasterer
Leopold, Carl, saloon
Lichtenberger, J. C., dray
Lipton, Robert, mayor
Loucks, Joel C., drugs
Lusk & Davis (Frank A. Lusk), general store
Lynch, W. T., auctioneer
McClure & Son (Charles H. and Frank), meats
McLeod, Thomas, sheriff
Macomber, Charles S., lawyer
Maple Valley Broom Co., Frank P. Clarkson, president
Mehrings, J. G., general store
Mein, Thomas, livery
Meyers, Carrie, music teacher
Meyers, Charles, harnessmaker
Meyers, Fred C., restaurant
Mill, C. E. & Co. (Edwin C. and Fidelia A. Mill), furniture and undertakers
Minson, Wynkoop & Co. (M. C. Minson, T. L. Wynkoop, W. A. Ball), grocers
Moore, W. H., proprietor, City Hotel
Moorehead, Giles C., physician
Moorehead, Hammond A., real estate and county surveyor
Muma, Charles, photographer
Murphy, Joseph A., recorder
Murphy & Sons (Daniel A. Robert, William and Daniel A. Jr.), blacksmiths
Noble, Benjamin S., lumber and coal
Oeshsle, John F., furniture and undertaking
Ohlsen, Chris H., saloon
Pazour, Estelle, trained nurse
Pettit, S. Kneeland, justice of the peace
Piersol, C. W., county attorney
Piper, E. G., veterinary surgeon
Pottiger, Levi, restaurant
Ranklin, I. H., ice and bill poster
Rathjen, Louis, jeweler
Reed, E. M., livery
Rees, J. M., real estate and insurance
Rohwer & Putzier (Julius Rohwer, Albert Putzier), general store
Rupert, George, livery
Satterly, Edward, painter
Sauer, Martin, hardware and implements
Schreppfer, John, carpet weaver
Scott, William J., state oil inspector
Shearer, I. N., county treasurer
Simmons, E. H., dray
Simmons, P. H., manager, Ida Grove Milling Co.
Simon, Sigmund, clothing and men’s furnishings
Simpson, Alex., plumbing and wind mills
Smith, Rev. Alexander E. (Presbyterian)
Smith, Henry S., books, stationery and news
Somers, J. W. & Son (John W. and Elmer C.), drugs
Spaulding, L. Q., physician
Spelbring, George, agent C. & N. W. Railroad and American Express
Stough & Wert, grocers
Tegtmeyer, P. W., broom manufacturer
Tenny, Louise, music teacher
Terhune, H. M., county auditor
Varner, Barton, plumber
Varner, Edward, livery
VonDohren, John, hardware
Walter, J. C., lawyer
Wert, Aaron S., brick manufacturer
White, M. M., lawyer
Wiggert, Paul, marble and granite
Wilcox, William M., loans and abstracts
Williams, Charles C., general store
Williams’ Opera House, Mrs. Williams, manager
Williams, William W., notions
Woodward, Quinby A., law, collections, real estate, lands and loans