MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA HISTORY

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Wilton Businesses in 1928
by Marjorie McCoy

Transcribed by Shirley Plumb, April 25, 2015

Dr. F. S. Abbott

Abbott’s Texaco Station

Advocate Printing Office

Earl Atkinson, Grocery

Ralph Atkinson Restaurant

Perry Bridges (Palmer & Decorator)

Candy Kitchen

Dr. C. M. Cantrell

City Meat Market

Cockshoot Tire and Battery station

J. G. Crispin Plumbing Shop

A. B. Daring Welding

Ed Duffe Oil Co.

F. L. Duffe (Standard Oil)

Lola Dunker Café

Economy Lumber Company

P. B. Ellis Station

Farmer’s Savings Bank

Friederichsen Greenhouse

W. G. Griffith Hardware

Grossell & Son, Tailors

W. A. Grunder, Building Contractor

Fred Harder (Produce House)

Dr. M.M. Harding

R. L. Harris Drug Store

George Heabner Grocery

Dr. Henry Hell (Vet.)

Ernest P. Hoover (Painter & Paper Hanger)

A. C. Hucke Garage

Kelley Poultry Farm

H. W. Kreschmar (Auctioneer)

H. W. Lamp Grocery

Henry Lange Garage

Laucamp Produce Co.

Drs. Leith & Leith Ofc.

W. A. Looney Grocery

John Luethye Tin Shop

F.A. martin (Att’y)

Dr. H. P. Mason

Maurer Bros. Garage

E. F. W. Maurer Garage

Fred Maurer Store

Julia McCartney Restaurant

Merkley Bros. (Ice)

F. Z. Murray

National Electric Lighting Co.

A. T. Nelson Hardware

Nicolaus Clothing Store

John Osmer (Auctioneer)

A. E. Pirkey (Painter & Paper Hanger)

William H. Pirkey (Painter & Paper Hanger)

Rendering Plant

Roederer’s Bakery

Seber Bros. Meat Market

Emil Schroeder Feed Mill

David B. Smith (Photographer)

Star Drug Store

Swift & Company

Dr. D. L. Teasdale (Dentist)

William Thede Barber Shop

Union Savings Bank

J. H. Wacker & Co.

A. R. Whitmer (Att’y)

Earl C. Whitmer Garage

Wilton Lumber & Fuel Co.

Wilton Savings Bank

Dr. L. C. Winter

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Picture – Interior of Smull’s hardware Store 1936 – Courtesy of Lonnie Walton
From left to right: Vern Walton (a customer), Duard Smull (owner) and Claridon Doyle (clerk).

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This page sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Gale McClean and family in memory of Joseph R. and Maria (Boot) McClean who helped found the Muscatine County Crop Improvement Association which developed into the Muscatine County Farm Bureau.