CURLEW -- Population 275. On the M. & St. L. Ry. (Minneapolis and
St.
Louis Railway. DAW), in the Rush Lake Township, Palo Alto County, 12 miles
south of Emmetsburg, the county seat. First settled in 1884. Has Baptist,
Christian and Methodist churches, and a bank. Exp. Adams Tel. Western Union.
Telephone connection. H. C.Wiley postmaster.
Adams, Dr. F. L. --
Drugs.
Ayers & Mc
Bride -- Hardware.
Brown, Arthur --
livestock.
Citizens' Savings
Bank -- Melvin Fisk, pres., V. W. Fisk, cashier.
Curlew Band -- Clay
Wiley, Mgr.
Drown, O. B. --
grain.
Easton, S. A. --
hotel.
Easton, Nellie --
teacher.
Ferguson, John R.R
-- Exp and Tel.Agt.
Fisk, Earl, --
teacher.
Fisk Melven --
Grain and Mayor.
Ford, George --
poultry.
Glenn, Ethel, --
teacher.
Keister, Mrs. --
dressmaker
Keister, T. E.
restaurant.
Kuster, Fred --
mason
Lund, Bros. -- hay
Lyon, Rev. G. P.
Leroy -- Methodist.
McBride, Rev. G. P.
-- Baptist
McCreary, D.
W. Hay
Markin, Lucy --
teacher
Rush Lake Creamery
Co.
Schultz, Emma --
teacher.
Seagren Bros. --
blacksmiths.
Strait, E.F. --
barber
Stratton, James R.
-- butter mnfr.
Thompson, Gus --
drayman.
Tiederman Elevator
Co.
Tressler, George --
carpenter
Turner, L. E. --
meats.
Ward, H. B. --
painter
Wheeler, W. W. --
lumber
Whitmer A. A.
--general store.
Whitmer, Maud
R. -- teacher
Wiler Bros.--
General Store.
Wiley,
H. C. real estate,