Des Moines and Polk County, Iowa, City Directory 1901, Part 1

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GREAT WESTERN ACCIDENT ASSIN .I. B. HAWLEY ProS HOME OFFICE,) CROCKER BLDG:


TheWashington Life Insurance Co. OF NEW YORK. W. A. EDEWER, Jr., President. E. 8. FRENCH: Vice-President. GRAHAM H. BREWER, SoC'y.


ORGANIZED IN 1860. New Insurance in Force arer. $61,500,000.00 Paid to Policy Holders over. .. 888,000,000.00 Assets over ..... $16,250,000.00 Represented in Jowa byt


J. ARREN, State Agt., CEDAR RAPIDS, AND' J


B HILL. Cashier,. 1 and 2 Phillips Block,


40$ LOCUST ST .; DES MOINES, IOWA.


STATE INSURANCE CO.


219 FOURTH STREET, DES MOINES, IOWA.


CASH CAPITAL, $100,000.00


I. H. WINDSOR, Pres't. H. A. ELLIOTT, Vice-Presti | THEO. F. GREFE, Sec' Doo Faso7.


ARTHUR REYNOLDS, Pres't.


F. M. HUBBELL, Vice-Pras't,


I. J. ZWART, Caghler.


Des Moines National Bank,


DES MOINES, IOWA. Corner Sixth Avenue and Walnut Street. CAPITAL, $300,000. See Page 19.


Prompt Attention paid to all Business antrasted to us.


CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK


DES MOINES, IOWA, Corner Fifth and Walnut Streets .


Capital, $200,000.00.


. Surplus, $100,000.00.


. G. ROUNDS, President. J. CALLANAN, Vice-President. CEd. , PEARSALL, Cesbler x THOOT


J. Ballanan S. A. Merril. B. A. Lockwood.


Geo, E. Pears J. H. Merrill


und Ins.


B


FIRE.


GEO. W. TONES ; ONE 1816


N. L. FRANCIS, FIRE.IT


ISUR


DEHISTORICAL SOCIETY


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EQUITABLE LIFE


INSURANCE COMPANY


OF IOWA.


HOME OFFICE, DES MOINES.


ONLY THE BEST LIFE INSURANCE IS GOOD ENOUGH.


Assets January 1


1901, Liabilities, (4 per cent, Actuaries table) Surplus to Policy Ha ders,


$2,382,724.56 1,894,785.61 487,938.95


EASY POINTS FOR BUSY MEN TO EXAMINE.


Strength -- $126 of Assets for each $100 of Liability. Safety -- Every policy secured as provided by law, by deposit of interest-bearing securities with . the Auditor of lowa.


PATRONIZE WORTHY IOWA


BUSINESS ENTER


PRISES


POLICIES -- All forms of Life, Limited Payment Life, Investment, Endowment, Installment and Option Policies issued at as low rates as any other regular Life Company. PROFIT-Interest earned on mean amount of As- sets in rooo, 5.81 per cent. Death Losses to mean amount insured for five years, 1896-1900, 0.64 per cent. PROGRESS-+Insurance in force; $13,307,585.39 .!


OFFICERS


F. M. HUBBELL, President.


CYRUS KIRK, Vice-President. H. D. THOMPSON, Treasurer.


J. C. CUMMINS, Secretary:


G. P. HANAWALT, Medical Director.


DIRECTORS


.Fred C. Hubbell; Conradi Youngerman, Cyrus Kirk, Hoyt Sherman,


J. G. Cutumins,. Robert Fullerton,


H. D. Thompson,


F. M. . Hubbell


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R. I .. POLK & co.'s


PHONES 796


1 .. L. H. KURTZ


312 WALNUT ST. DES MOINES.


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Hardware, Stoves and Tinware


PAINTS, OILS and PAINTERS' SUPPLIES


Plumbing, Gas and Steam Fitting


HOT AIR AND HOT WATER HEATING


Bishop & Babcock Beer Pumps


CARBONIC ACID GAS


HEADQUARTERS FOR


John Van Ranges and Hotel Kitchen Furniture


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


1860


THE


1001


WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK.


ASSETS. 516.250.000.


W. A. BREWER, JR., PRESIDENT.


G. H. BREWER, SECRETARY.


T HE Forty first Annual Statement of THE WASHINGTON advances the Company along the lines of real progress "in every essential detail of its great and rapidly increasing business fully equial to any year in its History. The solidity of the Company's invested assets, admitting of neither expan- sion nor contraction, but measured dollar for dollar by the severest standard of ! coin value, furnishes the best possible assurance of the intrinsic worth of its pol- icles, and be they Life, Endowment, Combination or Gold Bond, they are always on a parity with the very best. "


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The Company has paid to policy-holders since organization; $35,537,705 76, and holds invested assets $16, 178,374.49. Of the latter sum over a million one hundred and forty-two Thousand Dollars have been loaned to the holders of its policies. The sums paid to the insured together with substatnial securities, held


The business statenient of the year summarized shoy's that ' the Company paid $1,913,716.97 to policy holders. The record of the year also shows about $4,odo,ooo of insurance gained; notable gains in assets, in income, in surplus, and volume of business. The amount insured being $61,083,689.00: ,


Its liberal and just treatment personally of individuals by prompt payment of claims, dividends and surrender values, abundantly sustains a reputation for which this Company has always been conspicuous.


The unhesitating readiness of THE WASHINGTON to grant loans on its pol- - icies, has proved of incalculable value in preventing the loss of the insurance. The knowledge of these essential truths has convinced the public that good ih- surance may be had and where to lget it.


JAMES W. WARREN, State Agent for Iowa, Cedar ; Rapids, lowa. P. B. HILL, Cashier OFFICES, 1 and 2 Phillips Block.


Agents Wanted


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R. I .. POLK & CO.'s


PHONES 796


L. H. KURTZ


$


312 WALNUT ST. DES MOINES


Hardware, Stoves and Tinware


PAINTS, OILS and PAINTERS' SUPPLIES


Plumbing, Gas and Steam Fitting


HOT AIR AND HOT WATER HEATING


Bishop & Babcock Beer Pumps


CARBONIC ACID GAS


HEADQUARTERS FOR


John Van Ranges and Hotel Kitchen Furniture


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


1860


THE


1001


WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO.


OP NEW YORK.


ASSETS. 516.250.000.


W. A. BREWER, JR., PRESIDENT.


G. H. BREWER,


SECRETARY.


T HE Forty first Annual Statement of THE WASHINGTON advances the Company along the lines of real progress in every essent al detail of its great and rapidly increasing business fully equial to any yeat in its liistory.


The solidity of the Company's invested assets, admitting of neither expan- sion nor contraction, but measured dollar for dollar by the severest standard of coin value, furnishes the best possible assurance of the intrinsic worth of its pol- icies, and be they Life, Endowment, Combination or Gold Bond, they are always on a parity with the very best.


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The Company has paid to policy-holders since organization; $35,537,705 76, and holds invested assets $16, 178,374.40. Of the latter sum over a million one hundred and forty two Thousand Dollars have been loaned to the holders of its policies. The sums paid to the insured together with substatnial securities, hield for their benefit, aggregate $51,710,080.25.


The business statensent of the year summarized show's that. the Company paid $1,913,716.97 to policy holders. The record of the year also shows about $1,000,000 of insurance gained; notable gains in assets, in income, in surplus, and volume of business. The amount insured being $61, 083,689.00. .


Its liberal and just treatment personally of individuals by prompt payment of claims, dividends and surrender values, abundantly sustains a reputation for which this Company has always been conspicuous.


The unhesitating readiness of THE WASHINGTON to grant loans on its pol- icies, has proved of incalculable value in preventing the loss of the insurance. The knowledge of these essential truths has convinced the public that good in- surance may be had and where to get it.


JAMES W. WARREN, State Agent for lowa, Cedar Rapids, lowa. P. B. HILL, Cashier OFFICES, 1 and 2 Phillips Block.


Agents Wanted!


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R. I. POLK & CO.'S


Capital Stock, $200,000


NATIONAL LIFE


&TRUST GO


LADURING AS THE PYRAMIDS.


DO YOU WANT TO OWN A TEN-YEAR-OLD GOLD BOND?


. DO YOU WANT to pay for it in installments? DO YOU WANT to have your unpaid installments cancelled at your death and one-fifth more cash than you have paid given your family or estate?


DO YOU WANT an investment which will be as safe as Iowa farm mortgages can make, held in trust by the State of Iowa, and which will be guaranteed to you or your estate ?: If you do, apply for a


Ten Year Accumulative Endow= ment Bond FROM THE


NATIONAL LIFE AND TRUST CO. OF DES MOINES, IOWA. AN ABSOLUTELY NEW COOTRACT IN THE FIELD AND ONE WHICH IT WILL PAY YOU TO, EXAMINE. OFFICERS.


. G. L. DOBSON, President. D. G. EDMUNDSON, Vice-President.


A. S. STULITS, 2nd Vice-President. GHO. E. PEARSALL, Treasurer. P. M. STARNES, Secretary. N. E. COFFIN, Counsel. 1 F. A. DURHAM, Assistant Secretary. DIRECTORS.


Leslie M. Shaw, Governor of Iowa. Geo. L. Dobson, Secretary of State. Geo. E. Pearsall, Cashier Citizens' Na- tional Bank.


D. G. Edmundson, President Security Loan and Trust Co., Des Moines! Ia. N. E. Coffin, of Dudley & Coffin, Atty's. P. M. Starnes, Secretary, Des Moines, Ia.


A. S. Stults, Chicago, Il1.


Dr. S. J. Patterson, Cashier Dunlap Bank, Dunlap, Lowa.


Lewis Haas, Cashier Woodbine Savings Bank, Woodbine, Iowa. E. F. Pinney, Wholesale Coal, Cedar Rap- kdy, Iowa.


INSURANCE MEN WITH GOOD RECORDS WILL FIND IT TO THEIR INTERESTS TO ADDRESS THE HOME OFFICE, CROCKER BUILDING, DES MOINES, IA.


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY,


CASH CAPITAL, $100.000.


State


Insurance


Company,


Des Moines, Iowa


Total Assets, $328,799.97.


Liabilities, except Capital, $187,526.99. Surplus, Policy Holders, $141,272.99


THE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY was organized in 1865; is therefore thirty-six years old. Hast a reputation for fairness sec- ond to none. It has paid to its poliey-holders for loss by Firel Lightning and Tornadoes the enormous sum of


Three Million, Four Hundred and Three Thousand Dollars.


THE STATE is a home company, confines its business to lowa, and is worthy of the patronage of all Iowa people Its Di- 1 rectors are among the strongest and best known men in Iowa. They are ;


J. H. WINDSOR, H. A. ELLIOTT,


.R. WINDSOR,


R. E. MACKINTOSH E. R. CLAPP, THEO. F. GREFE,


W. M. ELLIOTT, RT. WELLSLAGER, TI S. CATHCART.


Its Officers are;


J. H. WINDSOR, President. HI .A. ELLIOTT, Vice-President. LRLAND WINDSOR; Treasurer.


T. F. GREFE; Secretary.


J. R. WINDSOR & CO., Agents, 220 Fifth Street.


BEE FRONT COVER


R. L. POLK & CO'S:


CAPITAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY


INDEMNITY AGAINST


FIRE, LIGHTNING and TORNADOES:


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Confines It's Business To lowa.


Pays It's Losses Promptly and without Litigation


Patronize a Home Company and Help to Build Up Iowa and it's Queen City


OFFICE IN COMPANY'S BUILDING, 416 FOURTH STREET.


S. T, BERRY, President. J. D. BERRY, Secretary.


City Agents,.


WITMER & !! KAUFFMAN


Telephone 759 Mutual


SEB RIGHT TOP LINES


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY


IN ALL THAT IS GOOD IOWA AFFORDS THE BEST


Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Company Des Moines, Iowa


An Old Line Level Premium Life Company,


Organized by Iowa Men and Chartered Under the Laws of lowa, March 18, 1886.


OFFICERS:


FRANK D. JACKSON, President. SIDNEYCA. FOSTER, Secretary. GILBERT B. PRAY, Treasurer. JOSEPH G. GARDNER, Comif wollen, JAMES TAGGART PRIESTERY; Medical Director:


Largest Cash Settlements


1 gents Wanted.


Correspondence Solicited.


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R. L. POLK & CO.'S


you ink ?


wird


About the money you waste .. RENT ...


if


Get Out of The Rut 1


your'e in, and buy a home for yourself -- own it, and don make the mistake of paying rent when the same pay ments will purchase a home.


IT'S OUR BUSINESS to find suitable homes for ou customers, and we are good in our line.


An Unusual


Opportunity


- is offered now in lowa Lands, Ou list is Larger, Better and represent: more bargains than ever before.


Delays are Dangerous. Come in and talk it over with us. i


Mehan


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209 CROCKER BLDG DES MOINES, JA.


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


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HUTCHISON, Pres. STAMM, Sed'y.


ORGANIZED IN 1865. INCORPORATED!


owa Business College


Comprises the Following Schools:


de lowa Business College, e lowa School of Shorthand,


The lowa School of Telegraphy, The lowa School of Penmanship.


These schools are the best in the State. 1 Every graduate placed in a good position. classes organized every week. . Sohool in session the entire year. Evening session (Ictober first to May first. .. Office help furnished .; The Iowa Business College occupies a large building on the corner of Fourth and ist Streets, within one block, of the business center of the city! . The building was ted for the College in 1891, and is the best lighted, best ventilated, and most conven- quarters occupied by any college in the West.


We. the undersigned bankers of Des Moines, having ourselves. been students in the o Business College, take pleasure in recommending that school to young people who re a good business education.


Signed:


ur Reynolds, President Des Moines National Bank. J. W. Geneser, Vice-President German Savings Bank, ' Simon Casad', Cashier Des Moines Savings Bank. G. D. Ellyson, Cashier Marquardt Saving's Bank. A. C. Miller, Cashier Home Savings Bank., | F. P. Flynn, Assistant Cashier People's Savings Bank. G. A. Nelson, Des Moines Savings Bank.


I. Hedges, Marquardt Savings Bank .. F. Snyder, Marquardt Savings Bank. John W. Stehm, Des Moines Savings Bank. J! W. Mullane, Des Moines Savings Bank. Chas. E. Reinig; Des Moines Savings Bank. : C. N. Collins, Iowa National Bank! Louis Helmer, Iowa National Bank,


0. Powers, Iowa National Bank. E. S. Wellslager, Des Moines National Bank. D. C. Hurley, Central State Bank.


Harry O: Brown, American Savings Bank. ! Bert McKee, Home Savings Bank. Geo. I. Huffman, Central State Bank. w. \V. Petrie Iowa National Bank.


If you are contemplating a course in SHORTHAND, BOOKKEEPING, PENMANSHIP, I. EGRAPHY, TYPEWRITING, CIVIL SERVICE of ENGLISH, It will pay you to visit school and examine our facilities for imparting knowledge:


SEND FOR OUR LARGE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.


Addres!


owa Business College


DES MOINES, IOWA.


'' Phones.


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R. L. POLK & CO'S


Dempster


Manufacturing C


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APITAL


WATER SUPPLIES


Wind Mills, : Steel Towers, Iron Pumps, Pipe and Pipe Fittings, Brass Goods.


Water Tanks; Tank Heaters, Tank Valves, Etc. Farm Water Supply


WHOLESALE ONLY DEMPSTER MANUFACTURING CO. East Second and Court Avenue!


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY,


T3


The Jewett


Jewett


"BEST IN THE WORLD" It embodies many. novel features in dition to all the essential points aimed for other first class Writing achines. Art Catalogue free.


EWETT TYPEWRITER CO.,


Local Office and Factory,


Locust Street. Des Moines, lowa


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R. L. POLK & CO.'s


The


F


lowa


Laundry Company


The Only Exclusiv Men's Laundry In the City


408, 410, 412 and 414 Grand Avenue.


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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY; 15


HE KIRKWOOD


RNER FOURTH AND WALNUT STS. 1. THE BUSINESS CENTER DES MOINES IOWA. EMODELED THROUGHOUT.


1 rst l Class


in All Appointments


RATES


-


2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 PER DAY


Telegraph and Railroad Ticket Offices in the Hote


MACARTNEY & SONS COMPANY


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R. L. POLE & CO'S


D.M. JOHNSON & SON.


GOLDENRULE CLOTHIERS /507-509 WALNUT ST.


lowa's®


Best


Clothing


Hous


FIRST FLOOR


Men's Clothing Department Men's Hat Department Men's Furnishing Department Boys' Clothing and Furnishing Department


SECOND FLOOR


Trunk and Traveling Bag Department Wholesale Department


BASEMENT


Receiving Department Reserve Stock Department


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY


itizens' National Bank


DES MOINES, IOWA.


rner Fifth and Walnut Streets


Capital, $200,000


Surplus, $100,000


OFFICERS.


ROUNDS, President. JAMES CALLANAN, Vice-President. ,


GEO. E. FEARSALL, Cashier,


GEO. COOPER, Ass't Cashier.


DIRECTORS


Geo. E. Pearsall


E. R. Clapp,


W. E. Coffin,


Samuel A. Mertill,


J. HI Merrill,


J. GJ" Rounds,


M. Strauss,


B: Au Lock wood,


W. E. Odell, J. R. Rollins.


SEB FRONT COVER


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R. L. POLK & co.'s


Capital, $100,000


Surplus, $25,00


THE


People's Savings Bank


DES MOINES, IOWA.


DIRECTORS:


A. SHEUERMAN,


W. R. WARFIELD,


C. H. MARTIN,


MARTIN TUTTI


J. A. GARVER, a MARTIN


ADAM DICKEY, 1


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1 O. H. PERKINS;


FLYNN,


.C. C. LOOMIS.


OFFICERS:


MARTIN FLYNN, President. 1


C. H. MARTIN, Cashier.


ADAM DICKEY, Vice-President F. P. FLYNN, Asst. Cashier.


(SEE BACKBONE.)


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY. :19


RTYOUR REYNOLDS, President.


A. J. ZWART, Cashier.


F. M. HUBBELL, Vice-Pres.


UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY)


Des Moines National Bank


DES MOINES IOWA!


CAPITAL, $300,000.00


SURPLUS. $65,000.00


SAFETY VAULTS


Boxes From $2 to $10 per Annum.


Our Facilities for Handling Your Business are Unsurpassed.


ARTHUR REYNOLDS! M. HUBBELL C. W. PITCAIRN,


DIRECTORS C. B. ATKINS, CARROLL WRIGHT, F. O. HUBBELL, L. SHEDERMAN.


W. S. REGUR


JOHN H. BLAIR,


SBB FRONT COVER!


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R. L. POLK & CO's


INCORPORATED 1872


Towa Loan a


Trust Company


CAPITAL, $500,000.00. Sulplus and Undivided Earnings, $415,913.41.


OFFICERS


W. E. COFFIN, President,


IRA COOK, Vice-President, J. H. BLAIR, Secretary and Treasurer.


DIRECTORS


J. H. Blair, C. A. Dudley,


W. E. Coffin; George F. Walker,


D. F. Witter


REAL ESTATE LOANS


Municipal and School Bonds Bought and Sold


Nos. 207, 209 and 211 Fifth Street


ANCHOR FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY


DES MOINES, IOWA.



Stock |Company Assets, $450.000.00.


A Strong lowa Company Office in Marquardt Block, Cor. 5th and Locust


J. S. CLARK, M. H. KIRKHAM, L. E. ELLIS A. T. RODDY,


President Secretary


Ass't Sec'y and Treasure City|Agen


Jamės Callanan, Ira Cook, G. M. Hippee, J. G. Rounds.


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORT.


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REAL ESTATE. LOANS FIRE INSURANCE


RENTS COLLECTED


ESTATES MANAGED


Prompt and Careful Attention 4.


to Business


ESTABLISHED 1863


Percival-Porter Company


203 West Fifth Street


Des Moines, Iowa


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R. L. POLE & CO'S


The


Glasgow Woolen Mills Co.


WORLD'S LARGEST TAILORS .


62 Stores in Europe and America


SUITS AND OVERCOATS TO ORDER


NO MORE


$15


NO LESS


We invite comparison of our Goods and Prices: ' We have all that is latest and aim to please in every particular. Our motto is, "A well pleased customer is the best advertisement."


We Originate Others Follow


We intend to remain in Des Moines and hold our trade by fair dealing. The Des Moines Store was opened September 18th, 1899, and we now number our patrons by the Thousands.


SINGLE PRICE. PROFIT


FROM MILLS TO: [ MAN DIRECT . .


coat.


Follow the crowd and give us a trial when you need a new suit br over- Open evenings until 8 o'clock.


710 Walnut Street,


à - Des Moines,


łowa


! DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


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L.C. ETRES


T. PARRISH


A. M. EWING


Capital City Stock Food


A NEW DISCOVERY


Superior to all Others


One Order Will Convince You of Its Great Merit. Try It


THE CAPITAL CITY STOCK FOOD


Special Food for Horses! Special Food for Cattle Special Food for Hogs.


Supplies Material That Produces Muscle And Extra Fat And a Healthy, Growth.


Special


Food for Sheep. Special Food for Poultry


TRADE MARK. MANUFACTURED BY


Erbes, Parrish & Company,


315 Locust Sil,


DES MOINES, IOWA.


Iowa li 1


'Phone


794


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R. L. POLK & CO'S


1


Tam. D. Shepherd


Wedding and Party Suits A Specialty


Digh Glass


Tailor


6


404 Locust Street 1


Observatory Building


Des Moines, Towa


See Right Top Corner Cards


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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY


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DAILE BRICK COMPANY


Fifth and Market Street


lowa Telephone No. + 394 Lock Box 303


MANUFACTURERS OF


BUILDING


BRICK


FINE FRONT BRICK A SPECIALTY


DEALERS


Mortar Colors, Sand


and all


Builders' Material


THE PLANT OF THE DAY |BRICK COMPANY IS SITUATED ON THE ROCK INLAND RAILROAD IN. THE BOUTH. EAST PART OF THE CITY, AND HAS


A YEARLY CAPACITY OF TWELVE


MILLION


BRICK


26.


R. L. POEK & CO'S.


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DES MOINES STEAM DYE WORKS


D. L. MUTCHLAR & SON, Proprietors.


ESTABLISHED 1871


WORKS


DYING® OF ALL KINDS


INES


STEAM DYE


CLEANING OF ALL KINDS


THE ONLY WORKS THAT DOES THE


IN IOWA, GENUINE


FRENCH DRY CLEANING


ON GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING, LADIES! DRESSES, and WRAPS of all KINDS, THROWS, CURTAINS, DRAPES, ETC.


Anything Can Be Dry Cleaned Without Ripping 1 OUR WAGON WILL CALL FOR GOODS IN ANY PART of the CITY


Mutual Phone 1098


Office ,221 Locust Street. Works East First Street


Between Walnut and Court Avenue.


Price List Sent on Application


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY


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100


PER WEEK PAYMENTS


All Kinds of Men's, Boys", Children's and


Ladies Garments.


Ready Made and to Measure.


Sold for CASH or on EASY PAYMENTS,


HOYLE RIARICK 800 Walnut


Artistic and Up-to-date Vehicles


Why not purchase a vehicle that is constructed upon up-to-date lines, instead of the old style and out of date designs. We carry a full line of vehicles built by the famous


RHOADS-CARMEAN BUGGY COMPANY


Carriages. Surreys, Stanhopes, Phaetons, Buggies, Road Wagons, Spring Wagons, Driving Wagons, Bike Wagons. In fact, anything in the way of a vehicle. This company manufac- tures goods of a superior quality 'finish and trimming,


We Sell for Cash or Payments.


FRED CRANG


Des Moines Repository, Ninth and Walnut Sts.


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B. L. POLK & CO.'S


McCormick Manufacturing


Company


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Lawn Swings,


Settees,


Shoveling Boards,


Excelsior, Wood and Kindling.


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Mutual Phone 532 Main


11th and Market


.


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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY !.


CAPITAL PLANING MILL COMPANY.


General Plading Mill Work ...


Bank, Store Office Fixtures. and


We Make a Specialty of ..


Stairs and . Interior Finish.


Estimates Cheerfully Furnished to Architects, Contractors, and Builders.


Mail Orders Solicited.


MUTUAL PHONE 622.


403-405 West So. Ninth Street.


DES MOINES, IOWA.


BECKMAN BROS.


FACTORY EAST JIFTH and RAC. COON STREETS. TELEPHONE 712


IRON FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS


MANUFACTURERS OF IRON AND WOOD PUMPS


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AMERICAN BECKMAN BROS ATAS: DES MOINES IA.


U.S. STANDARDI


vlinders, Wind Mills, Pumps, Dealers Supplies, Engines, Milers, Light Castings and AMERICAN SCALES.


JOBBERS OF IRON PIPE AND FITTINGS. Brass Goods, Hose, Engines, Trimmings, Etc.


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R. L."POLK & CO'S


Des Moines Iron Works


Bridge a id . . 1


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Office and Works: Tuttle Street between I inth and Eleventh.


Telephone Mutual Main! 1146.


Designers and Builders of


BRIDGES, ROOF TRUSSES, GIRDERS WATER TOWERS and COM- PLETE WATER WORKS


All kinds of IRON and STEEL for Buildings Steel Beams, Angles and other shapes carried in stock


NEW


SHOP TOOLS STOCK


No Junk


... Strictly up-to-date ...


. Our Specialty, Fine and ACCURATE


work


HOOPES BROS.,


IOWA PHONE 1842


Models, Dies, Special Tools of All Kinds Light Machine and Brass Work, Commutators, Brushes.


115 West South Second Street.


DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY. 31


DES MOINBS


Rubber Stamp Works


Rubber Stamps and Supplies! Notarial and Corporation Seals Stencils, Baggage Checks Metal Badges, Etc.


PATENTEL JANY 2 77 MAY 31.78 MAY35 10


DRYSDALE & HALL


Basement 206|5th Street


LINDELL HOTEL


American and European Plan Thoroughly Remodeled and Refurnished . Rooms 50 Cents and up


Correr East 4th and Walnut Street, opposite C. & N-W. Depot M. L. LOGAN, Propr.


32.


R. L POLK & CO.'S


TOWA PIPES


DES MOINES, JOKA MANUFACTURERS OR DOUBLE STRENGTH SEWER


CULVERT PIPE


JNO. R. ROLLINS, President C. A. RAWSON, Treasurer and Mans H A, RAWSON, Secretary


lowa Pipe Tile Co.


Cor. Bast 4th and Hay Sts. and C. & N. W. Ry.


DES MOINES, IOWA IOWA PHONE 355 MUTUAL PHONE, 355, E.IST


Manufacturers of


Sewer. Pipe Well Curbing Flue Lining Wall Coping Drain Tile


Established 1881


CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED


W. F. MITCHELL


CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER


Contracts taken for all kinds of building Bonds given for Satisfactory completion of Work


All Kinds of Job Work Promptly Attended to 1 ... Give me a trial and I will guarantee satisfaction ...


Shop 818 Walnut St., Des Moines, low


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"DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


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JAMES MAINE


Contractor and Builder in


BRICK, STONE AND CEMENT


Jobbing of All Kinds Promptly Attended to


119 Eighth St., Des Moines, la.


SEE RIGHT SIDE LINES


Sole Agent for the


KNOX


Fine Hats


JOHN L. WRIGHT


Hatter and Haberdasher


irts to Order


402 Walnut Street


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R. 1, POIK & CO. 'S


WM. VIGGERS


PROPRIETOR OF


VULCAN FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS, 1 DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF


Wire Ropes, Cages, Coal Cars Screens, Engines, Boilers


and all Kinds of


Prospecting Tools, Cornish Steam Pumps


and


All Kinds of Castings Made to Suit Customers.


Manufacturer of the Viggers Mine Elevator and Steam Pumps. 126 AND 128 EAST FIRST STREET.


E lectric Pan Carpet Dusting Machine Co.


118-120 West Grand Ave.


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Whitewashing


and House Cleaning


Carpets Cleaned With H. & H.


TELEPHONES:


lowa 793


Mutual. 928.


R. N. HYDE, Manager.


clean Carpets, Curtains and Rugs.


. DES MOINES CITY DIRECT 1


Des Moines Manufacturing and Supply Co.


MAKERS OF ...


Repair Work


on Engines,


SHCINY


SUPPLYICO


All Style Boilers, Including


Heating


Boilers for 1


Hot Water and Steam


New Life Double Return Portable


ALSO ENGINES, COAL MINING MACHINERY, FLOUR


MILL AND ELEVATOR MACHINERY.


Brick and Clay Machinery, Rock Breakers and Stucco Ma- chinery, Steel Jail Cells and Bridge Work, Smoke Stacks and Tanks and Heavy Steel Metal Work. All Kinds of Cast Iron Work, Heavy Forgings, Machine Work. We also Keep a Full Stock of Machinery Supplies.


Works and Office, 101 to 121 East Court Avenue.


BOTH PHONES 557


POR


Boilers and


Machinery Always Promptly


Attended to.


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R. L .. POLK & CO.'9


N. F. STURGES.


C. F. P : UYN!


STURGES & CO


DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR


JOHN W. MASURY & SON, PAINTS & VARNISHES.


of


... JOBBERS OF ...


Everything in the Paint Line


İ


And Agents for Gerts, Lumbard & Co.'s Brushes and Fort Dodge Dry Paints.


614-616 West Grand Avenue,


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DES MOINES, IA.


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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.


HARBACH-HARRIS COMPANY


1.


The Great Locust Street Furniture House


513-515 Locust St. DES MOINES, IA.


A


Superior


Complete Stock


of


Everything in the


FURNITURE


1


Line


Satisfaction


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Furniture, Upholstry Rugs, Mattings, Draperies, Curtains


--


and Window Shades


Our Goods and Prices are Right


Qualities Artistic Designs Moderate Prices Easy Payments Solid


R. I .. | POLK & co.'s


R. L. POLK & CO.'S


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