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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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