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Historical Department
of Iowa
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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.
3
OLD LINE 39th YEAR
EQUITABLE LIFE OF IOWA Home Office DES MOINES
Insurance
Company
Assets January 1, 1905
$4.171,348.00
Liabilities (4 per cent. Actuaries Table)
3,595.522.00
Surplus to Policy Holders
20.00
Insurance in force December 31, 1904
$24.275.575.00
All forms of Life, Limited Payment Life, Option, Investment, En-
dowment and Installment policies issued at as low
as any other
regular Life Company.
Not large-but good. Not showy-but substantial. genuine Life Insurance not fads.
If you want the best life insurance, or an agency for the comp
which sells it, or to borrow money on your farm-write us.
OFFICERS
FFE .M. HUBBELL, President
J. C. CUMMINS, Secretary.
CYRUS KIRK, Vice-President +. D. THOMPSON, Treasurer
G. P. HANAWALT, Medical Director
TRUSTEES
Fred C. Hubbell
Cyrus Kirk
Simon Casady
J. C. Cummins
Robert-Fullerton
CH. D. Thompson
F. M. Hubbell
Homer A. Milfre
LA FOLKCOM
BOTH PHONES 796
L. H. KURTZ COMPANY
312 WALNUT STREET
DES MOINES IOWA
Hardware, Stoves and \ inware
PAINTS, OILS&
PAINTERS SUPPLIES
Plumbing, Gas & Steam Fitting
HOT AIR AND HOT WATER HEATING
Bishop & Babcock Beer Pumps
CARBONIC ACID GAS
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Superior Ranges, Kitchen Furniture
DES MOINES! CITY DIRECTORY.
W. B. MARTIN
President
H. E. TEACHOUT
Vice-President
W. B. MARTIN
L. M. BARLOW
Ass't Cashier
Iowa
The most and.convent
PUST
Sav=
ings
Bank
Northeast Corner East Fifth and Locust
Accounts of corporations firms; and individuals solicited. We pay 4% semi-annual interest
DIRECTORS: W. B. Martin, Dr. C. C .~ Shope, E. R. Bennett,
W.D. Batsholts, John H. Beyer, H. E. Teachout, D. H. Kooker,
Frank Bishard, W. B. Martin, Jr.
OPEN SATURDAYS FROM FIVE TO SIX P. M.
R. L. FOLK & 00. 5
We try
to-please
DES
MOINES
LAUNDRY
Oldest
and Most
Reliable
Nichea
The
Only
Gents
Laundry
-J . HENRY TOUSSAINT
J. HENRY TOUSSAINT, Prop.
215 Walnut Street
: DES MOINES, IOWA
DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.
Cash Capital $100,000
ST A T
E
Insurance Company
DES MOINES, IOWA
Total Assets
$381,154.20.
Liabilities, except Capital
220,952.59
Surplus, Policy Holders
160,201.61
THE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Was organized in 1865; is therefore forty years old. "Has a reputation for
fairness second to none .. It has paid to its policy holders for loss by Fire ,
Lightning and Tornadoes the enormous sum of
Three Million, Seven Hundred and Eleven Thousand Dollars
THE STATE is a home company, confines its business to Iowa, and is w
of the patronage of all Iowa people. : Its Directors are among the strongest and, known men in Iowa. They are;
J. H. WINDSOR
H. UMFRID
.W. M. ELLIOTT
H. A. ELLIOTT
E. R. CLAPP
THEO. F. GREFE - T. S. CATHCART
J. R. WINDSOR
ITS OFFICERS ARE
H. A. ELLIOTT, Vice-President
J. H. WINDSOR, President
T. F. GREFE, Secretary and Treasurer
WITMER & KAUFFMAN,Agents
SEE FRONT COVER
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Manhattan Building, Fifth Street
M. R. VOORHEES
SB. L. POLK @ CO.'S
CAPITAL
Fire Insurance
Company
INDEMNITY
A
GAINST
FIRE, LIGHTNING AND
TORNADOES
Confines Its Business
to łowa
Pays Its Losses Promptly
and Without Litigation
Patronize a Home Company and Help to Build Up
lowa and Its 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
SEE 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 Iowa March 18, 1886
-OFFICERS
FRANK D. JACKSON, President SIDNEY A. FOSTER, Secretary GILBERT B. PRAY, Treasurof JAMES TAGGART PRIESTLEY Medical Director
Largest Cash Settlements
Agents Wanted
Correspondence Solicited
DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.
WILLCOX,HOWELL
& HOPKINS
General Insurance Agents
Fire, Lightning, High Winds, Tornado, Cy
clone, Plate Glass and Rent Insurance
Representing the STRONGEST LINE of
STOCK COMPANIES in Des Moines
Personal Accident and Employers' Liability
Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation of
London
BONDS OF ALL KINDS
NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY OF
NEW YORK
OLDEST INSURANCE AGENCY IN DES MOINES
ESTABLISHED IN 1865
OFFICE IN HAWKEYE INSURANCE CO.'S BUILDING
207 West Fourth Street
Both Phones 1082
DES MOINES, IOWA
DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.
11.
A. W. DUDLEY, President
Organized in 1865
lowa Business College
Comprises the following schools
The lowa Business College, The lowa School of Shorthand The lowa School of Penmanship
The work done in any of these schools is of the highest grade, each being under the
supervision of a trained expert, not only as a teacher, but in practical business exper- fence as well
The Course of Study for the Commercial Department has been-revised, and broad- ened, by introducing a complete system of business training, the use of which has proved
e large success. . Our system not only develops the "new " but the
New classes organized each week
EVENING SCHOOL FROM OCTOBER 2ND TO APRIL IST
We, the undersigned, bankers of Des Moines, having ourselves been students in the
- Iowa Business College, take pleasure in recommending that school to young people who desire a good business education.
Signed :
Arthur Reynolds, President Des Moines National Bank
Simon Casady, Vice-Pres. Des Moines Savings Bank
G. D. Ellyson, Cashier Marquardt Savings Bank A. C. Miller. Cashier Home Savings Bank
-F. P. Flynn, Asst. Cashier People's Savings Bank G. A. Nelson, Iowa National Bank
W. H. Hedges, Marquardt Savings Bank F. Snyder, Marquardt Saying's 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
G. D. Powers, Iowa National Bank
E. S. Wellslager ;- Des Moines National Bank Harry.O. Brown, American Savings Bank
Bert McKee; Home Savings Bank
Geo. I. Huffman, Central State Bank
.W. Pettle, lowa National Bank
A. S. Lurie, Iowa National Bank E. A. Storck, Iowa State Bank
If you are contemplating a course in Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Penmanship, Typewriting, Civil Service or English, it will pay you to visit our school and examine our facilities for imparting knowledge.
SEND OR CALL FOR OUR FINE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
Address
A. W. DUDLEY, President
Mut, 'Phone 873
Cor. 4th and Locust Sts., Des Moines, Towe
R. L. POLE & CO.'S
Stag Hotel
EUROPEAN
201 West Fifth Street
STRICTLY STAG
Phone Iowa 36, Mutual 2005
Strictly Modern Eighty Raam
SIAC STAG HOTEL
CIAO NOTER
RATES $1.00-1.50 PER DAY
ALL KINDS OF BATHS
Finest Bath Parlors in Middle West
Turkish Bath Free with Room
Expert Chiropodist In Attendance
Stag Hotel
Des Moines, Iowa
DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.
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Des Moines Manufacturing
and Supply Company
Makers of all style Boilers, including -Heating
Boilers for Hot Water and Steam
Specialty: "NEW LIFE HEATING BOILERS."
ALSO ENGINES, COAL MINING MACHINERY AND ELEVATOR MACHINERY
Brick and Clay Machinery, Rock Breakers and Stucco Machinery; Steel Jail Cells and Bridge Work, Smoke Stacks and Tanks and H vy Steel Metal Work. All kinds of Cast Iron Work, Heavy Forg- ings, Machine work. We also keep a full stock of Machinery Supplies.
Repair work on Engines, Boilers and Machinery always promptly attended to.t
Works and Office
101 to 121 E. COURT AVENUE
BOTH 'PHONES 557
14
tx & co.'s
D.M. JOHNSON& SON,
GOLDEN RULE CLOTHIERS -507-500 WALNUT STREET
lowa's Best Clothing House
FIRST FLOOR
,
Men's Clothing Department
Men's Hat Department
Men's Furnishing Department
Boys' Clothing and Furnis
hing Department
SECOND FLOOR
Trunk and Traveling Bag Department Wholesale Department
BASEMENT
Receiving Department
Reserve Stock Department
DES MOINES CITY DIRBOTORY.
The Kirkwood
CORNER FOURTH AND WALNUT STS.
The Business Center
DES MOINES, IOWA
EVERYTHING NEW
REMODELED THROUGHOUT
FIRST-CLASS IN ALL APPOINTMENTS
European Plan 75c upwards
Finest Cafes and Bar in łowa
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The Glasgow Woolen Mills Co .!!
MODERN CLOTHES MAKERS FOR MEN
Suit or Overcoat to Order
NO MORE 51- NO LESS
A Thousand Styles A Single Price
316 Sixth Avenue West Side Between Walnut and Locust
The Des Moines Store was established in September 1899, and has
enjoyed an ever steady increasing trade. We claim to make
the best $15 suit in the country because We Know How."
KNOW HOW; Brains and Experience are the prominent factors that have enabled us to do this.
le gest Merchant Tailoring business in Iowa.
That is why we are to day doing the
W # present a line of Clothing that is particularly pleasing to good dressers.
Quality, Style, Fit and Workmanship the Latest and Best.
Glasgow
Clothes are Popular
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316 SIXTH AVE
F.F . BAILEY. Prop.
DES MOINES CITY DIRBOTOBY,
Citizens' National Bank
of
Des Moines, lowa
CORNER SIXTH AND WALNUT STREETSY
Capital -
$200,000
Surplus
$100,000
OFFICERS
J. G. ROUNDS, President.
S. A. MERRILL, Vice-President
GEO. E. PEARSALL, Cashier
GEO. C. COOPER, Ass't Cash
DIRECTORS
A. Younker
Geo. E. Pearsall
Samuel A. Merrill:
W. E. Coffin
I.G. Rounds
G. E. King
B. A. Lockwood
M. Strauss
W. E. Odell
(See Front Cover)
B. L. POLK &-08.6
Capital
Surplus
7
$100,000
$50,000
THE
People's _Savings Bank
Des Moines, Iowa
Sheuerman
Dr. D. W. Smouse
C. H. Martin
C. H. Ainley
J. A. Garver
H. C.,Wallace
O. H. Perkins
Martin Flynn
C. C. Loomis
OFFICERS
MARTIN FLYNN
resident
D. W. SMOUSE, Vice-President
C. H. MARTIN, Cashier
F. P. FLYNN, Ass't Cashier
(See Backbone)
DIRECTORS
DES MOINES OTTDIRECTORY.
ARTHUR REYNOLDS, President
A. J. ZWART, Cahier
J. H. BLAIR, Vice-President
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
Des Moines
National Bank
DES MOINES, IOWA
Capital
$300,000
Surplus and Undivided Profits 100,000
SAFETY VAULTS
Boxes from $a to sto per Annum
Our Facilities for Handling Your
Business Are Unsurpassed
DIRECTORS
Arthur Reynolds C. B. Atkins
W. S. Regur
Geo. M. Reynolds
Carroll Wright
M. M. Reynolds
C. W. Pitcairn
John H. Blair
L. Sheuerman
(SEE FRONT COVER)
B .. L. FOLK & CO.S.
OAK PARK BANK
W W. HOLMES and C. A. HOLMES, Owners
Responsibility
$100.000
Allow interest on Time Deposits, make Loans against, approved . Collaterals; make -Collections -speedily at- favorable rates
in fact, we do a General Banking Business.
Comor Sixth-and Clinton
Correspondence Solicited
IOWA LOAN & TRUST CO. NOS. 207, 209 and 211 FIFTH STREET
Des Moines lowa
(INCORPORATED- 1872)
Capital
$500,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Earnings, 538,000,00
N. E. COPPEN
GEO. F. WALKER
G. W. GRAY EDWIN HULT
President
Vice President
Treasurer Secretary
Interest paid on Time Deposits,
Four per cent. Interest paid on funds invested in its debentures and on Savings Accounts.
Real Estate Mortgage Loans made at current rates.
Mortgages purchased.
Municipal and School Bonds bought and sold.
Accep an Favor corporate trust not inconsistent with the laws of lowa. Acts as Trustee ander. Mortgage for any.corporation omindividual and as Registrarand Transfer Agent for corporations. Will hold any Real or Personal Estate on trusts created by agreement with any individual to
corporation.
This company will care for and manage any estate real or personal, during the temporary or- permanent absence of the owner, or for persons advanced in years, or for any reason unable to give personal attention to the management of their property, and will attend to collection of rents, Interest, "dividends, payment of taxes and other obligations, ate,
DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY.
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Baker Machinery Co.
WM. HENRY BAKER Proprietor
Manufacturers of all styles of FREIGHT and PASSENGER ELEVATORS
Dealers in
Power
Supplies
Transmission
Goods
on Pipe and
Fittings®
Brick and Clay ,
Water Goods
Machinery
STORE HOUSE ELEVATOR
Wood Split Pulleys, Iron Pulleys, Shafting, Hangers and Hn ings, Packing, Leather Belting, Rubber Belting, Waste Oils, Engines, Boilers, Steam
Pumps, Air Compressors
General Machine Shop & Boiler Repairing
.206 Court Avenue and 128 Second Street.
Both ' Phones No. 331
DES MOINES, IOWA
Mill-& Factory
Engineers
Supplies
Coal Mining
Machinery
The Grahl - Petersen Co.
Manufacturers and contractors of
ORNAMENTAL AND LIGHT
STRUCTURAL IRON WORK
Standard Fare Proof Doof Windows and Skylights; Copper and Ventilators and Blow PaperWork;
TELEPHONES, MUTUAL 1494,-Iowa 1313
`02,~104 and 106 -Ninffi Street
Des Moines, Jowa
C.A. RAWSON, Pres and Mam
H. A. RAWSON, - Sec. and Treas.
We invite_correspondence
from county and township officials, city and town authorities and others re- quiring or contemplating
the use of sewer or culvert pipe, drain tile, fue lining
or wall coping.
ESTRE
SEWE
ULVER
PIPE
IOWA PIPE AND TILE COMPANY
Office and Factory, East
Fourth Street on C.&N.W.
Ry .- Corner Hayes Street.
DES MOINES
IOWA
DES MOINES-CITY DIRECTORY.
Att Job Work Promptly Attended To
Estimates Cheerfully Given
MUTUAL PHONE 7617 L IOWA PHONE :1530 __ 1
E. W. McEWEN
General Contractor
and Builder . Ø Ø
OFFICE: 213 EIGHTH STREET
8
Bonds Furnished
If Requested
Des Moines, lowd
J. W. TURNER
ENGINEERING
Underground Conduits a Specialty.
Dam Construction
Electrical Planta.
and
Civil and Electrical Engineering Sewer Construction.
CONTRACTING
309 YOUNGERMAN BLOCK
B. 1. 3.L.1 2
Anchor Fire Insutunte Company
Des Moines.
**
Stock Company
Assets, $450,000. 0
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. . A STRONG IOWA COMPANY
L. E. ELLIS, Secretary J. S. CLARE Fraction,
G. E. MACKINNON, Treasurer
CITY AGENCY AT OFFICE OF COMPANY
Office in Marquardt Block, Corner Flar and Locus
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W. F. MITCHELL, President
W. F. MITCHELL CO.
General Contractors
AND.PROPRIETORS
ASBESTINE STONE WORKS
Bonds given for satisfactory com
Contracts taken for all kinds of buddy.
All kinds of job work promptly attended to
Give us a trial and we wal
Shop and Office, 16 and us W. Eighth St.
Des Moines, towa
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Everyit hing in Mitt Work
Word & Special:>
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MONLA LIGHT AND VINI FOLLIE
MUTUA PHONE NE. 31
TOWA 'PHONE N! !!! DES MOINES IUMA
Electric Fan Carpet Dusting Machine Company
HIMLEN W. ORANI AVENUE
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HOUSE
CLEANING
PARAHILLS AND BUGS
R.N. HYDE,
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7
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.E. L. POLK & CO.'S
JAMES MAINE & SONS CO.
Contractors and Builders in
Brick, Stone and Cement
Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to.
ALSO
Manufacturers of Sand Brick
Yards East Twenty-first and Maury Streets.
Office, 119 Eighth Street, Des Moines, Iowa
See Right Side-Lines
BECKMAN BROS.
FACTORY EAST- FIFTH and RAC COON STREETS.
IRON FOUNDERS AND
TELEPHONE 712 MACHINISTS
MANUFACTURERS OF
IRON AND WOOD PUMPS
AMERICAN BECKMAN BE WITHS. DES MOINES. IA.
U.S.STANDARD
Cylinders, Wind Mills, Pumps, Dealers', Supplies, Engines, Boilers, Light Castings and AMERICAN SCALES.
JOBBERS OF IRON PIPE AND FITTINGS.
Brass Goods, Hose, Engines, Trimmings, Etc.
DES MOULES DIRECTORY.
DES MOINES
RUBBER STAMP WORKS
Rubber Stamps and Supplies,
Notarial and Corporation Seals,
Stencils, Baggage Checks,
Metal Badges, Etc.
DRYSDALE & HALL
Basement, 206 Fifth Street
W. W. STEELE, Violin Maker
Richest, sweetest and most powerful tomed
timents in the country.
VIOLINS, MANDOLINS AND
GUITARS REPAIRED
Violina graduated on scientific principles. My
Bass Bars will im 09 In every
BOWS REHAIRED
When four or more bows are sent for rehairing I pay express one way.
CLARINETS
We make a specialty of repairing Clarinets and all reed instruments,"We keep a supply of all kinds of reeds. Fine AMBER OIL, VARNISH for sale. Correspondence solicited.
Address:
J. A. STEELE, Manager
Over 418, West Walnut St.
DES MOINES, IOWA
Des MOINES
BRIDGE
AND IRON WORKS
FIRE ESCAPES : -
Bridges, Roof Trusses, Girden
Water
Towers and Complete Water
All kinds of Iron and Steel for B
Beams, Angles and other shapes come
Office and Works
Tuttle Street, between Ninth and E
Phones: Mutual Main 1146: LoTON
MADISON COAL CO
ACOAL
For Domestic and Steam Use
MINERS AND SHIPPERS
BEST COAL
Phones: Mutual 1901, la 1-868
PROMPT SHIPMENT
Mines 23d and Hickman Avo;
309 West Seventh Street
DES MOINES,
IOWA
KOINDO CITY. DIRECTORY.
29
Standard Heating Co.
Manufacturers of
Armstrong's Steel
Plate Furnaces
H. E. ARMSTRONG, Mgr.
409 East Second St. DES MOINES, IOWA
Mutual Phone 58 East
THE CELEBRATED COAST COUNTRY OF TEXAS
Offers the best opportunities for the home seekers or investors of any section in the United States. Low rate excursions every Ist and 3rd Tuesday of
each month .. Go and see for yourself
For, in
formation write or call on
Whitham & Carpenter
Immigration Agents, S.A. & A.P. R.R.
412 CROCKER BLDO.
DES MOINES, IOWA
.30-
B. L. POLK -CO.'s
Still College of Osteopathy,
DES MOINES, IOWA
Has recently purchased the entire equipment, building and real estate of
the E. S. S.Still College of Osteopathy
and now represents a reorganizar of seven members of the former faculty of the Dr. S. S. Still College and In- firmary ef Oste maths, and the Southern Chbof of Osteopathy, hey recently pur-I
Chased and. consolidated.
HIGH STANDARD UNPARALLELED CLINICAI
FACILITIES
selected becanda of their
"Opathie teachingt- Write for. catalogue.
C.F. Thompson, A.M. D. O., President,
1422 Locust Street
Des Moines - lowa
THE WARDROBE
HOYT P. WOODRUFF.
Cleaning, Dyeing
and Repairing
Goods Called for and
Lace and Chenille Curtains
Delivered when Promised and Ladies Work a Specialty
Both Phones 2140.
427 Eighth Street.
Des Moines, łowa.
DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY ..
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DES MOINES CABINET CO
MANUFACTURERS OF
Show Case, Bank, Store and Office Fixtures
Stair and Special Cabinet Work. Estimates furnished on all kinds of general Planing MH Work.
Difica and Factory: 227-229-231 W.So. Ninth St. Mutual Phone 770-
See the following jobs erect- ed the past year using the
Manufactured by
JENKINS BROS.
COLLIS" Valve
New York Boston Chicago London
VACUUM HEATING APPARATUS
"Wellington Hotel H. C. Hansen
Geo. B. Hippse, new residence C. G. Crowell, new flats
Morgan Hotel S. MoDonnel
Flats, Third and Center .. Sessions Flats H. S. Butler Flats
Since 1880
JOHN
COLLIS.
Locust Street
Erector of
Des
Steam and
Moines
Hot Water
lowa.
Plants
Established
in Des Moines
817
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RY.
"The Maple Lea Route."
AND CONNECTING LINES.
Portas
5
ous Cley
STERN
Chatac
Ches
Plata
Boonville.
ciDO.
Des Moines City Ticket Office, 514 Walnut Sfree
R. L. POLK & CO.'S
DES MOINES CITY
VALLEY JUNCTION AND POLK COUNTY
DIRECTORY4
1905
VOLUME XIV
CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS
AND PF FE CITI IS-A STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE-MISCEL
· LANEOUS DIRECTORY=CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS, TERMS.
OF COURT CHURCHES, COLLEGES PUBLIC AND PRI -.
VATE SCHOOLS, BUILDINGS, BANKS, INCORPOR- ATED INSTITUTIONS, RAILROADS,
SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, ETC.
AND A COMPLETE
CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY
9260 REGISTERED 1899
CONO PUBLICO. ASSOCIATION % AMERICAN
DIRECTORY
VIBLISHERS
R. L. POLK & CO.
nsu:
COMPILERS AND PUBLISHERS;
.
DES MOINES LowA
Entered according to an Act of Congress, in the year 1905, by R. L. Polk & Co., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
INTRODUCTORY.
This is the fourteenth volume of R. L. Polk & Co.'s Des Moines City Directory, and that it will compare most favorably with its worthy predecessors is the assurance which the long established reputation of its publishers guarantee. The Directory has come to be universally recognized as an actual necessity, without which the business world would be in a chaotic condition and the stranger in a-city would be absolutely lost; the well arranged streets and avenues and the plain and accurate system of numbering houses would count for naught. It is the guide to which everyone in quest of information pertaining to. persons and places and municipal affairs naturally turn, and as such it is of the utmost importance that Its pages should not be marred with mis-statements and errors. Although long since accorded the repiitation of preparing works of this class which are as near absolute correctness and completeness in every detail as it is possible to bring them, the publishers have rested upon no such estimate, but-every year they have still further enlarged and improved upon each previous edition until in the present issue they have approximated as nearly to perfection as anyone could expect, and its general accuracy, handsome mechanical and typographical get-up and vast amount of information, valuable alike to the business man and private citizen bear indisputable evidence of the fact that neither time, skill nor expense have been spared upon its preparation. Only competent and experienced-men have been employed in the compilation of this work and their can- vass has extended to every nook and corner of the city and resulted in a collection of names and addresses that must necessarily be practically complete. Aside from the names, occupations and addresses found in this book there is much more valuable inform- ation regarding the various institutions of the city and county in general. In fact it would be difficult to ask a single question regarding the city which is not properly answered within the covers of this volume.
POPULATION.
The Directory of the city contains 42,912 names. Making the necessary deduction for firms, corporations, removals or deaths and computing by the multiple of 2}, which is believed to correctly represent the names of women and children not included in the City Directory, a population of 98, 700 is indicated: an increase over last year of 1,007. This is - widely different from the recent state-estimate of 45,950 but when the methods of taking. the state census are considered it will be clearly seen that the Directory estimate is more- reliable. The difference can be explained of the facts hat the state census includes those persons located here prior to January, 195, that .. does not include the many thou- sands of students who are here attending schools and colleges eight months of the year and that it is based, upon a single enumeration under which condition it is inevitable many names are omitted.
The publishers desire to express to the business and professional men of Des -. "Moines their thanks for the liberal support accorded the. work, and in conclusion will say that in the future they will be as unremitting in their efforts to please as in the past.
Des Moines, Iowa, November 8, 1905.
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DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORY,
GENERAL INDEX.
Abbreviations
11% ;-
Miscellaneous Information
81-112
Polk County Resident Directory
Advertisements, Index to
Alphabetical List of names ... 113-1003
15
.1026-1092
Alterations. Removals, etc.
48
Valley Junction Residence and
Business - Directory
1093-1267
Business Directory
1004-1025
INDEX TO MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
Page.
Page.
Alarm of Fire. Directions for
Giving
83
Miscellaneous Clubs and Socie-
Asylums and Hospitals 91
Banks-
91
Missions
95
Cemeteries -
92
Newspapers and Publications 102
Orchestras and Bands
103
Churches
City Government -81
101
Political Organizations 101
Post Office 103
Public_Schools East Des Moines 85
Public. Schools, Officers Inde-
pendent School District
85
Public Schools, West Des Moines
83
- Railroads- 104
Rates of Fare for Public Car- riages 83.
Schools
Secret Societies
State Board of Control
90
State Board of Health
90
State Board of Medical Examin- ers 90
State Board and Commissoiners 90
State Officers
90
Town Assessors 88
ospitals and Asylums
91
insurance Companies
Labor Organizations 110
Libraries 99
Medical and Dental Softetles 100
Voting Precincts
87-
Medical Colleges 100
Ward Boundaries
86
Combination Chemical_Engines and-Hose Carts, Location of .. 83 Common Council 81
County Officers. 88
County and Township Officers. 88
Courts 96
Department of Health
81
Engineer's Department
81
Express Companies 97
Federal Officers 87
Fire Alarms Stations -82
Fire Department
Government of the Stateof Iowa *90
Grand Army of the Republic. . . . 5
100
Halls Blocks and Public Build-
Township Assessors
88
Township Clerks.
89
Township Constables 89
Township Justices of the Peace 89
Township Trustees
89
Trade Organizations 110
Police Department
81
Clubs and Societies Colleges and Schools
96
Military . Organizations 100
ties 101
Chemical Engines, Location of. 92
Parks
79
rage.
Page.
Additions and Subdivisions 78
Streets and Avenue Guide .. . .. . . 49-79
GEO. MILLER
PRINTING COMPANY.
DES
MOINES
IOWA
DES MOINES CITY DIRECTORT.
45
INDEX TO ADVERTISMENTS
Page.
Page.
Agar Packing Co, The, opp
1206
Connolly D B
271
Albrecht Frank -..
118
Cowperthwaite H W 1130
-Aiverson & Montrose, opp
123
Oross O G & Bon, opp 288
. American Lithographing Co, opp
124
Cutler Edwin, opp 1230
Anchor Fire Ins Co. 24
Davis-Ira D & Co, left bottom.
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn
cor cards
opp 504
1224
Works, right side lines and- 28
Appel G J Arntz Lew
1217 -
Des Moines Building & Crushed
-Badgley U S G, left bottom lines
Stone Co. 1134
Baird-Chenoweth-Taylor-Tuttle
Des Moines Cabinet Co, right top. 'lines and- 31
"Co, right top cor cards
Baker Machinery Co, back cover and . 21
Des Moines Edison Light Co, right top lines Des Moines Laundry backbone
and opp 146
and
6
Ball G & Co, 148
Des Moines Life Ins Co, right
Bane I W, right side lines
top cor cards
Bankers-Life Assn, right top lines
Des Moines Mnfg & Supply Co 13
Des Moines Marble & Mantel Co,
-Barrick & Son, left bottom lines and 1242
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