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BUSINESS FIRMS OF FRANKFORT, 1917.
Robert G. Nichols, jeweler and optometrist.
David W. Shearer, furniture and undertaker.
CITY PARK, FRANKFORT.
BUSINESS SECTION, FRANKFORT.
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Dalton, Dalton & Adams, bakery and groceries.
Radcliffe, harness maker.
L. V. B. Taylor, drugs. Scholz, general store.
C. H. Curtis, hardware.
W. J. Gregg, attorney-at-law.
H. W. Freed, men's furnishings.
P. E. Boniface, bakery.
Howard Reed, county agent for Studebaker autos.
F. W. Sylvester, lunch room.
Etta W. Chamberlin, millinery.
J. R. Wasser, manager, Farmers Union Produce Company.
W. F. MeKeon, Kansas cash store.
W. H. Hardman, tailor.
I. E. Luckens, jeweler and optometrist.
T. B. Bolton, variety store.
WV. C. Brown, clothing store.
R. S. McGhie & Company, hardware.
Gregory & Stevens, dry goods.
Brawley & Son, physicians.
J. J. Drummond, physician.
WV. H. Barrett, meat market.
Anderson & Smith, laundries.
Candy kitchen, W. H. Scott.
Pantatorium, R. H. Stever.
G. W. Fundis, implements.
F. V. Rankin, drugs.
P. M. Rathbun, Central Lumber Company.
George H. Coons, Searie & Chapin Lumber Company.
The building of the Topeka-Marysville branch of the Union Pacific rail- road gave Franfort a new railroad. It also opened easy communication with the county seat and with the north generally. The new depot is a neat, modern structure.
The number of cars shipped from the Union Pacific station for the year ending ist of January, 1917, is as follows :
Hogs, 86 cars ; cattle, 62 cars; horses and mules, 8 cars : sheep, 12 cars; wheat, 12 cars ; corn, 21 cars ; emigrants, 10 cars ; hay, 12 cars.
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THE STUDY CLUB.
The Ladies Literary Study Club of Frankfort was organized twenty- five years ago, its first president being Mrs. McGillivary, wife of the Pres- byterian minister, who was the resident pastor of that church. The mem- bers donated five dollars each for the purchase of books for the library and secured many books from friends. The library has grown and is well patron- ized. The city council donates the use of a room and shelves for the books.
The membership of the club is thirty and the present officers are : President, Mrs. A. P. Hampton; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. L. V. McKee. The meetings are held every two weeks.
Other clubs in the vicinity of Frankfort are: West Fork Mutual Improvement Club, Country Club, Sunshine Club, Jayhawkers Club. Mothers Club.
TOWN OF HERKIMER.
Herkimer is a town of one hundred and thirty inhabitants, located on the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad on Raemer creek, five miles north- west of Marysville. The first white men to select claims for homes near where Herkimer is located. were the Friederichs brothers and H. Lenker. who settled on Horshoe creek in 1858: Henry Heppermann and George Goelitz came in 1859 and settled on what became Raemer creek. They were followed in 1860 by Fred Philip and William Raemer; I. and N. Holloway. James Bartlow, Thomas Koeneke and others. When the war broke out in 1861. George Goelitz went back to St. Louis, Missouri, to "fight mit Siegel." returning to Marysville after the war.
In 1878, Adam Keller, who owned land adjoining the railroad, laid out a town and named it "Bryan" in honor of Billy Bryan, a very popular pas- senger conductor on the railroad. The postoffice department refused a postoffice by that name and so Mr. Keller named the office and the new town "Herkimer," after his okl home town in the state of New York. As early as 1874. a Mr. Funk was sworn in postmaster of "Raemer Creek" at the home of Fred Raemer, at which time a few letters were mailed and the stamps canceled by writing the name of the office and the date across them, just for the novelty of the thing, and that was all that this office ever did. Funk was a shoemaker and he was promised the postoffice provided he would build and operate a shoeshop and start a town; but when he learned
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what the duties of a postmaster involved, he disappeared, leaving the locality minus a shoeshop, a postoffice and postmaster.
The first postmaster at Herkimer was Adam Keller, succeeded by V. W. Emmert, Dr. R. L. Tayes, Christ. Huber, R. L. Tayes, Henry Dursee and Albert Stengelmeier, the present incumbent.
In 1879 the neighboring farmers contributed a lot of work for a side- track, doing the scraping and leveling, and in 1880 a depot was built, with Charley Tobias as agent.
SOME FIRST EVENTS.
The first residence on the townsite was built by Adam Keller: the first business house-a general store-by Wesley Ulsh in 1880; H. Amelunxen built a double one-story frame store on the east side, soon after. John Huber built a hardware store and tinshop, and Aug. Fisher a blacksmith shop on the west side. In 1881 V. W. Emmert started a lumber yard, and erected a warehouse for handling grain. Dr. R. L. Tayes built a drug store and office in 1883; Herman Engel was the first harness maker in town, he came in 1884. About that time Charles and Anton Huber erected a two- story double frame store. the second story being used for theatre and public gatherings. A steam-grain elevator was moved from Hanover to Herkimer in 1889 by W. H. Koeneke. Hon. William Raemer joining him in the grain business in 1892. The German Evangelical church was built in 1890 at a cost of two thousand five hundred dollars. The German Lutheran church was built in 1892, costing (including parsonage and parochial school house) about five thousand dollars.
On April 26, 1902, a fire destroyed every business building in town except the elevator and Doctor Tayes' drug store, causing a loss exceeding forty thousand dollars, and to this day the town has not fully recovered.
Business firms represented in Herkimer on January 1, 1917, are Herki- mer State Bank, G. J. Hoerath, president : H. W. Koeneke, cashier ; general merchandise, George J. Hoerath: hardware and postoffice. Albert Stengel- meier : garage and automobile, J. H. Krug; barber shop, Fred Woellner ; shoe shop, George Burger: implements. Nick Miller: blacksmith, Christ Peterson: meat market, Henry Schierkolk; restaurant, Mrs. John Prell; drug store, R. L. Tayes; lumber yard, Ernest Koeneke: electric light plant and pool hall, John Krug; grain elevator, Farmers Union.
Herkimer has always maintained an excellent school. From a one-
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teacher school with intermediate grades, it has grown to a two-teacher school, carrying pupils through the preparatory high school work. The comfortable building is thoroughly equipped and trained teachers employed.
VILLAGE OF HULL.
This little village, located on the Union Pacific railway, six miles north of Marysville, is named for a great manufacturing city in England.
It was laid out on section 3. township 2, range 7. by John Nesbitt, on the above-described land. which originally was the Paddy Donovan home- stead. Donovan came here in 1860 and was a well-known character in the north half of the county. He sold his land to John Nesbitt, who induced the railway company to put in a switch in 1884. Nesbitt sold the land to Perry Hutchinson, who later sold it to H. P. Benson. S. C. McCarter built the first residence in Hull and John King erected the first store. R. G. Will- iams built the second store in 1886 and II. P. Benson having been appointed postmaster and R. G. Williams, deputy, the postoffice was kept in William's store. Benson served as postmaster until 1895. when H. C. Small was appointed. The railway station was built in 1898. William Schwindamann is the present station agent.
In 1867 a log school house was built on the original Paddy Donovan farm. Ruth Bigham was the first teacher. There were ten pupils in attend- ance. Once a week William Burroughs walked from Marysville and taught singing by the old do, re. mi method. Literary societies were held and once in awhile, a spelling bec.
There were five resident families. There was no bridge and a ferry was used for crossing the Blue river.
The first elevator was built in 1891 by David Daikers and operated by him until 1894, when he sokl out to the Nebraska Elevator Company, which built a much larger elevator, which they own now. The foreman is John Wassenberg.
C. H. Travelute and wife were among the first settlers of Marshall county. They lived in Hull from 1889 until their death in 1899.
AAmong other carly settlers were Charles Emery, who lived in a log cabin for many years. fle was badly injured by the falling of a platform in Frank Schmidt's grove, while attending a centennial celebration on July 4. 1876, and later died from injuries received then. Peter Blodgett, Frank
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Butterfield, William Helms. Finlay McDonald, were other early settlers, who homesteaded near the present site of Hull.
In 1891 Hull having become a logical shipping point for the surround- ing country, the commissioners were petitioned to build a bridge over the Blue river, which they refused to do. The farmers were obliged to ferry their grain across the river from the farms on the west. So three energetic men united their efforts, donated liberally, and secured donations from others, for a bridge fund. These three men were Andrew J. Travelute, H. P. Ben- son and Grant Williams. A. J. Travelute collected the money ; H. P. Ben- son donated all the stone: Grant Williams gave tools, nails, spikes and like ' necessary material. One stone mason was hired, all other labor being donated by farmers. The east approach to the bridge was finished during the fall of 1891. Through the efforts of Hamilton Auld, a county commis- sioner, the west approach was built and bridge completed the following year. Frederick Heitcamp operated a general store at that time.
The town is well situated, has always been a good marketing point for grain and stock. John Wassenberg owns the only general store at present in Hull.
TOWN OF IRVING.
In August, 1859, ten citizens of Lyon city, Iowa, agreed to organize a town on government land in the West. Of this number, three were law- yers, two merchants, two doctors, one teacher, one preacher, one hotel keeper.
The plan of the new town was carefully drawn and after several ballot- ings the name Irving, in honor of Washington Irving, was agreed upon. W. W. Jerome was elected agent to go west and locate, on land, the city of Irving, which city, located on paper, he carefully carried with him. Gen. S. C. Pomeroy, afterwards United States senator from Kansas, who was then a land agent, personally conducted Mr. Jerome, in his own con- veyance, drawn by a team of mules, over the valleys of Blue and Kansas rivers. Jerome finally decided to recommend the present site of Irving, and in December, 1859. ten of the founders left Lyons and proceeded by rail to St. Joseph, Missouri, and thence by team to Irving.
The first house was built of hewn logs, nineteen by twenty-four feet. and was used as a hotel. A frame building was next completed, the lumber having been hauled from Atchison.
In February, 1860, by act of the Territorial Legislature, W. W. Jerome,
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C. E. Gaylord, J. H. Flint, J. T. Wilson, L. A. Ellis, M. D. Abbott, W. S. Robinson, C. Raymond, Joel Parker, C. M. Gifford, T. H. Baker, B. W. Powers and S. H. Warren were created a corporate body 'for the village of Irving.
The summer of 1860 was very dry and hot, and many settlers became discouraged. In July of that year a severe storm did great damage to the town, blowing down houses, unroofing others, and some of the colonists returned to Iowa. Others moved to different locations, but the majority remained and pushed bravely forward in the work of buikling homes.
It was through the influence of Doctor Parker that the Wetmore Insti- tute was built in 1861. It was a normal training school for young ladies. It was named in honor of A. R. Wetmore, of New York, who lent financial assistance to the building. Dr. Charles Parker had charge of the school. Rev. J. L. Chapman, Professor Creegan and the Misses Blakely were some of the instructors, all highly educated and accomplished teachers. The school was as well patronized as could be in a district so scant in population. The principal drawback to its success seems to have been the absence of young girls to receive instruction. The cyclone of 1879 destroyed a por- tion of the building, and in 1880 it was entirely destroyed by fire. It has never been rebuilt, but to the people of Irving belongs the credit of having the first permanent church and the first institution for higher education in Marshall county.
INCORPORATED AS A CITY.
Irving was incorporated as a city of the third class in 1871, George C. Crow ther being elected as the first mayor. The first city election is all that was ever carried ont by Irving as a city. The officers elected did not qualify, the charter was surrendered and Irving remained a village.
In the fall of 1867 the railroad. under the name of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific was completed to Irving. The railroad company refused to build a depot in Irving, unless a deed to half the town was made to it. This was refused and the company located the depot one and one-half miles southeast of the city. Senator Pomeroy exerted his influence and had the depot moved to Irving. It soon burned and a new one was built. Lightning struck it and it also burned. Irving now has its third depot.
In 1886 the Lincoln and Manhattan branch of the Union Pacific rail- road was completed, giving Irving a north and south railroad.
The postoffice at Irving was established in 1860, with W. D. Abbott.
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postmaster. His successors were as follow: S. H. Warren, H. E. Smith, S. H. Warren, John Thompson, Thomas Gaylord, E. W. Stephens, Florence McMillan, Herbert Haylor, Hugh Thomson and F. R. Koutz. Irving became a money order office in 1872, and the first order was sent by Levi Chase, August 5, that year.
The census enumerator for 1916 reported the population as three hun- dred and fifty-nine.
WV. W. Jerome, who selected the site of Irving, afterwards attended the organization, at LeRoy, New York, of the Genesee town colony and became one of its members and a director, never dreaming that this colony would locate within five miles of Irving and become the present Blue Rapids city. The close proximity of Blue Rapids, and its first years of prosperity, drew settlers from Irving and was in a measure responsible for the slow growth of the latter town. Jeronie was later elected county attorney of Marshall county.
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
On June 28, 1876, at a formal meeting of citizens, J. S. Warden reported that Enoch S. Hunt had offered the present cemetery grounds for three hun- dred dollars. The offer was accepted. On July 8, a charter was granted by the state and the following officers were elected: President, Charles Preston ; vice-president, Thaddeus Day ; secretary, C. E. Gaylord ; treasurer, James S. Warden; superintendent, J. S. Williams. The foregoing officers with Levi Chase and Collins Smith constituted a board of directors. The cemetery is under careful supervision and is beautified and kept sacred as the last earthly resting place of those who are called away.
CYCLONE.
On May 30, 1879, Irving was visited by one of the worst cyclones ever recorded. The storm aproached the town from the west and when it had passed beyond the limits of Irving, that pleasant and thriving village was left a mass of ruin, death and desolation. The town was in time partially rebuilt, but never fully recovered from the diaster.
TELEPHONE SERVICE.
The Irving Telephone Company was organized on February 28. 1904. The officers of the company were J. F. Hoyt, president; Joseph Miksovsky,
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secretary; R. Kapitan, treasurer. This company absorbed the Czech Com- pany, whose lines operated west of Irving and the Hawkinson Brothers Telephone Company, with lines east of Blue river, and a switch in Irving, managed by Mrs. Nettie Huffmier.
At the present time the Irving Telephone Company owns the system at Irving and Cleburn and connects with Blue Rapids, Frankfort. Bigelow and Fostoria. The present officers of the company are J. F. Hoyt, president ; J. Pishney, Jr., vice-president ; M. T. Sheaffer, secretary, and M. Filley, treas- urer. The capital stock is twenty thousand dollars, and is all owned by the members of the company, who are farmers.
BUSINESS LIST, 1917.
The following is the list of business houses of Irving in January, 1917: General merchandise-Peterson & Son, Frank Thompson, R. A. Hol- lenberg.
Furniture store and grocery-Hugh Thomson.
Farmers elevator-J. C. Shepard, manager.
Undertaker and harness shop-E. F. Blazier.
Livery stable-Piper & Webb.
Foundry-Frank Oswalt.
Meat market-O. S. Boyd.
Restaurant-Mrs. D. Walker.
General produce, cream and poultry business-Mrs. C. J. Murphy, Fred Prebble.
Printing office-B. W. Forbes, proprietor.
Physicians-Robert Leith, John C. Phillebourn.
Decorator-Maynard Sabin.
Hotels-Mrs. M. E. Lees, Mrs. Belle Blancy.
Barber shop-Arthur Alleman & G. Duffy.
Hardware-W. T. Blaney.
Garage-E. W. Dexter.
Insurance-Irving State Bank, W. W. Dedrick.
Shoe shop-E. O. Paxton. L. S. Ward.
Lumber-Irving Lumber Company, Brice Durham, manager. Carpenter shop-George Edwards.
Carpenters-G. Edwards, S. B. Strader, J. N. Smith.
Photograph gallery-Ellen Stiles.
Electric theater-Fred J. Piper, manager.
CITY HALL, IRVING. GIFT OF MRS. C. N. PALMER.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HALL AT IRVING.
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VILLAGE OF LILLIS.
The pretty little village of Lillis on the Topeka-Marysville "cut off", was chartered on October 29, 1906.
The town was named in honor of Rt. Rev. Bishop T. F. Lillis, of Kan- sas City.
The townsite was platted on the land of Ed. Walsh, on the former site of Wyoming. The first house was erected by Patrick Brannan and the first store building by the Lillis Townsite Company and managed by E. C. Mckeon.
Lillis has a fine two-teacher school, fully equipped and furnished. Rosa Haynes, who teaches the primary room, has thirty-three pupils. Leo. J. Mackey has the grades, with an enrollment of twenty-four pupils. A lively interest is taken in the school by the patrons and residents of the town.
The large elevator is owned and operated by Barrett & Walker.
The two leading stores are owned, respectively, by C. W. Granger and T. J. Smith.
Searle & Chapin, of Lincoln, Nebraska, own the lumber yard, which is managed by W. T. Hartman.
The bank is located in a fine brick building erected in 1910.
H. Thomas is the village blacksmith.
Vida Alexander is the very efficient and obliging postmistress.
MARIETTA.
This thriving little village, which was named for Mrs. Marietta Mann, is located on the Lincoln & Manhattan branch of the Union Pacific railway, nine miles north of Marysville.
In 1888 the Union Pacific railway being unable to buy land for side tracks at Oketo, located the tracks one and one-half miles south of Oketo. Angus McLeod, T. J. Mann and Jacob Lawson platted forty acres of land for town lots. Side tracks were laid and a depot built. McLeod Brothers put up an elevator and for several years did a big business buying and ship- ping grain. Stockyards were built and James Buchanan carried on an exten- sive business in shipping cattle.
In 1881 a postoffice was established, with C. T. Mann as postmaster. (12)
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The postoffice was conducted in the depot and later was moved to the store of Charles Pritchard. The first general store was started in 1892 by Charles Pritchard, who was succeeded by W. G. Hunter, who was followed by U. S. Ricard. Ricard being succeeded by the Bull Brothers.
In 1880 the Peavy Elevator Company built a grain elevator, which was purchased by the Farmers Elevator Company in 1910, the same company having bought the McLeod Brothers elevator in 1899. The bridge across the Blue river was built in 1892.
In 1909 the Marietta State Bank was organized with B. R. Bull as president and W. S. Kirby as cashier. The United Evangelical church was built in 1901, with Rev. Charles Taylor as pastor. There is no school in the town.
Cottrell Brothers put in a lumber yard in 1914.
The business firms at present are: General store. S. W. Bull: hard- ware. V. A. Bull; lumber yard. Cottrell Brothers ; meat market, barber shop, elevator company.
TOWN OF MINA.
The little town of Mina is a trading point between Axtell and Summer- field, on the Kansas City & Northwestern railroad. It was laid out for a town in 1889 by W. G. Wooley and Newman Erb. It was named for "Mina," wife of J. R. Sittler, who bought grain and had a warehouse at "Sittler's siding" in the fall of 1888, and who built the grain elevator in 1889, and which still stands. This elevator is now owned by the W. R. Connell estate.
.A railroad depot was built in 1889 with L. D. Rouse, who had charge of the grain elevator, as agent. In 1890 A. C. . Axtell erected a store build- ing and Mr. Rouse quit the railroad and started in the general merchandise business in the new building. Miss Maggie Ibert was next made telegraph operator for one year. After the expiration of the year the railroad com- pany had no agent at Mina until December 19, 1916, when James E. Stirrat was appointed.
1. D. Rouse erected the first residence in Mina just north of the store. This house is now owned by D. G. Davis, of Axtell. Kansas.
The first inhabitants of Mina were three in number. L. D. Ronse, his wife and son. In January, 1917. the inhabitants of Mina numbered thirteen.
A blacksmith shop was built by farmers in 1894 with Albert Craig in charge as blacksmith.
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CHURCH ERECTED.
Through the efforts of Miss Emma Detweiler a church fund was started in 1894, which resulted in the erection of a building, which was dedicated and paid for on June 16, 1895, with a membership of sixty-eight. The last seven hundred dollars was raised on dedication day. This is the only church in Mina. and is of the Christian denomination. Evangelist O. F. Cook was its first pastor and he was followed by Reverend Beach. In January, 1917. this church had a thriving Sunday school with forty pupils ; Peter Godbout is superintendent.
The school house was built in ISO8; May Stevenson (now Mrs. J. Man- ford Hall), of Hoxie, Kansas. taught the first two terms. The present teacher is Miss Velma Winney.
The postoffice. of the fourth class, was established in 1889; L. D. Rouse was first postmaster, followed by Miss Maggie Ibert, Wilmot, Peter Olston, Gustave Siegenhagen, D. G. Davis, A. R. Walker, William H. McAtee, and the present postmistress, Miss Mable Mckibben.
Mina excels many a much larger town in its shipping of grain and stock. It has only one store of general merchandise, and it is operated by the Farm- ers union, with B. C. Graham as overseer ; James Stirrat, manager, and Miss Ruth Graham, clerk.
TIJD OLD TOWN OF OKETO. 4
Oketo is one of the oldest points to claim settlement in the county. Dur- ing the Mormon exodus and early rush for Western gold-fields, many travel- ers took a short cut from a point which afterwards became Robidoux Station, and which was a mile north of what became Guittard Station, to this crossing.
There were hunters, trappers and Indians along the Blue river in those days and this crossing was favorably located for winter quarters, having the advantage of being on a trail where the hunters could sell game and hides.
In 1857 J. H. White settled on what became section 13, Oketo town- ship. By this time other "squatters" had come in and William Bond, Val Poor and others had taken land and some attempts at permanent settlement made. This Oketo was located about a mile south of the present Oketo and was named after an Otoe Indian chief, Arkaketah.
In the early sixties J. H. Whitehead came to the ford. built a store, barn and residence. if the very humble place may be given so dignified a term.
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These buildings were on the east side of the Blue. The nearest postoffice on the east was Guittard Station and on the south, Marysville. In 1862 Ben Holladay decided to construct the Oketo "cut-off" on the Overland stage line and employed George Guittard to do the work. The road being opened, Whitehead was put in charge of the station and also managed the ferry which Holladay had built. With Whitehead was associated Henry Bivins.
Two saloons were in operation, one on the east side and one on the west side of the Blue. Keen business sense was evidenced in this arrangement as the same parties owned both. On the east side twenty cents was charged for a drink of whiskey and on the west twenty-five cents was the toll. Going east, passengers could soon obtain refreshment, but westward the stations were farther apart and there was a consequent lapse of time between drinks.
The little settlement with its big barn. blacksmith shop and store. was attractive and scores of Indians congregated there to barter, quench their thirst with "tarantula juice." and watch for the Overland stage.
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