1916Iola

Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory (With latest map of the state) 1915-1916
Thirty-fifth year of Publication Published Biennially by R.L. Polk & Co.
Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Transcribed and submitted by Paula Vaughan October 2010

IOLA - Population, 900. An incorporated village on the Iola & Northern R.R. and on the south branch of the Little Wolf river, in Iola township, Waupaca county, 14 miles north of Waupaca, the county seat and 120 from Milwaukee. Iola has Lutheran and Methodist Episcopal churches, excellent educational facilities, 2 banks, electric light plant and a weekly newspaper, the Iola Herald. Telephone connection. Exp. W.F. & Co.

Buck William, postmaster
Anderson R.I. garage and machinist
Bank of Iola (capital $15,000), S.M. Myhre, pres., O.C. Leean cashier
Bergen O.A., drugs
Best E.C. Christ Strand mngr. potatoes
Bidney N.O., furniture
BIERCE B.L., Editor The Iola Herald
Buswell Charles W., agt. W.F. & Co. Exp
Chapin Edwin, produce
Cleaves H. Clayton, sporting goods
Cook Charles F., veterinary surgeon
Dahle Bros (John N. and Anton), electric light and saw mill
Danley L.R., notions
Ellandson Co., general store
Evenson Jacob, general store
Famechon J.C. Co., James Byers mngr. potatoes
FARMERS' STATE BANK OF IOLA Capital $20,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits $10,000, H.J. Severson Pres., B Williams Vice-Pres
Hagna Ambrose E. Mrs., clothing
Hatch J.A., contractor
HERALD PUBLISHING CO., B.L. Bierce Editor-Manager, Publisher of The Iola Herald, A Live Newspaper in the Busiest Small Town in Wisconsin
Hotel Anson, Nels Ogren propr
Huffcutt, C.E. livery
IOOF Hall, Earl Parks mngr
Ihlenfeld Herman, jeweler
Iola Band and Orchestra, T.E. Loope leader
Iola Clothes-Reel Co., S.O. Bestul mngr
Iola Co-operative Mercantile Co., C.F. Peterson mngr, general store
Iola Creamery Assn., C.O. Taylor mngr
Iola Farm Produce Co., George Johnson
Iola Hardware Co. (Edwin Chapin)
Iola Herald, The Herald Publishing Co. publishers
Iola Realty Co., J.N. Dahle mngr
Iola Starch & Potato Co. pickle mnfrs
Lea A.R. clothing
Lee James H., physician
Loope Truman E., physician
Loope & Taylor, garage
Moeller Fred, dentist
Myhre O.M., dairy
Olfson P.M. wholesale potatoes
Parks Earl, moving pictures
Parks Wm R., photographer
Pope N.J., pumps and windmills
Scandinavia Telephone Co. H. E. Ferden mngr
Scidensticker Richard, baker
Severson H.J., lawyer
Stolpestad Hans, tailor
Strand, Christ, restaurant
SWENDSON J.C., Cashier Farmers' State Bank of Iola and General Insurance and Real Estate
Swenson Bros & Austin (Halbet and John Swenson, T.W. Austin), autos
Taylor Emery M., meats
Taylor George F. dray
Thulien Mina, milliner
Tonnessen J., veterinary surgeon
Wanie Nora Mrs., milliner
Weinman Albert, furn and undertaker
Wipf J & C (Henry and Fred Wipf) saw and flour mill

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