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1910 – 1929 (the 1916–17 gazetteer band)
Isaac Reamer — President, North Liberty State Bank (Polk 1916–17: capital $25,000). The bank closed 17 January 1927; the course whole is in the banks file.
A. C. Steele — Cashier, North Liberty State Bank (Polk 1916–17; printed "Stecle" in the business list and "Steele" in the same edition's index — a transcription variance, the page image its settler). A Max E. Steele sells insurance in 1967 (band 6); surname continuity only.
Emil Greening — proprietor, Grant Hotel (Polk 1916–17). The Hotel Grant building: c.1875–c.1920, NW Center & Main.
James E. Foster — hotel and restaurant (Polk 1916–17). Nothing beyond the line exists in any carrier reached; his hotel is among the thinnest entries in the gaps file.
Fred Mann — proprietor, Wabash Hotel (Polk 1916–17).
William Ramstead — soft drinks (Polk 1916–17 — the Prohibition-era form of the drink trade; the same edition lists no saloon).
F. M. Lee — manager, Gem Theatre (Polk 1916–17; printed as manager). At name strength also the 1884–85 wagonmaker (band 2); the carriers do not merge the appearances, and neither does this roster.
Charles E. Pearse — Pearse Bros, general store (Polk 1916–17; Pearse Block, built 1913, 131 N. Main; the north storefront's dry-goods house run by Frank and Charles Pearse, nomination). Four brother linkages follow.
Frank C. Pearse — Pearse Bros, general store (same carriers).
Stephen Pearse — Pearse Bros, general store; also the Pearse of the block's south storefront, grocery and general mercantile, with Wakefield (the nomination's wording as printed).
Del A. Pearse — Pearse Bros, general store (Polk 1916–17).
Wakefield (first name not given) — grocery and general mercantile, Pearse Block south storefront, with Stephen Pearse (nomination).
Henry Baughman — Baughman Bros, grocers and farm implements (Polk 1916–17).
Benjamin Baughman — Baughman Bros, grocers and farm implements (Polk 1916–17).
William F. Hoffman — Hoffman Brothers, grocers, drugs and shoes (Polk 1916–17; sons of Daniel Hoffman, band 1; the firm still operating in 1940).
John C. Hoffman — Hoffman Brothers (same carriers).
Lavina Moak — drugs (Polk 1916–17; the 1940 directory's "L. V. Moak Drugs, Sundries, Cosmetics, and Notions" — the same initials twenty-four years apart, one line at directory strength; her 1940 continuation is noted here, not double-counted in band 5).
Jerry Peters — hardware and farm implements (Polk 1916–17).
Harvey Houser — Price & Houser, hardware (Polk 1916–17; still trading 1940). The Houser name reaches back to band 2; kinship not stated.
J. [?] Price — Price & Houser, hardware (Polk 1916–17; initial garbled in transcription, page image governs).
L. [?] Kilmer — Kilmer, furniture and undertaker (Polk 1916–17, initial garbled), and the Kilmer Company, hardware, Finch Block (1909 and 1917, nomination) — one firm at two trades in two carriers, printed as the carriers state them.
C. L. Fair — manager, Fair Silo Co. (Polk 1916–17; printed as manager; the surname is the firm's name).
J. G. Holderman — manager, Schlosser Bros creamery (Polk 1916–17; printed as manager).
Finch Bros (first names not given in this listing) — grain and feed (Polk 1916–17, town list and classified Flour & Feed — Retail). One linkage at surname strength. The elevator question stands in the gaps file.
Frank C. Fetzer — live stock (Polk 1916–17). The Fetzer name reaches back to blacksmith John N. Fetzer (band 2); kinship not stated.
Levi Smith — live stock breeder (Polk 1916–17).
Roland C. Barnes — garage (Polk 1916–17 — the town's first garage at directory strength; the 1916–17 auto census is garages 1, dealers 0). Whether Barnes also sold cars is not stated and is not assumed.
W. R. Hinkle — Ford sales and service, NW Center & Main (built c.1920 on the Hotel Grant site; vacant by 1929 — the town's first franchise point and only named dealer-principal of the era). Full name given by no carrier reached.
F. S. Stroup — manager, North Liberty Telephone Co. (Polk 1916–17; printed as manager). The company's succession to United Telephone by 1967 is undated by any carrier.
Charles F. Irvin — electrician (Polk 1916–17 — the electric trade's earlier name, before Zell O'Connor, band 5).
Ernest Shirley — restaurant and cigars (Polk 1916–17).
Thomas H. Carroll — baker (Polk 1916–17; proprietor at directory strength only — no carrier names him owner of the 122 N. Main bakery).
Samuel Dreibelbis — Dreibelbis Bros, meats (Polk 1916–17).
Herman Dreibelbis — Dreibelbis Bros, meats (Polk 1916–17).
Irvin (which Irvin not specified) — Irvin & Pommert, meats (Polk 1916–17). Israel Irvin (band 2) would be of great age by 1916; no carrier merges them.
Pommert (which Pommert not specified) — Irvin & Pommert, meats (Polk 1916–17).
Ira T. Cloud — jeweler and optician (Polk 1916–17).
Frank M. Lec [Lee?] — photographer (Polk 1916–17, as transcribed; surname garbled, page image governs).
Flora Houser — milliner (Polk 1916–17). The millinery line runs Garrard → Swank → Houser across bands 2 and 4.
Herbert J. Inka [as transcribed] — clothing (Polk 1916–17; name at transcription strength).
Martha Phelps — carpet weaver (Polk 1916–17 — the clothing trade's cottage form).
C. Bert Nitcher — baths (Polk 1916–17 — a bath-house trade form of the period; no other carrier mentions it).
William E. Gushwa — insurance (Polk 1916–17).
A. W. Whitmer — insurance (Polk 1916–17). The Whitmer surname also stands at lumber and greenhouse in 1967 (band 6 notes); kinship not stated.
Garn Bros Co. — real estate (Polk 1916–17). One linkage at firm strength; the brothers' first names are not given.
C. W. De Coudres — publisher, North Liberty News (Polk 1916–17). Ownership passes to the Independent News Company by 1940.
Clyde M. Fish — physician (Polk 1916–17). Professions at directory strength, as band 2.
Allen Moore — physician (Polk 1916–17).
John S. Sprague — physician (Polk 1916–17).
Ward C. Wisenbaugh — dentist (Polk 1916–17).
Ira C. Carpenter — veterinary surgeon (Polk 1916–17).