Cylinder, Palo Alto County, Iowa >From the Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1922: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prepared for the Palo Alto County, Iowa GenWeb by Cathy Labath -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cylinder Population 175. An incorporated town on the C.M. & St. P. Ry., in Fairfield township, Palo Alto county, 7 1/2 miles from Emmetsburg, the judicial seat. Has a Methodist Episcopal church, a consolidated school and a bank. Exp., Am. Ry. Ethel Davidson, postmaster. Cylinder State Bank (Capital $25,000), E H Soper pres, George A Freeman cashr Davidson Ethel, postmaster Esser John, livery Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Co. Farmers’ Union Society, grain, tile, salt and coal Freeman George A, cashr Cylinder State Bank Gilles John, restaurant and billiards Gray L F, meats Hubbard Grain Co, F H O’Halloran mgr Kliegel Joseph, county supervisor Leston Jay, hardware Miltved C, furniture O’Halloran F H, live stock O’Leary Peter, automobiles Ried J L & L L, agricultrual implements Royal Lumber Co, C E Myers mgr Slagle Charles H, rr exp and tel agent Smith R M, grocer Stokka Ole, blacksmith Streit Fred, general store Swensen Eli & Sons, contractors Swenson Eli, mayor Woodbridge J W, physician From the Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1922: ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Cathy Labath < labaths@worldnet.att.net > ====================================================================