West Bend, Palo Alto County, Iowa >From the 1922 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory:
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West Bend.
Population 969. An incorporated town on the C.R.I & P. Ry, in Palo Alto county, 16 miles
 southeast of Emmetsburg, the county seat, 72 from Iowa Falls and 168 from Cedar Rapids.
 It has Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian church organizations an $80,000
 consolidated school, water works, 2 banks, a weekly newspaper, the Journal, etc.
 Exp., Am. Ry, Tel, W.U. H S Falb, postmaster.

Banwart Wm R, general store
Boss C C, live stock breeder
Border Fred E, insurance
Bourret C E, Cashier Union State Bank
Brockschmidt Frank, baker
Colgan & Graham, garage
Cuplin Pascal P, drugs
Dewitt P J, drayage
Dorweller Joseph, general store and mfr cement blocks
Emerson & Foley (George Emerson, George Foley), restaurant
Falb H A, postmaster
Fall A J, blacksmith
Farmers Elevator Co, E L Haynes mgr
First Trust & Savings Bank (capital $30,000), A L Frye pres, F J Hoskin cashr
Foxwell Mabel Mrs, millinery
Frye A L, insurance
Hennessy Lumber Co, coal and lumber
Hoskin F J, cashr First Trust & Savings Bank
Iowa-Canadian Land Co, Edward Kunz pres, B F McFarland sec
Ivey George A, hay dealer
Keller A H, live stock breeder
Koch Frank, publr West Bend Journal
Kohler & Kohler, plumbers
Kohler & Shellmyer, moving pictures
Kongsback Jacob C, hay dealer
Kruger Karl, grain and fuel
Lambert Lumber Co.
Lang Wm G, blacksmith
Lawrence & Moore, clothing
Lockwood Frank, rr, exp and tel agt
McFarland Benjamin F, general store
Mantz Edward, horse breeder
Mantz Herbert M, harnessmaker
Mikes Bros (Joseph and Adolph), meats
Miller Charles C, jeweler
Post & Mantz, grocer and dry goods
Ried J L & Son, agricultural inplements
Runchey Wm, livestock breeder
Schneider Joseph, live stock breeder
Schrieber George G, live stock, poultry and eggs
Schutter Jerry, furniture and undertkr
Sweeney Frank, drayage
Union Hotel, H W Stabler propr
Union State Bank (capital $45,000), Edward F Bartlett pres, C E Bourret cashr
West Bend Co-operative Creamery Co., A L Frye sec
West Bend Cornet Band
West Bend Electric Ligh Plant, C A Larson mgr
West Bend Journal (Weekly), Frank Koch publr
West Bend Opera House Co, Mrs J M Border pres, B F McFarland treas, proprs West Bend Opera House
West Bend Telephone Co, W H Daubindick mgr
West Bend Water Works (city owners)
Western Electric Telephone System
Wickman J W, restaurant
Wilson Wm G, hardware
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