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J.
M. Mills foresaw the needs of a Hotel and soon had a neat little
building attached to his store. Hopkins and Nelson built the
store across the street from the hotel and put in a stock of general
merchandise. P. N. Brown supplied all demands for lumber, and at
the present time we have a first class yard with John Patton in charge
of same. Frank McNally built a meat market and dealt out the
steak. The market is now owned by Mr. L. Williams.
M. Marsh and
D. Ehlers were among Cleghorn’s first carpenters, and have by their
superior workmanship gained a reputation for doing work neatly and
quickly. I. C. McGonagle, one of the best carpenters in Iowa is
at the present time doing all kinds of carpenter work.
Geo. R.
Long, while seeking for a good location to open a bank, finally decided
to locate here. He built a neat building and placed in it the
finest of bank furniture, vault, time lock safe, etc. and began
business as the State Bank of Cleghorn with many thousand dollars
capital. He is ably assisted by his two sons, W. E. and G. E.
Long. The Bank established in 1893, transacts a general banking
business and is recognized as one of the most substantial banking
institutions in this and adjoining counties. It is incorporated
as a State Bank and has a cash capital of $25,000 with over $6,000
undivided profits. The offers are: Jas. F. Toy, Pres. ; T. D. Kennedy,
Vice President; Geo. R. Long, Cashier; W. E. Long, Assistant Cashier.
THE CLEGHORN STATE BANK
In
1892 George R. Long and his two sons, Bill and Ernest started the first
bank in Cleghorn. It was a wooden building on the corner of Main
Street where Super Saver is now.
Mr. A. McKinnery bought the Long's bank. Mr. McKinney was President of the bank until his son, Roy, became president.
After
the Hotel in Cleghorn burned and the lot was vacant, Mr. McKinney had a
contractor build a brick building on the lot. The old bank
building was sold to a farmer and moved south of Cleghorn.
(Source:
History of Cleghorn by Walter Ehlers mimeograph, 1975, published in
Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 1, Jan 1978)
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At
the present time we have doing business here, Matt Bush, and
everybody knows Matt, dealer in hardware and Implements and is also
Postmaster; M. J. Shea, who by the way has one of the neatest and best
arranged drug stores in the country; Dr. W. P. Roberts looks after the
sick. The Doctor is well liked by his numerous patrons; Robinson
Bros., general merchants and proprietors of the creamery. They
carry a large stock and do a good safe businesses; L. Williams deals in
all kinds of meats and has a first class market; J. E. Williams &
Co., have a large and well selected stock of general merchandise; J. W.
Dailey keeps all kinds of hardware and is a thorough business man; R.
E. McMahon, Jeweler, repairs clocks, watches, bicycles, etc.; H.
Prentiss, proprietor of the Hotel Cleghorn which is first class in
every respect; J. H. Spinharney, general merchant. He has a large and
well arranged stock and is one of the leading and enterprising men of
the county and he enjoys a large trade; John White is the tonsorial
artist and you can find none better; R. E. Tueller with the
restaurant and pool room. Roseen & Steinman blacksmith
and wagon works, people come for miles around to patronize them; Marvin
Snyder dealer in implements, buggies, harness, etc. He is a hustler
after the business; George Stevens & Son operate one of the large
elevators and S. J. Wills the other; John Patton manages one of the
best lumber yards in the west. He has one of the neatest and best
furnished dwellings in Cleghorn. James Hoselton assists at the
lumber yard. Jim understands the business and the people all like to
trade with John and Jim; M. Marsh, I. C. McGonagle and D. Ehlers,
contractors and builders. Mr. Marsh also deals in lumber; Mike Hankus
and M. E. Goodrich look after the wells; Mrs. Prentiss and Mrs. Failing
both deal in millinery goods; J. E. Strain has the dray business;
Bryant & Snyder buy the stock; Ada Strain does the dressmaking;
Ross Johnson has a steam Sheller and Thresher and his services are in
good demand most of the time.
C. R. Neil is Pastor of the
Christian Church; Rev. R. Horne is Pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
And when it comes to a public school, Cleghorn ranks among the best. No
small town in the west has a better building, and the instructors are
among the best. Prof. J. W. Liffring has charge with Miss Mae
Strain as Assistant. The Churches and School are certainly a credit to
Cleghorn.
We had expected to give a more extended account of the
business men with a neat “cut” of each one, but on account of the
material failing to arrive, we are compelled to postpone that
part. In the near future we will give a “write-up” of the
business men and show the “phig” of nearly all of them.
This
section of Iowa cannot be beat any place on earth, and anyone looking
for a business location cannot do better than come and look over the
advantages offered at this place, or write Matt Bush, or any other
business man of Cleghorn.
Source:
Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol 13, No. 1, Jan 1978. (
Their source: The Cleghorn Recorder, Issue No. 1, May 28, 1896)
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