Cherokee County & City Business News
- Hotel Lewis Will
Shut Friday
- Hotel
Lewis and the Chief Cafe will close Friday, owers Mrs. Hazel Goldie and
Mrs. Birdie Goldie said today. The hotel is a Cherokee landmark.
Mrs. Hazel Goldie said the hotel was being closed down because of difficulties incurred in current operations.- She
said the hotel will be shut until a time when it may be released.
Mrs. Goldie said she feels lthe city of Cherokee "needs a
hotel
badly" and that she regrets the closing. Mrs. Goldie said it's hoped
that anyone who leases or manages the hotel in the future would live
there.
- Under
present plans, the restaurant, all its dining rooms, hotel rooms, Iowa
Coaches Bus Line services and the Western Union services will be shut
down. A decision is to be made on the future status of the J.
Barber Shop and Andrea's Beauty Salon also located in the building.
Source: Newspaper
clipping from unknown source dated 14 Dec 1966
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SODA FOUNTAIN
J. A. Cole has
put up the first soda-fountain ever brought to Cherokee and during
these hot days it is most refreshing to drink the cooling beverage
foaming from the icy fountain.
Source: Cherokee
Times dated June 7, 1872
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MID WEST
AUTOMOBILE INS CO CHEROKEE IOWA
General Review
History -- This company was incorporated under the laws of Iowa,
February I8, 1920, and was licensed to transact business in the State
of Iowa, May 22, 1920. It began to write business June 1,
1920. It has $150,000 authorized capital stock, par value
$100,
of which $100,000 has been subscribed and paid for in cash.
The
stock was sold at $125 per share, which produced an initial cash
surplus of $25.000. No commission was paid on the sale of
this
capital stock and the company was organized without any organization
expenses, which is commendable.
Management and
Reputation -- The company will write fire, theft, tornado, collision,
transportation aud property damage on automobiles and tractors.
The underwriting manager is Mr H. R. Spurrier, who was formerly in
charge of the underwriting and agency of the Bankers Automobile
Insurance Company of Lincoln Neb. He has had previous general
agency and local agency experience since 1912.
The superintendent of agencies is Mr D. L . Hollub, formerly state
agent for Iowa of the Employers Liability Insurance Corp., Ltd., of
London and the Bankers Automobile Insurance Co., of Lincoln,
Neb.
He has had insurance experience since 1900.
Officers -- President, F. J. Stanosheck, Cherokee, Iowa,
vice-president, of the Cherokee State Bank:
vice-president,
C. J. Maher, Cherokee, Iowa, attorney: secretary, CM
Sullivan,
Cherokee, Iowa, postmaster at Cherokee: treasurer, Roy H. King, vice
president of the First National Bank, Cherokee: vice president of the
First National Bank of Prlmghar, Iowa.
Directors -- The above officers and Gracey, Robert, president
of
the First National Bank of Holstein, Iowa: Hinman, Ralph,
president of the First National Bank Primghar, Iowa: Donahoe,
George, Dr. superintendent of the Cherokee State Hospital:
Anderson C. G., chief train dispatcher of the Illinois
Central
Railway, Cherokee, Iowa.
Source: May
10, 1920, Best's Insurance News
Vol XXI No. 1 page 31
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Source:
The Cherokee
Times, Cherokee, IA Friday, Nov 11, 1870, pg 3
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Boothby
Funeral Home Dates Back to 1889
The
Boothby Funeral Home is located at 203 E. Main Street in Cherokee.
This establishment is engaged in offering funeral merchandise
and
service to the community. Available records show that in 1889, a man by
the name of D. W. Adron was operating a furniture store here.
The
records reveal that somewhere near 1900, Mr. A. O. Scott purchased the
furniture business from Mr. Adron and entered the undertaking business
at the same time.
The undertaking trade, in early years,
seemed to go hand in hand with the furniture line, In 1902, Mr. W. L.
E. Appleyard came to Cherokee from Ida Grove and entered into the
service of Mr. Scoll. Two and a half years later, in august
of
1904, he purchased the business himself. In the year 1912, Mr.
Appleyard disposed of the furniture and continued with only the
undertaking service.
The location of these establishments was in
the East half of the Brummer Building on Main Street. By1926,
Mr.
Appleyard had decided to sell out to a John H. Wallace and in 1927, Mr.
Wallace purchased the Charles Nicholson home at 203 E. Main Street and
converted it into a Funeral Home. This same year, he was joined by
Thomas D. Boothby who entered the mortuary field under the supervision
of Mr. Wallace. In 1930, T. D. In 1930, Boothby and W. L. E. Appleyard
formed a partnership and purchased the business from Mr. Wallace.
Ten years later, in 1940, Mr. Boothby bought out Mr.
Appleyard's
interest in the business and henceforth became sole owner until 1947
when his son, Thomas Jr. joined him in partnership.
This
business, too, has seen many changes through the years, until today
more and more services have been added and new quipment has been
acquired in order to take care of the needs of a growing community. The
policy of the business has always been to render the best of service to
the people of our community. The Boothby Funeral Home and its
five associates form "An Organization that Serves and Serves."
Source: Cherokee Daily Times, (Cherokee, Iowa) 30 May 1956, Pg 58
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