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Aurelia's Bankers and Pioneer Merchants Debut
A detailed look at Aurelia’s financial backbone and business leaders highlights Farmers and Merchants Bank founded 1884 by O. E. Yocum with officers Yocum and Wine, plus prominent stockgrower Alex Fraser and noted merchants Fraser, Ditto, Connor, Hebbel. The piece extols bank stability, local land holdings, and expansive retail offerings across dry goods, groceries, clothing, and hardware, presenting Aurelia as a thriving Northwestern Iowa hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wine
Cherokee County
Aurelia
Illinois Central Railroad
Independent
United States
Main and
Second Sts
Auttler
Nestosk
Vraser
Cheroxes
South Dakota
Nebraska
Mery Prager
Chereakee
Iowa
Fraser
Mar Mindo
bin Hand
Word
Farmers’ Loan and Trust CO
James
Toy
A.J. Whinery
Whinery
Merchant's National of
Chicago
Chicago, and the Merehwnth National of
New York
Farmer's Law and Trust Co’s Bank
Ashe
Northwestern
Henry Irdbel
Henry Hebbel
Cherookee County
Pan Eral
Ata Stack How
Thid
Autella
Vielbet