Aurora, Brookings Co., SD - 1909 Business Directory This file contains a listing from the "South Dakota State Business Directory," published by The Gazetteer Publishing Co., Denver, Colorado in 1909. Information transcribed by Joy Fisher. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm AURORA A small town in Brookings county, on the C. & N. W. Ry., 6 miles southwest of Brookings. Population 300. Last Name First Name Business Atlas Elevator Co. Wilbur B Joyce buyer Atlas Lumber Co. Wilbur B Joyce manager Aurora Farmers Elevator Co. Joseph Daniels manager Aurora House Carl Schmidt manager Aurora Opera House Forest Rexford manager Aurora Times (w) Geo H Larrabee editor and prop Baker F. T. department store Baker Geo. E. general merchandise Bank of Aurora I E Lloyd pres, Geo H Larrabee vice-pres, H E Lloyd cashier Catholic Church Cheatham C. M. saloon Cheatham G. D. farm implements Cook H. M. barber Daniels Joseph manager Aurora Farmers Elevator Co. Gunn John J. livery Haggard P. J. auctioneer Hogan Ole buyer, Sleepy Eye Milling Co. Joyce Wilbur B. buyer, Atlas Elevator Co. Joyce Wilbur B. manager Atlas Lumber Co. Kinney P. T. restaurant and pool Korte E. J. blacksmith Larrabee Geo. H. editor and proprietor Aurora Times, vice-president Bank of Aurora, postmaster Lloyd H. E. cashier Bank of Aurora Lloyd I. E. president Bank of Aurora Rexford Forest manager Aurora Opera House Rexford J. M. blacksmith Rhodes J. physician Ripley Bros. farm implements Schmidt Carl proprietor Aurora House Sleepy Eye Milling Co. Ole Hogan buyer Warren L. A. station agent Wulf Frank blacksmith, proprietor Aurora Concrete Works