Aurora, Brookings Co., SD - 1916 Business Directory

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	AURORA. Pop 260. Brookings county. A village on the C & N W 
Ry 6 miles e of Brookings the county seat. Has Catholic and 
Methodist churches, a bank, 3 grain elevators and a hotel. Land is
worth $60 to $100 per acre. Ships grain, hay, live stock and
produce. Exp Am. Tel W U. Jas C Bakker P M.

Last Name                First Name  Business
Ainsworth                F. H.       sec, treas and mngr Square Lumber Co.
Aurora House                         Jno W Collins propr
Aurora Opera House                   Forest Rexford propr
Baker                    Fred T.     hardware
Baker                    Fred T.     see G A Korte & Co.
Baker                    Jas. C.     drugs
Baker & Wright                       (Geo E Baker, Walter A Wright), gen store
Bank of Aurora, The                  (Capital $10,000), Surplus $2,000), C Muilenberg, pres; L C Muilenberg, vice-pres; W L Mall, cashr. General Banking, Insurance and Collections
Bigger                   Thos.       pres, Square Lumber Co.
Burns                    Myron N.    meats
Cheatham                 Glen D.     pool
Collins                  Jno W.      propr, Aurora House
Cook                     Henry M.    barber
Farmers Elevator Co.                 Herman B. Severson, agt
Foster                   Jess W.     phys
Garrick                              see Potter, Garrick & Potter
Gunn                     Jno J.      livery
Jackson                  Paul        restaurant
Korte                    Edw. J.     blksmith
Korte & Co.              G. A.       (Gust A Korte, Fred T. Baker), harness
Mall                     W. L.       cashr, Bank of Aurora
McClemans                Jno G.      agt, Potter, Garrick & Potter
Muilenberg               C.          pres, Bank of Aurora
Muilenberg               Cornelius   ins. agt.
Muilenberg               L. C.       vice-pres, Bank of Aurora
Potter, Garrick & Potter             Jno G McClemans agt, grain elevator
Rexford                  Forest      propr, Aurora Opera House
Ripley                   Frank H.    gen store
Schultz                  Wm.         pool
Severson                 Herman B.   agt, Farmers Elevator Co.
Square Lumber Co.                    Thos Bigger, pres; F H Ainsworth, sec, treas and mngr
Van Dusen Co.            G. W.       Edw W Hickmman agt, grain elevator
Webb                     Willard W.  r r, exp and tel agt
Wright                   Walter A.   see Baker & Wright
Wulf                     Frank       garage