Brookings, Brookings Co., SD - 1916 Business Directory This information extracted from the "Northwestern Gazetteer and Business Directory", vol. XX (1916-1917), published by R. L. Polk & Co. Data transcribed by Joy Fisher, sdgenweb@yahoo.com. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. 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 BROOKINGS. Pop 3,400. Brookings county. An incorporated city and the county seat on the C & N W Ry 47 miles s e of Watertown. Has Baptist Christian, Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian and United Presbyterian cchurches, 3 banks, 3 hotels, a commercial club, an opera house, 4 grain elevators, a feed mill, a creamery, a hospital, water works and an electric light plant and a courthouse costing $130,000. Three weekly newspapers the Brookings County Press, the Register and the South Dakota Home Messenger are published. The State College of Agriculture and State Agricultural Experiment Station are located here. Ships grain, live stock and farm produce. Land is worth $75 to $150 per acre. Exp Am. Tel W U. Ole G Oyloe P M. Last Name First Name Business Akin Theo. C. ins agt Alexander J. P. see Hall, Alexander & Purdy Allison Andr. B. real est Alton Arthur meats Anderson & Sorenson (Roy H Anderson, C Edwin Sorenson), blksmiths Atlas Lumber Co. Hans Phillipson agt Austin Oliver tinsmith Bang Thos. creamery Bank of Brookings (capital $40,000), A W Hyde, pres; G J Flittie cashr Bartelt R. H. see Youngberg & Bartelt Barton Edgar F. garage Beatly Edgar H jeweler Blakley Herbert sec and treas, Farmers Co-operative Co. Borst Leon G. dentist Breed Geo. N. pub South Dakota Home Messenger Brictson Mnfg Co. O A Brictson, pres and mngr; lether tire mnfrs Brink Richd feed barn Brooke J. F. sec, Brookings County Fair Assn Brookings Building & Loan Assn Philo Hall, pres; R F Kerr, sec Brookings Commercial Club M G Carlisle, pres; Chas Gullick, sec Brookings Construction Co. E J Ray, pres; W G Ray, sec; plumbers Brookings County Abstract Co. George W Roskie, pres and treas; J H Hubbard, sec and mngr Brookings County Fair Assn G N Kennard, pres; J F Brooke, sec; H F Haroldson, treas Brookings County Press Turner & Miner pubs Brookings Electric Light Plant A W Morton mngr Brookings Lumber & Fuel Co. H E Riley, pres and mngr; E H Sexauer, sec Brookings Municipal Telephone Exchange Chas. Shea mngr Brookings Municipal Water Works Brookings Register Register Publishing Co., pubs Brookings Steam Laundry Alex A McCormick, prop Bunday Ansel E. garage Burris Edw. T. printer Button Harold L. ins agt Caldwell W. A. pres, Farmers National Bank Carlisle Edw. H. mngr, Grand Opera House Carlisle M. G. pres, Brookings Commercial Club Carlisle Martin G. real est Cheever & Cheever (Jos P and Walter M), lawyers Clarin Richd E. photogr Cole Geo. D. see Loban Land Co. Collins Margaret (Mrs.) restaurants Columbia Clothing Co. A J Katz, pres; C O Quail, sec; Frank Zschunke, treas Connelly Bros. (Thos C and Mark B), grocers Culhane Michael E. lawyer Culhane Adjustment Co. M E Culhane, pres and treas; L L Culhane, sec; collections Dakota Deaconess Hospital A S Harding, pres; R A Larson, sec; Helen Wood, supt Davis & Co. A. L. (Alb L and Catherine), furniture Dewing Chas. D. livery Dokken Anton cementwkr Dokken Jno cementwkr Dokken Knute J. shoemkr Dutcher Paul sec and mngr, Register Publishing Co. Eckman Arthur L. garage Eidem Olaf lawyer Ellis-Hall Co. (Frank M Ellis, Chas E. Hall), gen store Engelson Chris J. phys Equitable Loan & Land Co. C W Smith, pres; L A Grey, sec Erstad Alb furniture Fad Theatre Chas C Frie propr, moving pictures Farmers Co-operative Co. Frank Telkamp, pres; Herbert Blakley, sec and treas; Jno D Wilson, mngr; grain elevator Farmers National Bank (capital $50,000), W A Caldwell, pres; H F Haroldson, cashr Farmers Shipping Assn Wm L Paul mngr, grain elevator Farrenkop Jesse A. ice First National Bank (capital $50,000. Surplus $20,000), Aylmer Cole, pres; O O Olson, viice pres; Geo W Cobel, cashr; Personal Attention Given to Collections; We Remit Day Collected Fishback Horace real est Fisk Roscoe R. phys Flittie G. J. cashr, Bank of Brookings Forsee Edw. W. osteopath Franck & Co. (Egiid, Mary and Werle Franck), drugs Fricke Arthur G. automobile tire vulcanizing, first class work done on blowouts and rim cuts Fridley Auto Co. (Jas K and J Ray), Fridley Frie Chas. C. propr, Fad Theatre Fryer Frank C. farm impts Getty & Co. H. C. (Henry C and Lillie A Getty), conf Getty Henry blksmith Gillespie & Rogers (Geo I Gillespie, Ralph C Rogers), shoes Grand Opera House Edw H Carlisle, mngr Graves O. O. see Olson & Graves Co. Green Burtis T. phys Green Geo. W. propr Park Hotel Greenwood Cemetery Assn M D Orhrans, pres Grenegor Jno F. barber Grey L. A. sec, Equitable Loan & Land Co. Grossman Carl see Mix & Grossman Grover McCoy Abstract & Title Co. J D Grover, pres; Claude L McCoy, sec Gullick Chas. sec, Brookings Commercial Club Hagen Ole A. baker Hall Chas. E. see Ellis-Hall Co. Hall, Alexander & Purdy (Philo Hall, ex-attorney general; J P Alexander, Wallace E. Purdy), lawyers, general practice and collections Hanson Hans lawyer Harding A. S. pres, Dakota Deaconess Hospital Haroldson H. F. cashr, Farmers National Bank Haroldson H. F. treas, Brookings County Fair Assn Haroldson Harold F. ins agt Harris Addison A. dentist Hauff Dry Goods Co. Herman G Hauff mngr Haugen Engbert E. gen store Haugen's Toggery Thos O Haugen propr, made to measure clothing and gents furnishings Heeter Angie M. (Mrs.) conf Hegeman Jno A. county surveyor Heintz Fred W. hardware Hemmestad Peter M. tailor Holliday Land Co. (Jno W and Lloyd H Holliday) Hotel Leon Louis P Von Arx propr Hubbard J. H. sec and mngr, Brookings County Abstract Co. Hubbart Eugene R. restaurant Hyde A. W. pres, Bank of Brookings Hyde A. W. pres, Register Publishing Co. Hyde Alf W. phys Isom Chas. tailor Isom Jas. P. restaurant Jackson Jos. R. osteopath Jarvis Jas. L. hardware Joerns Martha A. milliner Johnson Genevieve (Mrs.)agt, W U Tel Co. Johnson Helen B. milliner Johnson Isaac B. agt, C. M. Youmans Lumber Co. Johnson Oscar H. see Murphy & Johnson Johnson & Son C. A. (Carl A and Alvin), garage Katz A. J. pres, Columbia Clothing Co. Kelly Jessie E. (Mrs.)pianos Kendall Clinton D. drugs Kennard G. N. pres, Brookings County Fair Assn Klinefelter Garfield A. propr Northwestern Hotel Knappen Geo. F. ins agt La Londe Hazalius R. pianos Larson Jens C. restaurant Larson R. A. sec, Dakota Deaconess Hospital Larson R. A. sec, SD State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Lehner Lewis A. notions Leighty Wm. H. r r and exp agt Lentz Elmer A. dentist Lindsay Martha E. (Miss)manicuring, shampooing, scalp treatment and faccial massage) Loban Land Co. (Wm S Loban, Geo D Cole) Lorenzen Dethlef M. livery Mac's Cafe Clarence M McGinnis propr, restaurant Mark Robt see A. M. Wold Construction Co. Marotta Jno conf Marvin & Son S. (Shepherd and Arthur F.), plumbers Matson Alb lawyer Matson Jno blksmith Maves Frank R. blksmith McCarl Land Agency (S H McCarl), farm lands, real estate and all kinds of insurance, also agents for Reo, Case and Grant Six automobiles McCormick Alex A. propr Brookings Steam Laundry McCoy Claude L. sec, Grover McCoy Abstract & Title Co. McElmurry Saml feed barn McGinnis Clarence M. propr Macs Cafe McKnight Elmer E. real est Miles Jno G. cigar mnfr Miller Edson C. phys Mitchell Frank H. jeweler Mix & Grossman (Aug F Mix, Carl Grossman), meats Moore Alta B. (Mrs.) notions Morton A. W. mngr, Brookings Electric Light Plant Murphy & Johnson (Jno L Murphy, Oscar H Johnson), props Pleasant Hour Theatre Neill Frank C. harness Nelson Andr. tailor Nolan Chas. E. bowling alley Northwestern Hotel Garfield A Klinefelter propr Olson Fred B. agt G W Van Dusen & Co. Olson & Co. O. O. (Orr O and Andr Olson), gen store Olson & Graves Co. (E C Olson, pres; O O Graves, sec and treas), clothing Orhans Addie F. (Mrs.) meats Oyloe Jno G. photogr Palmer Wm. R. painter Park Hotel Geo. W. Green propr Patterson Eunice H. (Mrs.)milliner Paul Wm. L. mngr, Farmers Shipping Assn Perisho Ellwood C. pres, SD State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Peterson Jno O. jeweler Phillipson Hans agt, Atlas Lumber Co. Pickett Wm. conf Pleasant Hour Theatre Murphy & Johnson proprs Poole Chas. E. barber Purdy Wallace E. see Hall, Alexander & Purdy Quail C. O. sec, Columbia Clothing Co. Ray E. J. pres, Brookings Construction Co. Ray W. G. sec, Brookings Construction Co. Register Publishing Co. A W Hyde, pres; Paul Dutcher, sec and mngr; pubs Brookings Register Rhodes Jackson phys Riley H. E. pres and mngr, Brookings Lumber & Fuel Co. Rogers Ralph C. see Gillespie & Rogers Ronning & Son (Hans O and Jorgen O), tailors Rood Ole W. phys Roskie George W. pres and treas, Brookings County Abstract Co. Rude Jennie O. (Mrs.)furniture Rudolph Saml J. auctioneer Sample Chas. conf Sanders Fred F. pool Saum & Son F. N. (Frank N and Donald B), grocers Sayre Harry B. vet surgeon Schultz Edw. F. conf SD State Agricultural Experiment Station Jas W Wilson, director SD State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Ellwood C Perisho, pres; R A Larson, sec Semple Arvad C. propr Semple's Barber Shop Semple's Barber Shop Arvad C. Semple propr, tub and shower baths; modern and up to date Sexauer E. H. sec, Brookings Lumber & Fuel Co. Sexauer & Son Geo. P. (Geo P and Elmer H), feed mill Sharp Danl jeweler Shea Chas mngr, Brookings Municipal Telephone Exchange Smith C. W. pres, Equitable Loan & Land Co. Smith Carey W. real est Sorenson C. Edwin see Anderson & Sorenson South Dakota Home Messenger Geo N Breed pub Stoll Arthur H. phys Storm Robt A. lawyer Swenhart Jno cementwkr Swift Alf E. real est Taylor Irving A. cigar mnfr Telkamp Frank pres, Farmers Co-operative Co. Thayer Geo. F. real est Tidball Clyde drugs Trystad Carl O. lawyer Turner & Miner (Royal A Turner, Geo R Miner), pubs Brookings County Press Van Dusen & Co. G. W. Fred B Olson agt, grain elevator Von Arx Louis P. propr Hotel Leon Vrenegor Jno F. barber Waltz Perry W. pool Warren Jno W. blksmith Willey Glenn D. garage Williams Harry G. real est Wilson Jno D. mngr, Farmers Co-operative Co. Wold Construction Co. A. M. (Andr M, Thos M, Elmer and Benj Wold, Robt Mark), contrs Wood Helen supt, Dakota Deaconess Hospital Wyckoff Davi S. real estate Wyckoff Auto Co. (David S and Roy C Wyckoff) Youmans Lumber Co. C. M. Isaac B Johnson agt Young Alf J. barber Youngberg & Bartelt (Fred E Youngberg, R H Barlelt), gen store Zschunke Frank treas, Columbia Clothing Co.