Elkton, 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 ELKTON. Pop 768. Brookings county. A city on the C & N W and the C R I & P Rys 16 miles s e of Brookings the county seat. Has Baptist, Catholic, Evangelical, German Lutheran and Methodist churches, 2 banks, a hotel, 5 grain elevators, a creamery, an opera house and water works. A weekly newspaper the Record is published. Ships grain and live stock. Land is worth $65 to $150 per acre. Exp Am. Tel W U. Henry Heintz P M. Last Name First Name Business Lawrence (Sister) superioress, Convent of Our Lady of Good Counsel Alberts Saml pool Belson Clyde E. livery Berke Emil A. lawyer Bertelson Margaret (Mrs.) milliner Breanza Michael conf Brown Elevator Co. E. A. Barney Luken agt Buchholtz Fred A. clothing Cassidy Bros. (Frank C and Wm T), furniture Clausen Henry R. auctioneer Cochran Lloyd D. garage Convent of Our Lady of Good Counsel Sister Lawrence superioress Davenport Elevator Co. Geo Pederson agt Dressel Frank F. see T. Meyer & Co. Ehlers H. G. mngr, Elkton Machine Co. Ehlers Henry G. real est Ehret Jas. J. livery Elkton Machine Co. C S Paulson, pres; Jos Noethe, sec; H G Ehlers, mngr, garage Elkton Opera House Jno A Silvander propr Elkton Record James L Pratt pub Elkton Telephone Co. Henry A Brown mngr Elkton Water Works (municipal) Farmers Creamery Co. Geo. F. Irey mngr Farmers Elevator Co. Jno H Kroeger mngr Fick Otto H. agt C & N W Ry and Am Exp Co. First National Bank (capital $25,000), Theo Meyer, pres; E R Zalesky, cashr First State Bank (capital $15,000, surplus and undivided profits $5,000), Edwin E Powderly, pres; Orville W Marshall, cashr Fjerestad & Co. C. O. (Carl O and Chris P Fjerestad), drugs Funk Jno J. barber Furthmiller Jno J. produce Gerlach Lenora propr The Wayside Inn (see Adv.) Gerlach Land Co. F. E. F E Gerlach mngr, farm lands, loans and insurance (see Adv) Grattan Orlando T. hardware Hafferty Chas. P. barber Hagna Lumber Co. Clayton M Schooley agt Hawks Geo. E. grain elevator Hoch Geo. E. grain elevator Hoch & Marek (Edw G Hoch, Jos G Marek), gen store Hodge & Co. J. E. (Jno E Hodge, Theo Meyer), hardware Irey Geo. F. mngr, Farmers Creamery Co. Jurgens Edw. A. cigars Killalea Jno M. real est Koehn Alb. conf Kroeger Jno H. mngr, Farmers Elevator Co. Lewis Norman E. drugs Lortscher & Wurst (Phil J Lortscher, Oscar Wurst), restaurant Lund Oscar gen store Mahowald Mathias J. harness Mangan Frank grain (Grant) Marek Jos. G. see Hoch & Marek Marshall Orville W. cashr, First State Bank Meadows Sisters (Cecil and Ava), milliners Mecklenburg Robt W. shoemkr Meyer Theo. pres, First National Bank Meyer Theo. see J E Hodge & Co. Meyer & Co. T. (Frank F Dressel), gen store Meyer & Co. W. H. (Wm H Meyer, Otto A Schiermer), meats Miller Andr. R. vet surgeon Morgan Hugh O. phys Noethe Jos. sec, Elkton Machine Co. O'Connor Dennis F. phys O'Leary Patrick C. pool Parsons Geo. N. lumber Paulson C. S. pres, Elkton Machine Co. Pederson Geo. agt, Davenport Elevator Co. Powderly Edwin E. ins agt Powderly Edwin E. pres, First State Bank Pratt James L. pub Elkton Record Quinn Alvin A. gen store Rogers Geo. A. dentist Rutzen Alb. farm impts Salk Bros. (Aug Jr and Emil), clothing Scenic Theatre Geo Wicks mngr Schaffer Edw H blksmith Schiermer Otto A. see W H Meyer & Co. Schooley Clayton M. agt, Hagna Lumber Co. Sheldon Wm. C. agt C R I & P Ry and Am Exp Co Silvander Jno A. propr Elkton Opera House Stolz Lena C. dressmkr Thieme Herman baker Trautman Henry farm impts Wayside Inn, The Lenora Gerlach propr (see adv) Wurst Oscar see Lortscher & Wurst Zalesky E. R. cashr, First National Bank Zalesky Emil R. ins agt