Claremont, Brown 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 CLAREMONT. Brown county. A village on the G N Ry 27 miles n e of Aberdeen the county seat. Has Christian and Methodist churches, 4 grain elevators, a bank, a hotel and municipal water works. Ships grain and livestock. Land is worth $35 to $70 per acre. Exp. G N. Tel W U. W A Dinsmore P M. Last Name First Name Business Abraham-Hult Lumber Co. Alf Abraham, pres; J E Hult, sec and treas Anderson Martin L. gen store Arnes Jos. Claremont Lumber & Hardware Co. Bowles F. E. sec, Claremont Co-operative Co. Bowles W. E. Claremont Lumber & Hardware Co. Brokaw Frank R. farm impts Brooberg F. G. Claremont Lumber & Hardware Co. Cargill Elevator Co. R E Peck mngr Carlson Benj. billiards Claremont Co-operative Co. J R Weaver, pres; F E Bowles, sec; J A Falk, treas, gen store Claremont Lumber & Hardware Co. F G Brooberg, pres; W E Bowles, sec; Jos Arnes, treas Cooley Robt S. seeds Dinsmore Willard E. phys Eikanas & Parker (Edw Eikanas, Leslie Parker), exp men Evenson Elmer E. agt, Thorpe Elevator Co. Falk J. A. treas, Claremont Co-operative Co. Farmers Elevator Co. Henry Hendricks mngr First State Bank (capital $10,000), C J Weiser, pres; O J Melgard, cashr Fouts Hotel R Franklin Fouts propr Greeno Oliver G. farm impts Hendricks Henry mngr, Farmers Elevator Co. Hibner Wm. O. conf Home Lumber Co. Ellsworth Moor mngr Huff & Co. J. J. (Jno J Huff), real est Hult J. E. sec and treas, Abraham-Hult Lumber Co. Jones M. A. vet surgeon Kelly Wm. J. nursery Knight A. H. blksmith Lingle Geo. H. real est Makinster Arch L. r r, exp, and tel agt Melgard O. J. cashr, First State Bank Moor Ellsworth mngr, Home Lumber Co. Olson Chas. A. drugs Otto Paul blksmith Parker Leslie see Eikanas & Parker Paulson Andr. mngr, St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co. Peck R. E. mngr, Cargill Elevator Co. Rotramel David H. barber Smith Robt E. restaurant St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co. Andr Paulson mngr Steele Mary (Mrs.) milliner Stocks Jas. S. blksmith Swanson Frank S. garage Swenson Arel meats Thorpe Elevator Co. Elmer E Evenson agt Tyler Elmer T. gen store Watkins Reuben E. billiards Weaver J. R. pres, Claremont Co-operative Co. Weiser C. J. pres, First State Bank